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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2051 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 607 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Marcus S. Vaughn |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to civic test requirements for graduation. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk1/19/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2051 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 607 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Vaughn of Wrentham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 607) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Marcus S. Vaughn relative to requiring high school students to pass a civics test for prior to |
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| 20 | 20 | | graduation. Education. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 574 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to civic test requirements for graduation. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 2 of Chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in chapter 296 of |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2the Acts of 2018, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 “(e) All public high schools shall provide a civics test for all of their students prior to |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4graduation. Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, in order to graduate from high school or |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5obtain a general equivalency diploma, a pupil must correctly answer at least 60 of the 100 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6questions listed on a civics test that is identical to the civics portion of the naturalization test used |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. A pupil who does not obtain a |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8passing score on the test that is identical to the civics portion of the naturalization test may retake |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9the test until the pupil obtains a passing score. Pupils who receive special education shall not be |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10required to achieve passing scores on the civics test in order to graduate from high school. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 (f) The department of elementary and secondary education shall establish rules and |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12regulations for monitoring adherence subsection (e). |
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