AN ACT relating to classroom libraries and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the Classroom Library Grant Program; provide that the Kentucky Department of Education to implement the grant program through selection of a program administrator; establish the qualifications and duties of the program administrator; appropriate $5,000,000 from the General Fund to implement the Classroom Library Grant Program; APPROPRIATION.

Introduced: February 9, 2026

Last action: February 17, 2026

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This bill would create a new grant program to fund classroom libraries in Kentucky schools, with five million dollars set aside from the state's General Fund to support it. The Kentucky Department of Education would oversee the program by selecting an administrator to manage how the grant money is distributed. Who it may affect: teachers, students, and school administrators across Kentucky.

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