3.0.0 671 2023-01-11T13:27:54Z 2023-01-11T13:27:54Z Senate S 2015-03-04 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-03-04T22:38:35Z 2015-03-04 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-03-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2015-03-04 True Education Computers and information technology Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Elementary and secondary education Higher education Science and engineering education Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2015-03-04 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-24T15:07:59Z Computer Science Education and Jobs Act of 2015

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to define "computer science" as the study of computers and algorithmic processes, including the study of computing principles, computer hardware, software design, computer applications, and the impact of computers on society.

Redesignates "core academic subjects" as "priority subjects" and makes computer science a priority subject.

Includes computer science teachers in professional development activities.

Requires the Secretary of Education to give a priority in awarding advanced placement incentive program grants to entities focused on expanding access to advanced placement computer science programs.

Requires state: (1) plans for school improvement to describe how the state will consider including computer science in its academic standards, accountability system, and assessments; and (2) report cards to describe the 10 most in-demand occupations in the state and how the subjects being taught to public school students in the state are exposing them to the knowledge and skills that are, or will be, in demand.

Requires computer science teachers to be highly qualified by the end of the 2016-2017 school year.

Includes computer science in the program awarding grants to partnerships between states, institutions of higher education (IHEs), and high-need local educational agencies to: (1) train and recruit mathematics and science teachers, and (2) develop more rigorous science and mathematics curricula.

Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive five-year grants to IHEs to: (1) develop courses that prepare undergraduate students to teach elementary and secondary school computer science, and (2) develop and fund teacher mentoring programs to support new computer science teachers.

Amends the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to include informatics and computer science majors and professionals in the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (the Program recruits and prepares science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and professionals to become mathematics and science teachers).

]]> Computer Science Education and Jobs Act of 2015 Display Title Computer Science Education and Jobs Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Computer Science Education and Jobs Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s671is/xml/BILLS-114s671is.xml 2015-03-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.