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S05140 Summary:

BILL NO	S05140A
SAME AS	SAME AS A02701-A
SPONSOR	JACOBS
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add 817 & 818, Ed L
Relates to requiring instruction in cursive writing and memorization of multiplication tables as part of the basic education program.

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S05140 Actions:

BILL NO	S05140A
03/09/2017	REFERRED TO EDUCATION
01/03/2018	REFERRED TO EDUCATION
03/09/2018	AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
03/09/2018	PRINT NUMBER 5140A

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S05140 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5140--A
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      March 9, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  JACOBS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education  --  recommitted
          to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
          --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
          and recommitted to said committee

        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.
                                                                   LBD03432-02-8

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