HB-4136, As Passed House, December 15, 2016

HB-4136, As Passed Senate, December 14, 2016

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4136

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

"The revised school code,"

by amending section 1166 (MCL 380.1166).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 1166. (1) In all public and nonpublic schools in this

state regular courses of instruction shall be given in the

constitution of the United States, in the constitution of Michigan,

and in the history and present form of government of the United

States, Michigan, and its political subdivisions. Instruction shall

begin not later than the opening of the eighth grade, or its

equivalent, except in schools maintaining a junior high school, in

which case it may begin in the ninth grade.

     (2) A high school in this state which offers 12 grades shall

require a 1-semester course of study of 5 periods per week in

civics. which The course shall include the form and functions of

the federal, state, and local governments and shall stress the

rights and responsibilities of citizens. A diploma shall not be

issued by a high school to a pupil who has not successfully

completed this course. This course requirement shall not be

applicable as is not a graduation requirement for a high school

pupil who has enlisted or been inducted into military service.

     (3) By not later than May 1, 2018 or the next update of the

state curriculum content standards after the effective date of this

subsection, whichever occurs first, the state board shall revise

the state curriculum content standards for high school social

studies to ensure that those content standards cover the same

content as covered by the 100 questions on the civics portion of

the naturalization test used by the United States Citizenship and

Immigration Services as of December 1, 2016.

     (4) Beginning with the first state high school social studies

assessment administered after the state academic curriculum content

standards are revised as required under subsection (3), the

superintendent of public instruction shall ensure that the high

school social studies assessment includes questions related to the

learning objectives in the state curriculum standards for high

school social studies as revised under subsection (3).

     (5) As used in this section, "state curriculum content

standards" means the state board recommended model curriculum

content standards developed and periodically updated under section

1278.