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MIAMI – Public faculties college students could also be required to make use of cursive handwriting below a proposed new invoice advancing within the Florida Legislature.
Home Invoice 921 mandates college students in grades two by means of 5 handy write in cursive as a part of their grades beginning within the 2025-2026 faculty yr.
Academics could be required to show college students how one can write in cursive, together with correct spacing and alignment, and assess their skill to put in writing full phrases and sentences.
At the moment, cursive handwriting is elective for all college students in public faculties.
State Rep. Tobin Overdorf, a Republican from Palm Metropolis, sponsored the Home Invoice which was authorized unanimously.
The Senate companion invoice, SB 1394, nonetheless awaits last approval earlier than any modifications might be signed into regulation.