MD HB725 | 2020 | Regular Session
Note: Carry Foward to future HB827
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-04 - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 30 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-04 - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requiring, beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, each county board of education to require each public elementary school in the county to provide handwriting instruction that enables students to develop legible print handwriting by the end of the third grade and legible cursive handwriting by the end of the fifth grade.
Title
Education - Public Schools - Instruction in Print and Cursive Handwriting
Sponsors
| Del. Joseph Boteler [R] | Del. Lauren Arikan [R] | Del. Jason Buckel [R] | Del. Richard Impallaria [R] |
| Del. Warren Miller [R] | Del. April Rose [R] | Del. Jheanelle Wilkins [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-04 | House | Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2020-01-30 | House | First Reading Ways and Means |
Same As/Similar To
HB725 (Carry Over) 2020-02-04 - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
Subjects
Age
Communications
Counties
Education
Education, Boards of
Language
Primary and Secondary Education
Public Schools
Students
Communications
Counties
Education
Education, Boards of
Language
Primary and Secondary Education
Public Schools
Students
Code Citations
Maryland State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0725?ys=2020RS |
| Text | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0725f.pdf |
