Bill Text: IA HSB129 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act to require school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to offer high school students an opportunity to take the United States citizenship and immigration services naturalization civics test, and including applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-02-12 - Subcommittee Meeting: 02/12/2019 11:30AM House Lounge. [HSB129 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HSB129-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
129
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
DOLECHECK)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
to
require
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
1
schools
to
offer
high
school
students
an
opportunity
to
2
take
the
United
States
citizenship
and
immigration
services
3
naturalization
civics
test,
and
including
applicability
4
provisions.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.9,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
60.
Approve
alternative
civics
tests
to
be
3
administered
under
section
280.9A,
subsection
1A.
4
Sec.
2.
Section
280.9A,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
5
following
new
subsection:
6
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
The
board
of
directors
of
each
school
7
district
and
the
authorities
in
charge
of
each
nonpublic
school
8
shall
offer
to
all
students
in
grades
nine
through
twelve
at
9
least
one
opportunity
to
take
the
latest
available
United
10
States
citizenship
and
immigration
services
naturalization
11
civics
test.
An
alternative
civics
test
approved
by
the
12
director
of
the
department
of
education
under
section
256.9,
13
subsection
60,
may
be
administered
to
a
child
requiring
special
14
education
as
defined
in
section
256B.2,
or
to
a
student
who
is
15
identified
as
limited
English
proficient
under
section
280.4,
16
subsection
1.
17
Sec.
3.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
school
years
18
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2020.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
requires
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
23
schools
to
offer
to
all
students
in
grades
9-12
opportunities
24
to
take
the
latest
available
United
States
citizenship
and
25
immigration
services
naturalization
civics
test.
26
The
director
of
the
department
of
education
is
directed
to
27
approve
alternative
civics
tests
which
may
be
administered
to
28
a
child
requiring
special
education
or
to
a
student
who
is
29
identified
as
limited
English
proficient.
30
The
bill
applies
to
school
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
31
1,
2020.
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