HB 1304 Summary

• Requires students entering 8th grade in 2026-2027 school year to earn one unit of Department of Education approved computer science or an industry-aligned Career and Technical Education course with foundations in computer science as a graduation requirement.

• Allows the required computer science unit to count toward meeting other graduation requirements in subsections B, C, or D of the graduation standards.

• Adds computer science and one-year career and technology programs to acceptable courses for certain science graduation requirements in the core curriculum.

• Requires the State Department of Education to promulgate rules ensuring all levels and grades of Oklahoma Academic Standards for Computer Science include instruction on fundamental concepts of emerging computer science technologies, particularly artificial intelligence (AI).

• Becomes effective July 1, 2025, with an emergency declaration for immediate implementation.