INDIANAPOLIS -- Should cursive writing be mandatory for elementary school students?
According to one Indiana state senator, yes.
Sen. Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg) has proposed Senate Bill 86 for the Indiana legislature.
It would require all school corporations and accredited nonpublic schools to teach cursive writing in elementary grades.
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The bill would also require schools to teach reading to the students.
Leising has introduced other school-related bills this year.
SB 87 would require schools to use letter grades in report cards and SB 88 would prohibit schools from starting before the fourth Monday in August.
