Roll Call: IN SB0269 | 2015 | Regular Session
For additional roll call votes on Indiana SB0269 please see the Vote List
Bill Title: Civics test as graduation requirement. Provides that, beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, an individual must obtain a satisfactory score on the United States Civics Test, administered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to each applicant for United States citizenship, before: (1) graduating from a public high school or an accredited nonpublic high school that participates in the choice scholarship program; or (2) obtaining a high school equivalency certificate.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-24 - Third reading: defeated; Roll Call 229: yeas 17, nays 33 [SB0269 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]
Bill Title: Civics test as graduation requirement. Provides that, beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, an individual must obtain a satisfactory score on the United States Civics Test, administered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to each applicant for United States citizenship, before: (1) graduating from a public high school or an accredited nonpublic high school that participates in the choice scholarship program; or (2) obtaining a high school equivalency certificate.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-24 - Third reading: defeated; Roll Call 229: yeas 17, nays 33 [SB0269 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]
Vote: Senate - Third reading
Vote | Tally | Democrat | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Yea | 17 | - | 17 |
Nay | 33 | 10 | 23 |
Not Voting | - | - | - |
Absent | - | - | - |
TOTAL | 50 | 10 | 40 |