A bill making its way through the Tennessee Legislature would require high school students to pass a civics test before graduating.

The measure, HB1016 and SB1243, is co-sponsored by Terri Lynn Weaver (R-Lancaster) and Dolores R. Gresham (R-Somerville).

It’s up for discussion in the House Curriculum, Testing and Innovation Subcommittee on Tuesday.

The bill would not only require students to pass a U.S. civics test before graduating, but students must score at least a 75% in order to pass. It would also up the amount of questions to 100, instead of 25-50.

“As introduced, requires students to pass a civics test to receive a full diploma upon graduation from high school; requires LEAs to include all 100 questions from the United States civics test, instead of only 25 to 50 questions, on the civics test prepared by the LEA; increases from 70 to 75 the percentage of questions a student must correctly answer to pass the civics test. – Amends TCA Title 49.” – HB1016

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