New Jersey 2024-2025 Regular Session

New Jersey Senate Bill S2712 Compare Versions

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1	1	SENATE, No. 2712 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 221st LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 15, 2024
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11	11	INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 15, 2024
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15	15	Sponsored by: Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer) SYNOPSIS Requires public schools to include instruction on cursive handwriting. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As introduced.
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19	19	Sponsored by:
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35	35	Requires public schools to include instruction on cursive handwriting.
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45	45	An Act concerning instruction on cursive handwriting in public schools 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 board of education shall include age-appropriate instruction on writing in cursive and on reading cursive for students in grades kindergarten through five. The instruction shall include learning activities and resources designed to ensure a student is able to read cursive documents and write in cursive by the end of grade three. 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 a board of education to include instruction on how to read and write in cursive for students in grades kindergarten through five. The instruction is required to include learning activities and resources designed to ensure a student is able to read cursive documents and write in cursive by the end of grade three. Cursive is defined as a type of handwriting in which all the letters in a word are connected. The ever-increasing reliance on computers and related technologies in contemporary society has left students with keyboarding skills, but lacking the ability to read and write in cursive. Yet, scientists are discovering that learning cursive has important benefits for cognitive development, and that when learning to write cursive, multiple parts of the brain are activated, as compared to typing or simply viewing letters. In addition, documents that are fundamental to our nation's history and laws, including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, were drafted in cursive. So that students are able to read our most valued historical documents in their original form, can write or sign their names in cursive when required, and are enriched by any cognitive, motor skill, or other benefits that result from learning to write in cursive, this bill requires that cursive be included in the public school curriculum.
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47	47	An Act concerning instruction on cursive handwriting in public schools and supplementing chapter 35 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
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51	51	Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
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55	55	1. A board of education shall include age-appropriate instruction on writing in cursive and on reading cursive for students in grades kindergarten through five. The instruction shall include learning activities and resources designed to ensure a student is able to read cursive documents and write in cursive by the end of grade three.
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59	59	2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full school year next following the date of enactment.
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69	69	This bill a board of education to include instruction on how to read and write in cursive for students in grades kindergarten through five. The instruction is required to include learning activities and resources designed to ensure a student is able to read cursive documents and write in cursive by the end of grade three.
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71	71	Cursive is defined as a type of handwriting in which all the letters in a word are connected. The ever-increasing reliance on computers and related technologies in contemporary society has left students with keyboarding skills, but lacking the ability to read and write in cursive. Yet, scientists are discovering that learning cursive has important benefits for cognitive development, and that when learning to write cursive, multiple parts of the brain are activated, as compared to typing or simply viewing letters.
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73	73	In addition, documents that are fundamental to our nation's history and laws, including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, were drafted in cursive. So that students are able to read our most valued historical documents in their original form, can write or sign their names in cursive when required, and are enriched by any cognitive, motor skill, or other benefits that result from learning to write in cursive, this bill requires that cursive be included in the public school curriculum.