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SB72
SB72 By Senator Brewbaker ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to public K-12 education; to require,
at a minimum, each local board of education to adopt a policy for providing a virtual school
option for eligible students in grades nine to 12, inclusive. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) Before the 2016-2017 school year, each local board of education
shall adopt a policy providing, at a minimum, a virtual education option for eligible students
in grades nine to 12, inclusive, beginning with that school year. Any virtual school operating
in this state that provides educational services to public school students shall comply with
this act. (b) The policy adopted by the local board of education pursuant to this act shall
govern the virtual school program offered by the local board of education. The policy shall
offer students in grades nine to 12, inclusive, an online pathway for earning a high school
diploma and, at a minimum, shall include all of the following: (1) The...
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HB425
156889-2:n:03/20/2015:KMS/agb LRS2014-227R1 HB425 By Representative Coleman-Evans RFD Education
Policy Rd 1 07-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, children between the ages of seven and
17 years, except in certain specified instances, are required to attend a public school, private
school, church school, or be instructed by a competent private tutor. This bill would require
children between the ages of seven and 18 years, or upon graduation from high school, whichever
is earlier, except in certain specified instances, to attend or graduate from a public school,
private school, church school, or be instructed by a competent private tutor. A BILL TO BE
ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 16-28-3, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2014-403,
2014 Regular Session, relating to mandatory school attendance age; to increase the maximum
age of children required to attend public school from 17 to 18 years or graduation from high
school, whichever is earlier, or the equivalent. BE IT ENACTED...
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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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SB69
164945-1:n:02/26/2015:LLR/cj LRS2015-739 SB69 By Senator Ward RFD Fiscal Responsibility and
Economic Development Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would require employers, companies,
or individuals who submit bids for certain public works projects and all disaster response,
recovery, and restoration projects that utilize funds received by state or local governmental
entities resulting from a disaster requiring federal oversight to certify that they will comply
with the provisions of this act if they are awarded such contracts. This bill would require
the employers, companies, or individuals to submit to the agency or governing authority that
solicited the bid and the Alabama Department of Labor a staffing plan within seven days after
the notice of award of the contract. This bill would provide that from the date written notice
of the contract award is received and until 10 business days after the receipt of the staffing
plan by the Alabama Department of Labor, the employers,...
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SB71
SB71 By Senator Marsh ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 16-6D-4 and 16-6D-9, Code of Alabama
1975, relating to the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013; to clarify and confirm that the
intent of the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013 is educational choice; to amend certain current
definitions and add new definitions; to amend the reporting period for scholarship granting
organizations from a calendar year to an academic year; to clarify and confirm that educational
scholarships are provided to eligible students, not to particular schools; to require scholarship
granting organizations to determine the income eligibility of a scholarship recipient every
other year; to require all participating private schools to be accredited by one of the six
regional accrediting agencies, the National Council for Private School Accreditation, AdvancEd,
the American Association of Christian Schools, or one of their partner accrediting agencies,
within three years from the date their notice of intent to...
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HB243
163719-1:n:12/10/2014:KMS/tj LRS2014-3696 HB243 By Representative Hill (M) RFD Education Policy
Rd 1 11-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, city boards of education are authorized to admit
students up to the age of 19 years and the mandatory school attendance age is between 6 and
17 years. This bill would authorize city and county boards of education to admit or readmit
students under age 21 for the purpose of graduating from public high school. Amendment 621
of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation
of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose
or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming
effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless:
it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity;
or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local...
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HB403
166031-1:n:03/18/2015:JMH/th LRS2015-790 HB403 By Representatives Fridy, Hill (M), South, Weaver,
Treadaway, Todd, Hall, Butler, Farley, Daniels, Ledbetter, Sanderford, Pettus, Whorton (R),
Patterson, Wood, Henry, Mooney, Whorton (I), Standridge, Sells, Hill (J), McCutcheon and Williams
(JD) RFD State Government Rd 1 02-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Secretary of State
is charged with the duty of transmitting sets of the Code of Alabama 1975, and supplements
and replacement volumes thereof to certain departments, agencies, boards, commissions, and
other entities of the state upon request by such entity. This bill would reduce the number
of copies of the Code of Alabama 1975, distributed to certain departments, agencies, boards,
commissions, and other entities of the state. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section
41-21-1, Code of Alabama 1975, to reduce the number of copies of the Code of Alabama 1975,
and supplements and replacement volumes thereof, that the Secretary...
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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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SB224
163719-1:n:12/10/2014:KMS/tj LRS2014-3696 SB224 By Senator Ross RFD Education and Youth Affairs
Rd 1 12-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, city boards of education are authorized to admit
students up to the age of 19 years and the mandatory school attendance age is between 6 and
17 years. This bill would authorize city and county boards of education to admit or readmit
students under age 21 for the purpose of graduating from public high school. Amendment 621
of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation
of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose
or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming
effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless:
it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity;
or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local...
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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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