Bill Text: IL HB2977 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction practicing writing in cursive.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 33-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-11-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0548 [HB2977 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB2977-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 100-0548 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||
27-20.7 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/27-20.7 new) | ||||
Sec. 27-20.7. Cursive writing. Beginning with the | ||||
2018-2019 school year, public elementary schools shall offer at | ||||
least one unit of instruction in cursive writing. School | ||||
districts shall, by policy, determine at what grade level or | ||||
levels students are to be offered cursive writing, provided | ||||
that such instruction must be offered before students complete | ||||
grade 5.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||
2018.
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