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ID HCR003
Concurrent Resolution
Status
2/12/2013
Primary Sponsor
Education Committee
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AI Summary
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Requests the State Board of Education to commence rulemaking to require cursive handwriting instruction in Idaho public elementary schools
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Cites neuroscience evidence that handwriting improves visual recognition and letter learning better than digital technology alone
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Notes studies showing cursive writing improves fine motor skills and that hand-learning of characters produces better retention and greater brain activity in language and motor processing areas
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Identifies concern that failure to teach cursive will prevent future generations from reading historical documents, diaries, journals, and letters, negatively affecting genealogy and family history study
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Requires the State Board of Education to report its rulemaking progress to the Second Regular Session of the Sixty-second Idaho Legislature
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and requesting that the State Board of Education commence rulemaking to provide that cursive handwriting shall be taught in the state public elementary schools.
CURSIVE WRITING
Last Action
Delivered to Secretary of State at 11:12 a.m. on March 6, 2013
3/7/2013