Bill Text: IL HB3909 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a microcredential for teachers to receive training in introductory and intermediate computer science. Provides that the microcredential shall cover the best practices for teaching computer science to students, focusing on content mastery and teaching strategies. Provides that the State Board of education shall also establish a microcredential for teachers to receive training for Advanced Placement classes in computer science after completing the introductory microcredential. Provides that the State Board of Education shall make the microcredential a primary endorsement area.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3909 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3909-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3909 Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Katie Stuart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new
Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a microcredential for teachers to receive training in introductory and intermediate computer science. Provides that the microcredential shall cover the best practices for teaching computer science to students, focusing on content mastery and teaching strategies. Provides that the State Board of education shall also establish a microcredential for teachers to receive training for Advanced Placement classes in computer science after completing the introductory microcredential. Provides that the State Board of Education shall make the microcredential a primary endorsement area.
LRB103 28301 RJT 54680 b
A BILL FOR
HB3909 LRB103 28301 RJT 54680 b
AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
2-3.196 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new)
Sec. 2-3.196. Computer science microcredentials.
(a) The State Board of Education shall establish a
microcredential for teachers to receive training in
introductory and intermediate computer science. The
microcredential shall cover the best practices for teaching
computer science to students, focusing on content mastery and
teaching strategies. The State Board of Education shall make
the microcredential a primary endorsement area.
(b) The State Board of Education shall also establish a
microcredential for teachers to receive training for Advanced
Placement classes in computer science after completing the
microcredential established in subsection (a). The State Board
of Education shall make the microcredential a primary
endorsement area.