DES MOINES – Today, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds highlighted an Administration priority bill that was passed in the 2017 session that encourages computer science in ever school in Iowa, establishes computer science standards and also creates a computer science professional development incentive fund to help prepare teachers. Lt. Gov. Reynolds was joined by Iowa Department of Education Director Ryan Wise, and Greenwood Elementary Principal Eric Huinker in speaking of the importance of the legislation. Students from Greenwood Elementary also displayed and discussed their individual computer science projects that they are working on currently.
“Computer science is a new basic skill in the technology-driven, 21st century economy,” said Reynolds. “That’s why I’m thrilled that we were able to get legislation passed on a bi-partisan basis this year that will help us build a strong computer science foundation for all students and strengthen Iowa’s workforce talent pipeline. This is the ultimate goal of our Future Ready Iowa initiative to have 70% of Iowa’s workforce with education or training beyond high school by 2025.”
On Friday, April 28, Gov. Terry Branstad signed the following into law:
Senate File 274: an Act relating to computer science education by providing for education standards by the State Board of Education, for instructor endorsements and authorizations issued by the Board of Educational Examiners, for establishment of a computer science professional development incentive fund, and for the establishment of a computer science education work group.
Should be working on computer hacking – just about ALL computers are being hacked with the help of the NSA.