VA HB13 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 7 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

High school graduation requirements; passing score on select questions from U.S. Naturalization Test. Requires the Board of Education, in establishing high school graduation requirements, to require, except in the case of a high school student whose individualized education program indicates otherwise, each high school student to take and correctly answer at least 70 percent of the questions on a test composed of at least 25 but not more than 50 of the questions on the civics portion of the U.S. Naturalization Test in order to graduate high school with a standard or advanced studies diploma, provided that such student may take such test at any time during grades nine through 12 and as many times during such period as necessary to achieve the minimum 70 percent passing score.

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Title

High school graduation; requires passing score on select questions from U.S. Naturalization, etc.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 2-N) (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-02-13HouseLeft in Education
2024-01-23HouseSubcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 2-N)
2024-01-19HouseAssigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
2023-12-07HouseReferred to Committee on Education
2023-12-07HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103269D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
221253.13:4(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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