Kentucky House Bill 253

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: Passed on April 10 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-10 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 74)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

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.

AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.

Rep. James Tipton [R]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]	Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton [D]	Rep. Daniel Grossberg [D]
Rep. Kevin Jackson [R]	Rep. Pamela Stevenson [D]

2026-03-31 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 368 (Y: 93 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2026-03-25 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 4016 (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-12 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 85 (Y: 94 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-10	House	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 74)
2026-03-31	House	delivered to Governor
2026-03-31	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2026-03-31	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2026-03-31	House	passed 93-1
2026-03-31	House	House concurred in Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (3-title)
2026-03-27	House	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendments (2) and (3-title) and Committee Substitute (1)
2026-03-26	House	to Rules (H)
2026-03-26	House	received in House
2026-03-25	Senate	passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (3-title)
2026-03-25	Senate	floor amendment (1) withdrawn
2026-03-25	Senate	3rd reading
2026-03-24	Senate	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
2026-03-20	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
2026-03-20	Senate	floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (3-title) filed to bill
2026-03-20	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2026-03-19	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2026-03-11	Senate	to Education (S)
2026-02-13	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2026-02-13	Senate	received in Senate
2026-02-12	House	3rd reading, passed 94-1 with Committee Substitute (1)
2026-02-10	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 11 2026
2026-02-05	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2026-02-04	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2026-01-15	House	to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
2026-01-08	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2026-01-08	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb253.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb253/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb253/bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0074.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB253/HCS1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB253/SCS1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB253/SCA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB253/SFA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB253/SFA2.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB253/SFA3.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb253/vote_history.pdf