TO ALLOW A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TO REQUIRE AN ENROLLED STUDENT TO EARN ONE UNIT OF CREDIT IN A COMPUTER SCIENCE OR COMPUTER SCIENCE-RELATED CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSE IN ORDER TO GRADUATE.

HB 1825 allows Arkansas public high schools to require students to earn one credit in a computer science or computer science-related career and technical education course to graduate. This policy change applies to all public high school students in Arkansas, though schools may choose whether to implement this requirement. The bill amends graduation standards to include this option and directs the state to identify qualifying courses for schools that adopt the requirement. It does not mandate the requirement statewide but provides schools with the option to add this computer science credit to graduation criteria.