Bill Text: IL HJR0051 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares December 9, 2013 as Computer Science Education Day in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HJR0051 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HJR0051-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Computer Science provides a foundation for | ||||||
| 3 | virtually any career and most people benefit from learning the | ||||||
| 4 | basics of Computer Science; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Software jobs outnumber Computer Science students | ||||||
| 6 | 3 to 1 and there is a one million job gap over the past decade | ||||||
| 7 | between open jobs in Computer Science and qualified candidates; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Ninety percent of schools in the United States do | ||||||
| 10 | not teach Computer Science; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Many countries, including China, Vietnam, and | ||||||
| 12 | Estonia, require Computer Science classes for all students; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Fewer than 10% of students in the United States | ||||||
| 14 | try to learn basic Computer Science; of these students, only 2% | ||||||
| 15 | are women and only 1% are students of color; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The week of December 9th through the 15th, 2013 is | ||||||
| 17 | Computer Science Education Week organized by the Computing in | ||||||
| 18 | the Core coalition; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
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| 1 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 2 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we declare December 9, 2013 to | ||||||
| 3 | be Computer Science Education Day in the State of Illinois; and | ||||||
| 4 | be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to all the school districts in the State of Illinois.
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