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HB130
YUXP22N-2
By Representatives Butler, Lipscomb, Kiel, Standridge,
Whorton, Stadthagen, Paschal, Ingram, Gidley
RFD: Education Policy
First Read: 07-Feb-24
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A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to education; to amend Section 16-40A-5, Code
of Alabama 1975; to prohibit certain classroom instruction in
kindergarten through the eighth grade related to gender
identity or sexual orientation in public K-12 schools; and to
prohibit the display of certain flags and insignia in public
K-12 schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 16-40A-5, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง16-40A-5
(a) An individual or group of individuals providing
classroom instruction to students in kindergarten through the
fiftheighth grade at a public K-12 school shall not engage in
classroom discussion or provide classroom instruction
regarding sexual orientation or gender identity in a manner
that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for
students in accordance with state standards.
(b) No teacher, or other public K-12 employee, may
display a flag or other insignia relating to or representing
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display a flag or other insignia relating to or representing
sexual orientation or gender identity in a classroom or on the
property of a public K-12 school.
(b)(c) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
for the implementation and enforcement of this section."
Section 2. This act shall become effective October 1,
2024.
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2024.
House of Representatives
Read for the first time and referred
to the House of Representatives
committee on Education Policy
................07-Feb-24
Read for the second time and placed
on the calendar:
1 amendment
................21-Mar-24
Read for the third time and passed
as amended
................23-Mar-24
Yeas 74
Nays 25
Abstains 2
John Treadwell
Clerk
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