Happening in the States
Alabama
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
Alabama does not yet require that all secondary schools offer computer science.
Fund CS Professional Development
Alabama has allocated $675,00 (2017), and close to a $1m (2018) in funding for rigorous computer science professional development and course support.
Create High Quality CS Standards
Alabama has developed K-12 computer science standards.
✔️Arkansas
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
Require all secondary schools to offer computer science by 2015-2016 school year (via Act 187 of 2015).
Fund CS Professional Development
Provided $5 million in the fiscal year (FY) 2016-2017 budget, and $5 million in the FY 2018-2019 budget for all high schools to offer computer science.
Create High Quality CS Standards
K-8 standards have been embedded into other content areas; high school standards are standalone and implemented 2017-2018.
Arizona
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
Arizona does not yet require that all secondary schools offer computer science.
Fund CS Professional Development
Arizona has allocated funding for rigorous computer science professional development and course support. SB 1538 allocated $700,000 over two years.
Create High Quality CS Standards
Arizona has begun the process of developing high quality computer science standards.
✔️Hawaii
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
Hawaii requires that all secondary schools offer computer science.
Fund CS Professional Development
Hawaii has allocated funding for rigorous computer science professional development and course support
Create High Quality CS Standards
Hawaii has established K-12 computer science standards.
✔️Idaho
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
Idaho requires that all secondary schools offer computer science
Fund CS Professional Development
$2M for expansion of computer science throughout the state, including funds for professional development through passage of H0379 in 2016. $2M for CS was appropriated again in 2017.
Create High Quality CS Standards
Developed and adopted K-12 standards, building on the K-12 Computer Science Framework, for implementation in the 2017-2018 school year.
✔️Indiana
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
Indiana requires that all secondary schools offer computer science through Public Law 132 (SB 172 from the 2018 legislative session.)
Fund CS Professional Development
Indiana does not yet provide dedicated funding for rigorous computer science professional development
and course support.
Create High Quality CS Standards
K-8 Computer Science standards have been created and integrated into the state’s science standards.
✔️Iowa
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
SF 274 set a goal for each high school, middle school, and elementary school to offer CS by July 2019.
Fund CS Professional Development
$250K is allocated for CS PD for FY 2019.
Create High Quality CS Standards
2016’s SF 274 requires the development of K-12 CS standards.
✔️Maryland
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
Maryland requires that all secondary schools offer computer science through HB 281 from the 2018 legislative session.
Fund CS Professional Development
Maryland has allocated funding for rigorous computer science professional development and course support.
Create High Quality CS Standards
Maryland has established K-12 computer science standards.
Missori
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
Missouri does not yet require that all secondary schools offer computer science.
Fund CS Professional Development
Missouri does not yet provide dedicated funding for rigorous computer science professional development and course support.
Create High Quality CS Standards
Missouri is in the process of developing K-12 computer science standards.
Montana
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
Montana does not yet require that all secondary schools offer computer science.
Fund CS Professional Development
Montana does not yet provide dedicated funding for rigorous computer science professional development
and course support. Although funds may be available via broader programs.
Create High Quality CS Standards
Montana is in the process of developing K-12 computer science standards.
✔️New Jersey
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
New Jersey requires that all secondary schools offer computer science.
Fund CS Professional Development
New Jersey has allocated funding for rigorous computer science professional development and course support.
Create High Quality CS Standards
New Jersey has established K-12 computer science standards.
✔️Nevada
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
With the passage of S.B. 200, Nevada requires that all high schools in the state offer at least one rigorous computer science course by the 2022–23 school year.
Fund CS Professional Development
Nevada has allocated $2.4 Million over the 2018 and 2019 fiscal years towards high quality computer science professional development.
Create High Quality CS Standards
The Nevada Department of Education is actively developing computer science standards, which are on track to be adopted in time for the 2018–19 school year.
North Carolina
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
North Carolina does not yet require that all secondary schools offer computer science.
Fund CS Professional Development
North Carolina has allocated funding in the past for rigorous computer science professional development and course support.
Create High Quality CS Standards
North Carolina does not have K-12 computer science standards.
North Dakota
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
North Dakota does not yet require that all secondary schools offer computer science.
Fund CS Professional Development
North Dakota does not yet provide dedicated funding for rigorous computer science professional development
and course support. Although funds may be available via broader programs.
Create High Quality CS Standards
North Dakota is in the process of developing K-12 computer science standards.
Pennsylvania
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
Pennsylvania does not yet require that all secondary schools offer computer science.
Fund CS Professional Development
Pennsylvania has allocated funding for rigorous computer science professional development and course support.
Create High Quality CS Standards
Pennsylvania has established K-12 computer science standards.
✔️Rhode Island
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
Rhode Island’s Governor Raimondo announced CS4RI, a partnership initiative designed to bring rigorous digital learning to all K-12 students by December 2017.
Fund CS Professional Development
Although no budget allocations are specifically dedicated to teacher professional development, the FY17 budget proposal allocated $260,000 to expansion of computer science education access, including a teacher training boot camp.
Create High Quality CS Standards
Rhode Island has established K-12 computer science standards.
✔️Virginia
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
Virginia requires that all secondary schools offer computer science.
Fund CS Professional Development
Virginia has allocated funding for rigorous computer science professional development and course support.
Create High Quality CS Standards
Virginia has established K-12 computer science standards.
Washington
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
Washington does not yet require all schools to provide access to a rigorous CS course in high school, legislation passed to require computer science to count as a mathematics or science credit.
Fund CS Professional Development
$2 million per biennium grant program with one-to-one private match for professional development and technology upgrades was included in the 2015-17 and 2017-19 budgets (for a total for $4M).
Create High Quality CS Standards
Developed standards (required by legislature) based on the CSTA standards and the the K-12 Computer Science Framework.
Wyoming
Enable All High Schools to Offer CS
Wyoming requires that all secondary schools offer computer science.
Fund CS Professional Development
Wyoming encourages the use of state funds for computer science or computer science professional development.
Create High Quality CS Standards
Wyoming is in the process of developing K-12 computer science standards.