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HB664
169400-1:n:05/13/2015:KMS/agb LRS2015-2045 HB664 By Representative Collins RFD Education Policy
Rd 1 14-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the State Board of Education is required to appoint
the members of the Alabama Public Charter School Commission. This bill would require that
the members of the commission be appointed by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, President
Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT To amend Section 6 of Act 2015-3, 2015 Regular Session, to provide that for the members
of the Alabama Public Charter School Commission to be appointed by the Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 6 of Act 2015-3, 2015 Regular
Session, is amended to read as follows: "Section 6. "(a) Eligible authorizing entities.
"(1) A public charter school shall not be established in this...
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SB99
164761-1:n:02/20/2015:KMS/agb LRS2015-596 SB99 By Senators Ross, Singleton, Dunn, Coleman,
Beasley, Smitherman, Sanders and Figures RFD Finance and Taxation Education Rd 1 03-MAR-15
SYNOPSIS: Existing law does not provide an educational program for children who are not yet
of mandatory school age. This bill would establish a universal preschool program for the state.
This bill would authorize the State Department of Education to promulgate rules for implementation
of the program. This bill would provide eligibility requirements. This bill would require
collaboration among various community, state, and federal programs. This bill would provide
for funding through the local school district from the Education Trust Fund. This bill would
also provide a means for prioritizing school districts when sufficient funds are not available
to fund all preschool programs. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to public education;
to establish a universal preschool program in the state; to provide...
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HB227
165308-1:n:03/09/2015:LLR/th LRS2015-819 HB227 By Representative Boothe RFD Boards, Agencies
and Commissions Rd 1 10-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Construction Industry
Craft Training Program and the Craft Training Board which shall be administered with the Alabama
Building Commission. This bill would provide for a fee whose proceeds would be used to finance
the craft training program. This bill would provide for the powers and duties of the Craft
Training Board. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To create the construction industry Craft Training
Program and the Craft Training Board to be administered within the existing Alabama Building
Commission, or successor agency or department; to establish a fee in the amount of one dollar
($1) per each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of construction authorized on the issuance of
any nonresidential construction building permit in order to implement the program; and to
establish and define the powers and duties of the Craft Training Board....
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SB157
SB157 By Senators Brewbaker, Hightower, Coleman, Blackwell, Stutts, Melson, Scofield, Shelnutt,
Holtzclaw, Bussman, Livingston, Glover, Dial, Holley, Ross, Smitherman, Figures, Dunn, Chambliss,
Singleton and Marsh ENROLLED, An Act, To establish the Fostering Hope Scholarship Act of 2015,
relating to a tuition scholarship program for current or former foster children in Alabama;
to impose requirements for participation; to direct the Department of Human Resources to adopt
and administer the program; to authorize the department to develop rules to administer the
program; to establish a support system for participants in the program; and to repeal Section
3 of Act 2014-413, now appearing as Section 40-18-362, Code of Alabama 1975. BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
Fostering Hope Scholarship Act of 2015. Section 2. (a) The State Department of Human Resources
shall develop and administer Fostering Hope, a scholarship...
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HB13
162869-2:n:01/20/2015:LLR/tj LRS2014-2765R1 HB13 By Representative Shedd RFD Ways and Means
Education Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would provide a four percent cost-of-living increase
for employees of the state two-year colleges and technical schools, beginning with the first
payday on October 1, 2015. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To provide a four percent cost-of-living
increase for employees of the state two-year colleges and technical schools, beginning with
the first payday on October 1, 2015. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section
1. (a) Beginning with the first payday on October 1, 2015, all employees of the state two-year
colleges and technical schools except those set out in subsection (b) shall receive a four
percent increase in his or her compensation. (b) This act shall not apply to any Merit System
employee or hourly employee whose service or rate of pay is covered by any labor agreement
or contract. (c) The State Board of Education shall revise the...
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HB526
167733-1:n:04/15/2015:KMS/th LRS2015-1598 HB526 By Representatives Henry, Baker, Moore (B),
Johnson (K) and Collins RFD Education Policy Rd 1 21-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law,
employees and officers of the Alabama Education Association are defined as a teacher and participate
in the Teachers' Retirement System in the same manner as teachers. This bill would prohibit
future employees and officers of the Alabama Education Association from participating in the
Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 16-25-1,
Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama; to prohibit
future employees and officers of the Alabama Education Association from participating in the
system. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 16-25-1 of the Code
of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §16-25-1. "For the purposes of this
chapter the following terms, unless a different meaning is plainly required by...
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SB294
166298-1:n:03/19/2015:LLR/tj LRS2015-1166 SB294 By Senator Sanders RFD Judiciary Rd 1 19-MAR-15
SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, there is an established procedure for the restoration of voting
rights of felons who have satisfactorily completed conditions of their sentence. Restoration
of voting rights is made through an application to the Board of Pardons and Paroles. This
bill would provide for the automatic restoration of voting rights of a person who has been
convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude when he or she is discharged from incarceration.
The bill would have retroactive effect. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To provide for the Alabama
Restoration of Voting Rights Act; to amend Sections 15-22-36 and 17-3-31, Code of Alabama
1975, to provide that a person who has been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude
would have his or her voting rights restored when he or she is discharged from incarceration;
to repeal Section 15-22-36.1, Code of Alabama 1975; and to provide...
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SB76
SB76 By Senator Marsh ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 41-4-2 and 41-4-3, Code of Alabama,
1975, relating to the duties of the Department of Finance, Section 41-4-261, relating to the
duties of the office of space management and Section 41-9-141, relating to the duties of the
Building Commission; to repeal Section 41-4-183, relating to the employment of landscape gardener
for Capitol grounds, Section 41-6A-4(10) relating to energy usage and Sections 41-9-140 and
41-9-142 relating to the Building Commission; to create a permanent joint legislative oversight
committee on the management of state-owned and leased real property; and to transfer all duties
and responsibilities of the Building Commission in Sections 16-1.2.1 and 16-1.2.2, 16-16-10
(o)(2) and (p), 34-14B-1 to 34-14B-10, 39-2-2(f)(1), 41-9-160 to 41-9-165, 41-9-170 to 41-9-174,
41-9-243, 41-9-542, 41-10-271, 41-10-364, and 41-16-72(3)(a), to the Division of Construction
Management within the Department of Finance. BE IT...
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HB23
162765-1:n:08/15/2014:KMS/tj LRS2014-2849 HB23 By Representative Drake RFD Education Policy
Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, handwriting is required to be taught in public
elementary school. This bill would require the teaching of cursive writing by the end of the
third grade year. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 16-6B-2, Code of Alabama 1975,
to require that instruction in handwriting for elementary school students include instruction
in cursive writing by the end of the third grade year. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF
ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 16-6B-2 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:
§16-6B-2. "Every Alabama student shall be given instruction in grades kindergarten through
twelve to prepare him or her to enter the world of work and/or to complete course work at
the postsecondary level. In addition to a comprehensive core curriculum of academics, each
local board of education shall offer a program of vocational/technical...
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SB329
SB329 ENGROSSED By Senators Coleman, Dunn, Brewbaker and Singleton A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN
ACT To amend Section 16-6D-4, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to definitional phrases for the
Alabama Accountability Act of 2013; to provide further for the definition of failing school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 16-6D-4, Code of Alabama 1975,
is amended to read as follows: §16-6D-4. "For the purposes of this chapter, the following
terms shall have the following meanings: "(1) EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS. Grants made by
a scholarship granting organization to cover all or part of the tuition and mandatory fees
charged by a qualifying school to an eligible student receiving a scholarship. "(2) ELIGIBLE
STUDENT. A student who satisfies all of the following: "a. Is a member of a household
whose total annual income the year before he or she receives an educational scholarship under
this program does not exceed an amount equal to 150 percent of the median household...
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