Mississippi § 37-13-10 - Public elementary schools to provide instruction in cursive reading and writing; exceptions.
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§ 37-13-10. Public elementary schools to provide instruction in cursive reading and writing; exceptions.
The State Board of Education is authorized and directed to require all public school districts to meet the following elementary education curriculum standard: The standard course of study shall include the requirement that the public schools provide instruction in cursive reading and writing, implemented across the curriculum, so that students create readable documents through legible cursive handwriting by the end of the fifth grade, and that students pass with proficiency a teacher-constructed test demonstrating the students competency in both reading and writing cursive. This requirement shall be applicable beginning with the 2018-2019 school year. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to the Mississippi School for the Blind and the Mississippi School for the Deaf.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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