Situating Equity in Education Policy to Advance Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)

State computing education policy advocates utilize legal language to build systemic change for broadening participation in computing (BPC) efforts. This study posits that state education policymaking, involving law and regulations that influence the norms and practices in K-12 classrooms, requires identifying authority structures and systems, which are accountable for delivering equitable computing education. Of the 29 states and Puerto Rico in the Expanding Computing Education Pathways (ECEP) Alliance, 14 states have computing education laws, and 9 states have mandated reports. Recommendations for how states can refine existing policies or create new equity centered state computing education policies are provided.