Kansas lawmakers OK bill mandating civics test for students

(AP) The Kansas Legislature has passed a Republican bill that would require graduating high school students to pass a civics test. The GOP-controlled Senate voted 24-15 Wednesday to send it to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. The Republican-controlled House narrowly approved it in early March. The measure would require public and private school students to pass a test or series of tests consisting of 60 randomly selected questions from the U.S. citizenship test. The bill does not set a passing grade, leaving it up to teachers. Students would be able to take the test multiple times until they pass.