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Public Act 100-0548 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||
27-20.7 as follows: | ||||
(105 ILCS 5/27-20.7 new) | ||||
Sec. 27-20.7. Cursive writing. Beginning with the | ||||
2018-2019 school year, public elementary schools shall offer at | ||||
least one unit of instruction in cursive writing. School | ||||
districts shall, by policy, determine at what grade level or | ||||
levels students are to be offered cursive writing, provided | ||||
that such instruction must be offered before students complete | ||||
grade 5.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||
2018.
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