High school graduation; requires passing score on select questions from U.S. Naturalization Test. (HB2405)

Introduced By

Del. Lee Ware (R-Powhatan) with support from co-patron Del. Anne Ferrell Tata (R-Virginia Beach)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

High school graduation requirements; passing score on select questions from the U.S. Naturalization Test. Requires the Board of Education, in establishing high school graduation requirements, to require, except in the case of a high school student whose individualized education program indicates otherwise, each high school student to take and correctly answer at least 70 percent of the questions on a test composed of at least 50 but not more than 60 of the questions on the civics portion of the U.S. Naturalization Test in order to graduate high school with a standard or advanced studies diploma, provided that such student may take such test at any time during grades nine through 12 and as many times during such period as necessary to achieve the minimum 70 percent passing score. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/17/2023Committee
01/17/2023Presented and ordered printed 23103621D
01/17/2023Referred to Committee on Education
01/23/2023Assigned Education sub: K-12
01/24/2023House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
01/24/2023Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
01/25/2023Reported from Education with amendment(s) (14-Y 8-N) (see vote tally)
01/27/2023Read first time
01/30/2023Read second time
01/30/2023Committee amendments agreed to
01/30/2023Engrossed by House as amended HB2405E
01/30/2023Printed as engrossed 23103621D-E
01/31/2023Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N)
01/31/2023VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) (see vote tally)
01/31/2023Impact statement from DPB (HB2405E)
02/01/2023Constitutional reading dispensed
02/01/2023Referred to Committee on Education and Health
02/13/2023Assigned Education sub: Public Education
02/16/2023Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)