ASSEMBLY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 3865

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  MARCH 10, 2025

      The Assembly Education Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 3865.

      As amended, 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.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

      The committee amended the bill to provide that:

· the instruction on cursive handwriting be included in the curriculum for students in grades three through five; and

· 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 the fifth grade.