TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – While the next Legislative session is still a couple of months away, Florida lawmakers are already busy filing new bills that could become law.

One such bill is House Bill 127 , which would require students in grades 2-5 to learn how to write in cursive.

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CURSIVE COMPREHENSION

Per the bill’s text, HB 127 claims that these students must develop the skills “necessary for legible cursive writing,” including letter formation, proper spacing and alignment, and practice with writing complete words in cursive.

“By the end of grade 5, each student must demonstrate proficiency in cursive writing through an evaluation of written work,” the bill reads.

According to the text, “proficiency” means that students can write in both uppercase and lowercase curs

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