Relating to education, including requiring the boards of directors of school districts to publish certain specified information and modifying provisions related to required social studies instruction

The bill also requires the board of directors to update this information periodically and notify parents and guardians that the information has been updated. The bill provides that the board of directors shall maintain this information for at least five years on the school district’s internet site.76.76. The bill requires the board of directors of a school district to adopt protocols for the selection, review, reconsideration, and removal of materials from libraries operated by the school district. The bill establishes what the protocols shall require, which includes a process for the selection, reconsideration, and removal of materials from libraries operated by the school district, the lawful and ethical use of information resources, including plagiarism and intellectual property rights, and a process that allows the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the school district to request the reconsideration or removal of materials from a library operated by the school district. DIVISION II —— SOCIAL STUDIES INSTRUCTION.11 is required to include, in grades through 12, five units of social studies, one-half unit of which is to consist of instruction in United States government. The bill provides that this one-half unit of United States government shall include an assessment of the student’s knowledge of United States government and civics. The bill provides that the most recent version of the civics test developed by the United States citizenship and immigration services shall be used as the assessment. The bill requires each school district and nonpublic school to submit the results of the civics test to the department of education by June of each year. The bill authorizes a school district or nonpublic school to modify the civics test for a student who has an individualized education program. The bill provides that a student must answer at least percent of the questions correctly on the civics test as a condition of graduation. The bill authorizes a student who fails to answer at least percent of the questions on the civics test correctly to retake the civics test.