Governor Eric Holcomb to sign computer science bill on USI campus

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Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, USI President Dr. Linda L. M. Bennett, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Jennifer McCormick, members of the Indiana General Assembly

Bill signing for SEA 172

2 p.m. Tuesday, March 20

 University of Southern Indiana Decision Support and Negotiations Lab, located in room 1004 of the Business and Engineering Center on the USI campus. A map of campus highlighting the Business and Engineering Center can be found at USI.edu/map.

SEA 172: Establishes the Next Level Computer Science Grant Program and the Next Level Computer Science Fund to award grants, after June 30, 2019, to eligible entities to implement teacher professional development programs for training in teaching computer science, and requires, beginning July 1, 2021, each public school to include computer science courses as electives and as part of the science curriculum from kindergarten through grade 12.