Bill > S243

This bill, titled "Back to Basics," amends North Carolina's General Statutes (G.S.) 115C-81, which outlines the standard course of study for public schools. Specifically, it mandates that by the end of fifth grade, public schools must provide instruction in cursive writing to ensure students can produce readable documents with legible handwriting, and that students will be required to memorize multiplication tables to efficiently multiply numbers. These changes are effective upon becoming law and apply starting with the 2013-2014 school year.