1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; allowing a computer science course credit to fulfill a 
1.3 	math credit requirement;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.024, 
1.4 	subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.024, subdivision 2, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 2.Credit equivalencies. (a) A one-half credit of economics taught in a 
1.9 	school's agriculture education or business department may fulfill a one-half credit in 
1.10 	social studies under subdivision 1, clause (5), if the credit is sufficient to satisfy all of the 
1.11 	academic standards in economics.
1.12 	(b) An agriculture science or career and technical education credit may fulfill the 
1.13 	credit in chemistry or physics or the elective science credit required under subdivision 1, 
1.14 	clause (4), if the credit meets the state chemistry or physics, or district biology academic 
1.15 	standards or a combination of these academic standards as approved by the district. A 
1.16 	student must satisfy either all of the chemistry academic standards or all of the physics 
1.17 	academic standards prior to graduation. An agriculture science or career and technical 
1.18 	education credit may not fulfill the required biology credit under subdivision 1, clause (4).
1.19 	(c) A career and technical education credit may fulfill a mathematics or arts credit 
1.20 	requirement under subdivision 1, clause (2) or (6).
1.21 	(d) An agriculture education teacher is not required to meet the requirements of 
1.22 	Minnesota Rules, part 3505.1150, subpart 1, item B, to meet the credit equivalency 
1.23 	requirements of paragraph (b) above.
2.1 	(e) A computer science credit may fulfill a mathematics credit requirement under 
2.2 	subdivision 1, clause (2), if the credit meets state academic standards in mathematics.

2.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2015-2016 school year and 
2.4 	later.