Bill Text: NC H176 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Citizenship Test

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-10 - Ref To Com On Education - K-12 [H176 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2015-H176-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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HOUSE BILL 176

 

 

Short Title:        Citizenship Test.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representative Steinburg (Primary Sponsor). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site.
Referred to:	Education ‑ K‑12.

March 10, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to require all high school students to take the civics portion of the naturalization test used by the United States citizenship and immigration services.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑81(g) reads as rewritten:

"(g)       Civic Literacy. –

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(4a)      The State Board of Education shall require that, as a component of a social studies course that is required for graduation, teachers administer a test that consists of the 100 questions from which the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services selects questions for the civics test administered to applicants for naturalization. No more than ten percent (10%) of a student's grade in the course shall be based on the results of that test.

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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2015‑2016 school year.