Kentucky House Bill 272

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 158.307 to define "dysgraphia"; require the Department of Education to annually review and update the dyslexia toolkit; expand dyslexia toolkit required guidance and include dysgraphia and other reading and writing difficulties; require rather than allow local boards of education to develop a policy on dyslexia; require rather than allow the policy to include certain items; require the department to compile and maintain data on dyslexia reported by local school districts; require the department to report dyslexia data to the appropriate Interim Joint Committee on Education; amend KRS 164.304 to require postsecondary institutions offering teacher preparation programs to include instruction on dyslexia by the 2026-2027 school year, rather than the instruction being contingent on availability of funding.

AN ACT relating to reading and writing in schools.

Rep. Samara Heavrin [R]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]	Rep. Scott Lewis [R]	Rep. James Tipton [R]
Rep. Timmy Truett [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-04	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2025-02-04	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb272.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb272/orig_bill.pdf