HB391
Log in to followAN ACT relating to elementary literacy and making an appropriation therefor.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 171 to establish the Kids Love to Read Program; specify the program is for children in kindergarten through grade 5; require books to be sent to children's homes; require the Department for Libraries and Archives to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to administer the program; appropriate $500,000 in fiscal year 2027-2028 to support the program; APPROPRIATION.
Introduced: January 15, 2026
Last action: January 23, 2026
Plain-language summary
This bill would create a program called Kids Love to Read, which sends books directly to the homes of children in kindergarten through fifth grade. It directs the Department for Libraries and Archives to set up and manage the program, and sets aside $500,000 in state funds for it in the 2027-2028 fiscal year. Who it may affect: families with children in kindergarten through fifth grade.
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