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AN ACT relating to public school students' communication skills.

It became law on Apr 17, 2024.

KY SB 167 · Senate Bill · 2024RS

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Became law
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Apr 17, 2024

What it does

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…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

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  4. Law (Done)

    Apr 17, 2024

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Where it goes next

It is law in Kentucky. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.

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