South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 3578
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Rivers, Spann-Wilder, Pedalino, Cobb-Hunter, Atkinson, McDaniel, M.M. Smith, Schuessler, Henderson-Myers, Gilliard, Waters, Garvin, Williams and Reese
Document Path: LC-0192WAB25.docx
Introduced in the House on January 14, 2025
Introduced in the Senate on April 9, 2025
Last Amended on April 8, 2025
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
| Date | Body | Action Description with journal page number |
|---|---|---|
| 12/12/2024 | House | Prefiled |
| 12/12/2024 | House | Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works |
| 1/14/2025 | House | Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 251) |
| 1/14/2025 | House | Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works (House Journal-page 251) |
| 2/19/2025 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson |
| 3/25/2025 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McDaniel, M.M. Smith |
| 3/26/2025 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler |
| 4/2/2025 | House | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works (House Journal-page 4) |
| 4/3/2025 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson-Myers |
| 4/8/2025 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard, Waters, Garvin, Williams, Reese |
| 4/8/2025 | House | Amended (House Journal-page 21) |
| 4/8/2025 | House | Read second time (House Journal-page 21) |
| 4/8/2025 | House | Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 22) |
| 4/9/2025 | House | Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 21) |
| 4/9/2025 | Senate | Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 2) |
| 4/9/2025 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education (Senate Journal-page 2) |
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/12/2024
04/02/2025
04/08/2025
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Amended
April 8, 2025
H. 3578
Introduced by Reps. Rivers, Spann-Wilder, Pedalino, Cobb-Hunter, Atkinson, McDaniel, M. M. Smith, Schuessler, Henderson-Myers, Gilliard, Waters, Garvin, Williams and Reese
S. Printed 4/8/25--H.
Read the first time January 14, 2025
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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.
Amend Title To Conform
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 third grade and continuing in fourth grade and fifth grade to ensure that students can create readable documents through legible cursive handwriting by the end of fifth grade; and
(2) require students to memorize multiplication tables to ensure that students can effectively multiply numbers by the end of fifth grade.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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