MO Lawmakers Push For Civics Requirement For High School Seniors

By Steve Kraske,

Published March 23, 2015 at 2:45 PM CDT

In order to become a naturalized citizen, immigrants must pass a basic U.S. civics test. Some Missouri lawmakers are pushing for the state to adopt education policies that would require high schoolers to pass the same test to graduate. On this edition of Up To Date, Steve Kraske talks with two lawmakers supporting this requirement, and quizzes listeners with questions from the U.S. Citizenship Civics Test.

Guests:

Sen. Ryan Silvey (R)
Rep. Jeremy LaFaver (D)

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