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1 State of Arkansas As Engrossed: H4/3/25
2 95th General Assembly
A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1825
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5 By: Representative Wooldridge
6 By: Senator Crowell
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION
10 ADVANCEMENT ACT OF 2021; TO ALLOW A PUBLIC HIGH
11 SCHOOL TO REQUIRE AN ENROLLED STUDENT TO EARN ONE
12 UNIT OF CREDIT IN A COMPUTER SCIENCE OR COMPUTER
13 SCIENCE-RELATED CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSE
14 IN ORDER TO GRADUATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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18 TO ALLOW A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TO REQUIRE
19 AN ENROLLED STUDENT TO EARN ONE UNIT OF
20 CREDIT IN A COMPUTER SCIENCE OR COMPUTER
21 SCIENCE-RELATED CAREER AND TECHNICAL
22 EDUCATION COURSE IN ORDER TO GRADUATE.
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24 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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26 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 6-16-152(b)(1), concerning the requirement
27 to earn one (1) unit of credit under the Computer Science Education
28 Advancement Act of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
29 (b)(1) Beginning with the entering ninth grade class of 2022-2023 in
30 the 2025-2026 school year, a public high school student shall be required may
31 require an enrolled student to earn one (1) unit of credit in a Department of
32 Education-approved high school computer science or computer science-related
33 career and technical education course before the student graduates.
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35 SECTION 2. Arkansas Code � 6-16-152(b), concerning the requirement to
36 earn one (1) unit of credit under the Computer Science Education Advancement
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As Engrossed: H4/3/25 HB1825
1 Act of 2021, is amended to add an additional subdivision to read as follows:
2 "(5) The division shall:
3 (A) Review career and technical education courses to
4 determine how computer science standards may be embedded into appropriate
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6 (B) Identify the career and technical education courses
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8 subdivision (b)(1) of this section.
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