KRS 158.306: Approved list of reading curriculum and interventions -- Standards --

Science of reading program -- Three-cueing system prohibited --

Administrative regulations.

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Curriculum" means the content and plan for instruc tion, including materials,

instructional programs, texts, lesson plans, and assessments needed to help

students develop critical skills, knowledge, and meet or exceed proficiency in

required academic standards;

(b) "Educator preparation program" means a pr ogram approved by the Education

Professional Standards Board that prepares individuals for licensure as

teachers, school leaders, or other school or district administrators;

(c) "Reading intervention" means curriculum, activities, and evidence -based

strategies used to accelerate student progress toward proficiency in reading,

including but not limited to individual instruction, small groups, multisensory

approaches, tutoring, mentoring, and the use of technology that targets

specific reading skills and abilities; and

(d) "Three-cueing system" means any model of teaching students to read based

on meaning, structure and syntax, and visual cues, which may also be known

as "MSV."

(2) The Kentucky Department of Education shall establish an approved list of readin g

curriculum and interventions that are scientifically researched and evidence -based

that may be used by schools to meet the requirements of subsection (3)(b) of this

section and that do not include instructional strategies that employ the three -cueing

system of reading.

(3) (a) By the 2029 -2030 school year, no public school district shall use any

curriculum, reading intervention, or program of instruction that utilizes the

three-cueing system of teaching students to read.

(b) Each public school district shall ensure that:

1. All curriculum, reading interventions, and programs of instruction

utilized to teach students to read are high -quality, fully aligned to state

content standards, and based on literacy strategies that are scientifically

researched with proven results in tea ching phonemic awareness,

phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension;

2. Beginning with the 2029 -2030 school year, no school in the district is

utilizing a three-cueing system of teaching students to read; and

3. By June 30, 2029, all interdisciplinar y early childhood through grade

five (5) educators have completed a science of reading professional

learning program approved by the department.

(4) Beginning with the 2030 -2031 school year, if the Kentucky Board of Education

determines that a public schoo l district has violated subsection (3) of this section,

the board shall notify the public school district of the violation.

(5) The department, the Education Professional Standards Board, educational

cooperatives, special education cooperatives, early chil dhood regional training

centers, and local school districts are prohibited from providing or utilizing any

professional development that uses the three -cueing system of teaching students to

read.

(6) The Education Professional Standards Board shall promulg ate administrative

regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to establish criteria for reading

curriculum for each state-approved educator preparation program.