KY SB167 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Passed on April 17 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-17 - signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Passed on April 17 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-17 - signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Amend KRS 156.160 to require cursive writing to be included as a course of study in all elementary schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to establish a public high school graduation requirement that a student demonstrate the ability to sign his or her own name in cursive; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to administer the section and create a waiver process for students physically unable to demonstrate a cursive signature; require all public high schools to offer a course in typing and cursive writing; direct Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish academic standards for the course; require successful completion of the course to be a graduation requirement from the 2025-2026 school year through the 2028-2029 school year.
Title
AN ACT relating to public school students' communication skills.
Sponsors
| Sen. Lindsey Tichenor [R] | Sen. Shelley Frommeyer [R] | Sen. Gerald Neal [D] | Sen. Mike Wilson [R] |
| Sen. George Wise [R] |
Roll Calls
2024-04-12 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 467 (Y: 87 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 RSN# 2955 (Y: 37 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 RSN# 2955 (Y: 37 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-17 | Senate | signed by Governor |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | delivered to Governor |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2024-04-12 | House | 3rd reading, passed 87-10 |
| 2024-04-12 | House | placed in the Orders of the Day |
| 2024-04-12 | House | taken from Rules |
| 2024-03-26 | House | floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed |
| 2024-03-22 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2024-03-21 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2024-03-08 | House | to Education (H) |
| 2024-03-06 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2024-03-06 | House | received in House |
| 2024-03-05 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 37-1 with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 05, 2024 |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2024-02-29 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | to Education (S) |
| 2024-02-02 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2024-02-02 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
Subjects
Administrative Regulations and Proceedings
Boards and Commissions
Children and Minors
Education, Elementary and Secondary
Boards and Commissions
Children and Minors
Education, Elementary and Secondary
