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Senate passes civics-exam graduation requirement, draws objections over standards and language accommodations
Summary
The Senate adopted the conference committee report on House Bill 2412, creating a 20-question civics exam for high school graduation (70% passing, English-only, retake rules limiting repeat questions to 25%); the measure passed 23–14 amid objections that it raises standards and removes language accommodations compared with the federal naturalization test.
The Kansas Senate adopted the conference committee report on House Bill 2412, which requires high school students to pass a 20-question civics exam to graduate. Senator Erickson (Senator from Sedgwick) told the chamber the 20 questions would be randomly selected from a pool substantially similar to the U.S. naturalization test; the bill sets a 70% passing threshold, requires the exam be offered in English only, allows unlimited retakes but limits repeat questions on a retest to 25%, and directs…
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