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Conference committee proposes 20-question civics test for grades 6–12, delays final action until absent senator returns
Summary
Committee members proposed that the civics portion of a bill (reference 381 / shell 2412) require 20 random questions, a 70% passing score, and a retake limit where no more than 25% of questions repeat; language would default to English for middle and high school and IEP accommodations would apply. No final vote was taken.
Committee members proposed narrowing the civics-test requirement in a conference bill to a 20-question exam for middle and high school students, with a 70% passing score and limits on repeated questions for retakes.
The proposal — discussed as part of the bill identified earlier in the session as 381 and later referenced as shell number 2412 — would use 20 random questions and permit no more than 25% of the questions on a retake to be the same, "so it prevents... it's the same 20 questions every time," a committee member said. The…
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