Bill Text: MI HB4483 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education: curriculum; model program of instruction in cursive handwriting; create, and make optional for public schools. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1164c.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-09-15 - Referred To Committee On Education And Career Readiness [HB4483 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB4483-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4483
April 18, 2019, Introduced by Rep. Brenda Carter and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1164c.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1164c. (1) Not later than August 1, 2019, the department
shall develop or adopt, and make available to public schools, a
model program of instruction on cursive as a type of penmanship.
(2) Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the board of a
school district or intermediate school district or board of
directors of a public school academy may incorporate the model
program of instruction described under subsection (1) in the
curriculum offered by schools operated by the board or board of
directors.