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S. 3122 115th Congress Senate

High School CODES Act

Official title: A bill to support coding education.

Introduced: June 25, 2018 Introduced by: Maria Cantwell Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 25, 2018
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 Latest action June 25, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coding Opportunities and Development for Equitable Students Act or the High School CODES Act

This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to direct the Department of Education (ED) to carry out a coding demonstration program. Under the program, ED shall award grants to local educational agencies for the establishment or expansion of programs that allow high-school students to take a coding class in place of a mathematics, science, or foreign language class as graduation requirement.

     Related & companion bills 1
    • HR 6334 Identical bill High School CODES Act
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    Cassidy, Bill
    Louisiana · Jun 25, 2018
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