,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #becf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bg1 #bjac     
,mrs4 ,brooks of ,indiana 7for herself1 
,mr4 ,polis1 ,mr4 ,hanna1 ,ms4          
,del,bene1 ,mrs4 ,mc,morris ,rodgers1   
,mr4 ,hunter1 ,mr4 ,honda1 ,mrs4 ,davis 
of ,california1 ,mr4 ,langevin1 ,mr4    
,johnson of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,messer1 and    
,mr4 ,delaney7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife to strengthen elementary  
and secondary computer science          
education1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,computer ,science ,education ,act  
of #bjac4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds
 the following3  7#a7 ,computer science 
is transforming industry1 creating new  
fields of commerce1 driving innovation  
in all fields of science1 and bolstering
 productivity in established economic   

sectors4  7#b7 ,computer science        
underpins the information technology    
sector of the ,united ,states1 which is 
a significant contributor to the        
economic output of the ,united ,states4 
7#c7 ,the ,bureau of ,labor ,statistics 
predicts that there will be #i1bjj1jjj  
jobs in the fields of science1          
technology1 engineering1 and mathematics
 by the year #bjbj4 ,half of these1 or  
#d1fjj1jjj jobs1 will be in computing4  
7#d7 ,the average annual salary in      
computer science is #gf1jjj4  7#e7      
,elementary and secondary computer      
science education gives students a      
deeper knowledge of the fundamentals of 
computing1 yielding critical thinking   
skills that will serve students         
throughout their lives in numerous      
fields4  7#f7 ,students who take the    
,college ,board's ,,ap computer science 
test are #h times more likely to major  
in computer science in college4         
,unfortunately1 the ,college ,board     
reports that of the #c1djj1jjj ,,ap     

exams given in #bjaa1 just under        
#a1jjj1jjj of those were in the         
sciences4 ,about #bj1jjj of those were  
in computer science1 accounting for #b  
percent of the science exams and #a     
percent of all ,,ap exams4 ,of the      
#bj1jjj computer science ,,ap test      
takers in #bjaa1 only #d1jjj were       
females4  7#g7 ,in the #bjab-bjac school
 year1 only #i states allowed computer  
science courses to count toward         
secondary school core graduation        
requirements1 chilling student interest 
in computer science courses4  7#h7 ,the 
,computer ,science ,teachers            
,association 7,,csta7 has found that    
many ,states do not have a certification
 or licensure process for computer      
science teachers4 ,where processes do   
exist1 they often have no connection to 
rigorous computer science content4  7#i7
 ,computer science education has been   
encumbered by confusion regarding the   
related but distinct concepts of        
computer science education1 technology  

education1 and the use of technology in 
education4  7#aj7 ,the ,association for 
,computing ,machinery and the ,,csta    
have established a clear #d-part1       
grade-appropriate framework of standards
 for computer science education to guide
 ,state reform efforts4  7#aa7 ,with the
 growing importance of computing in     
society1 the need for students to       
understand the fundamentals of computing
 and the significant challenges         
elementary and secondary computer       
science education faces1 broad support  
for computer science education is needed
 to catalyze reform4  #c4 ,computer     
science definitions ,section #iaja of   
the ,elementary and ,secondary          
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ghja7 is amended--  7#a7 by            
redesignating paragraphs 7#g7 through   
7#dc7 as paragraphs 7#h7 through 7#dd71 
respectively2  7#b7 by inserting after  
paragraph 7#f7 the following3  7#g7     
,computer science ,the term computer    
science means the study of computers and

 algorithmic processes and includes the 
study of computing principles1 computer 
hardware and software design1 computer  
applications1 and the impact of         
computers on society4  2  7#c7 in       
paragraph 7#ab71 as so redesignated1 by 
striking and geography and inserting    
geography1 and computer science2 and    
7#d7 in subparagraph 7,a77i7 of         
paragraph 7#ce71 as so redesignated1 by 
inserting 7including computer science7  
after academic subjects4