CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1577
Chapter 27, Laws of 2019
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
K-12 COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION--DATA
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 2019
Passed by the House March 4, 2019
  Yeas 97  Nays 0
FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 3, 2019
  Yeas 48  Nays 0
CYRUS HABIB

President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1577 as passed by House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN

Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved April 17, 2019 12:20 PM
FILED
April 18, 2019
JAY INSLEE

Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1577

Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington
66th Legislature
2019 Regular Session
ByHouse Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Callan, Stonier, Steele, Vick, Bergquist, Senn, Slatter, Jenkin, Goodman, Pettigrew, Ybarra, Dent, Harris, Tarleton, Dolan, and Lekanoff)
READ FIRST TIME 02/21/19.
AN ACT Relating to addressing data gathering of student participation in K-12 computer science education; adding a new section to chapter 28A.300 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. The legislature finds that to close the gender gap in computer science fields, it is important that computer science student participation rates are incorporated into the existing reporting infrastructure at the office of the superintendent of public instruction. The legislature finds that it is critical to track the gender and demographic composition of computer science course takers as well as the specific courses that they are taking. Grade level, socioeconomic, and distinctive factors should be included to establish a clear baseline of current student participation and identify areas for student participation improvement.
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 28A.300 RCW to read as follows:
Beginning June 30, 2020, and by each June 30th thereafter, each school district shall submit to the office of the superintendent of public instruction, and the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall post conspicuously on its web site, a report for the preceding academic year that must include, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) The total number of computer science courses offered in each school and whether these courses are advanced placement classes;
(2) The number and percentage of students who enrolled in a computer science program, disaggregated by:
(a) Gender;
(b) Race and ethnicity;
(c) Special education status;
(d) English language learner status;
(e) Eligibility for the free and reduced-price lunch program; and
(f) Grade level; and
(3) The number of computer science instructors at each school, disaggregated by:
(a) Certification, if applicable;
(b) Gender; and
(c) Highest academic degree.
Passed by the House March 4, 2019.
Passed by the Senate April 3, 2019.
Approved by the Governor April 17, 2019.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 18, 2019.
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