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2023 SESSION
HB 2405 High school graduation; requires passing score on select questions from U.S. Naturalization Test.
Introduced by: R. Lee Ware | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
High school graduation requirements; passing score on select questions from the U.S. Naturalization Test. Requires the Board of Education, in establishing high school graduation requirements, to require, except in the case of a high school student whose individualized education program indicates otherwise, each high school student to take and correctly answer at least 70 percent of the questions on a test composed of at least 50 but not more than 60 of the questions on the civics portion of the U.S. Naturalization Test in order to graduate high school with a standard or advanced studies diploma, provided that such student may take such test at any time during grades nine through 12 and as many times during such period as necessary to achieve the minimum 70 percent passing score.
FULL TEXT
- 01/17/23 House: Presented and ordered printed 23103621D pdf
- 01/30/23 House: Printed as engrossed 23103621D-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House amendments adopted
HISTORY
- 01/17/23 House: Presented and ordered printed 23103621D
- 01/17/23 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/23/23 House: Assigned Education sub: K-12
- 01/24/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
- 01/25/23 House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (14-Y 8-N)
- 01/27/23 House: Read first time
- 01/30/23 House: Read second time
- 01/30/23 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/30/23 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2405E
- 01/30/23 House: Printed as engrossed 23103621D-E
- 01/31/23 House: Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N)
- 01/31/23 House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N)
- 02/01/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/01/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/13/23 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/16/23 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)