SB141 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Gerald H. AllenSenator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: Education, civics test, requirement for graduation from high school
Description: Under existing law, the core curriculum in Alabama for students in grades K-12 includes instruction in social studies.
This bill would require, beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, students to successfully pass a civics test identical to the civics portion of the naturalization test used by the United States citizenship and immigration services to graduate from high school or obtain a high school equivalency diploma.
Subjects: Education

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education & Youth Affairs