A1713 • 2026

Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public school curriculum for grades three through five.

Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina
Last action: 2026-01-13
Official status: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public school curriculum for grades three through five.

What This Bill Does

Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public school curriculum for grades three through five.
Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public school curriculum for grades three through five.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1713

ASSEMBLY, No. 1713

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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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.

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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