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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/missouri-bill-would-require-cursive-pencils-and-paper-limit-k-5-screen-time-to-45-minutes/
- Published: 2026-01-11T09:00:00-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

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. […] Click here to view original web page at www.thetelegraph.com