High school graduation requirements; substitution of computer coding for foreign language credit. (HB443)
Introduced By
Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy (D-Woodbridge) with support from co-patron Del. Glenn Davis (R-Virginia Beach)
Progress
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
High school graduation requirements; substitution of computer coding credit for foreign language credit. Requires the Board of Education, in establishing high school graduation requirements, to permit any English language learner who previously earned a sufficient score on an Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate foreign language examination or an SAT II Subject Test in a foreign language to substitute computer coding course credit for any foreign language course credit required to graduate, except in cases in which such foreign language course credit is required to earn an advanced diploma offered by a nationally recognized provider of college-level courses. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/06/2018 | Committee |
01/06/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102153D |
01/06/2018 | Referred to Committee on Education |
01/15/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB443) |
01/19/2018 | Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3 |
01/29/2018 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) |
01/31/2018 | Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
01/31/2018 | Committee substitute printed 18105253D-H1 |
02/02/2018 | Read first time |
02/05/2018 | Passed by for the day |
02/06/2018 | Floor substitute printed 18106818D-H2 (Carroll Foy) |
02/06/2018 | Read second time |
02/06/2018 | Committee substitute rejected 18105253D-H1 |
02/06/2018 | Substitute by Delegate Carroll Foy agreed to 18106818D-H2 |
02/06/2018 | Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB443H2 |
02/06/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB443H2) |
02/07/2018 | Read third time and passed House (80-Y 18-N) |
02/07/2018 | VOTE: PASSAGE (80-Y 18-N) (see vote tally) |
02/08/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/08/2018 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
02/21/2018 | Assigned Education sub: Public Education |
03/01/2018 | Reported from Education and Health with amendment (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/02/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/05/2018 | Passed by for the day |
03/06/2018 | Passed by for the day |
03/07/2018 | Read third time |
03/07/2018 | Reading of amendment waived |
03/07/2018 | Committee amendment agreed to |
03/07/2018 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
03/07/2018 | Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/08/2018 | Placed on Calendar |
03/08/2018 | Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 97-N) |
03/08/2018 | VOTE: ADOPTION (0-Y 97-N) (see vote tally) |
03/08/2018 | Senate insisted on amendment (37-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
03/08/2018 | Senate requested conference committee |
03/08/2018 | House acceded to request |
03/08/2018 | Conferees appointed by House |
03/08/2018 | Delegates: Carroll Foy, Landes, Robinson |
03/08/2018 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
03/08/2018 | Senators: Carrico, Peake, Lewis |
03/09/2018 | C Amended by conference committee |
03/09/2018 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/09/2018 | Conference report agreed to by House (76-Y 18-N) |
03/09/2018 | VOTE: ADOPTION (76-Y 18-N) (see vote tally) |
03/20/2018 | Enrolled |
03/20/2018 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB443ER) |
03/20/2018 | Signed by Speaker |
03/22/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB443ER) |
03/22/2018 | Signed by President |
03/26/2018 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 26, 2018 |
03/26/2018 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018 |
03/30/2018 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 716 (effective 7/1/18) |
03/30/2018 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0716) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 3 clips in all, totaling 3 minutes.
Comments
HB 576 High school graduation requirements; substitution of computer coding for foreign language credit.
I have a PhD in linguistics, and I have spent most of my life studying how and why people learn languages and the value of multilingualism and learning foreign languages. I also recognize the value of students learning to program computer languages, but they are not languages. However:
• The purposes for learning a computer language and a foreign language are entirely different. Both are valuable for different reasons.
• There is convincing research that shows that knowledge of more than one language increases young people’s intelligence and, of course, the earlier a second and third language is learned, the easier it is.
• Many monolinguals do not appreciate the pitfalls of translation, nor do they understand the relationship of culture to language. Today it is crucial that people from different cultures can interact and cooperate.
• Our high school students will be competing with students from other states, as well as foreign students both for university admissions and jobs.
• Computer languages are not languages.
• Many colleges require a second language for graduation
I have a PhD in linguistics, and I have spent most of my life studying how and why people learn languages and the value of multilingualism and learning foreign languages. I also recognize the value of students learning to program computer languages, but computer languages are not languages, and one cannot be a substitute for another, for many reasons:
• The purposes for learning a computer language and a foreign language are entirely different. Both are valuable for different reasons.
• There is convincing research that shows that knowledge of more than one language increases young people’s intelligence and, of course, the earlier second and third languages are learned, the easier they are learned.
• Many monolinguals do not appreciate the pitfalls of translation, nor do they understand the relationship of culture to language. Today it is crucial that people from different cultures can interact and cooperate.
• Our high school students will be competing with students from other states, as well as foreign students both for university admissions and jobs.
• Computer languages are not languages.
• Many colleges require a second language for graduation
I am a high school foreign language teacher. Why does it feel like we are going backward, not forward? Computer coding has its place and purpose, but why use it as a requirement for a foreign language which it is not? Both have value. We should be requiring computer classes as well as foreign language, not one or the other.