Bill Text: NJ A2597 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

New Jersey Assembly Bill 2597 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Provides that beginning with the 2016-2017 grade nine class, Advanced Placement computer science course may satisfy a part of the mathematics credits required for high school graduation.*

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)

Status: (Passed) 2016-01-19 - Approved P.L.2015, c.274. [A2597 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A2597-Amended.html

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2597

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman TROY SINGLETON

District 7 (Burlington)

Assemblyman PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman JOHN DIMAIO

District 23 (Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Pinkin and Mosquera

SYNOPSIS

Provides that beginning with the 2014-2015 grade nine class, Advanced Placement computer science course may satisfy a part of either the mathematics or science credits required for high school graduation.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

As reported by the Assembly Education Committee on May 15, 2014, with amendments.

An Act concerning high school graduation requirements and supplementing chapter 7C of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

1. Beginning with the 2014-2015 grade nine class, the State Board of Education shall require that the local graduation requirements adopted by a board of education permit an Advanced Placement computer science course to satisfy a part of the total credit requirement in either mathematics or science. For an Advanced Placement computer science course to satisfy a part of the mathematics credit requirement, the student must be concurrently enrolled in or have successfully completed algebra I and geometry ¹or the content equivalent¹. For an Advanced Placement computer science course to satisfy a part of the science credit requirement, the student must be concurrently enrolled in or have successfully completed five credits in laboratory biology or life science or the content equivalent and an additional laboratory or inquiry-based science course, which ¹[may] shall¹ include chemistry, environmental science, or physics.