Senate File 475 H-1324 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. In addition to this 20 assessment, a school district or school may administer the 21 one hundred question civics portion of the naturalization 22 examination administered by the United States citizenship and 23 immigration services. > 24 2. By renumbering as necessary. 25 ______________________________ HEARTSILL of Marion -1- SF475.2173 (1) 87 kh/rj 1/ 1 #1. #2.