SB105 Summary

• Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, students must correctly answer at least 60 of 100 questions on a civics test identical to the U.S. citizenship and immigration services naturalization test to graduate from high school or obtain a high school equivalency diploma.

• Schools must document on student transcripts that the civics test requirement has been successfully completed.

• Local boards of education determine the method and manner of test administration, and students may retake the test multiple times until achieving a passing score.

• Special education students are exempt from the passing score requirement unless they are learning at grade-level appropriate standards and the civics test requirement is specifically included in their individualized education program, and the student is at least 18 years old.

• The State Board of Education shall make the civics test available to nonpublic high school students and may charge a reasonable fee to cover costs.