House
File
2499
H-8155
Amend
House
File
2499
as
follows:
1
1.
By
striking
page
5,
line
19,
through
page
6,
line
21,
and
2
inserting:
3
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b.
Five
units
of
the
social
studies
including
instruction
4
in
voting
statutes
and
procedures,
voter
registration
5
requirements,
the
use
of
paper
ballots
and
voting
systems
in
6
the
election
process,
and
the
method
of
acquiring
and
casting
7
an
absentee
ballot.
All
students
shall
complete
a
minimum
8
of
one-half
unit
of
United
States
government
and
one
unit
of
9
United
States
history.
The
one-half
unit
of
United
States
10
government
shall
include
the
voting
procedure
as
described
in
11
this
lettered
paragraph
and
section
280.9A.
The
government
12
instruction
shall
also
include
a
study
of
the
Constitution
13
of
the
United
States
and
the
Bill
of
Rights
contained
in
the
14
Constitution
and
an
assessment
of
a
student’s
knowledge
of
15
the
Constitution
and
the
Bill
of
Rights.
To
enhance
class
16
materials
and
discussion,
social
studies
instruction
may
17
include
an
assessment
of
the
student’s
knowledge
of
United
18
States
government
and
civics
using
the
most
recent
version
of
19
the
civics
test
developed
by
the
United
States
citizenship
and
20
immigration
services.
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