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Utah Senate adopts 70% standard for proposed civics graduation test, orders bill to third reading
Summary
After extended debate over memorization, classroom time and graduation impacts, the Utah Senate amended SB 60 to require a 70% passing score on the 100-question U.S. naturalization civics test for high school graduation and voted 19–10 to order the bill to third reading.
The Utah State Senate debated SB 60, the American Civics Education Initiative, which would require high school students to pass the 100-question U.S. naturalization civics test as a condition of graduation.
Senator H. Stevenson, the bill sponsor, said the test "is currently made of 100 questions" and would be administered under rules set by the State Board of Education. Stevenson told colleagues the questions and answers are provided and that the requirement is intended "to create a foundation of knowledge that every person should have before they graduate from a Utah high school."
Senator Dayton offered an amendment to raise the bill's…
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