SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE, Nos. 1783 and 2712

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

ADOPTED JANUARY 30, 2025

Sponsored by:

Senator  ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

Senator  SHIRLEY K. TURNER

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators Holzapfel, Timberlake, Wimberly and Burgess

SYNOPSIS

     Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public school curriculum.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Substitute as adopted by the Senate Education Committee.

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 kindergarten through five. The curriculum shall include activities and instructional materials that help students become proficient in reading cursive and writing in cursive legibly 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.