STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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.
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