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As of 2018, 42 states required a civics or government course, 8 required a full year, and 19 required a civics exam to graduate

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q2 i? As of 2018, 42 states required students to take a civics or government course, 8 of those required a full year of civics, and 19 required a civics exam to graduate, often resembling the U.S. citizenship test. → Thompson 2023

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Thompson 2023

Thompson, C. (2023). State support for civic engagement. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/878.726

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The report's landscape section compiles state policy counts as of 2018, citing EducationWeek and Center for American Progress data. It states that "42 states required students to take a course in civics and government" with the year and exam requirements as printed. Two states allow locally determined assessments or the citizenship test instead.

"As of 2018, 42 states required students to take a course in civics and government, with 8 of those states requiring a full year of civics and 19 states requiring a civics exam to graduate, often resembling the U.S. citizenship test."

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type claim
id state-civics-graduation-requirements-2018
title As of 2018, 42 states required a civics or government course, 8 required a full year, and 19 required a civics exam to graduate
description As of 2018, 42 states required a civics or government course, 8 required a full year, and 19 required a civics exam to graduate
status review
evidence_strength moderate
newest_evidence 2023
recheck_by 2028
generated by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-10
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