House
File
2324
-
Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
2324
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
603)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
1,
2016
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
a
computer
science
advisory
council
to
be
1
convened
by
the
director
of
the
department
of
education.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.9,
Code
2016,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
67.
Convene
a
computer
science
advisory
3
council
to
make
recommendations
regarding
the
requirement
that
4
each
accredited
high
school
offer
at
least
one
high-quality
5
computer
science
course
by
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
6
2018,
pursuant
to
section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
7
âkâ
.
The
council
shall
submit
its
recommendations
to
the
8
governor
and
the
general
assembly
by
October
1,
2016.
The
9
recommendations
shall
also
include
but
not
be
limited
to
the
10
following:
11
a.
Standards
for
one
or
more
high-quality
computer
science
12
courses,
with
one
or
more
models
for
such
courses
to
be
13
developed
by
the
department
by
July
1,
2017.
14
b.
A
recommendation
as
to
whether
one
or
more
such
15
high-quality
computer
science
courses
could
be
integrated
into
16
a
career
and
technical
education
pathway.
17
c.
A
recommendation
as
to
how
one
or
more
such
high-quality
18
computer
science
courses
could
satisfy
the
high
school
19
graduation
requirement
for
mathematics.
20
d.
Multiple
settings
for
the
delivery
of
high-quality
high
21
school
computer
science
courses,
including
traditional
high
22
school
classes,
concurrent
enrollment
classes,
and
online
23
learning
classes
that
include
the
opportunity
for
students
to
24
collaborate
within
a
classroom
setting.
25
e.
Guidelines
for
creating
a
kindergarten
through
grade
26
twelve
career
pathway
in
computer
science,
with
an
appropriate
27
scope
and
sequence
for
high-quality
computer
science
28
instruction,
which
would
include
a
unit
on
coding
in
seventh
29
or
eighth
grade
to
be
required
by
the
school
year
beginning
on
30
July
1,
2018,
pursuant
to
section
256.11,
subsection
4.
31
f.
Licensure
and
professional
development
requirements
to
32
ensure
that
teachers
are
prepared
for
and
supported
in
the
33
delivery
of
high-quality
computer
science
courses.
34
g.
An
estimate
of
the
cost
of
implementation
of
requirements
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described
in
this
section
that,
by
the
school
year
beginning
1
July
1,
2018,
one
unit
of
high-quality
computer
science
2
education
be
added
to
the
minimum
educational
program
to
be
3
offered
and
taught
for
grades
nine
through
twelve
and
that
4
the
technology
education
component
of
the
minimum
educational
5
program
to
be
offered
and
taught
for
grades
seven
and
eight
6
include
one
unit
on
computer
coding.
The
estimate
shall
7
include
an
estimate
of
the
current
capacity
of
computer
science
8
teachers
in
Iowa
for
those
grades,
including
how
many
more
9
computer
science
teachers
will
be
necessary
in
Iowa
and
how
10
many
school
districts
are
currently
offering
such
courses.
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