Bill Text: NY S04455 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires regulations authorizing computer science courses to count towards liberal arts content at institutions of higher learning; defines computer science.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S04455 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04455-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4455
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 12, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  regulations
          authorizing  computer  science  courses  to count towards liberal arts
          content at institutions of higher learning
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 208-b
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 208-b. Course requirements. 1. The commissioner  and  the  board  of
     4  regents  are  authorized  and  directed  to establish rules and/or regu-
     5  lations authorizing computer science courses to count towards the liber-
     6  al arts content in math or science required for each  degree  at  insti-
     7  tutions of higher learning in New York state.
     8    2. For purposes of this section, "computer science" means the study of
     9  computers  and  algorithmic  processes  including the study of computing
    10  principles, computer hardware and  computer  software  design,  computer
    11  applications,  and  the  impact  of  computers  on  society. Courses may
    12  include, but not be limited to:
    13    a. software design;
    14    b. hardware design;
    15    c. creation of digital artifacts;
    16    d. abstraction;
    17    e. logic;
    18    f. algorithm development and implementation;
    19    g. programming paradigms and languages;
    20    h. theoretical foundations;
    21    i. networks;
    22    j. graphics;
    23    k. databases and information retrieval;
    24    l. information security and privacy;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01616-01-9
        S. 4455                             2
     1    m. artificial intelligence;
     2    n. the relationship between computing and mathematics;
     3    o. the limits of computation;
     4    p. applications in information technology;
     5    q. the social impacts of computing.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.