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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0980* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 980 |
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| 8 | 8 | | F1, S2 4lr2714 |
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| 9 | 9 | | |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Hester |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Education – Computer Science – Content Standards and Requirements 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of requiring public high schools to promote and increase the enrollment 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | of certain students in high school computer science courses; requiring, beginning on 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | or before a certain date, the State Board of Education to update computer science 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | content standards to include certain information; requiring county boards of 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | education to provide certain computer science instruction in public elementary and 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | middle schools in the county; and generally relating to content standards and 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | requirements for computer science instruction in public schools in the State. 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Article – Education 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 4–111.4 12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16 |
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| 36 | 36 | | |
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| 37 | 37 | | Article – Education 17 |
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| 38 | 38 | | |
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| 39 | 39 | | 4–111.4. 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (a) (1) [Beginning in the 2021–2022 school year, each] EACH county board 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | shall require each public high school in the county to offer at least one computer science 20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | course. 21 |
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| 44 | 44 | | |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) EACH PUBLIC HIGH SCHO OL SHALL MAKE EFFORT S TO PROMOTE 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | AND INCREASE THE ENR OLLMENT IN COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES TO STUDENTS 23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | OF ETHNIC , RACIAL, AND OTHER DEMOGRAPHI C GROUPS THAT ARE 24 2 SENATE BILL 980 |
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| 50 | 50 | | UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE FIELD OF COMPUTE R SCIENCE TO REFLECT THE 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSIT ION OF THE SCHOOL TO THE EXTENT PRACTICAB LE. 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | |
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| 53 | 53 | | (b) (1) The computer science course OFFERED UNDER SUBSEC TION (A) OF 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | THIS SECTION shall be of high quality and meet or exceed the curriculum standards and 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | requirements established by the State Board IN THE MARYLAND K–12 COMPUTER 5 |
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| 56 | 56 | | SCIENCE STANDARDS. 6 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) ON OR BEFORE JUNE 1, 2025, AND EVERY 3 YEARS THEREAFTER , 7 |
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| 59 | 59 | | THE STATE BOARD SHALL UPDATE THE COMPUTER SCIENCE CONTENT STANDARDS 8 |
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| 60 | 60 | | AND FRAMEWORK TO ENSURE THAT INSTRUCTION IS CONSIS TENT WITH RECENT 9 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ADVANCES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE , INCLUDING: 10 |
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| 62 | 62 | | |
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| 63 | 63 | | (I) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ; AND 11 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (II) CYBERSECURITY . 12 |
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| 66 | 66 | | |
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| 67 | 67 | | (c) (1) [The] BEGINNING IN THE 2027–2028 SCHOOL YEAR , EACH county 13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | board shall [make efforts to: 14 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (1) Incorporate] REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL E 15 |
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| 71 | 71 | | SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE instruction 16 |
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| 72 | 72 | | in computer science [in each public elementary and middle school in the county; and 17 |
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| 73 | 73 | | |
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| 74 | 74 | | (2) Increase the enrollment in middle and high school computer science 18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | courses of: 19 |
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| 76 | 76 | | |
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| 77 | 77 | | (i) Female students; 20 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (ii) Students with disabilities; and 21 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (iii) Students of ethnic, racial, and other demographic groups that are 22 |
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| 82 | 82 | | underrepresented in the field of computer science as identified by the U.S. Equal 23 |
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| 83 | 83 | | Employment Opportunity Commission]. 24 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (2) THE INSTRUCTION IN COMPU TER SCIENCE PROVIDED UNDER 25 |
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| 86 | 86 | | PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE ALIGNED TO THE STATE CONTENT 26 |
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| 87 | 87 | | STANDARDS FOR COMPUT ER SCIENCE INSTRUCTI ON FOR GRADES 9 THROUGH 12 27 |
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| 88 | 88 | | TO: 28 |
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| 89 | 89 | | |
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| 90 | 90 | | (I) INCREASE THE ENROLLMENT IN HI GH SCHOOL COMPUTER 29 |
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| 91 | 91 | | SCIENCE COURSES ; AND 30 |
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| 92 | 92 | | |
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| 93 | 93 | | (II) PROVIDE THE APPROPRIA TE PREPARATION AND S UPPORT 31 SENATE BILL 980 3 |
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| 95 | 95 | | |
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| 96 | 96 | | TO STUDENTS INTEREST ED IN PARTICIPATING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE –RELATED 1 |
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| 97 | 97 | | COURSES IN A POST –CCR PATHWAY. 2 |
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| 99 | 99 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 3 |
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| 100 | 100 | | 1, 2024. 4 |
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