| Last Action | 02/13/26: to Committee on Committees (S) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to reading and language arts instruction. |
| Bill Documents |
Current
Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 281 |
| Sponsors | J. Tipton, T. Bojanowski, B. Chester-Burton, D. Grossberg, K. Jackson, P. Stevenson |
| Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; require the Kentucky Department of Education to establish an approved list of reading curriculum and interventions that do not use a three-cueing system; prohibit school districts from using any curriculum or program that employs a three-cueing system; prohibit the use of a three-cueing system in teacher professional development; require the Educational Professional Standards Board to promulgate administrative regulations establishing curriculum for each approved educator preparation program; amend KRS 158.307 to require rather than allow local boards of education to develop a policy on dyslexia; require rather than allow the policy to include listed items; amend KRS 164.304 to require postsecondary institutions offering teacher preparation programs to include instruction on dyslexia by the 2027-2028 school year, rather than the instruction being contingent on funding availability; amend KRS 164.306 to specify that educator preparation programs shall use evidence-based reading instruction and intervention programs and shall not provide instruction on a three-cueing system; amend KRS 161.028 to require the board to include in the standards set for teacher preparation programs that the programs shall use evidence-based reading instruction and intervention programs and shall not provide instruction on a three-cueing system. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Education Professional Standards Board, reading curriculum Boards And Commissions - Dyslexia, local board of education, policy requirements Education, Elementary And Secondary - Dyslexia, local board of education, policy requirements Education, Elementary And Secondary - Dyslexia, study project, Kentucky Department of Education Education, Elementary And Secondary - Three-cueing system of instruction, prohibition Education, Higher - Dyslexia, teacher preparation, requirements Education, Higher - Teacher preparation programs, three-cueing system of instruction, prohibition State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, approved list of reading curriculum, establishment Teachers - Three-cueing system of instruction, prohibition Universities And Colleges - Teacher preparation programs, three-cueing system of instruction, prohibition |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Summary | Retain original provisions; specify dates by which three-cueing shall no longer be used in public school districts; specify dates by which interdisciplinary early childhood through fifth grade teachers are required to complete a science of reading professional learning program; require all interdisciplinary early childhood through grade 5 educators who received certification through Options 1 to 5 and 8 to complete a science of reading professional learning program within 2 years of initial employment. |
| Index Headings |
Education, Elementary And Secondary - Three-cueing system of instruction, prohibition Education, Higher - Teacher preparation programs, three-cueing system of instruction, prohibition State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, approved list of reading curriculum, establishment Teachers - Three-cueing system of instruction, prohibition Universities And Colleges - Teacher preparation programs, three-cueing system of instruction, prohibition |
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