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S01164 Summary:
BILL NO | S01164 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A02309 |
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SPONSOR | JACOBS |
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Add §§817 & 818, Ed L | |
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Relates to requiring instruction in cursive writing and memorization of multiplication tables as part of the basic education program. |
S01164 Actions:
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01/11/2019 | REFERRED TO EDUCATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2020 | REFERRED TO EDUCATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
08/11/2020 | RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN |
S01164 Committee Votes:
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Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1164 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 11, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. JACOBS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring instruction in cursive writing and memorization of multiplication tables as part of the basic education program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding two new sections 817 2 and 818 to read as follows: 3 § 817. Courses of instruction in cursive writing. The standard course 4 of study shall include the requirement that public schools provide 5 instruction in cursive writing so that students create readable docu- 6 ments through legible cursive handwriting by the end of fifth grade. 7 § 818. Instruction relating to multiplication tables. The standard 8 course of study shall include the requirement that students enrolled in 9 public schools memorize multiplication tables to demonstrate competency 10 in efficiently multiplying numbers. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to school 12 years commencing on the first of July next succeeding the date on which 13 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00767-01-9