Cursive handwriting is again part of the California elementary school curriculum under a bill signed into law this month.

Teaching cursive is once again the law for kids in California — news that adults greet with celebration, nostalgia, scorn, indifference and head-scratching.

Senate Bill 167 requires elementary schools to teach cursive starting in the 2025-26 academic year. The goal is for students to be proficient by the time they reach fifth grade.

Cursive could be written into Maine law under new bill Once a standard in elementary schools, cursive is no longer taught to all students. A Maine lawmaker would like to change that.

A bill that requires all Oklahoma public and charter schools to teach cursive writing to students in third through fifth grades has been signed into law.

But she’s ready to follow the curvy ups and downs of a new California law that requires the teaching of cursive writing, which has been cast aside as obsolete in the digital age.

KENTUCKY (WSAZ) - In April, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed a new law that requires all elementary schools to teach cursive writing. Despite the law not taking effect until the 2025 school year ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law last Friday that requires the teaching of cursive writing in schools for grades one through six.

Pennsylvania is on track to mandate teaching cursive in elementary schools. The bill overwhelmingly passed the state house and moves now to the state senate. If it passes and is signed into law ...

Learning cursive is now required by state law. The new law took effect at the beginning of January. It orders California schools to include cursive writing lessons in first through sixth grades.

Moving forward, handwriting instruction for grades 1 to 6 is to include writing "in cursive or joined italics in the appropriate grade levels," the law states.