--- title: "Coding and AI Classes in New Mexico | Live Online Lessons" description: "Live online coding and AI classes for New Mexico students: what HB171 says about computer science, the 2026 CSTA standards, and an Albuquerque bikeway data project." canonical: https://learn.modernagecoders.com/coding-and-ai-classes-in-new-mexico source: src/pages/coding-and-ai-classes-in-new-mexico.html --- > Live online coding and AI classes for New Mexico students: what HB171 says about computer science, the 2026 CSTA standards, and an Albuquerque bikeway data project. Skip to contentCourse picks for New Mexico ## Four courses New Mexico families start with Picked by grade and interest; the teacher confirms the right level during the free first lesson. [![Problem Solving and Computational Thinking for Kids course thumbnail](/images/problem-solving-kids.webp)Grades 3 to 6Problem Solving and Computational Thinking for KidsPatterns, decomposition and step-by-step logic, the foundations the CSTA standards build on in elementary school.See the syllabus](/courses/problem-solving-and-computational-thinking-for-kids)[![AI Literacy for Kids (Ages 8 to 14) course thumbnail](/images/ai-literacy-for-kids.webp)Ages 8 to 14AI Literacy for Kids (Ages 8 to 14)How AI systems learn from data and where they go wrong, matching the new weight on AI in the 2026 standards.See the syllabus](/courses/ai-literacy-for-kids-course)[![Python for Teens course thumbnail](/images/python-teens.webp)Grades 7 to 12Python for TeensReal typed code and data work, including the Albuquerque bikeway decoding project described below.See the syllabus](/courses/python-complete-masterclass-teens)[![AP Computer Science Principles course thumbnail](/images/ap-computer-science-principles.webp)Grades 10 to 12AP Computer Science PrinciplesAP CSP, the Create performance task and the exam, a strong fit for an HB171 elective pathway.See the syllabus](/courses/ap-computer-science-principles-exam-prep-course) Browse the [course atlas](/course-atlas) for more than one hundred options and use the [coding roadmap](/coding-roadmap) to check prerequisites. The four we are known for ### Python, AI, vibe coding and agentic coding These run underneath everything above. Every one is live and online, placed by ability rather than by age, and the first class is free. [![Vibe Coding for Teens course thumbnail](/images/vibe-coding-teens.webp)Vibe codingAges 13 to 17Vibe Coding for TeensPython, web and AI projects where the learner still owns the thinking.See the syllabus](/courses/vibe-coding-for-teens-python-web-ai-projects-course)[![Python Automation Course course thumbnail](/images/python-college.webp)Python and AICollege and adultPython Automation CourseAutomate the work you already do, then let AI carry part of it.See the syllabus](/courses/python-ai-automation-masterclass-college)[![AI and Machine Learning for Teens course thumbnail](/images/ai-ml-teens.webp)AI and MLAges 14 to 18AI and Machine Learning for TeensTrain a model, read what it learned, and be able to say why it is wrong.See the syllabus](/courses/ai-ml-masterclass-teens)[![Codex & Claude Code course thumbnail](/images/codex-claude-code-adults.webp)Agentic codingProfessionalsCodex & Claude CodeRun AI coding agents on real work without losing control of the codebase.See the syllabus](/courses/codex-and-claude-code-ai-coding-agents-masterclass-for-adults-professionals)HB171 and graduation ## Where computer science sits in New Mexico’s graduation rules From the PED’s HB171 Graduation Manual (April 2026) and the cohort 2029 flyer, read in October 2026. | Item | What PED says | | --- | --- | | Who it covers | Cohort 2029, the students entering high school in SY 2025-26 | | Total | 24 units, including 4 in English, 4 in math, 3 in science and 4 in social studies | | Electives | 5.5 elective units that must include a two-unit pathway concentration of the student’s choice | | Computer science | Financial literacy and computer science shall be offered as electives | | What must be offered | The flyer states: Algebra 2, Financial Literacy, and Computer Science shall be offered. | | Algebra 2 | Removal of Algebra 2 as a requirement, although it must still be offered as a math course | | Local units | Two units set by each local school board or governing body | ### Offered, not required HB171 guarantees that a New Mexico high schooler can find computer science on the timetable. It does not make every student take it, so taking it is a choice families make. ### A pathway, not a one-off Because electives must include a two-unit concentration, a student who chooses computer science can build two connected units, for example an introduction followed by AP Computer Science Principles. ### Earlier cohorts Students in cohorts 2025 to 2028 follow the earlier requirements listed on the PED graduation page; the HB171 changes start with those who entered ninth grade in 2025 to 2026. The idea is older than the law. The PED’s computer science strategic plan lists a goal to allow CS to satisfy a core graduation requirement dated April 2018, and a goal for all high schools to offer CS courses between August 2021 and August 2023. HB171 now writes the offering into the graduation rules themselves. Standards and the plan ## New Mexico now teaches to the 2026 CSTA standards The PED Math and Science Bureau says New Mexico’s computer science instruction draws directly from the CSTA PK-12 Computer Science Standards (2026). | When | Milestone | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | December 2018 | Date given in the plan for the goal to adopt CS standards | PED Computer Science Strategic Plan | | Fall 2019 | A computer science task force brought together to shape a state vision | Strategic Plan introduction | | June 2021 | Strategic plan completed, a five-year plan of actions | Strategic Plan introduction | | 2025 to 2026 | First HB171 cohort enters high school with CS as a required offering | HB171 Graduation Manual | | 2026 | Instruction based on the CSTA PK-12 standards (2026), listed among adopted standards | PED Computer Science and Adopted Content Standards pages | ### AI moves to the front The bureau says the 2026 standards reflect current shifts in the field, including the growing role of artificial intelligence and data literacy, with grade-level expectations from pre-K to twelfth grade. ### Three ways to teach it Schools may deliver computer science through standalone courses, integrated instruction, or career and technical education pathways, depending on local context and student needs. ### A stated promise The plan’s vision statement reads: New Mexico guarantees a K-12 computer science education to ALL students. The bureau adds that access should hold regardless of location or background. ### Teachers are part of the plan The strategic plan sets a goal of 30 individuals enrolled in a CS teacher preparation program and the PED offers a self-paced course, Computer Science Education for All. Growing the number of qualified teachers is how a state with many small, remote schools makes an offered course real. Access figures ## Just over half of New Mexico high schools offer computer science Six school years of New Mexico access data, then participation and AP counts, each quoted exactly. | Year | Percent offering CS | | --- | --- | | 2018 to 2019 | 23% | | 2019 to 2020 | 32% | | 2020 to 2021 | 44% | | 2021 to 2022 | 41% | | 2022 to 2023 | 50% | | 2023 to 2024 | 53.6%, or 126 of 235 high schools | | Measure | New Mexico | Where it comes from | | --- | --- | --- | | Students enrolled in a high school CS course | 3,335 of 101,654, or 3.28% | Code.org (2025), most recent participation tab | | Yearly participation rate | 2.5%, 3.0%, then 3.3% for 2022 to 2023 | Code.org (2025), participation series | | AP schools, 2023 | 122 | College Board AP report by state | | AP schools, 2024 | 119 | College Board AP report by state | Access more than doubled in five years, yet roughly one student in thirty was enrolled in a computer science course in the latest participation count. The College Board figures also dipped slightly, from 122 schools with AP exams to 119. HB171’s required offering is aimed at the first gap; families who want depth now, rather than when their school’s course arrives, are the students our classes serve. ### How to cite these figures Code.org (2025). 2025 State of AI + CS Education. We quote single New Mexico values from its data sheet, which names the state education agency as the access source and NCES Fall 2022 as the student total; we do not republish the dataset. Signature project ## What does CABQ_PM mean? Decoding Albuquerque’s bikeway data Albuquerque’s 2024 bikeway layer stores who maintains each segment as a short code. Students turn the codes into words with a Python dictionary, and discover what happens when the data uses a code the dictionary has never seen. | Code in the data | Label from the layer’s domain | Records | | --- | --- | --- | | CABQ_SM | CABQ Street Maintenance | 1,905 | | CABQ_PM | No label: not in the domain | 706 | | BERNCO | Bernalillo County | 315 | | HOA | Homeowner’s Association | 275 | | NMDOT | New Mexico Dept. of Transportation | 169 | | (empty) | No value recorded | 68 | | CABQ_OS | CABQ Open Space | 34 | ### 1. Build the lookup The layer’s metadata lists 12 maintainer codes with plain-English names. Students copy them into a dictionary, then replace each code in the 3,540 records with its label. ### 2. Meet the KeyError The program crashes. Four codes in the data, CABQ_PM, Corrales, Los Ranchos and CABQ_Aviation, are missing from the domain, and between them they cover 726 records. Using dict.get() with a default keeps the program running and counts the unknowns. ### 3. Clean what is fixable Jurisdiction names come in two spellings, CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE (3,010) and City Of Albuquerque (92). Converting to one case before counting merges them; surface values Gravel and UNK, also outside their domain, are flagged rather than guessed. ### Our counts, the city’s data All numbers in this section are ours, from one download of a static 2024 copy of the network. The City of Albuquerque provides the data as is, with no guarantee of completeness or accuracy, and we do not guess what an undocumented code such as CABQ_PM stands for. Path types show the same idea from the other side: the domain lists 12 kinds of path, but only 10 appear in the data, with bike lanes the most common at 1,228 records. A lookup table tells you what could exist; only counting tells you what does. That distinction, between a schema and the records in it, is one of the most useful things a teenager can learn before working with any real database. Class times ## Mountain Time across New Mexico One time zone for the whole state makes scheduling simple, with the twice-yearly clock change to keep in mind. ### One zone The IANA time zone database lists New Mexico under US mountain time, represented by America/Denver, from Farmington to Hobbs. ### India and Mountain Time India runs 11 hours 30 minutes ahead of Mountain Daylight Time and 12 hours 30 minutes ahead of Mountain Standard Time, and does not change its clocks. ### Changeover dates New Mexico falls back on November 1, 2026 and springs forward on March 14, 2027. Lesson times are always confirmed in Mountain Time. Code that knows the calendar Students who write a lesson reminder using the America/Denver zone, rather than a fixed seven-hour offset, find that their program is still right on the morning after November 1, 2026. It is a small taste of why real software leans on shared databases like IANA tzdb. Learning ladder ## From first logic puzzles to an HB171 pathway Grades are a guide; the free lesson places each student. Grades 3 to 5 ### Thinking in steps Puzzles, patterns and block programs that build computational thinking before any typing. [Problem Solving and Computational Thinking for Kids](/courses/problem-solving-and-computational-thinking-for-kids)[Scratch Coding for Kids](/courses/scratch-programming-complete-course)Grades 6 to 8 ### AI and first code How AI learns from data, then Python games and small programs. [AI Literacy for Kids (Ages 8 to 14)](/courses/ai-literacy-for-kids-course)[Python and AI for Kids](/courses/python-ai-kids-masterclass)Grades 9 to 10 ### A pathway with substance Python and web development that make a two-unit elective pathway worth choosing. [Python for Teens](/courses/python-complete-masterclass-teens)[Frontend Development for Teens](/courses/frontend-development-masterclass-for-teens)Grades 11 to 12 ### AP and machine learning AP Computer Science Principles, then models trained and tested on real data. [AP Computer Science Principles](/courses/ap-computer-science-principles-exam-prep-course)[AI and Machine Learning for Teens](/courses/ai-ml-masterclass-teens)Coding and AI ## New Mexico’s standards now put AI front and center. What should students learn? How AI works, and how to check its output against the data. Give an AI assistant the Albuquerque bikeway table and ask who maintains the most segments. It may answer confidently and invent a meaning for CABQ_PM, a code the city’s own metadata does not define. A student who has built the lookup knows the honest answer is that the label is unknown. That habit of checking a claim against the data is what the 2026 CSTA standards mean by data literacy. Our classes teach students to build models and tools themselves first, so that AI later becomes a helper they can audit rather than an authority they trust blindly. New Mexico promises computer science to every student; the most valuable part of that promise is learning to ask where an answer came from. The longer argument is in [is coding still worth learning in 2026](/blog/is-coding-worth-learning-2026). Delivery ## From the Four Corners to the Bootheel, the same live lesson New Mexico is the fifth-largest state by area, and many families live a long drive from any coding program. ### Rural and small-town students A student in Silver City, Clovis or Española joins the same live class as one in Rio Rancho, with no travel and no waiting list for a local club. ### When it suits you Weekdays or weekends, flexible: choose your batch, or for a very personalised plan choose 1-on-1 at your convenience, weekend mornings or weekdays. ### Pathway-friendly Teachers know US grade levels and can plan a sequence that complements a school computer science elective rather than repeating it. ### Batch of peers A batch of fifteen to twenty students working at the same level, drawn from New Mexico and other states. ### Private option One teacher and one student, for those aiming at AP Computer Science Principles or a project portfolio on their own timeline. ### Honest work We explain concepts and coach problem solving; school assignments and AP tasks remain entirely the student’s own. Online only Modern Age Coders has no center in New Mexico and claims none. All lessons are taught live from India over video, so a laptop or desktop, a headset and a dependable internet connection are enough. Fees ## Fees for New Mexico students Free to start, then one of two monthly options. First class**USD 0** One complete lesson at no charge, with a recommended level and course at the end. Group tuition**USD 100** Monthly lessons in a batch of fifteen to twenty students at the same stage. Private tuition**USD 150** Monthly lessons with a teacher working with one student only. Fees are charged in US dollars at the same rate in Santa Fe as in Roswell. You pay nothing before the free lesson, and the pricing page explains how holidays and missed lessons are handled. 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After the class the mentor sends a written skill report and a personal learning roadmap on WhatsApp. If you enrol, the demo fee is adjusted against your first month's fee. Share your demo Order ID with us on WhatsApp and we take it off. [Book a priority demo](/book-demo) ### Contact the team directly WhatsApp or call [+91 91233 66161](tel:+919123366161), or email [connect@modernagecoders.com](mailto:connect@modernagecoders.com). This is Modern Age Coders' actual contact, an Indian number, and not an invented New Mexico one. [WhatsApp Modern Age Coders](https://wa.me/919123366161?text=Hello%20Modern%20Age%20Coders%2C%20I%20would%20like%20a%20free%20coding%20or%20AI%20lesson%20for%20a%20student%20in%20New%20Mexico.) Submitted details are used for placement and follow-up. FAQ ## New Mexico coding and AI questions Answers based on New Mexico Public Education Department documents and the published data. ### Is computer science a graduation requirement in New Mexico? No single computer science credit is required. Under HB171, starting with cohort 2029, high schools must offer computer science as an elective, and students choose a two-unit elective pathway. ### Who is cohort 2029? PED defines cohort 2029 as students entering high school in SY 2025-26, so the ninth graders of fall 2025 are the first class under the HB171 requirements. ### How many units does a New Mexico diploma need under HB171? The cohort 2029 flyer lists 24 units, with 5.5 elective units that must include a two-unit pathway and two units set by the local school board. ### Which computer science standards does New Mexico use? PED says New Mexico instruction draws directly from the CSTA PK-12 Computer Science Standards (2026), which give more weight to artificial intelligence and data literacy. ### Does New Mexico have a computer science plan? Yes. A task force met from fall 2019 and the PED completed a five-year computer science strategic plan in June 2021, with goals for standards, teacher endorsement and course access. ### How many New Mexico high schools offer computer science? Code.org (2025) reports 126 of 235 New Mexico high schools, or 53.6%, offering computer science in 2023 to 2024, up from 23% in 2018 to 2019. ### How many New Mexico students take computer science? The most recent Code.org count is 3,335 of 101,654 high school students, or 3.28%. Its yearly participation series ends at 3.3% for 2022 to 2023. ### What time are classes for New Mexico families? Weekdays or weekends, flexible: choose your batch, or for a very personalised plan choose 1-on-1 at your convenience. All of New Mexico is on Mountain Time, and times are confirmed in it. ### Can your classes count as the HB171 computer science elective? No. Elective units come from school courses. Our classes add depth, projects and AP Computer Science Principles preparation alongside a school pathway. ### Are you connected with the New Mexico PED? No. We are an independent online school and are not connected with the PED, the City of Albuquerque, Code.org or the College Board. Explore the United States ## Where New Mexico students go next Students choosing a pathway can compare [AP Computer Science Principles coaching](/ap-computer-science-principles-online-coaching) with [AP Computer Science A classes](/ap-computer-science-a-online-classes). For a project with an audience, see the [Congressional App Challenge guide](/congressional-app-challenge-guide), and for a state where computer science became compulsory, read about [North Carolina](/coding-and-ai-classes-in-north-carolina). 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