Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 986
Graduation requirements; require SBE to administer an American Civics assessment as part of statewide testing program and for students to pass as a condition of.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
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) REQUIRED BY 8 USCS SECTION 1423 FOR NATURALIZATION, AS A CONDITION OF GRADUATION; TO REQUIRE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO CORRECTLY ANSWER AT LEAST SIXTY PERCENT (60%) OF THE QUESTIONS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR GRADUATION; TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH THE 2016-2017 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 THAT EACH DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ITS MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GRADUATION SHALL 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) REQUIRED BY 8 USCS SECTION 1423 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.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 8 to February 23, 2016, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.