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HB317
164335-2:n:02/10/2015:KMS*/mfc LRS2015-281R1 HB317 By Representative Beech RFD Education Policy
Rd 1 18-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the State Board of Education may intervene in
the educational operations of a local board of education upon a determination by the State
Superintendent of Education that certain conditions exist and written notice by the State
Superintendent of Education to the local board of education to show cause why intervention
should not be implemented. This bill would provide further for the conditions that warrant
issuance of written notice and would provide that the notice be issued to the local superintendent
of education and the presiding officer of the local school system in lieu of the presiding
officer of the city or county board of education. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section
16-6E-4, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to intervention in local education operations and
assumption of control by the State Board of Education; to provide further...
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SB18
164335-1:n:01/27/2015:KMS*/th LRS2015-281 SB18 By Senator Brewbaker RFD Education & Youth
Affairs Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the State Board of Education may intervene
in the educational operations of a local board of education upon a determination by the State
Superintendent of Education that certain conditions exist and written notice by the State
Superintendent of Education to the local board of education to show cause why intervention
should not be implemented. This bill would provide further for the conditions that warrant
issuance of written notice and would provide that the notice be issued to the local superintendent
of education and the presiding officer of the local school system in lieu of the presiding
officer of the city or county board of education. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section
16-6E-4, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to intervention in local education operations and
assumption of control by the State Board of Education; to provide...
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SB43
164335-2:n:02/10/2015:KMS*/mfc LRS2015-281R1 SB43 By Senator Brewbaker RFD Education &
Youth Affairs Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the State Board of Education may
intervene in the educational operations of a local board of education upon a determination
by the State Superintendent of Education that certain conditions exist and written notice
by the State Superintendent of Education to the local board of education to show cause why
intervention should not be implemented. This bill would provide further for the conditions
that warrant issuance of written notice and would provide that the notice be issued to the
local superintendent of education and the presiding officer of the local school system in
lieu of the presiding officer of the city or county board of education. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT To amend Section 16-6E-4, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to intervention in local education
operations and assumption of control by the State Board of Education; to provide...
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HB592
168288-1:n:04/28/2015:PMG*/th LRS2015-1760 HB592 By Representatives Butler, Farley, Wingo,
Ainsworth, Nordgren, Ball, Fridy, Wood, McCutcheon and Rich RFD Education Policy Rd 1 30-APR-15
SYNOPSIS: This bill would require the State Board of Education, local boards of education,
and staff of K-12 public schools to create an environment that encourages students to explore
scientific questions, learn about scientific evidence, develop critical thinking skills, and
respond appropriately and respectfully to differences of opinion about scientific subjects.
This bill would also allow public school teachers to help students understand, analyze, critique,
and review the scientific strengths and scientific weaknesses of all existing scientific theories
covered in a science course. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the teaching of science
in public schools; to encourage students in K-12 public schools to explore scientific questions,
learn about scientific evidence, develop critical...
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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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SB101
164889-1:n:02/26/2015:PMG*/agb LRS2015-687 SB101 By Senators Glover, Reed, Melson, Allen, Brewbaker,
Hightower, Albritton, Bussman, Stutts, Smith, Shelnutt and Sanford RFD Education & Youth
Affairs Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the State Board of Education is required
to establish curriculum standards for all K-12 public schools. This bill would re-establish
control of education in Alabama to state and local agencies. To accomplish this, this bill
would terminate the adoption and implementation of the standards commonly known as the Common
Core Standards, also known as the Alabama College and Career Ready Standards (ACCRS). This
bill would direct the State Board of Education to replace the Common Core Standards for Math
and English Language Arts with the courses of study for Math and English Language Arts in
place immediately prior to adoption of the Common Core Standards. This bill would further
protect state and local control of education by restricting the State Board...
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SB383
SB383 By Senator Brewbaker ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the purchase of school textbooks;
to amend Sections 16-36-62, 16-36-64 and 16-36-65, Code of Alabama 1975; to add Sections 16-36-60.1
and 16-36-71 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to establish qualified depositories for textbooks,
which would be facilities that receive textbook orders from boards of education, store sufficient
quantities of textbooks, and distribute textbooks to local school systems; to prohibit a qualified
depository for textbooks from charging a board of education for its services, but would authorize
it to charge a publisher a fee for its services; to prohibit the price of any textbook to
exceed the costs already prescribed by law; to clarify that textbooks include digital textbooks
for the purposes of public school textbook purchasing; and to create a Digital Depository
Study Commission to examine the application of a depository to digital material. BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections...
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HB274
165243-1:n:03/11/2015:LF0-HP*/bdl HB274 By Representatives Johnson (K), Davis, McCutcheon,
Hill (M), Weaver, South, Butler, Williams (P), Faulkner, Collins and Baker RFD Ways and Means
Education Rd 1 12-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Currently, the State of Alabama's college savings program
pursuant to Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, is the Wallace-Folsom
College Savings Investment Plan that consists of the Alabama College Education Savings (ACES)
Program and the Alabama Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) Program to assist individuals
in paying costs and expenses of attending colleges and universities. Recently, the Achieving
a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2014 established Section 529A of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, to allow families and individuals to save for disability-related
expenses of a disabled individual in a federal tax-advantaged account modeled after Section
529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to be...
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HB424
166047-1:n:03/18/2015:PMG*/th LRS2015-1135 HB424 By Representatives Fincher, Mooney, Fridy,
Hanes, Whorton (R), Ledbetter, Harbison, Holmes (M), Wingo, Drake, Williams (JW), Shedd, Hurst,
Millican, Johnson (R), Polizos, Ingram, Beckman, Davis, Whorton (I), Greer, Pettus, Butler
and McMillan RFD Education Policy Rd 1 07-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the State Board
of Education is required to establish course of study standards for all K-12 public schools.
This bill would reestablish control of education in Alabama to state and local agencies. To
accomplish this, this bill would terminate the adoption and implementation of the standards
commonly known as the Common Core Standards, also known as the Alabama College and Career
Ready Standards (ACCRS). This bill would direct the State Board of Education to replace the
Common Core Standards for Math and English Language Arts with the courses of study for Math
and English Language Arts in place immediately prior to adoption of the...
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HB469
166471-1:n:03/26/2015:PMG/mfc LRS2015-1258 HB469 By Representatives Greer, Pettus, Henry and
Butler RFD Education Policy Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This act would establish qualified depositories
for textbooks, which would be facilities that receive textbook orders from boards of education,
store sufficient quantities of textbooks, and distribute textbooks to local school systems.
This bill would prohibit a qualified depository for textbooks from charging a board of education
for its services, but would authorize it to charge a publisher a fee for its services. The
bill would provide that a publisher of textbooks is responsible for ensuring that a sufficient
stock of textbooks is maintained at a qualified depository. This bill would prohibit the price
of any textbook sold through a qualified depository for textbooks from exceeding the costs
already prescribed by law. This bill would also clarify that textbooks include digital textbooks
for the purposes of public school textbook...
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