Legislation

Title: Education - Public Schools - Instruction in Print and Cursive Handwriting
Sponsored by: Senator Jennings (By Request)
Status: In the Senate - Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Requiring, beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, each county board of education to require each public elementary school in the county to provide handwriting instruction that enables students to develop legible print handwriting by the end of the third grade and legible cursive handwriting by the end of the fifth grade.

Committees

Original:: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Click to view Recorded Media

Details

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): July 1, 2019

Bill imposes a local government mandate which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit

History

Legislation History
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 2/15/2019 Legislative Date 2/15/2019 Action First Reading Senate Rules Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Education - Public Schools - Instruction in Print and Cursive Handwriting Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 2/21/2019 Legislative Date 2/22/2019 Action Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 2/26/2019 Legislative Date 2/26/2019 Action Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/20/2019 Legislative Date 3/20/2019 Action Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
Senate	2/15/2019	2/15/2019	First Reading Senate Rules
			Text - First - Education - Public Schools - Instruction in Print and Cursive Handwriting
Senate	2/21/2019	2/22/2019	Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Senate	2/26/2019	2/26/2019	Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs	Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/20/2019	3/20/2019	Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

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