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Senate committee agrees to print bill requiring cursive proficiency benchmarks in Idaho schools
Summary
Sen. Tammy Nichols presented RS 32031, which would add proficiency requirements for cursive instruction already in Idaho standards: instruction beginning in third grade and demonstrated proficiency by the end of fifth grade. The committee voted to print the resolution for a future hearing.
Sen. Tammy Nichols presented RS 32031 to the Senate Education Committee, saying the measure would add a proficiency measure to existing Idaho standards that already require instruction in cursive.
"Cursive is already required," Nichols said, "but there's no consistency or accountability in ensuring proficiency." She told the committee the proposal requires cursive instruction to begin in third grade and that students…
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