Kentucky Senate Bill 192 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on March 9 2016 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-18 - posted in committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require all public high school students to pass a civics test in order to receive a regular diploma; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to prepare or approve the test with 100 questions drawn from the test administered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to persons seeking to become naturalized citizens, and to disseminate the test to all public school districts; allow students the opportunity to retake the test as often as needed in order to pass; set the passing score at 60% of the total questions answered correctly; make these requirements subject to the accomodations for special needs students with individualized education programs as defined in KRS 158.281 or Section 504 Plans as defined in KRS 156.027.

AN ACT relating to civics education in public schools.

Sen. Jared Carpenter [R]	Sen. George Wise [R]	Sen. Denise Harper Angel [D]	Sen. Gerald Neal [D]
Sen. Dorsey Ridley [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-18	House	posted in committee
2016-03-10	House	to Education (H)
2016-03-09	House	received in House
2016-03-08	Senate	3rd reading, passed 36-1
2016-03-07	Senate	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2016
2016-03-04	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2016-03-03	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2016-02-19	Senate	to Education (S)
2016-02-17	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB192.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB192/bill.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB192/vote_history.pdf