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House Education Policy Committee

Alabama 2010 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee Bills & Legislation

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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB364

Introduced
3/21/24  
Introduced
3/21/24  
Report Pass
4/17/24  
Refer
3/21/24  
Public K-12 schools, each local board of education required to adopt an Internet safety policy for district-owned devices used in schools, prohibit use of certain platforms, provide social media instruction in certain grades
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB294

Introduced
4/4/24  
Introduced
4/4/24  
Report Pass
4/10/24  
Refer
4/4/24  
Refer
4/16/24  
Report Pass
4/10/24  
Report Pass
5/1/24  
Refer
4/16/24  
Public preK-12 schools, campus chaplains, public schools authorized to hire or accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies required to vote on whether to allow, limitations provided
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB439

Introduced
4/9/24  
Introduced
4/9/24  
Report Pass
4/17/24  
Refer
4/9/24  
Refer
4/30/24  
Report Pass
4/17/24  
Report Pass
5/1/24  
Refer
4/30/24  
Enrolled
5/9/24  
Report Pass
5/1/24  
Passed
5/20/24  
Enrolled
5/9/24  
Passed
5/20/24  
Public K-12 education, employment, qualifications, and training of technology directors
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB31

Introduced
2/23/23  
To amend Sections 16-6C-2, as amended by Act 2022-374, 2022 Regular Session, 16-6D-3, 16-6D-4, 16-6D-6, 16-6D-8, and 16-6D-9, as amended by Act 2022-390, 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the public K-12 school grading system and the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013; to change the designation of a failing school to a fully supported school and the designation of a nonfailing school to a non-fully supported school; and to require the State Board of Education to reflect those changes in terminology when amending or adopting rules.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB43

Introduced
2/23/23  
Refer
2/23/23  
Report Pass
4/5/23  
Report Pass
4/5/23  
Engrossed
4/19/23  
Refer
4/19/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
To amend Section 16-28-4, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the minimum age for attendance at public schools; to require a child to complete kindergarten or demonstrate first grade readiness before entering the first grade; to provide for circumstances under which a child who is under five years of age on September 1 may be admitted to public kindergarten; to provide for circumstances under which a child who is under six years of age on December 31 may be admitted to public school first grade; 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 Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB42

Introduced
2/23/23  
Relating to public K-12 education; to amend Section 16-1-44, Code of Alabama 1975, providing for comprehensive school emergency operations plans; to require the participation of school resource officers and law enforcement agencies in regularly scheduled lockdown drills; and to designate the days on which lockdown drills are conducted as school safety and awareness days.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB30

Introduced
2/23/23  
Refer
2/23/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Engrossed
4/19/23  
Refer
4/19/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
To amend Sections 16-6C-2, as amended by Act 2022-374, 2022 Regular Session, 16-6D-3, 16-6D-4, 16-6D-6, 16-6D-8, and 16-6D-9, as amended by Act 2022-390, 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the public K-12 school grading system and the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013; to change the designation of a failing school to a lowest sixth percent school and the designation of a nonfailing school to a highest 94th percent school; and to require the State Board of Education to reflect those changes in terminology when amending or adopting rules.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB35

Introduced
2/23/23  
Relating to religious expression; to amend Section 16-1-20.3, Code of Alabama 1975; to require a local board of education to provide certain school resources to students to facilitate student-led prayer.
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB98

Introduced
2/14/24  
Introduced
2/14/24  
Report Pass
2/21/24  
Refer
2/14/24  
Refer
4/3/24  
Report Pass
2/21/24  
Refer
4/3/24  
Report Pass
5/1/24  
Engrossed
4/3/24  
Enrolled
5/8/24  
Report Pass
5/1/24  
Passed
5/17/24  
Enrolled
5/8/24  
Passed
5/17/24  
Public K-12 school security; School Security Program, established to require school security inspections and grading; School Security and Fire Safety Fund, established to provide grants; School Mapping Data Program, established to provide criteria for school maps; Department of Education and ALEA, authorized to adopt rules
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB169

Introduced
2/14/24  
Introduced
2/14/24  
Report Pass
2/28/24  
Refer
2/14/24  
Public K-12 Education, posting of curricula on school websites required, parents or guardians authorized to request further information, complaint process
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB188

Introduced
2/15/24  
Introduced
2/15/24  
Report Pass
3/20/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
Engrossed
4/4/24  
Report Pass
3/20/24  
Refer
4/9/24  
Engrossed
4/4/24  
Report Pass
4/17/24  
Refer
4/9/24  
Enrolled
4/25/24  
Report Pass
4/17/24  
Passed
5/8/24  
Enrolled
4/25/24  
Passed
5/8/24  
Public K-12 education, creates uniform process for suspension and expulsion of public school students, requires disciplinary hearing following long-term suspension or expulsion, St. Bd. of Ed. required to adopt rules
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB173

Introduced
2/15/24  
Introduced
2/15/24  
Report Pass
2/28/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
Engrossed
3/5/24  
Report Pass
2/28/24  
Refer
3/6/24  
Engrossed
3/5/24  
Report Pass
5/1/24  
Refer
3/6/24  
Public K-12 education, use of three-cueing system prohibited
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB195

Introduced
2/20/24  
Introduced
2/20/24  
Report Pass
3/20/24  
Refer
2/20/24  
Engrossed
4/30/24  
Report Pass
3/20/24  
Engrossed
4/30/24  
Report Pass
5/1/24  
Refer
4/30/24  
Public K-12 schools, sex education curriculum further provided for, sexual risk avoidance established as exclusive sex education curriculum, local boards of education prohibited from using services of org. that endorses other approaches to sex education, parent or guardian notice of sex ed curriculum required, cause of action for violations established
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB210

Introduced
2/21/24  
Introduced
2/21/24  
Report Pass
4/10/24  
Refer
2/21/24  
Refer
4/25/24  
Report Pass
4/10/24  
Report Pass
5/1/24  
Refer
4/25/24  
Postsecondary Education, circumstances under which unlawfully present aliens are prohibited from attending further provided
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB216

Introduced
2/22/24  
Introduced
2/22/24  
Public school safety, silent panic alert technology required and provided for, Board of Education required to adopt rules