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| Bill | AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency. | 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. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2026RS | HB 253 | Kentucky HB 253 (2026RS) |
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Kentucky HB 253 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.
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.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 74 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASS HB 253 w/ SCS 1, SFA 2, SFA 3 (T) — 38–0 (pass) · lower
- Pass — 94–1 (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — 93–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- D. Grossberg — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- K. Jackson — primary (person)
- P. Stevenson — primary (person)
- T. Bojanowski — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House
introduction - 2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
referral-committee - 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage - 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 11 2026
- 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 94-1 with Committee Substitute (1)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee - 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 to Education (S)
referral-committee - 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
committee-passage - 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (3-title) filed to bill
amendment-introduction - 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
- 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
passage - 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (3-title)
passage - 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H)
referral-committee - 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendments (2) and (3-title) and Committee Substitute (1)
- 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (3-title)
- 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 passed 93-1
passage - 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage - 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage - 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
- 2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 74)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ecfbd23-3d15-465a-8638-2e1f4890e61b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).