HB 3145 - DIGEST

Declares that the purpose of this act is to create a pilot project that will help to graduate students who are better voters, better citizens, and who are ready to take an informed and responsible place in society.

Directs the office of the superintendent of public instruction to work with selected county auditors' offices to develop an interactive high school civics curriculum to help students learn how to become informed citizens. The curriculum shall meet the requirements for the office of the superintendent of public instruction's classroom-based assessments. Staff from the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall work directly in the curriculum development.

Appropriates the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, from the general fund to the office of the state auditor for the purposes of this act.

Appropriates the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, from the general fund to the office of the state auditor for the purposes of this act.