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This bill requires school districts and charter schools in Missouri to provide cursive writing instruction to elementary school students, with the goal of ensuring that students can create readable cursive documents by the end of fifth grade. Specifically, the bill mandates that each elementary school teach cursive writing and that students must pass a teacher-created test demonstrating proficiency in both reading and writing cursive. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is authorized to develop rules for implementing this requirement, with the rules subject to standard legislative review procedures. The bill aims to preserve the traditional skill of cursive handwriting by making it a mandatory part of elementary education curriculum, ensuring students learn this form of writing that was once a standard part of school instruction but has become less common in recent years due to increased digital communication and typing.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB375&year=2025&code=R