House gives initial approval to civics test for graduation
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and last updated 2021-03-03 17:54:59-05
TOPEKA, Kan. â A bill that would require high school students to pass a civics test to graduate has won initial approval in the Kansas House.
Lawmakers voted Wednesday to advance the bill despite opposition from the Kansas State Board of Education, which said the bill encroaches on its constitutional authority to set graduation requirements. The bill faces a final House vote before going to the Senate.
The legislation would require students to pass one or more tests consisting of 60 questions from the 128-question U.S. citizenship test. The bill does not set a passing grade, and students would be able to take the test multiple times. Valley Center Republican Rep. Steve Huebert, the bill's chief proponent, said teachers could decide what constitutes passing.