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Senate committee hears bill to let Ohio students use U.S. naturalization civics test as alternate exam
Summary
Senator Kahler presented Senate Bill 272 to the Senate Education Committee as a voluntary alternative assessment that would allow eleventh‑grade students to take the civics portion of the U.S. naturalization test instead of the existing American government end‑of‑course exam beginning in the 2026–27 school year.
Senator Kahler presented Senate Bill 272 to the Senate Education Committee as a voluntary alternative assessment that would allow eleventh‑grade students to take the civics portion of the U.S. naturalization test instead of the existing American government end‑of‑course exam beginning in the 2026–27 school year. "It's imperative that students are expected to know the same basic content about our country as the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who become US citizens each year," Senator Kahler said.
The bill would require students to answer at least 60% of the questions correctly to demonstrate successful completion. School district…
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