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This bill requires all school districts and charter schools in Missouri to provide cursive writing instruction in elementary schools, with the goal of ensuring students can create readable cursive documents by the end of fifth grade. Specifically, each school will need to teach cursive writing and ensure students pass a teacher-created test demonstrating proficiency in both reading and writing cursive. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is authorized to create rules to implement this requirement, with the standard administrative provisions that such rules must comply with existing state regulatory procedures. The legislation aims to preserve the traditional skill of cursive handwriting by mandating its instruction and demonstrable mastery at the elementary school level, ensuring students maintain the ability to read and write in cursive script.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB1237&year=2025&code=R