HB2049

Requires school districts to provide instruction in cursive writing

Introduced·1/7/26
Introduced Text

Missouri HB2049 mandates elementary schools to teach cursive writing, ensuring students can write legibly by fifth grade.

Missouri HB2049 requires each elementary school to provide instruction in cursive writing, ensuring students can create readable documents through legible cursive handwriting by the end of the fifth grade. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education may create rules to implement this requirement. The bill also amends Chapter 170 to include this new mandate.

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Where it stands

Current
Elementary And Secondary Education Committee
Next
Committee decision

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History

Jan 20

House

Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education(H)

Jan 8

House

Read Second Time (H)

Jan 7

House

Read First Time (H)