GAM-HB0281 Summary 2018 Regular Session


HB0281 (CH0358)	Find a 2018 Bill: *Invalid Number	2018 Regular Session

	Entitled:	Education - Computer Science - Curriculum and Professional Development (Securing the Future: Computer Science Education for All)
	Sponsored by:	Delegate Miller, A.
	Status:	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 358

Synopsis:

Requiring county boards to require public high schools to offer at least one high-quality computer science course beginning in the 2021-2022 school year; establishing the Maryland Center for Computing Education to identify ways to expand access to high-quality computer science education, strengthen the skills of educators, and increase the number of computer science teachers; requiring the Center to work with certain institutions of higher education; etc.

Analysis:

Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)

All Sponsors:

Delegates A. Miller, Dumais, Fennell, Fraser-Hidalgo, Gibson, Hill, Jalisi, Korman, Krimm, Lam, J. Lewis, Lierman, McCray, McIntosh, Moon, Rose, Rosenberg, Saab, Sample-Hughes, Sophocleus, Tarlau, Valderrama, and M. Washington

Additional Facts:

Bill File Type: Regular
Effective Date(s): June 1, 2018
Bill imposes a mandated appropriation in the annual State Budget Bill
Bill imposes a local government mandate which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit

Committee(s):

Ways and Means