00                            SENATE BILL NO. 116                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to civics examinations and secondary school graduation requirements;                                   
02 and providing for an effective date."                                                                                   
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 14.03.075(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (a)  A school may not issue a secondary school diploma to a student unless the                               
06       student                                                                                                           
07                 (1)  takes a college and career readiness assessment or receives a                                  
08       waiver from the governing body; and                                                                           
09                 (2)  receives a passing score on an examination consisting, at a                                    
10       minimum, of the 100 questions of the civics portion of the naturalization test used                           
11       by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services under 8 U.S.C.                                      
12       1446(b) or is a student with a disability and receives a waiver from the governing                            
13       body.                                                                                                         
14    * Sec. 2. AS 14.03.075(e) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                            

01                 (3)  "passing score" means a result of at least 60 percent correct                                      
02       responses.                                                                                                        
03    * Sec. 3. AS 14.03.075 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
04            (f)  If a student does not receive a waiver and meets the examination                                        
05       requirement in (a)(2) of this section, a school shall document on the student's                                   
06       transcript that the student has received a passing score on the examination.                                      
07    * Sec. 4. AS 14.07.165(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
08            (a)  The board shall adopt                                                                                   
09                 (1)  statewide goals and require each governing body to adopt written                                   
10       goals that are consistent with local needs;                                                                       
11                 (2)  regulations regarding the application for and award of grants under                                
12       AS 14.03.125;                                                                                                     
13                 (3)  regulations implementing provisions of AS 14.11.014(b);                                            
14                 (4)  regulations requiring approval by the board before a charter school,                               
15       state boarding school, or a public school may provide domiciliary services;                                       
16                 (5)  regulations implementing the college and career readiness                                          
17       assessment and civics examination provisions of AS 14.03.075, providing for the                               
18       needs of a student who is a child with a disability, and setting standards for a waiver                           
19       under AS 14.03.075; the regulations may address the conditions, criteria, procedure,                              
20       and scheduling of the assessment.                                                                                 
21    * Sec. 5. This Act takes effect July 1, 2016.