More than 800,000 people each year take a 10-question civics test to try to become a U.S. citizen. A bill passed by the Iowa House and Senate would require students in grades nine-through-12 to pass a ...

The Iowa Senate passed a bill requiring high school students to pass a civics test identical to the U.S. citizenship test. Students must score at least 60% to graduate, with retake opportunities ...

Starting in the 2026-27 academic year, it will be mandatory for ninth- through 12th-grade students to pass the exam that is taken to become a U.S. citizen to graduate. High schoolers will be required ...

Representatives assemble Jan. 13 in the Iowa House chamber for the first day of this year’s legislative session at the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa Capitol Bureau) - Beginning with the class of 2027, Iowa students would have to take another test before they can graduate high school, if the governor signs a bill ...

Students would be required to take the U.S. naturalization test to graduate high school under a bill that has passed the Iowa House and is headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds after years of the legislation ...

High school students would have to pass the U.S. citizenship test in order to graduate, under a bill passed out of the Iowa Senate Monday. The requirement would apply to students at public schools, as ...