Committee hears bills to restore cursive instruction in elementary schools Lawmakers and witnesses debated HB 1876 and HB 2115, proposals to require cursive instruction and a teacher-constructed competency test by fifth grade; questions focused on implementation timelines, assessment design, teacher preparation and costs.

Missouri lawmakers are debating a return to cursive writing in schools, emphasizing its importance for literacy and historical access—could this be the revival of a lost art?

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