<div dir="ltr">Here are notes from today's Code.org advocacy coalition call<div><br></div><div><ol><li>The deadline is Aug 3 to sign up for the free state advocacy conference Sept 27-28 in Denver. (we have to pay travel/lodging) <span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-69dbcc82-8b8b-5495-a8ad-e9745495895f" style="text-align:start;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><ul style="font-size:small;font-weight:bold;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(253,186,48);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">apply at <a href="http://advocacy.code.org/state-policy-forum">advocacy.code.org/state-policy-forum</a> </span></p></li></ul></span></li><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b style="font-weight:normal" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-e41003dd-8b8f-d652-50db-ad221c48b92c"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">House LHHS-Education FY 2019 bill</span></b><br></span></font></li><ol><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">puts $20M into CTE</span></b></span></font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">does call out STEM and CS for EIR and Title IV</span></font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">includes special money for rural</span></font></li></ol><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">More states: PA put aside $20M for STEM+CS, IA & CT adopted CSTA standards, HI requires HS to offer CS by 2021 and has funding.</span></font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">GA did a grant for middle schools to do CS $500k for <a href="https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/meetings/TempFolder/Meetings/CTAE%20Middle%20School%20Coding%20Allocations_950355ddp1tafjoyzp2ojn0gpaocpz.pdf">17 school districts</a></span></font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial">There are 17 governors in governors for cs now.</font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial">Pat Y did a presentation at CSTA<b style="font-weight:normal" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-8321695f-8b95-4599-3942-44e98307a6a6"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://bit.ly/usofcs" style="text-decoration:none">bit.ly/usofcs</a></span></b></font></li></ol><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Dianne O'Grady-Cunniff</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Acting Director, Maryland Center for Computing Education</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">CS Matters in Maryland</div><div style="font-size:small">VP Maryland Computer Science Teachers' Association</div></div></div></div></div>
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