Amendment H-1228 to SF 369
Requiring students to pass the United States citizenship and immigration services naturalization civics test as a condition of high school graduation and high school equivalency diplomas
Failed · April 17, 2025Vote: 30 yeas, 62 nays
Filed April 15, 2025 in the House by
What it changes
- Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: “Section
- NEW SECTION . 2.8A Administration of civics assessment.
- As soon as is reasonably possible after the senate and house of representatives are called to order pursuant to section 2.3, and subsequent to the administration of any oaths required under section 2.8, each member of the general assembly shall be administered an assessment that consists of the multiple choice questions contained in the most recent version of the civics test developed by the United States citizenship and immigration services. A member of the general assembly may retake the assessment not more than once at any time within three days after the senate and house of representatives are called to order.
- The secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives shall each publish in the daily journal of their respective bodies the name of the member of the general assembly who answered the most questions correctly on the assessment administered pursuant to subsection 1 and the number of questions such member answered correctly.”
- Title page, by striking lines 1 through 4 and inserting “An Act relating to civics education, including requiring members of the general assembly to take the United States citizenship and immigration services naturalization civics test, and requiring students to pass such test as a condition of high school graduation and high school equivalency diplomas.”
- By renumbering as necessary.