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HB 2773·MO·house

Requires school districts to provide instruction in cursive writing

FailedFiled Jan 7, 2026
Sponsor: Stephanie Boykin (D)
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Referred: Emerging Issues(H)

May 15, 2026

Summary

The bill mandates that every elementary school in a district or charter school provide cursive handwriting instruction so students can produce readable documents by the end of fifth grade. Students must pass a teacher‑created test demonstrating competence in both reading and writing cursive. The state education department may issue rules to implement the requirement, but the measure ultimately failed.

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