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ID HCR050
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/7/2016
Primary Sponsor
Education Committee
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AI Summary
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Senate Bill 1071 (2015) requires high school graduating seniors to pass a civics test starting with the 2016-17 school year using 100 questions from the naturalized citizenship test or a district-designed test.
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Only 2 of the 100 questions on the citizenship test relate specifically to Idaho government or history.
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Legislature requests the State Board of Education adopt rules requiring at least 25 questions (or 20% of the test) on Idaho state government or history beginning in the 2017-18 school year.
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School districts and public charter schools may develop their own test questions if they maintain at least 25 questions (or 20%) specifically relating to Idaho government and history.
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State Board of Education must report to the First Regular Session of the Sixty-fourth Idaho Legislature regarding the questions included in its rules and other matters on this topic.
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and requesting that the State Board of Education adopt rules to provide for Idaho state government and Idaho history questions for the civics test given to high school seniors starting with the 2017-18 school year.
CIVICS TEST
Last Action
Referred to Education
3/17/2016