§302A-323  Computer science; curricula plan; public schools.  (a)  The department shall:

     (1)  Develop and implement a statewide computer science curricula plan for public school students in kindergarten through twelfth grade that may include design thinking as part of the curricula; and

     (2)  Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, ensure that each public high school offers at least one computer science course during each school year.

     (b)  Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, at least one public elementary school and one public middle or intermediate school in each complex area shall offer computer science courses or computer science content.

     (c)  Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, no less than fifty per cent of the public elementary schools and no less than fifty per cent of the public middle and intermediate schools in each complex area shall offer computer science courses or computer science content.

     (d)  Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, all public elementary, middle, and intermediate schools shall offer computer science courses or computer science content.

     (e)  By June 30, 2022, and by each June 30 thereafter, the superintendent shall submit to the board and legislature a report of the computer science courses and computer science content offered during the previous school year at the schools in each complex area.  The report shall include:

     (1)  The names and course codes of the computer science courses offered at each school;

     (2)  The number and percentage of students enrolled in each computer science course and computer science content, disaggregated by:

          (A)  Gender;

          (B)  Race and ethnicity;

          (C)  Special education status, including students eligible for special education under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as amended, or section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended;

          (D)  English language learner status;

          (E)  Eligibility for the free and reduced price lunch program; and

          (F)  Grade level;

          provided that if a category contains one to five students, or contains an amount that would allow the amount of another category that contains one to five students to be determined, the number of students shall be replaced with a symbol indicating that one to five students fulfilled that particular category;

     (3)  The names and course codes of the courses containing computer science content and a description of the computer science standards and content that are covered by those courses; and

     (4)  The number of computer science instructors at each school, disaggregated by:

          (A)  Any applicable certification;

          (B)  Gender;

          (C)  Race and ethnicity; and

          (D)  Highest academic degree earned.

     (f)  For the purposes of this section, "offer" means to provide a computer science course or computer science content taught in the English or Hawaiian language by a teacher:

     (1)  Who is physically located at the school; or

     (2)  Who is not physically located at the school but provides instruction through virtual means with the assistance of a proctor who is physically located at the school. [L 2018, c 51, pt of §2; am L 2021, c 158, §3]

Cross References

  Computer science teacher development programs, see §302A-709.