Bill Text: MI HB5649 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Education: curriculum; public high schools to offer a computer science course; require. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1166c.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2024-12-31 - Presented To The Governor 01/08/2025 02:18 Pm [HB5649 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB5649-Enrolled.html
state of michigan
102nd Legislature
Regular session of 2024
Introduced by Reps. Glanville, Skaggs, Tsernoglou, Brixie, Andrews, Liberati, McFall, Snyder, Breen, Steckloff, Conlin, Martus, Dievendorf, Byrnes, Brabec, Paiz, Hood, Wilson, Grant, Fitzgerald, Tyrone Carter, Rogers and Whitsett
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5649
AN ACT to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “An act to provide a system of public instruction and elementary and secondary schools; to revise, consolidate, and clarify the laws relating to elementary and secondary education; to provide for the organization, regulation, and maintenance of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to prescribe rights, powers, duties, and privileges of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to provide for the regulation of school teachers and certain other school employees; to provide for school elections and to prescribe powers and duties with respect thereto; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes; to provide for the borrowing of money and issuance of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness; to establish a fund and provide for expenditures from that fund; to make appropriations for certain purposes; to provide for and prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, the state board of education, and certain other boards and officials; to provide for licensure of boarding schools; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1166c.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 1166c. (1) Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, each public high school shall offer at least 1 computer science course to pupils enrolled in the public high school, as determined by the district, intermediate school district, or public school academy.
(2) The computer science course described in subsection (1) must meet the following criteria:
(a) It must meet or exceed standards established by the state board of education.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the
public high school must make a good-faith effort to offer the course in an
in-person setting. If an in-person setting is not feasible for purposes of
meeting the requirement under this subdivision, the public high school may
offer the course through a virtual or distance-based option. The requirement to
make a good-faith effort to offer the course in an in-person setting does not
apply to a public high school that operates entirely virtually.
(c) It must be listed as an option on the school’s catalog of courses, as confirmed by the district, intermediate school district, or public school academy.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) “Computer science” means the study of computers and algorithmic processes, including, but not limited to, their principles, hardware and software designs, implementation, and impact on society, and is a study that focuses on teaching students how to create new technologies and not solely the use of technology.
(b) “Public high school” means a public school that offers at least 1 of grades 9 to 12.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor
