00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 112                                                                          
01 "An Act requiring successful completion of a civics examination consisting of questions                                 
02 from the civics portion of the United States naturalization examination; and providing                                  
03 for an effective date."                                                                                                 
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
06            Sec. 14.03.076. Secondary student civics testing. (a) In addition to the                                 
07       requirements in AS 14.03.075, a student may not be issued a secondary school                                      
08       diploma unless the student successfully completes a civics examination consisting of                              
09       questions from the civics portion of the examination for naturalization required for                              
10       immigration into the United States under 8 U.S.C. 1446.                                                           
11            (b)  At least once during each school year, the governing body of a school                                   
12       district shall provide and score the civics examination required under (a) of this                                
13       section and shall provide opportunities for retesting and remediation for students who                            
14       fail the examination.                                                                                             

01            (c)  The department shall develop the civics examination required under (a) of                               
02       this section.                                                                                                     
03            (d)  Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a student who is a child with a                                    
04       disability and who does not successfully complete the examination required under (a)                              
05       of this section, with or without accommodation, after one retest, is eligible to receive a                        
06       diploma if the student successfully completes an alternative assessment required by                               
07       the student's individualized education program or required in the education plan                                  
08       developed for the student under 29 U.S.C. 794; an alternative assessment must, to the                             
09       maximum extent possible, conform to the standards established for the civics portion                              
10       of the naturalization examination.                                                                                
11    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect July 1, 2012.