Requiring cursive instruction for students enrolled in public elementary schools

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 19, 2021
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 21, 2021
3. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeFebruary 21, 2022
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill requires school districts to incorporate cursive handwriting instruction into the curriculum with the goal of making students proficient in reading cursive and legibly writing in cursive by the end of the third grade. The provisions of the bill do not apply to nonpublic schools.3.16.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state mandates included in the bill.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Fiscal note

Cost: up to $575,000 Compare with other bills

Senate File 2351 does not have a fiscal impact to the State. The number of school districts that currently have cursive writing curriculum in place is unknown. The cost for cursive curriculum to be taught at one grade level statewide is expected to be an estimated $400,000 to $575,000. 3 and requires that any State mandate in the Bill be paid by a school district from the State Foundation Aid appropriation.

• Cursive Writing, Educational Requirement · February 22, 2022

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§256.11

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