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Jan 07, 2015 |
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Assembly Bill A387
2015-2016 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
Annette Robinson
Walter T. Mosley
Michelle Schimel
multi-Sponsors
Carmen E. Arroyo
Vivian Cook
Clifford Crouch
Richard Gottfried
2015-A387 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A387 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 387 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, GALEF, ROBINSON, MOSLEY, SCHIMEL, MONTESANO, DiPIETRO, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, COOK, CROUCH, GOTTFRIED, McLAUGHLIN, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, 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, 2015. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02280-01-5
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