Mississippi House Bill 1176 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-1-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Board Of Education To Develop And Implement Objectives That Focus On The Academic Standards In Social Studies, Civics And United States History And To Require The Administration Of An American Civics Assessment, Identical To The Portion Of The Examination Administered By United States Citizenship And Immigration Services (uscis) For Naturalization, As A Condition Of Graduation; To Require High School Students To Correctly Answer At Least 60% Of The Questions To Be Eligible For Graduation; To Provide That Beginning With The 2017-2018 School Year, The Board Shall Require The Developed Objectives To Be Incorporated Into The United States History Curriculum Required For High School Students As Measured By The Subject Area Test For That Course; To Authorize The Board To Determine The Method And Manner In Which To Administer The Assessment; To Provide That Students Shall Have Additional Opportunities To Take The Assessment Until A Passing Score Is Obtained; To Amend Sections 37-3-49 And 37-16-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 37-15-38, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Any Course Required For The American Civics Assessment As A Requirement For Graduation From A Public School Or Charter School In Mississippi Shall Not Be Eligible For Dual Credit; To Bring Forward Section 37-16-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendments; To Amend Section 37-16-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Each School Board, In The Establishment Of Its Minimum Standards For Graduation, To Include Mastery Of Minimum Academic Skills As Measured By The American Civics Assessment Identical To The Portion Of The Examination Administered By United States Citizenship And Immigration Services (uscis) For Naturalization; To Exempt Students Classified With Certain Intellectual Disabilities From The Requirement Of Obtaining A Passing Score On The American Civics Assessment As A Condition Of Graduation And Receipt Of A Special Diploma Or Certificate; To Amend Section 37-16-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

Graduation requirements; require passage of American Civics assessment identical to U.S. Naturalization exam as part of.

Rep. Cory Wilson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB1176.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1176IN.htm