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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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Administrative Regulations And Proceedings
Boards And Commissions
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Education
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B. Chester-Burton
D. Grossberg
J. Tipton
K. Jackson
P. Stevenson
T. Bojanowski
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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.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 74 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASS HB 253 w/ SCS 1, SFA 2, SFA 3 (T) — 380 (pass) · lower
  • Pass — 941 (pass) · lower
  • Final Passage — 931 (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).