26RS HB 253

House Bill 253

Actions

Last Action	01/08/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to reading and language arts instruction.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	281
Sponsors	J. Tipton, T. Bojanowski
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