I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2536 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strength-
en elementary and secondary computer science education, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2013 
Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana (for herself, Mr. POLIS, Mr. HANNA, Ms. DELBENE, 
Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. HONDA, Mrs. DAVIS of 
California, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. MESSER, and Mr. 
DELANEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to strengthen elementary and secondary com-
puter science education, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Computer Science 
Education Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Computer science is transforming industry, 
creating new fields of commerce, driving innovation 
in all fields of science, and bolstering productivity in 
established economic sectors. 
(2) Computer science underpins the information 
technology sector of the United States, which is a 
significant contributor to the economic output of the 
United States. 
(3) The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts 
that there will be 9,200,000 jobs in the fields of 
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics by 
the year 2020. Half of these, or 4,600,000 jobs, will 
be in computing. 
(4) The average annual salary in computer 
science is $76,000. 
(5) Elementary and secondary computer science 
education gives students a deeper knowledge of the 
fundamentals of computing, yielding critical thinking 
skills that will serve students throughout their lives 
in numerous fields. 
(6) Students who take the College Board’s AP 
computer science test are 8 times more likely to 
major in computer science in college. Unfortunately, 
the College Board reports that of the 3,400,000 AP 
exams given in 2011, just under 1,000,000 of those 
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were in the sciences. About 20,000 of those were in 
computer science, accounting for 2 percent of the 
science exams and 1 percent of all AP exams. Of the 
20,000 computer science AP test takers in 2011, 
only 4,000 were females. 
(7) In the 2012–2013 school year, only 9 states 
allowed computer science courses to count toward 
secondary school core graduation requirements, 
chilling student interest in computer science courses. 
(8) The Computer Science Teachers Association 
(CSTA) has found that many States do not have a 
certification or licensure process for computer 
science teachers. Where processes do exist, they 
often have no connection to rigorous computer 
science content. 
(9) Computer science education has been en-
cumbered by confusion regarding the related but dis-
tinct concepts of computer science education, tech-
nology education, and the use of technology in edu-
cation. 
(10) The Association for Computing Machinery 
and the CSTA have established a clear 4-part, 
grade-appropriate framework of standards for com-
puter science education to guide State reform ef-
forts. 
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(11) With the growing importance of computing 
in society, the need for students to understand the 
fundamentals of computing and the significant chal-
lenges elementary and secondary computer science 
education faces, broad support for computer science 
education is needed to catalyze reform. 
SEC. 3. COMPUTER SCIENCE DEFINITIONS. 
Section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through 
(43) as paragraphs (8) through (44), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) COMPUTER
SCIENCE.—The term ‘com-
puter science’ means the study of computers and al-
gorithmic processes and includes the study of com-
puting principles, computer hardware and software 
design, computer applications, and the impact of 
computers on society.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘and geography’’ and inserting ‘‘geography, 
and computer science’’; and 
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