Indiana House Bill 1083 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Civics education. Requires the department of education to develop civics curriculum standards for students in kindergarten through grade 7 that are tailored to prepare students to take the United States Civics Test (civics test) by the end of grade 7. Provides that a student must have the opportunity to take the civics test at least once per year. Provides that students who have not passed the civics test before enrollment in the student's high school United States government course must take the civics test in the student's high school United States government course. Provides a student who has passed the

Civics education. Requires the department of education to develop civics curriculum standards for students in kindergarten through grade 7 that are tailored to prepare students to take the United States Civics Test (civics test) by the end of grade 7. Provides that a student must have the opportunity to take the civics test at least once per year. Provides that students who have not passed the civics test before enrollment in the student's high school United States government course must take the civics test in the student's high school United States government course. Provides a student who has passed the

Rep. Anthony Cook [R]

Rep. Todd Huston [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-05	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2017-01-05	House	Coauthored by Representative Huston
2017-01-05	House	Authored by Representative Cook

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1083/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/4/6/8/d4688b81/HB1083.01.INTR.pdf