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Committee advances bill to make computer science a high-school graduation requirement, adds AI to definition
Summary
The Education Policy Committee voted to give a favorable report to HB 332 as amended, which would put computer science into statute as a graduation requirement, allow it to count as a math or science credit, add artificial intelligence to the definition, and move required implementation earlier.
Representative Faulkner presented House Bill 332, a bill to update existing computer science requirements and make completion of a computer science course a graduation requirement. Faulkner said the change responds to workforce demand and builds on prior legislation that phased computer science offerings into elementary, middle and high schools.
Under the amendment adopted in committee, the bill would: move the statutory graduation requirement forward to the 202?–2031 school…
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