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Ohio lawmakers are introducing bills that would require high school students to take a computer science course before graduating.
State Reps. Don Jones, R-Freeport, and Gayle Manning, R-North Ridgeville, are introducing legislation in the Ohio House and state Sens. Jerry Cirino, R-Kirtland, and Catherine D. Ingram, D-Cincinnati, are introducing a bill in the Ohio Senate. Both are set to be introduced next week.
The bills would require Ohio public high schools to offer at least one computer science course starting with the 2027-28 school year and would require public school students to take a unit of a computer science class in order to graduate starting with the high school class of 2032.
“The goal of this bill is to set students up for success by allowing them to develop valuable skills such as problem solving and computational thinking and make Ohio a leader in tech education,” Manning said Thursday during a press conference.
Jones, who was unable to attend the press conference, introduced a similar bill during the last General Assembly, but it only had sponsor...