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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 86(R)

House Bill 1244

House Author:  Ashby et al.

Effective:  6-14-19

Senate Sponsor:  Campbell et al.


            House Bill 1244 amends the Education Code to require the statewide secondary‑level end‑of‑course test in U.S. history to include 10 randomly selected questions from the civics test administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as part of the naturalization process. The bill requires the Texas Education Agency to ensure that the included questions align with the applicable state curriculum standards and to issue a certain annual report on student performance on those questions.