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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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SB22
SB22 By Senator Holtzclaw ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 16-13-231, Code of Alabama 1975,
the Flexible School Calendar Act of 2012; to remove the temporary academic school calendar
parameters provided for the 2013-2014 school year; to allow each local board of education
to provide the required 180 full instructional days based on an hourly equivalent of no less
than 1080 instructional hours; and in connection therewith to have as its purpose or effect
the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds; and in connection therewith
would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local
funds within the meaning of 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. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 16-13-231 of the Code
of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §16-13-231. "(a) In...
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HB46
163668-2:n:02/20/2015:KMS/mfc LRS2014-3640 HB46 By Representative Chesteen RFD Ways and Means
Education Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Alabama Ahead Act authorizes the
Alabama Public School and College Authority to sell and issue up to $100,000,000 in bonds
to fund the purchase of digital textbooks for public high school students, with implementation
of the act contingent upon separate legislative enactment. This bill would amend the Alabama
Ahead Act to provide that the bonds be used to purchase and install, as a first priority,
a high quality standards-based broadband Wi-Fi infrastructure in every classroom in every
public school; and use remaining funds to purchase mobile digital computing devices to enable
access to digital resources in the state in lieu of digital textbooks for public high school
students. This bill would specify priorities and standards for wireless infrastructure and
a cost model. This bill would provide an implementation plan consisting of a...
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HB107
164572-1:n:02/12/2015:KMS/th LRS2015-524 HB107 By Representatives Tuggle, Williams (P) and
Butler RFD Education Policy Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would establish the Virtual
Public Schools Act. This bill would provide families with an alternative choice to access
educational resources via the Internet in a virtual or remote setting. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT Relating to public K-12 education; to establish the Virtual Public Schools Act; to
provide for the establishment of virtual public schools by the State Board of Education, Department
of Postsecondary Education, or local board of education; to provide for the responsibilities
and duties of virtual public schools; to provide for the annual evaluation of each virtual
public school; and to require the State Department of Education to promulgate rules to implement
the act. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be known and
may be cited as the Virtual Public Schools Act. Section 2. The purpose...
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HB426
156902-2:n:03/20/2015:KMS*/agb LRS2014-225R1 HB426 By Representative Coleman-Evans RFD Ways
and Means Education Rd 1 07-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Currently, federal or local funds are used to
provide for the hiring, training, and equipping of school resource officers in public schools.
This bill provides for one-half of the necessary funding for the hiring, training, and equipping
of school resource officers from a designated funding source and the requirements, duties,
and responsibilities of a school resource officer. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To establish
the School Resource Officers' Act; to provide for the funding necessary to hire, train, and
equip school resource officers for every public school in participating school systems; to
provide for the requirements, duties, and responsibilities of a school resource officer; and
to require the State Department of Education to implement and administer this act. BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) This act shall be...
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HB5
163982-1:n:01/12/2015:KMS/th LRS2015-50 HB5 By Representatives Chesteen, Lee, Clouse, Moore
(B), Brown and Patterson RFD Education Policy Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law,
the Flexible School Calendar Act of 2012 requires each local board of education to establish
an academic school calendar, beginning with the 2012-2013 school year and ending with the
last day of the third month of the 2013-2014 school year, with the first day of instruction
for students no earlier than the Monday two calendar weeks before Labor Day, unless August
31 is a Monday, then on Monday, August 17, and the last day of instruction for students shall
be no later than the Friday immediately before Memorial Day. This bill would remove the temporary
academic school calendar parameters provided for the 2013-2014 school year and would allow
each local board of education to provide the required 180 full instructional days based on
an hourly equivalent of no less than 1080 instructional hours. Amendment 621...
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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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HB148
164966-1:n:03/03/2015:KMS/cj LRS2015-755 HB148 By Representatives Lee, Chesteen, Collins, Gaston,
Clouse and Hall RFD Ways and Means Education Rd 1 05-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would establish
the Fostering Hope Scholarship Act of 2015. This bill would require the Department of Human
Resources to develop and administer Fostering Hope, a tuition scholarship program for designated
youth who are, or were, in the state foster care program, including those children adopted
from the program at the age of 14 or older. This bill would impose requirements for participation.
This bill would authorize the Fostering Hope program to pay tuition and required fees for
eligible children at public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education in the
state. This bill would authorize the Fostering Hope program to pay for job training courses
or skill certifications, not considered an associate's degree, as offered by public two-year
and four-year institutions of higher education in the state...
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HB233
Rep(s). By Representatives South, Faulkner, Hill (M), Weaver, McCutcheon and Rowe HB233 ENROLLED,
An Act, To amend Sections 26-24-1, 26-24-2, 26-24-3, 26-24-4, 26-24-5, 26-24-6, 26-24-20,
26-24-22, 26-24-23, 26-24-30, and 26-24-34 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Department
of Children's Affairs and the Commissioner of the Department of Children's Affairs; to change
the name of the department to the Department of Early Childhood Education; to change the name
of the commissioner to the Secretary of the Department of Early Childhood Education; and to
expand the duties of the secretary to include the development of a cohesive and comprehensive
system of high quality early learning and care. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. Sections 26-24-1, 26-24-2, 26-24-3, 26-24-4, 26-24-5, 26-24-6, 26-24-20, 26-24-22, 26-24-23,
26-24-30, and 26-24-34 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §26-24-1.
"The (a) Commencing on the effective date of the...
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HB568
167521-2:n:04/16/2015:PMG*/agb LRS2015-1536R1 HB568 By Representatives Weaver, Beech, Morrow,
Collins, Henry, Shedd, Martin, Buskey, Bracy, Clarke, McClammy, Drummond, Hubbard, Clouse,
Robinson, Scott, South, Williams (JD), Treadaway, Hall, Pettus, Whorton (R), Hanes, Patterson,
Harper and Hill (M) RFD Ways and Means General Fund Rd 1 28-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would
provide for the establishment, operations, and funding of the Health Center Access and Quality
Improvement Program. This bill would provide for an assessment on qualified health centers
in Alabama to be administered by the Department of Revenue. This bill would create a Health
Center Assessment Account and require health center assessments be deposited in that account
for use by the Alabama Medicaid Agency to obtain matching federal funds. This bill would provide
that the program shall terminate on September 30, 2018. This bill would provide that the federal
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) must approve...
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