SB89 Alabama 2016 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

SB89 Alabama 2016 Session

Senate Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2016

Session

1

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Arthur Orr Senator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2016
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 2017-2018 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

Bill Actions

Indefinitely Postponed

Pending third reading on day 5 Favorable from Education and Youth Affairs with 1 amendment

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment

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

Bill Text

Download Introduced PDF

Documents

Bill Text (Introduced) SB89 Alabama 2016 Session - Introduced

Source: Alabama Legislature