On October 22, 2018, Arizona's State Board of Education voted to adopt new K-12 Computer Science Standards. The process to develop new Computer Science Standards began in January 2017. Since that time, the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) has collected public feedback on existing standards and convened working groups of educators, content experts, community members, and parents to create new standards.
Through the Arizona Computer Science Initiative & the Governor’s Partnership for K-12 Computer Science, Governor Ducey and Code.org have collaborated to advance computer science education statewide since 2017. In FY 2018, Governor Ducey proposed and received funding to advance the first phase of Arizona’s statewide computer science initiative through the development of computer science standards and professional development. The FY2019 budget included $2.5 million to expand the Governor’s Partnership for K-12 Computer Science pilot program and enable schools to offer high-quality, rigorous training for new computer science teachers.
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