H-1231

   Amend Senate File 369, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   <Section 1.  Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  (1)  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 one unit of United States government and one unit of United States history.
   (2)  The one-half one unit of United States government shall include the all of the following:
   (a)  The voting procedure as described in this lettered paragraph and section 280.9A.  The government instruction shall also include a
   (b)  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.
   (c)  Instruction related to civics, including the roles and responsibilities of citizens in a society and in state and local governments.
   (d)  An assessment that is based on the most recent version of the civics test developed by the United States citizenship and immigration services.
   Sec. 2.  Section 256E.7, subsection 2, paragraph g, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
   NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (02)  The educational standards established in section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “b”, related to United States government instruction.
   Sec. 3.  Section 256F.4, subsection 2, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  0q.  Be subject to and comply with the requirements of section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “b”, relating to United States government instruction in the same manner as a school district.
   Sec. 4.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to school years beginning on or after July 1, 2026.>
   2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 through 4 and inserting <An Act relating to social studies instruction, including instruction in United States government, provided to students enrolled in grades nine through twelve, and including applicability provisions.>

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INGELS of Fayette