North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple on Friday signed into law a bill requiring high school seniors to pass the US citizenship test in order to graduate. North Dakota becomes the second state to enact such legislation following Arizona which did so earlier this month.
The Bismarck Tribune reports…
Students that graduate in 2017 would need to get at least 60 questions on the 100-question test correct; for subsequent classes, the requirement would be 70 questions.
The bill passed the House by an 85-1 vote and the Senate by a 43-4 margin.
HB1087 came as part of a national movement called the Civics Education Initiative. The group’s goal is to have each state pass a similar bill by Sept. 17, 2017, the 230th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution.
We have a post here with links to practice tests so you can see if you’d have trouble graduating in North Dakota by using the info at: Can you pass the US Naturalization Civics Test?.
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