Frank Dermody voted Yea (Concurrence Vote) on this Legislation.
Title: Requires Civics Test for High School Students
Signed by Governor Tom Wolf
Title: Requires Civics Test for High School Students
Vote to concur with senate amendments and pass a bill that requires students to take a civics test at least once between grades 7 and 12.
Requires that beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, each school must administer an assessment of U.S. history, government and civics (Sec. 1).
Repeals the provision requiring a passing grade on the assessment in order to graduate high school (Sec. 1).
Authorizes schools to determine when to administer the assessment, as long as it’s done at least once between 7th and 12th grades (Sec. 1).
Exempts a student in an individualized or special-needs education program (Sec. 1).
Establishes a certificate of recognition for students who receive a perfect score, which would be issued and publicly available from the state’s education department (Sec. 1).
Requires the assessment to include the nature, purpose, principles and structure of U.S. constitutional democracy, U.S. government documents and operations, and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship (Sec. 1).
Authorizes local school districts to develop the assessment or use the 100-question civics assessment that is developed by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and required for immigrants to become citizens (Sec. 1).
Requires that within 1 year from the effective date of this bill, the USCIS must post on its public website links to the civics assessment and any related resources offered (Sec. 1).
Requires the bill to become effective 60 days after enactment (Sec. 1).
Title: Requires Civics Test for High School Students
Title: Requires Civics Test for High School Students
Title: Requires Civics Test for High School Students