TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 27, 2016

Beginning in 2017, Tennessee’s public high school students will have to pass a civics test using questions administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to those seeking citizenship, the Johnson City Press reports. The General Assembly passed legislation this year requiring students to answer correctly at least 70 percent of between 25 to 50 questions from the 100 within the test. At this point, passing the test is not a requirement for graduation, but some lawmakers have expressed an interest in making that the case. Only eight other states require statewide testing in civics and only two of those – Ohio and Virginia – require students to pass the test to graduate.