Lawmakers Calling For Support of Civics Education

Legislation designed to improve the knowledge of history and civics in the Commonwealth was the topic of a press conference held in Harrisburg on Monday. Rep. Karen Boback (R-Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming) is the co-sponsor of House Bill 1858 , which would require high school students to pass a test on basic facts of U.S. history and civics taken from the United states Citizenship Civics Test – the same test all immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship must pass.


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