Requiring instruction to provide students with an understanding of communist, fascist and socialist regimes and ideologies and that students pass an American civics examination in order to graduate with a high school dip, the official text

house bill No. 2412
An Act concerning education; relating to curriculum for social studies; requiring instruction to provide students with an understanding of communist, fascist and socialist regimes and ideologies; requiring that students pass an American civics examination in order to graduate with a high school diploma; amending K.S.A. 72-3217 and repealing the existing section.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
New Section 1. (a) To provide students with essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum, the state board of education shall develop age and developmentally appropriate curriculum, materials and guidelines to provide students in nonelementary grades as designated by each school district with an understanding of the negative impacts of communist, fascist and socialist regimes and ideologies.
(b) Each school district shall provide instruction to students in nonelementary grades as designated by such school district on understanding the negative impacts of communist, fascist and socialist regimes and ideologies and may use the curriculum, materials and guidelines developed by the state board of education.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 72-3217 is hereby amended to read as follows: 72-3217. (a) All accredited schools, whether public, private or parochial, shall provide and give all students a complete course of instruction to all pupils, in civil government, and United States history, and in patriotism and the duties of a citizen, suitable to the elementary grades; in addition thereto,.
(b) All accredited high schools, whether public, private or parochial, shall give a course of instruction concerning the government and institutions of the United States, and, particularly of, the constitution of the United States; and no. Any student who has not taken and satisfactorily passed such course shall not be certified as having completed the course requirements necessary for graduation from high school.
(c) (1) All students who enroll in grade nine in any accredited public, private or parochial high school on or after July 1, 2026, shall be required to pass an examination on the principles of American civics. Any student who does not satisfactorily pass such examination shall not be certified as having completed the course requirements necessary for graduation from high school.
(2) Upon request, a student may be administered the examination required by this subsection at any time after such student has enrolled in grade seven, and such student may take the examination as often as necessary to obtain a passing score. Any subsequent examination shall not have more than five questions that were included in the immediately preceding examination. At the discretion of the board of education of the school district or the governing body of any accredited private or parochial high school, the examination may be administered as part of the curriculum required under subsection (b).
(3) The examination required by this subsection shall consist of 20 randomly selected questions taken from the same set of questions administered by the United States citizenship and immigration services to applicants for United States citizenship through naturalization. A student shall correctly answer at least 70% of the questions on such examination to satisfactorily pass. Examinations shall be administered in English.
(4) The applicability of this subsection and the extent to which accommodations are provided, if any, to a student with an individualized education program (IEP) shall be governed by such student's IEP.
(5) The state board of education may adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this subsection, including, but not limited to, providing a model examination for use by any school district or the governing body of any accredited private or parochial high school.
(d) As used in this section, "accredited" means accredited by the state board of education. "Accredited" includes dual accreditation by the state board of education and an accrediting entity other than the state board.
Sec. 3. K.S.A. 72-3217 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.

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I hereby certify that the above Bill originated in the House, and was adopted by that body

House adopted
Conference Committee Report

Speaker of the House.

Chief Clerk of the House.

Passed the Senate
as amended

Senate adopted
Conference Committee Report

President of the Senate.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.