Bill Text: NY A02701 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring instruction in cursive writing and memorization of multiplication tables as part of the basic education program.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-06 - held for consideration in education [A02701 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A02701-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2701--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 23, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. DINOWITZ, GALEF, MOSLEY, MONTESANO, DiPIETRO,
          RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ARROYO,  COOK,  CROUCH,  GOTT-
          FRIED,  McDONOUGH,  PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, RIVERA, TITONE -- read once
          and referred to the Committee  on  Education  --  recommitted  to  the
          Committee  on  Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
          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.
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