I recall cursive, or “real writing”, being a subject taught for an hour or less for part of only one year. I think it was third grade. All this year-after-year teaching of cursive sounds more like penmanship, or some effort to turn all kids into stylish scribblers.
Teach it for a few months and be done with it. It’ll still prove more useful than much of the PC drivel being injected into too many school curricula.
Which brings up the question: will the printing form of handwriting still be taught, which always preceded cursive instruction? Should kids be taught to write by hand in any form?