Legislation would require teaching cursive writing in S.C. schools
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - A state lawmaker from Beaufort County wants to require South Carolina schools to teach students how to write in cursive.
State Rep. Michael Rivers, D-Beaufort, prefiled the bill last week.
If ed, the law would require that school districts teach cursive writing starting in the second grade and continuing each grade through the fifth grade. Schools would have to “ensure that students can create readable documents through legible cursive handwriting by the end of fifth grade.”
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It would also require students to memorize multiplication tables so they “can effectively multiply numbers by the end of fifth grade.”
The bill has been referred to the state’s Education and Public Works Committee.
The 2025 South Carolina Legislative Session will convene on Jan. 14.
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