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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="4-111.4" title_number="4" title_name="Local School Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="County Boards of Education">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Beginning in the 2021–2022 school year, each county board shall require each public high school in the county to offer at least one computer science course.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The computer science course shall be of high quality and meet or exceed the curriculum standards and requirements established by the State Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The county board shall make efforts to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Incorporate instruction in computer science in each public elementary and middle school in the county; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Increase the enrollment in middle and high school computer science courses of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Female students;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Students with disabilities; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Students of ethnic, racial, and other demographic groups that are underrepresented in the field of computer science as identified by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
