HB2411 SFAT MARTIN #1 4-7

Hager  7871

Senator Martin moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 2411—A Bill to amend and reenact §18-2-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring all West Virginia high school students to pass a minimum of one credit of computer science; defining computer science; allowing computer science credit to be earned in grades eight through twelve; establishing requirements for the classes; allowing computer science credit to substitute for one math credit or one personalized education plan credit; requiring the computer science credit to be approved for one credit in career technical education if the credit is relevant to the program of study; requiring computer science course if used to fulfil a math credit to be denoted as the equivalent of a high school math course on the student’s transcript for certain purpose; requiring West Virginia Board of Education rules detailing how certain credit fulfillment is to be granted; requiring West Virginia Board of Education to make available to all public schools a list of course options that can meet the requirements for this computer science credit; and allowing the West Virginia Board of Education to adopt rules to administer the computer science credit provisions.

Adopted

Rejected