H-8155

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

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EHLERT of Linn