New State Law Ensures Indiana Schools May Teach Cursive Writing

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Seven years after Indiana education officials made cursive writing lessons optional in schools, The Northwest Indiana Times reports a new state law ensures Indiana schools may teach cursive if area officials approve that choice. According to the news report, the clause was approved during the state legislative session, which recently ended, and signifies cursive writing and world religions as optional school subjects.

The NWI Times says Republican Sen. Jean Leising of Oldenburg calls cursive an "important skill" and has pushed for the requirement of cursive lessons for the last seven years.

However, a 2017 state Education Department survey found that nearly 20 percent of schools were teaching cursive writing even without a law approving this.

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