Bills would mandate uniform computer science education across the state By Anthony Warren | January 22, 2021 at 1:54 PM CST - Updated January 22 at 3:30 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Two bills introduced this week in the Mississippi State Legislature promise to give the state’s more than 442,000 public school students a leg up in competing for jobs in the 21st century.
The bills are S.B. 2678 and H.B. 633, both known as the “Computer Science and Cyber Education Equality Acts,” would mandate the state Department of Education to implement mandatory K-12 computer science curriculums in all K-12 schools across the state.
The bills would bring classroom instruction of computer science to all public school students across the state, according to C Spire officials. C Spire helped lawmakers craft the legislation.