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MS SB2273

Bill

Status

Passed

4/13/2017

Primary Sponsor

Angela Burks Hill

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Origin

Senate

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • State Board of Education must require all public school districts to include cursive reading and writing instruction in elementary education curriculum beginning with the 2018-2019 school year

  • Students must demonstrate proficiency by creating readable documents through legible cursive handwriting by the end of fifth grade and pass a teacher-constructed competency test in both reading and writing cursive

  • Cursive instruction must be implemented across the curriculum as part of basic elementary education standards

  • Mississippi School for the Blind and Mississippi School for the Deaf are exempted from these requirements

  • Act takes effect July 1, 2017

Legislative Description

Cursive reading and writing; direct State Board of Education to require in elementary education curriculum.

Last Action

Approved by Governor

4/13/2017

Committee Referrals

Education1/13/2017

Full Bill Text

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