Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 03, 2014 |
held for consideration in education |
Jan 30, 2014 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A8651
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DINOWITZ
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Sandy Galef
Rhoda Jacobs
Walter T. Mosley
Michael Montesano
multi-Sponsors
Carmen E. Arroyo
Vivian Cook
Clifford Crouch
Richard Gottfried
2013-A8651 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A8651 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8651 I N A S S E M B L Y January 30, 2014 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, GALEF, JACOBS, MOSLEY, MONTESANO, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, COOK, CROUCH, GOTTFRIED, McLAUGHLIN, RIVERA, TITONE -- read once and referred 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: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding two new sections 817 and 818 to read as follows: S 817. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION IN CURSIVE WRITING. THE STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY SHALL INCLUDE THE REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN CURSIVE WRITING SO THAT STUDENTS CREATE READABLE DOCU- MENTS THROUGH LEGIBLE CURSIVE HANDWRITING BY THE END OF FIFTH GRADE. S 818. INSTRUCTION RELATING TO MULTIPLICATION TABLES. THE STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY SHALL INCLUDE THE REQUIREMENT THAT STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS MEMORIZE MULTIPLICATION TABLES TO DEMONSTRATE COMPETENCY IN EFFICIENTLY MULTIPLYING NUMBERS. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to school years commencing on or after July 1, 2014. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13630-01-4
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