Summary of Original VersionAmend 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 academic standards for the course; require successful completion of the course to be a graduation requirement from the 2025-2026 school year through the 2028-2029 school year.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1Summary
Retain the requirement for cursive writing to be included as a course of study in all elementary schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; amend KRS 158.6453 to distinguish basic handwriting or penmanship from the definition of "writing"; delete all other provisions.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- T. TruettSummary
Retain original provisions, amend KRS 161.102 to provide a one year certificate to an applicant with a High School Equivalency Diploma; provide a five year substitute teaching certificate for an applicant with a bachelor's degree; provide a 10 year substitute teaching certificate for an applicant who holds a Kentucky statement of eligibility, previously held a Kentucky teaching certificate, or holds or previously held a valid out-of-state teaching certificate that required completion of a four-year teacher preparation program.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- T. TruettSummary
Make title amendment.
Statutes affected: Introduced: 156.160
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 156.160, 158.6453
Current: 156.160, 158.6453