Indiana State Senator To Introduce Bill Requiring Teaching Of Cursive Writing

The Anderson (IN) Herald Bulletin (1/8, Hayden) reports, "A bill that would require Indiana's public schools to teach cursive writing is one of the first items that may come up for debate as the Indiana General Assembly begins its 2013 session. The bill, sponsored by Republican state senators Jean Leising of Oldenburg and Mike Delph of Carmel, would reverse a 2011 Indiana Department of Education decision that made teaching cursive writing optional." That decision gave school districts the option of dropping cursive as a requirement so students could spend more time learning to type. Despite the decision, "State officials said Monday that they haven't heard of any school districts that have quit teaching" cursive.