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 five; 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 2025-2026 to support the program; APPROPRIATION.

Introduced: February 14, 2025

Last action: February 25, 2025

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This bill would create a new state program called Kids Love to Read, which would send books directly to the homes of children in kindergarten through fifth grade. The Department for Libraries and Archives would oversee the program and set the rules for how it runs. The state would set aside $500,000 to fund the program in the 2025-2026 fiscal year. Who it may affect: elementary school-age children and their families.

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