Utah House kills bill to end civics test graduation requirement

Utah high schoolers will have to keep passing a stand-alone civics test before graduating after a bill attempting to repeal that requirement failed in the Utah House on Friday.Rep. Elizabeth Weight, D-West Valley City, sponsored the repeal legislation and argued that the five-year-old testing requirement has failed to connect with students, and instead has detracted from civics education while frustrating educators.Keeping the requirement, she said, means that students will continue to be pulled