New law requires civics test, CPR for high-schoolers

Thursday, June 23, 2016

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri high-school students will need to pass a civics exam, and public schools must set time aside daily for the Pledge of Allegiance under a package of education measures Gov. Jay Nixon signed into law Wednesday.

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