Read to Succeed Act (Senate Bill 9, 2022)
How schools fund reading intervention in Kentucky
How schools fund reading intervention in Kentucky
How schools fund reading intervention in Kentucky
The state-level programs below are the streams Kentucky districts most often use for evidence-based reading intervention purchases, alongside the federal streams available everywhere.
Read to Achieve (RTA) Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant
Competitive KDE grants to schools serving K-3 students reading below grade level; funds support implementation of a KDE-approved structured literacy intervention program for MTSS Tiers 2-3, including intervention materials and related professional learning.
Kentucky Comprehensive Literacy 2025 (KyCL25) subgrants
KDE won a 5-year, approximately $55 million federal CLSD grant (September 2024) and awards competitive subgrants to districts for high-quality instructional resources and curriculum-based professional learning, which can cover literacy curriculum and intervention materials.
Kentucky Reading Academies (LETRS)
State-funded science-of-reading professional learning for K-5 teachers at no cost to districts — training rather than a materials fund, but useful companion PD when adopting an intervention.
Approved-list note: RTA grant schools must implement a KDE-approved comprehensive (Tier 1) reading program and a KDE-approved structured literacy intervention program for Tiers 2-3, so districts should confirm a program’s status on KDE’s early literacy intervention lists.
