Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
House Bill 488
Elementary school curriculum; require instruction in manuscript (as well as cursive) handwriting.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-10, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP A WRITING CURRICULUM FOR USE BY EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH MANDATES INSTRUCTION IN MANUSCRIPT HANDWRITING TECHNIQUES, AS WELL AS IN CURSIVE HANDWRITING, IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 8 to January 30, 2018, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 8 to Jan 30 · stopped22 days
EducationJan 8 to Jan 30 · stopped22 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.