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Last action · January 23, 2026

To Primary And Secondary Education (H)

Introduced January 15, 2026

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2026 Regular Session

HB391

AN 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.

Appropriations Children and Minors Libraries State Agencies

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This bill would create a new 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 run the program, and sets aside $500,000 in state funding for it starting in the 2027-2028 fiscal year. Who it may affect: elementary school-age children and their families.

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