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Senate Q&A focuses on funding, accountability for computing pathways bill
Summary
Sponsors and senators held an extended Q&A on SB 190, which proposes computing education pathways with industry partnerships and possible funding from the education budget; senators asked whether a statewide rollout or pilots would be funded and how the STEM Action Center would provide oversight.
Senate debate on first substitute SB 190 (Education computing pathways) centered on whether the proposed program would be launched statewide or piloted, and on how it would be funded and held accountable.
Sponsor (Senator Okerlund) told senators that industry representatives and districts supported the bill as a way to create 'stackable' credentials and pathways from K–12 education into employment. He said some districts are…
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