Missouri HB2115 mandates elementary schools to teach cursive writing, ensuring students can write legibly by fifth grade.
Missouri HB2115 amends Chapter 170 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri to require each school district and charter school to provide cursive writing instruction. This instruction must enable students to produce readable documents through legible cursive handwriting by the end of the fifth grade. Additionally, students must pass a teacher-constructed test demonstrating proficiency in both reading and writing cursive. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is authorized to create rules to implement these provisions, subject to the state's rulemaking process.
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