A 1713

ASSEMBLY, No. 1713
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
Assemblywoman ROSAURA "ROSY" BAGOLIE
District 27 (Essex and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Fantasia, Assemblyman Scharfenberger,
Assemblywoman Flynn, Assemblymen Simonsen, McGuckin and Kanitra
SYNOPSIS
���� Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public
school curriculum for grades three through five.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act concerning instruction on cursive handwriting in the public school curriculum
and supplementing chapter 35 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
���� Be It
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� A school district shall incorporate
instruction on cursive handwriting into the curriculum for students in grades
three through five.� The curriculum shall include activities and instructional
materials that help students become proficient in reading cursive and legibly
writing in cursive by the end of grade five.
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full school year next
following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
���� This bill requires a school
district to incorporate instruction on cursive handwriting in the curriculum
for students in grades three through five.� The curriculum is to include
activities and instructional materials that help students become proficient in
reading cursive and legibly writing in cursive by the end of grade five