On December 11, 2013, Governor Scott Walker signed into law Act 63 (aka SB 51), which among other things requires 3 years of math and science for high school graduation. This law also allows 1 year of computer science to count as math credit.
The first picture shows Governor Walker at the podium addressing the audience at Solomo Technology, a social media company and heavy user of computer science, where the signing was held. Behind him is Liz Eversoll, the Founder and CEO of Solomo Technology. The second photo has him signing the bill into law.
The final picture includes Lori Hunt and me with the Governor holding the Governor’s Proclamation for CS Education week in Wisconsin. Lori and I are founding members of the CSTA WI-Dairyland Chapter.
I’ve attached the Wisconsin 2013 CS Education Week Proclamation. With help about 5 years ago (from Stephanie Hoeppner in Ohio and Bob Hillestad in Wisconsin) , I was able to get the first Governor’s proclamation. Since then I’ve been able to get the current governor to create this proclamation each year for us. In our case the person I contact is the Proclamation Director in the Governor’s Office, Constituent Services. I’m sure each state has a similar person. Perhaps next year we’ll see many more of these proclamations.
