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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 414

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Relating to: incorporating cursive writing into the state model English language arts standards and requiring cursive writing in elementary grades. (FE)

School — Curriculum State superintendent of public instruction

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the state superintendent of public instruction to incorporate

cursive writing into the model academic standards for English language arts. This

bill also requires a school board, independent charter school, and private school

participating in a parental choice program to include cursive writing in its respective

curriculum for the elementary grades. Specifically, each elementary school

curriculum must include the objective that pupils be able to write legibly in cursive

by the end of fifth grade.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Jacque (R) , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Olsen (R) , Wanggaard (R)

18 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Bowen (D) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , Haywood (D) , James (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , L. Myers (D) , Mursau (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Ramthun (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Skowronski (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 4

Passed 5–4 Dec 20, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Sep 17, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Olsen, Johnson, Nass, Carpenter, Jacque, Marklein, L. Taylor and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Vruwink, Ballweg, Bowen, Brostoff, Gundrum, Haywood, James, Krug, Kuglitsch, Mursau, L. Myers, Ramthun, Sanfelippo, Skowronski, Tusler and Dittrich

  2. Sep 17, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Oct 9, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Oct 31, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor

  5. Nov 8, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Edming added as a cosponsor

  6. Nov 13, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Vruwink withdrawn as a cosponsor

  7. Nov 19, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  8. Dec 19, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  9. Dec 20, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 4

  10. Dec 20, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Jan 14, 2020 · Senate

    Representative Pronschinske added as a cosponsor

  12. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Representative Brostoff withdrawn as a cosponsor

  13. Mar 27, 2020 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  14. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1