2024 House Bill 5649 / Public Act 206

Education: curriculum; public high schools to offer a computer science course; require.

An act to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “An act to provide a system of public instruction and elementary and secondary schools; to revise, consolidate, and clarify the laws relating to elementary and secondary education; to provide for the organization, regulation, and maintenance of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to prescribe rights, powers, duties, and privileges of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to provide for the regulation of school teachers and certain other school employees; to provide for school elections and to prescribe powers and duties with respect thereto; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes; to provide for the borrowing of money and issuance of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness; to establish a fund and provide for expenditures from that fund; to make appropriations for certain purposes; to provide for and prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, the state board of education, and certain other boards and officials; to provide for licensure of boarding schools; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1166c.

Mackinac Center Analysis

Requires public high schools to offer one computer science course starting in the 2027-28 school year.

Introduced in the House

April 23, 2024

Introduced by Rep. Carol Glanville (D-84) and 22 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Phil Skaggs (D-80), Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75), Julie Brixie (D-73), Joey Andrews (D-38), Tullio Liberati (D-2), Mike McFall (D-8), Will Snyder (D-87), Kelly Breen (D-21), Samantha Steckloff (D-19), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Jasper Martus (D-69), Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Erin Byrnes (D-15), Felicia Brabec (D-33), Veronica Paiz (D-11), Rachel Hood (D-81), Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Kristian Grant (D-82), John Fitzgerald (D-83), Tyrone Carter (D-1), Julie Rogers (D-41) and Karen Whitsett (D-4)

Referred to the Committee on Education

June 4, 2024

Reported with substitute H-1

June 13, 2024

Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote

Substitute H-2 offered by Rep. Kathy Schmaltz (R-46)

The substitute failed by voice vote

June 18, 2024

Passed in the House 87 to 22 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Jimmie Wilson (D-32)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

June 20, 2024

Referred to the Committee on Education

Oct. 23, 2024

Reported without amendment

Oct. 24, 2024

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Nov. 13, 2024

Reported without amendment

Dec. 10, 2024

Passed in the Senate 23 to 14 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Jan. 17, 2025