BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota's House has endorsed legislation that would require high school students to take the same test that immigrants must pass to become a U.S. citizen.
The House approved the measure by an 85-1 vote on Thursday.
Representative Gail Mooney cast the lone "no" vote. The Democrat from Cummings says she supports civics education but students shouldn't have to pass a test on the subject to graduate.
The proposal requires students to correctly answer 60 percent of the 100 questions on the U.S. citizenship test to graduate.
The measure now goes to the state Senate, where it is expected to easily pass.
Arizona lawmakers are fast-tracking a similar bill this week, hoping to become the first state to require passage of a civics test to graduate high school.