[First Reprint] ASSEMBLY, No. 3865 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 221st LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 27, 2024
[First Reprint]
ASSEMBLY, No. 3865
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 27, 2024
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 and Assemblyman Simonsen SYNOPSIS Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public school curriculum for grades three through five. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As reported by the Assembly Education Committee on March 10, 2025, with amendments.
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 and Assemblyman Simonsen
SYNOPSIS
Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public school curriculum for grades three through five.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Education Committee on March 10, 2025, with amendments.
An Act concerning instruction on cursive handwriting in 1the1 public 1[schools] school curriculum1 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 1[board of education] school district1 shall 1[include age-appropriate] incorporate1 instruction on 1[writing in cursive and on reading]1 cursive 1handwriting into the curriculum1 for students in grades 1[kindergarten] three1 through five. The 1[instruction] curriculum1 shall include 1[learning]1 activities and 1[resources designed to ensure a student is able to read cursive documents and write] instructional materials that help students become proficient in reading cursive and legibly writing1 in cursive by the end of grade 1[three] five1. 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full school year next following the date of enactment.
An Act concerning instruction on cursive handwriting in 1the1 public 1[schools] school curriculum1 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 1[board of education] school district1 shall 1[include age-appropriate] incorporate1 instruction on 1[writing in cursive and on reading]1 cursive 1handwriting into the curriculum1 for students in grades 1[kindergarten] three1 through five. The 1[instruction] curriculum1 shall include 1[learning]1 activities and 1[resources designed to ensure a student is able to read cursive documents and write] instructional materials that help students become proficient in reading cursive and legibly writing1 in cursive by the end of grade 1[three] five1.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full school year next following the date of enactment.