Table 2.21. States and districts with computer science as a high school graduation requirement, by state: 2016

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Table 2.21. States and districts with computer science as a high school graduation requirement, by state: 2016–17

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State	State requires computer science credit to substitute for mathematics graduation credit	State requires computer science credit to substitute for science graduation credit	State requires computer science credit to substitute for other graduation credits¹	District decides whether computer science credit substitutes for a math graduation credit		District decides whether computer science substitutes for a science graduation credit		District decides whether computer science substitutes for other graduation credits
United States²	24	9	4	4		1		0

Alabama	Yes	No	No	No		No		No
Alaska	No	No	No	No		No		No
Arizona	No	No	No	Yes		No		No
Arkansas	Yes	Yes	No	No		No		No
California	No	No	No	Yes		No		No

Colorado	No	No	No	No	³	No	³	No
Connecticut	No	No	No	No		No		No
Delaware	No	No	No	No		No		No
District of Columbia	Yes	No	No	No		No		No
Florida	Yes	Yes	No	No		No		No

Georgia	Yes	Yes	No	No		No		No
Hawaii	No	No	No	No		No		No
Idaho	Yes	Yes	No	No		No		No
Illinois	Yes	No	No	No		No		No
Indiana	No	No	No	No		No		No

Iowa	No	No	No	No		No		No
Kansas	No	No	No	No		No		No
Kentucky	No	No	No	Yes		No		No
Louisiana	Yes	No	No	No		No		No
Maine	No	No	No	No		No		No

Maryland	Yes	No	Yes	No		No		No
Massachusetts	No	No	No	No		No		No
Michigan	Yes	Yes	No	No		No		No
Minnesota	Yes	No	No	No		No		No
Mississippi	No	No	No	No		No		No

Missouri	No	No	No	No		No		No
Montana	No	No	No	No		No		No
Nebraska	No	No	No	No		No		No
Nevada	No	No	No	No		No		No
New Hampshire	No	No	No	No		No		No

New Jersey	Yes	No	No	No		No		No
New Mexico	No	No	No	No		No		No
New York	No	No	No	Yes		Yes		No
North Carolina	Yes	No	No	No		No		No
North Dakota	Yes	No	No	No		No		No

Ohio	Yes	No	No	No		No		No
Oklahoma	Yes	No	Yes	No		No		No
Oregon	No	No	No	No		No		No
Pennsylvania	Yes	Yes	No	No		No		No
Rhode Island	No	No	No	No		No		No

South Carolina	No	No	No	No		No		No
South Dakota	No	No	No	No		No		No
Tennessee	Yes	No	No	No		No		No
Texas	Yes	No	Yes	No		No		No
Utah	Yes	Yes	No	No		No		No

Vermont	No	No	No	No		No		No
Virginia	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		No		No
Washington	Yes	Yes	No	No		No		No
West Virginia	Yes	No	No	No		No		No
Wisconsin	Yes	No	No	No		No		No
Wyoming	No	No	No	No		No		No

¹ Other credit requirements may include technology or languages other than English.
² National total reflects the number of "Yes" responses for a column.
³ Pending state board action by July 2018, Colorado would like to provide districts with the option to decide whether they will permit computer science credits to fulfill mathematics or science graduation requirements.
NOTE: Policies in four states, Arizona, California, Kentucky and New York, delegate the decision to districts as to whether computer science counts toward a core graduation requirements; these state permit, but do not require, districts to allow computer science to fulfill a mathematics or science credit for high school graduation.
SOURCE: Education Commission of the States, State of the States Landscape Report: State-Level Policies Supporting Equitable K-12 Computer Science Education, retrieved September 19, 2017 from https://www.ecs.org/ec-content/uploads/MassCAN-Full-Report-v10.pdf. Data Source.

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