S 1122 Session 125 (2023-2024) S 1122 General Bill, By Young, M. Johnson, Kimbrell, Turner, Grooms, Cromer, Rankin, Adams, Alexander, Hembree, Climer, Gambrell, Bennett, Rice, Verdin, Massey, Talley, Garrett, Corbin, Gustafson, Setzler, Davis, Williams, McLeod, McElveen, K. Johnson, Stephens, Tedder, Matthews, Sabb, Loftis, Hutto, Harpootlian, Senn and Fanning
A bill
TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-29-15, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT CURSIVE WRITING BE TAUGHT IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SO AS TO SPECIFY THAT THE CURSIVE WRITING INSTRUCTION MUST BEGIN IN SECOND GRADE AND CONTINUE IN EACH GRADE THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-29-15(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:
(A) In addition to the requirements that writing and arithmetic be subjects of instruction in each school district pursuant to Section 59-29-10, each school district shall: (1)
provide instruction in cursive writing beginning in second
grade and continuing in third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade to
ensure that students can create readable documents through legible cursive
handwriting by the end (2)
require students to memorize multiplication tables to ensure that students can
effectively multiply numbers by the
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. ----XX---- This web page was last updated on February 28, 2024 at 4:56 PM |