Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB169 Compare Versions

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3	3	HB169
4	4	PP57GGG-1
5	5	By Representatives Woods, Underwood, Shedd, Crawford,
6	6	Brinyark, Gidley, Lamb, Bolton, Starnes, Fidler, Stadthagen,
7	7	Collins, Shaver, Shaw, DuBose, Shirey, Colvin, Stubbs, Ingram,
8	8	Carns, Bedsole, Stringer, Treadaway, Estes, Hammett, Faulkner,
9	9	Hulsey, Wood (R), Wilcox, Moore (P), Butler, Harrison, Pettus
10	10	RFD: Education Policy
11	11	First Read: 14-Feb-24
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21	21	10 PP57GGG-1 02/12/2024 KMS (L)cr 2024-640
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23	23	First Read: 14-Feb-24
24	24	SYNOPSIS:
25	25	This bill would require each public preK-12
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27	27	website of the school and would permit parents or
28	28	guardians of enrolled students to request information
29	29	on instructional and supplemental materials used in the
30	30	classroom upon request.
31	31	This bill would also provide for a complaint
32	32	process and reporting requirements.
33	33	A BILL
34	34	TO BE ENTITLED
35	35	AN ACT
36	36	Relating to public preK-12 education; to require the
37	37	posting of classroom curricula on the website of the school;
38	38	to permit parents or guardians of enrolled students, upon
39	39	request, to request information on instructional and
40	40	supplemental materials used in the classroom; to provide a
41	41	complaint process; and to provide for the reporting of the
42	42	number of complaints to the State Superintendent of Education
43	43	and the Legislature.
44	44	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
45	45	Section 1. (a) At the beginning of each school year,
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75	75	Section 1. (a) At the beginning of each school year,
76	76	and no later than 30 calendar days after a new or revised
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78	78	and local board of education shall verify that each school
79	79	under the jurisdiction of the board has posted current adopted
80	80	curricula for each class on the website of the school. Access
81	81	to the online curricula shall be made available to students,
82	82	parents, or guardians of enrolled students through the school
83	83	website. If a school has no accessible website, the curricula
84	84	shall be posted on the website of the local board of education
85	85	or the State Department of Education.
86	86	(b) Each classroom teacher shall comply with the
87	87	request of any parent, custodian, or guardian by providing a
88	88	detailed summary, by email, telephone, or other electronic
89	89	means, of instructional materials adopted by the local board
90	90	of education, supplementary instructional materials in the
91	91	classroom that were not adopted by the local board of
92	92	education, and books in the classroom that are available for
93	93	students to read, subject to all of the following:
94	94	(1) Only the parent or guardian of a child enrolled in
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96	96	(2) If a parent or guardian would like further
97	97	information regarding how the instructional materials relate
98	98	to the content standards adopted by the State Board of
99	99	Education or to physically examine any instructional materials
100	100	used in the classroom, the parent or guardian may request that
101	101	the local board of education allow that examination at the
102	102	next work session of the board. The board shall notify the
103	103	parent or guardian and the teacher of the issues involved and
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133	133	parent or guardian and the teacher of the issues involved and
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135	135	(c) For any class in which reading books is required,
136	136	the classroom teacher shall include the titles of the books on
137	137	a class syllabus. Upon the request of the parent or guardian
138	138	of a child enrolled in the class, the classroom teacher shall
139	139	make the syllabus available to the parent or guardian.
140	140	(d) If a classroom teacher fails to comply with this
141	141	section, the parent or guardian may file a complaint with the
142	142	local superintendent of education on a form developed and
143	143	provided by the local superintendent of education. If the
144	144	complaint is not resolved by the local superintendent of
145	145	education within 10 school days, the parent or guardian may
146	146	file a complaint with the State Superintendent of Education,
147	147	or his or her designee. The State Superintendent of Education
148	148	shall make a form available for parents or guardians to file a
149	149	complaint pursuant to this subsection.
150	150	(e)(1) On or before September 1 annually, each local
151	151	superintendent of education shall report the number of
152	152	complaints filed with him or her during the previous school
153	153	year to the State Superintendent of Education. On or before
154	154	October 1 annually, the State Superintendent of Education
155	155	shall report the total number of complaints filed during the
156	156	previous school year, statewide and by county, to the Chairs
157	157	of the Senate Education Policy Committee and the House of
158	158	Representatives Education Policy Committee.
159	159	(2) Any complaint filed by a parent or guardian
160	160	pursuant to this act is an educational record of the student
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191	191	on whose behalf the complaint was filed.
192	192	Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1,
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