Bill Text: NH HB1367 | 2022 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relative to civics instruction in schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-01 - Signed by Governor Sununu 05/27/2022; Chapter 116; 07/01/2023 12:01 a.m. [HB1367 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2022-HB1367-Enrolled.html
HB 1367 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
16Mar2022... 0933h
2022 SESSION
22-2821
10/04
HOUSE BILL 1367
AN ACT relative to civics instruction in schools.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hobson, Rock. 35; Rep. Hough, Belk. 3; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 9
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires a competency assessment in government and civics instruction in schools. The bill modifies the provisions enacted in 2021, 157 effective July 1, 2023.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16Mar2022... 0933h 22-2821
10/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to civics instruction in schools.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Civics Instruction. Amend RSA 189:11, II to read as follows:
II. As a component of instruction under paragraph I, a locally developed competency assessment of United States government and civics that includes, but is not limited to, the nature, purpose, structure, function, and history of the United States government, the rights and responsibilities of citizens, and noteworthy government and civic leaders, shall be administered to students as part of the required high school course in history and government of the United States and New Hampshire. To be eligible for a graduation certificate, a student shall attain a locally sanctioned passing grade on the competency assessment, and a grade of 70 percent or better on the 128 question civics (history and government) naturalization examination developed by the 2020 United States Citizen and Immigration Services. Schools are required to provide accommodations and may modify the naturalization examination for a child with a disability in accordance with the child's individualized education program. By June 30 of each year, each school district shall submit the results of [either the locally developed competency assessment of United States government and civics or] the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) test to the department of education.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023 at 12:01 am.
