To provide a sense of the Senate that dedicated funding for coding courses in kindergarten through grade 12 education should be a top priority.

SA 3908. Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mr. Cassidy) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr.
Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title III of division B, insert
the following:
Sec. ___. (a) It is the sense of the Senate that dedicated
funding for coding courses in kindergarten through grade 12
education should be a top priority.
(b) It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of
Education should use the authority granted under section
114(e) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education
Act of 2006, as in effect on July 1, 2019, to award
innovation and modernization grants. The use of such
innovation and modernization grant funds for coding programs
are especially important for rural and underserved areas that
don't have access to coding resources in order to close the
skills gap. These grants are opportunities for rural America
to learn to read and write code to prepare students for the
jobs of the future.
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