House Committee Axes Plan To Require High Schoolers Pass Citizenship Test

Lawmakers do not want to add more testing requirements for Hoosier students.

(Indianapolis, Ind.) - The Indiana House Education Committee has halted legislation which would have required high schoolers to pass the U.S. citizenship test to get a diploma.

Instead, students would take the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services exam as part of an already-required U.S. government class. 

The committee amended Senate Bill 132 before passing it on a 12-0 vote on Wednesday, March 27. The change was made after the bill was already passed by the Senate. 

State lawmakers say it was changed to prevent any additional testing burden for students as part of graduation requirements.

With its passage in the House Education Committee, the bill now goes to the full House for consideration. If it passes the House in its newly amended form, the bill would likely have to go to a conference committee to work out differences in the House and Senate versions.

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