HOUSE BILL NO. 1237 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE TERRY.
2567H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To amend chapter 170, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to instruction in cursive writing.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 170, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be 2 known as section 170.025, to read as follows: 170.025. 1. Each school district and charter school shall ensure that: 2 (1) Each elementary school under the control of such school district or charter 3 school provides instruction in cursive writing so that students create readable 4 documents through legible cursive handwriting by the end of the fifth grade; and 5 (2) Each student passes with proficiency a teacher-constructed test 6 demonstrating competency in both reading and writing cursive. 7 2. The department of elementary and secondary education may promulgate 8 rules to implement the provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that 9 term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this 10 section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 11 provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 12 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 13 pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul 14 a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority 15 and any rule proposed or adopted after the effective date of this section shall be invalid 16 and void. ✔
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
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