Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 12, 2014 |
referred to education delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 11, 2014 |
ordered to third reading cal.1338 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S6155
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
(D) Senate District
2013-S6155 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6540
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง817, Ed L
2013-S6155 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6155 REVISED 1/8/14 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring regulations authorizing computer science courses to count towards core curriculum content for secondary schools PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to expand math and science content areas by authorizing computer science courses to count towards core curriculum content for secondary schools. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill amends the Education Law by adding a new section 817. JUSTIFICATION: This bill develops a framework aimed at strengthening computer science education, allowing computer science courses to count toward a student's required credits for graduation. Only nine states allow computer science courses to count as a required graduation credit for either mathematics or science. Further, no states require a computer science course as a condition of a student's graduation despite national broad-based education studies calling for all students to take some computer science at the secondary education level. Computer science is transforming industry, creating new fields of commerce, driving innovation in all fields of science, and bolstering productivity in established economic sectors. Providing students with
2013-S6155 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6155 I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 8, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring regulations authorizing computer science courses to count towards core curriculum content for secondary schools THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 817 to read as follows: S 817. COURSE REQUIREMENTS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER AND THE BOARD OF REGENTS ARE AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH RULES AND/OR REGU- LATIONS AUTHORIZING COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES TO COUNT TOWARDS THE REQUIRED CORE CURRICULUM FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE STATE FOR MATH OR SCIENCE CONTENT. 2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "COMPUTER SCIENCE" MEANS THE STUDY OF COMPUTERS AND ALGORITHMIC PROCESSES INCLUDING THE STUDY OF COMPUTING PRINCIPLES, COMPUTER HARDWARE AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE DESIGN, COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, AND THE IMPACT OF COMPUTERS ON SOCIETY. COURSES MAY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: (A) SOFTWARE DESIGN; (B) HARDWARE DESIGN; (C) CREATION OF DIGITAL ARTIFACTS; (D) ABSTRACTION; (E) LOGIC; (F) ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION; (G) PROGRAMMING PARADIGMS AND LANGUAGES; (H) THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; (I) NETWORKS; (J) GRAPHICS; (K) DATABASES AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; (L) INFORMATION SECURITY AND PRIVACY; (M) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; (N) THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMPUTING AND MATHEMATICS; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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