Illinois SB 2676: SCH CD-CURSIVE WRITING REQ
Status: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments (as of 2026-03-13)
State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: SB 2676
Sponsors: Willie Preston
Bill Text
• Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SB2676 • • • • • • • • • • • • Select Language × The Illinois General Assembly offers the Google Translate™ service for visitor convenience. In no way should it be considered accurate as to the translation of any content herein. Visitors of the Illinois General Assembly website are encouraged to use other translation services available on the internet. The English language version is always the official and authoritative version of this website. NOTE: To return to the original English language version, select the "Show Original" button on the Google Translate™ menu bar at the top of the window. Choose Language English Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Bengali Bosnian Catalan Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Esperanto Estonian Filipino Finnish French Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Interlingua Interlingue Inuktitut Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Khmer Korean Latin Latvian Lithuanian Luxembourgish Macedonian Malagasy Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Myanmar Nepali Norwegian Odia Pashto Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Sango Sanskrit Sardinian Sindhi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Somali Southern Sotho Spanish Sundanese Swahili Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Tigrinya Tonga Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Xhosa Yiddish Yoruba Zulu Powered by Translate Close Illinois General Assembly Top Navigation Bar Translate Learn Select General Assembly Search the 104th General Assembly Enter search terms for legislation, members, committees, or schedules. ILGA.GOV • • LEGISLATION & LAWS • Bills & Resolutions • Public Acts • Illinois Compiled Statutes • Illinois Constitution • Search Legislation • Glossary • Guide • Reports & Inquiry • Legislative Reports • Special Reports • FTP Site • Legislator Lookup • Capitol Complex Phone Numbers • Rules & Regulations • Illinois Register • Administrative Rules • Senate • Members • Schedules • Committees • Request for Remote Testimony • Journals • Transcripts • Rules • Audio/Video • FOIA Information • Senate Employment Opportunities • Media Guidelines • House • Members • Schedules • Committees • Submit testimony for House Committees • Journals • Transcripts • Rules • Audio/Video • FOIA Information • House Employment Opportunities • Log In Mobile Top Bar Search the 104th General Assembly Enter keywords to search the Illinois General Assembly website. Full Text of SB2676 • Home • Legislation • Full Text SB2676 - 104th General Assembly • Bill Status • Full Text • Votes • Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2676 Introduced 10/14/2025, by Sen. Willie Preston SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/27-20.7 Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, the cursive writing instruction offered by public elementary schools must be offered to students in grades 3 through 5 (rather than requiring school districts to 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). LRB104 14343 LNS 27476 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR SB2676LRB104 14343 LNS 27476 b 1 AN ACT concerning education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 527-20.7 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/27-20.7) 7 Sec. 27-20.7. Cursive writing. Beginning with the 82018-2019 school year, public elementary schools shall offer 9at least one unit of instruction in cursive writing. School 10districts shall, by policy, determine at what grade level or 11levels students are to be offered cursive writing, provided 12that such instruction must be offered before students complete 13grade 5; however, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, 14the cursive writing instruction must be offered to students in 15grades 3 through 5. 16(Source: P.A. 100-548, eff. 7-1-18.) Footer Disclaimer This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706. Contact ILGA Webmaster ILGA.gov uses cookies to ensure you get the best experie
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