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HCR81 • 2025

DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 8 TO 14, 2025, AS "COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 8 TO 14, 2025, AS "COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
S. Moore
Last action
2026-01-15
Official status
Passed 1/15/26
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on how it encourages participation or highlights problem-solving skills, only that it designates a week and commends Malcolm Coley.

Designating Computer Science Education Week

This resolution designates December 8 to 14, 2025, as 'Computer Science Education Week' in Delaware and commends Malcolm Coley for his work in computer science.

What This Bill Does

  • Designates the week of December 8 to 14, 2025, as 'Computer Science Education Week'.
  • Commends Malcolm Coley for his innovative work in computer science.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Students and educators in Delaware
  • Malcolm Coley

Terms To Know

Computer Science Education Week
A week designated to raise awareness about the importance of computer science education.
Hour of Code
An event where students spend one hour learning how to code.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The resolution does not provide funding for any specific programs or activities.
  • It is a symbolic gesture and requires no further action by the General Assembly.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-15 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced in House

  2. 2026-01-15 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed In House by Voice Vote

  3. 2026-01-15 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

Official Summary Text

DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 8 TO 14, 2025, AS "COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
This Concurrent Resolution designates the week of December 8 to 14, 2025, as "Computer Science Education Week" and commends Malcolm Coley of ReadyPromptOne for his innovative work in the field of computer science.

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SPONSOR:

Rep. S. Moore & Sen. Brown

Rep. Kamela Smith; Sen. Pinkney

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 81

DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 8 TO 14, 2025, AS "COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

WHEREAS,

Computer Science Education Week was founded as a call to action to raise awareness about the need to elevate computer science education at all levels;

and

WHEREAS,

Computer Science Education Week highlights the importance of computer science because it teaches problem solving, analytical skills, and is an essential skill in the modern job market;

and

WHEREAS,

Computer Science Education Week has resulted in an increase in students’ participation in computer science;

and

WHEREAS,

Computer Science Education Week has led to millions of students participating in the Hour of Code, which is a global event in which students code for an hour;

and

WHEREAS, Computer Science Education Week is expected to have over 200,000 Hour of Code activities in over 180 countries in 2025;

and

WHEREAS, Computer Science Education Week was introduced due to the declining enrollments in computer science studies;

and

WHEREAS, Computer Science Education Week allows the goal of moving computing into the core of K-12 education to move forward;

and

WHEREAS, Computer Science Education Week remains a community-led effort;

and

WHEREAS, Delaware has 6% more IT professionals in the State than the national average, which makes computer science education awareness important;

and

WHEREAS, Delaware Pathways integrates computer science and IT education into public-school career pathways so that middle and high schoolers can gain computing skills and workplace exposure;

and

WHEREAS,

Computer Science Education Week continues to shepherd this open grassroots celebration of computer science;

and

WHEREAS, research shows that jobs in the computer science field are expected to grow around 13% by 2026 which is much faster than other occupations;

and

WHEREAS, the growth in the job market for computer science will encourage students to take related classes in higher education;

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WHEREAS, Computer Science Education Week is celebrated each year during the week of Grace Hopper’s birthday, who invented the first compiler and coined the term “bug”.

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 153

rd

General Assembly of the State of Delaware, the Senate concurring therein, that the week of December 8, 2025, to December 14, 2025, be designated as “Computer Science Education Week”.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Malcolm Coley of ReadyPromptOne is commended for his innovative work in the field of computer science.

SYNOPSIS

This Concurrent Resolution designates the week of December 8 to 14, 2025, as "Computer Science Education Week" and commends Malcolm Coley of ReadyPromptOne for his innovative work in the field of computer science.