Missouri bill would require cursive, pencils and paper, limit K-5 screen time to 45 minutes

Photo credit: Andrea Piacquadio via Pexels. Article by Dominic Genetti. The Telegraph – January 7, 2026.

Traditional classroom teachings and tools would be requirements for Missouri schoolchildren if a bill succeeds in the state’s House of Representatives. The use of pencils, pens, paper workbooks and textbooks — along with the teaching of cursive handwriting and a stipulation that only 45 minutes of screen time per day be allowed for students to use electronic devices — would be required if the Republican-led bill, House Bill 2230, passes and is signed by Gov. Mike Kehoe. […]

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