,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cabb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #be1     
#bjah ,ms4 ,cantwell 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,cassidy7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to support coding education4   
#a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be     
cited as the ,coding ,opportunities and 
,development for ,equitable ,students   
,act or the ,high ,school ,,codes ,act4 
#b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7    
,coding ,the term coding has the meaning
 given the term in section #aad7;e77#f7 
of the ,carl ,d4 ,perkins ,career and   
,technical ,education ,act of #bjjf 7#bj
 ,u4,s4,c4 #bcbd7;e77#f774  7#b7        
,computer science ,the term computer    
science means the study of computers and
 algorithmic processes1 including the   
principles1 hardware and software       
designs1 implementation1 and impact on  
society1 of computers and algorithmic   

processes4  #c4 ,sense of the ,senate   
,it is the ,sense of the ,senate that-- 
7#a7 ,states should support high schools
 in recognizing coding and computer     
science classes as classes that count   
toward the fulfillment of graduation    
requirements2  7#b7 it should be a      
priority to create a national strategy  
to incorporate computer science and     
coding into the elementary and secondary
 educational system in the ,united      
,states2  7#c7 learning to write and    
read code is critical to creating and   
innovating in cyberspace1 and learning  
to write and read code is a skill       
critical to the national security and   
economic competitiveness of the ,united 
,states2 and  7#d7 the modernization of 
the educational system in the ,united   
,states is a priority1 and modernization
 is necessary to bolster the next       
generation of high-tech workers4  #d4   
,coding ,demonstration ,program ,section
 #aad of the ,carl ,d4 ,perkins ,career 
and ,technical ,education ,act of #bjjf 

7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #bcbd7 is amended--  7#a7
 by redesignating subsection 7e7 as     
subsection 7f72  7#b7 in subsection     
7d77#b77;,a71 by striking subsection7e7 
and inserting subsection 7f72  7#c7 in  
subsection 7d77#d77;,a71 by striking    
subsection 7e7 and inserting subsection 
7f72 and  7#d7 by inserting after       
subsection 7d7 the following3  7e7      
,coding ,demonstration ,program  7#a7   
,in general ,the ,secretary shall carry 
out a coding demonstration program1     
through which the ,secretary shall award
 grants to local educational agencies to
 enable those local educational agencies
 to establish new programs or expand    
existing programs that allow high school
 students to take a coding class in     
place of a mathematics1 science1 or     
foreign language class in order to      
fulfill a graduation requirement4  7#b7 
,application  7,a7 ,in general ,a local 
educational agency desiring a grant     
under this subsection shall submit an   
application to the ,secretary at such   

time1 in such manner1 and containing    
such information as the ,secretary may  
require1 including the information      
described in subparagraph 7,b74  7,b7   
,contents ,an application submitted     
under subparagraph 7,a7 shall include-- 
7i7 a strategy for obtaining future     
funding to sustain the program after the
 grant has ended from ,state1 private1  
or other non-,federal funding sources2  
7ii7 a spending plan2  7iii7 a          
description of the goals of the program2
 and  7iv7 a description of the         
statistics the local educational agency 
will collect to include in the local    
educational agency's report to the      
,secretary described under paragraph    
7#d74  7#c7 ,priority ,in awarding      
grants under this subsection1 the       
,secretary shall give priority to a     
local educational agency submitting an  
application under paragraph 7#b7 that is
 located in a rural or underserved area4
  7#d7 ,report ,not later than #e years 
after the date of enactment of this     

subsection1 each local educational      
agency receiving a grant under paragraph
 7#a7 shall submit to the ,secretary a  
report about the coding program         
activities carried out with grant funds1
 including information and statistics   
about that program's findings1          
successes1 and failures4  7#e7 ,sunset  
,this subsection shall remain in effect 
until the date that is #e years after   
the date of enactment of this           
subsection4  7#f7 ,definitions  7,a7    
,coding ,in this subsection1 the term   
coding means the creation and           
modification of-- 7i7 source code       
7defined as any series of statements    
written in some human-readable computer 
programming language72 or  7ii7 machine 
code 7defined as instructions for a     
computer processor in some machine      
language74  7,b7 ,high school ,in this  
subsection1 the term high school has the
 meaning given the term in section #haja
 of the ,elementary and ,secondary      
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 

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