CS waiver policy and FAQ

The official waiver policy, eligibility criteria, and FAQ are available here. If you would like to submit a group of students for review of waiver eligibility, please reach out to cs4all@cps.edu with a spreadsheet including student IDs, the IB/CTE program they are in, and any other relevant context. Waiver requests may also be submitted as SNOW tickets, but may take longer to process.

Note: if a student has taken and failed a CS course, they are not eligible for a waiver; they must complete credit recovery.

In the past the CS team provided lists of students for schools to review, but due to ongoing capacity limitations the responsibility is now on schools to produce lists of students who would need to be waived based on participation in CTE and IB programs.

In brief, all students are expected to complete a computer science course for high school graduation unless they complete a CTE pathway or IB programme that prevents CS from being scheduled into their course of study. Nuances are outlined in the document linked above, and if you have questions after reviewing that document and the FAQ, you can reach out with questions to cs4all@cps.edu.