WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2025 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 2668
By Delegates Statler and Ellington
[Introduced February 20, 2025; referred to the Committee on Education]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated ยง18-2-12a, relating to creating a computer science credit requirement for public high school students.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
## ARTICLE 2. state board of education.
(a) Beginning with the entering ninth grade class of 2025-2026, a public high school student shall be required to earn one unit of credit in a West Virginia Department of Education-approved high school computer science course before the student graduates. This computer science requirement does not increase the number of required credits for graduation. Each credit earned for a department approved computer science course shall meet the West Virginia Board of Education's graduation requirements for a computer science unit and one of the following West Virginia High School Graduation Requirements:
(1) One credit in Mathematics (excluding Math 1, Algebra I, Math II, and Geometry requirements);
(2) One credit in Science (excluding Biology and one physical science requirements);
(3) One credit in Career and Technical Education (CTE); or
(4) One credit in Electives (excluding personal finance requirements).
(b) A student earning more than one credit for a department approved computer science course may use multiple credits to offset other graduation requirements; each of those multiple computer science credits may be used to meet one of these four requirements (Mathematics, Science, CTE, or Electives).
(c) A student may satisfy the requirement for a computer science course provided in this section, and any requirement for a course in personal finance as otherwise provided by this article, beginning in the eighth grade year: Provided, That the student shall obtain all other necessary credits required for graduation beginning in the ninth grade year: Provided further, That the computer science course, if taken in eighth grade, shall not count towards any of the four requirements beginning in ninth grade (Mathematics, Science, CTE, or Electives).
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require a course in computer science instruction for public high school students.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.