School curriculum: computer science: data reporting.

Existing law, until July 31, 2020, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to convene a computer science strategic implementation advisory panel with a specified membership to develop and submit recommendations for a computer science strategic implementation plan to the Superintendent, the State Board of Education, and the Legislature. Existing law requires the Superintendent to develop, and the state board to consider adopting, a computer science strategic implementation plan on or before July 15, 2019. This bill would require the State Department of Education to annually compile specified computer science education data and post on its internet website a standalone report on that data from the 2019–20 school year and each subsequent school year until the department publicly includes the data in its existing data system, or a successor statewide data system, for collecting data on enrollment and achievement in elementary and secondary education, as provided. The bill would require the department to incorporate the computer science education data into a successor statewide data system, when implemented.