Senate File 475 H-1314 Amend Senate File 475, as amended, passed, and reprinted by 1 the Senate, as follows: 2 1. Page 13, after line 16 by inserting: 3 < DIVISION ___ 4 MISCELLANEOUS EDUCATION PROVISIONS 5 Sec. ___. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code 6 2017, is amended to read as follows: 7 b. Five units of the social studies including instruction 8 in voting statutes and procedures, voter registration 9 requirements, the use of paper ballots and voting systems in 10 the election process, and the method of acquiring and casting 11 an absentee ballot. All students shall complete a minimum 12 of one-half unit of United States government and one unit of 13 United States history. The one-half unit of United States 14 government shall include the voting procedure as described in 15 this lettered paragraph and section 280.9A . The government 16 instruction shall also include a study of the Constitution 17 of the United States and the Bill of Rights contained in the 18 Constitution and an assessment of a student’s knowledge of 19 the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. This assessment 20 requirement may be satisfied using the one hundred question 21 civics portion of the naturalization examination administered 22 by the United States citizenship and immigration services. > 23 2. By renumbering as necessary. 24 ______________________________ HEARTSILL of Marion -1- SF475.2070 (1) 87 kh/rj 1/ 1 #1. #2.