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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 937

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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)

English language School — Curriculum State superintendent of public instruction

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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. The

bill also requires all school boards, independent charter schools, and private schools

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: Behnke (R) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Goeben (R) , Gundrum (R) , Melotik (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Myers (D) , Nedweski (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Schmidt (R) , Vos (R)

7 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Bodden (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Rozar (R) , Taylor (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 11, Noes 4

Passed 11–4 Feb 7, 2024 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. Jan 12, 2024 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Melotik, Behnke, Dittrich, Edming, Goeben, Gundrum, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Myers, Nedweski, O'Connor, Penterman, Schmidt and Vos; cosponsored by Senators Ballweg, Marklein, Nass, Taylor and Wanggaard

  2. Jan 12, 2024 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Jan 17, 2024 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 17, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 31, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Rozar added as a coauthor

  6. Feb 1, 2024 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 7, 2024 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 11, Noes 4

  8. Feb 7, 2024 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Bodden added as a coauthor

  10. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules

  11. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  14. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  15. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Feb 21, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  17. Feb 26, 2024 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  18. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1