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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowSeveral new state laws take effect Monday, from a required high school state government test to allowing wrongfully incarcerated individuals to collect $50,000 a year.
Under a new law, Indiana high schools will have to administer the U.S. naturalization test, as part of a mandatory government course, that’s given to immigrants hoping to become U.S. citizens. An initial plan had proposed that students had to pass the test to earn a high school diploma, but that plan was scrapped.
Other new laws include allowing people who are wrongfully incarcerated be eligible to receive $50,000 for each year behind bars once a conviction is vacated due to innocence.
Also, the head of the Indiana Department of Education will now be appointed by the governor, starting in 2021.
A comprehensive list of new laws for 2019 is available here.
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