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ID HCR014
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/7/2017
Primary Sponsor
Education Committee
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AI Summary
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Senate Bill No. 1071 (2015) requires secondary school students to pass a civics test starting with the 2016-2017 school year using 100 questions from the citizenship test or a district-designed alternative.
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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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The State Board of Education is requested to adopt rules adding at least 25 questions (20% of the test) about Idaho state government and history to the civics test beginning in the 2017-2018 school year.
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School districts or public charter schools may develop their own test questions provided at least 25 questions (20%) specifically relate to Idaho government and history.
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The State Board of Education must report to the Second Regular Session of the Sixty-fourth Idaho Legislature regarding the questions included in its rules and other related matters.
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 secondary school students, starting with the 2017-2018 school year.
CIVICS TEST
Last Action
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education
3/8/2017