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SB334
164253-3:n:03/01/2016:PMG/mfc LRS2015-233R2 SB334 By Senators Orr and Bussman RFD Finance and
Taxation Education Rd 1 08-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a high school student may
take college courses if it fits into his or her schedule. This bill would establish a program
allowing eligible 11th and 12th grade students admitted unconditionally to an eligible Alabama
public postsecondary institution to take all courses at the eligible public institution and
receive high school credit for the coursework with the goal of completing graduation and high
school diploma requirements. This bill would authorize the Department of Education to pay
an institution of higher learning for courses taken pursuant to the program through appropriation
of state funds, the amount being the lesser of either the actual cost of tuition or the amount
the student would have earned for the local school system had the student been in equivalent
instructional programs in the school system. This bill would...
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SB17
172859-1:n:01/06/2016:LFO-SS/bdl SB17 By Senators Dial and McClendon RFD Finance and Taxation
Education Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Alabama Ahead Act, commencing with
the 2012-2013 school year, phased in the provision of textbooks and other instructional materials
to students and teachers in electronic format through pen-enabled tablets and mobile computers.
The law provides for the reassignment of the tablets and mobile computers to students, requires
the State Department of Education to establish an advisory committee, and provides for a bond
issue. The law authorizes the Alabama Public School and College Authority to issue bonds for
the purposes of the law contingent upon a separate legislative enactment. This bill, commencing
with the 2016-2017 school year, would delete the requirement that the tablets and mobile computers
be pen-enabled, would delete the phase-in provisions, would delete the reassignment provisions,
would delete the requirement for the...
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SB5
170635-1:n:06/05/2015:LFO-SS/bdl SB5 By Senator Dial RFD Finance and Taxation Education Rd
1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Alabama Ahead Act, commencing with the 2012-2013
school year, phased in the provision of textbooks and other instructional materials to students
and teachers in electronic format through pen-enabled tablets and mobile computers. The law
provides for the reassignment of the tablets and mobile computers to students, requires the
State Department of Education to establish an advisory committee, and provides for a bond
issue. The law authorizes the Alabama Public School and College Authority to issue bonds for
the purposes of the law contingent upon a separate legislative enactment. This bill, commencing
with the 2015-2016 school year, would delete the requirement that the tablets and mobile computers
be pen-enabled, would delete the phase-in provisions, would delete the reassignment provisions,
would delete the requirement for the establishment of an...
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SB267
SB267 ENGROSSED By Senators Hightower, Figures, Glover, Ward, Waggoner, Marsh, Pittman and
Albritton A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama
of 1901, to provide for the distribution and appropriations of payments from settlements and
other monies; and to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds using a portion of the Deepwater
Horizon Oil Spill Disaster Settlement monies. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, is proposed
and shall become valid as part thereof following approval by a majority of the qualified electors
voting thereon in accordance with Sections 284, 285, and 287 of the Constitution of Alabama
of 1901, appearing as Sections 284 and 285 of Official Recompilation of the Constitution of
Alabama of 1901 as amended: PROPOSED AMENDMENT Section I. This amendment shall be known and
may be cited as the Alabama Strategic Investment Initiative....
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HB122
Rep(s). By Representative Poole HB122 ENROLLED, An Act, To make a supplemental appropriation
from the Education Trust Fund to the Department of Education in the amount of $1,600,000 for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016; to make a supplemental appropriation from the Education
Trust Fund to the Department of Archives and History in the amount of $77,000 for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2016; to make a supplemental appropriation from the Education Trust
Fund to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education in the amount of $75,000 for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2016; to make a supplemental appropriation from the Education Trust
Fund to the Department of Education in the amount of $799,527 for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2016; to require the Department of Education to ensure that any Foundation Program funds
or other state funds allocated to the Jefferson County School System for students that attended
and were counted in the Average Daily Membership of the...
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HB473
174081-2:n:02/16/2016:LFO-SS*/bdl HB473 By Representatives McMillan, Davis, Faust, Hill (M),
Sessions, Gaston, Beckman, Patterson and Shiver RFD Ways and Means Education Rd 1 23-MAR-16
SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the annual apportioning of Foundation Program funds for education
is determined by calculating the average number of students enrolled on a daily basis for
the first 20 scholastic days following Labor Day of the preceding school year. This bill revises
existing law to require that the annual apportioning of funds be determined by calculating
the average number of students enrolled on a daily basis for the first 20 scholastic days
following Labor Day of the preceding school year and then adding or subtracting the change
in ADM of the two preceding school years. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 16-13-231
and 16-13-232, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Foundation Program; to provide that the
annual apportioning of funds be determined by calculating the...
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HB558
170665-1:n:06/16/2015:LLR/agb LRS2015-2297 HB558 By Representative Holmes (A) RFD Economic
Development and Tourism Rd 1 19-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, lotteries and gift enterprises
are prohibited by Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. This bill proposes an
amendment to Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 to establish an Alabama Lottery
and the Alabama Lottery Corporation; to authorize and regulate gaming by the entities currently
licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at the four existing racetracks in Alabama where
pari-mutuel wagering is currently legal; to levy a state gross receipts tax and a local gross
receipts tax on gaming revenue of the racetracks; to levy a tax on vendors of gaming equipment;
to provide for the disposition of lottery proceeds and state gaming tax proceeds; to create
the Alabama Lottery and Gaming Commission to implement, regulate, and administer gaming and
regulate and supervise the Alabama Lottery and Alabama Lottery...
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SB341
174081-2:n:02/16/2016:LFO-SS*/bdl SB341 By Senator Pittman RFD Finance and Taxation Education
Rd 1 10-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the annual apportioning of Foundation Program
funds for education is determined by calculating the average number of students enrolled on
a daily basis for the first 20 scholastic days following Labor Day of the preceding school
year. This bill revises existing law to require that the annual apportioning of funds be determined
by calculating the average number of students enrolled on a daily basis for the first 20 scholastic
days following Labor Day of the preceding school year and then adding or subtracting the change
in ADM of the two preceding school years. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 16-13-231
and 16-13-232, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Foundation Program; to provide that the
annual apportioning of funds be determined by calculating the average number of students enrolled
on a daily basis for the first 20 scholastic...
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SB413
173581-3:n:04/07/2016:JET/mfc LRS2016-499R2 SB413 By Senators Pittman, Melson and Scofield
RFD Health and Human Services Rd 1 13-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, if a physician
or other health care practitioner injures a patient because he or she has failed to follow
the governing standard of care in the applicable area of medicine, the patient can bring an
action against the physician or health care practitioner for medical malpractice. This bill
would establish a Patient Compensation System to be administered by the Alabama Department
of Public Health to provide for a mandatory alternative administrative procedure to address
medical malpractice claims by a panel of physicians and medical experts to determine the payment
of damages related to medical injuries. This bill would establish a Patient Compensation Board
to govern the system and to approve a schedule of compensation for confirmed medical injuries.
On or after January 1, 2017, this bill would require a person to submit an...
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HB279
174398-1:n:02/19/2016:KMS/tj LRS2016-737 HB279 By Representative Beech RFD Education Policy
Rd 1 23-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, members of local boards of education are required
to annually complete continuing education and training requirements developed in cooperation
with the Alabama Association of School Boards. This bill would provide for the certification
of organizations by the State Superintendent of Education to assist in the development and
provision of required training to members of local boards of education. This bill would also
require newly elected or appointed members of local boards of education to attend an orientation
session provided by the local superintendent of education, relating to local school system
policies and procedures, that would count toward the annual training requirement. A BILL TO
BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 16-1-14.1, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the continuing
education and training of local board of education members; to...
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