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HB170: requiring the teaching of cursive handwriting and multiplication tables.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2023 HB170
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Passed/Adopted
Committee
Senate Education
Hearing
03/28/2023 at 09:15 AM
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CHAPTER 17

HB 170 - FINAL VERSION

16Mar2023... 0316h

2023 SESSION

23-0513

09/10

HOUSE BILL 170

AN ACT requiring the teaching of cursive handwriting and multiplication tables.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hobson, Rock. 14; Rep. Ball, Rock. 25; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 5; Rep. A. Lekas, Hills. 38

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill requires school boards to teach cursive handwriting and the memorization of multiplication tables.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16Mar2023... 0316h 23-0513

09/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT requiring the teaching of cursive handwriting and multiplication tables.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

17:1 Cursive Handwriting and Memorization of Multiplication Tables. RSA 189:11-c is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

189:11-c Cursive Handwriting and Memorization of Multiplication Tables. Each public school district and chartered public school shall:

(a) Provide instruction in cursive writing by the end of fifth grade as a component of English language arts; and

(b) Provide instruction of the multiplication tables by the end of fifth grade; and

(c) Subparagraphs (a) and (b) may be accommodated, modified, or waived in accordance with a student’s Individual Education Program (IEP) or 504 Plan.

17:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 04, 2023

Effective Date: July 03, 2023