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Alabama House Bill HB251 Compare Versions

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5	5		By Representatives Robertson, Paschal, Hassell, Oliver, Wood
6	6		(R), Sellers, Shaw, Crawford, Whitt, Starnes, Brown, Jones,
7	7		Jackson, Carns, Hill, Rehm, Smith, Rafferty
8	8		RFD: Education Policy
9	9		First Read: 27-Feb-24
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16		-	7 HB251 ~~Enrolled~~
	16	+	7 HB251 Engrossed
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18	18		First Read: 27-Feb-24
19		-	Enrolled, An Act,
	19	+	A BILL
	20	+	TO BE ENTITLED
	21	+	AN ACT
20	22		Relating to public K-12 schools; to prohibit public
21	23		K-12 schools from taking certain actions regarding dependent
22	24		children of active duty military parents; and to prohibit
23	25		public K-12 schools from membership in athletic associations
24	26		that take these same actions.
25	27		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
26	28		Section 1. (a) For the purposes of this section, the
27	29		term "athletic association" means any athletic organization
28	30		operating in this state that has authority over its member
29	31		institutions' athletic programs, that receives public funds in
30	32		any form, and whose member institutions make use of public
31	33		facilities.
32	34		(b)(1) No public K-12 school may deny a dependent child
33	35		of a full-time active duty military parent immediate
34	36		eligibility to participate in an interscholastic athletic
35	37		contest on the basis of the child enrolling in a new school
36	38		due to the child and his or her parent making a bona fide move
37	39		pursuant to permanent change of station orders received by the
38	40		parent, regardless of the date upon which the child enrolls in
39	41		the new school within the school attendance zone of the bona
40		-	fide move.
41		-	(2) A public K-12 school and an athletic association
42		-	may require a parent to provide his or her permanent change of
43		-	station orders to substantiate a bona fide move that
44		-	necessitates a child's enrollment in a new school.
45		-	Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
46		-	1, 2024.
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	69	+	28 HB251 Engrossed
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	71	+	the new school within the school attendance zone of the bona
	72	+	fide move.
	73	+	(2) A public K-12 school and an athletic association
	74	+	may require a parent to provide his or her permanent change of
	75	+	station orders to substantiate a bona fide move that
	76	+	necessitates a child's enrollment in a new school.
	77	+	Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
76	78		1, 2024.
77		-	________________________________________________
78		-	Speaker of the House of Representatives
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80		-	President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
81		-	House of Representatives
82		-	I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
83		-	was passed by the House 11-Apr-24, as amended.
84		-	John Treadwell
85		-	Clerk
86		-	Senate 08-May-24 Passed
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	87	+	1, 2024.
	88	+	House of Representatives
	89	+	Read for the first time and referred
	90	+	to the House of Representatives
	91	+	committee on Education Policy
	92	+	................27-Feb-24
	93	+	Read for the second time and placed
	94	+	on the calendar:
	95	+	1 amendment
	96	+	................04-Apr-24
	97	+	Read for the third time and passed
	98	+	as amended
	99	+	Yeas 103
	100	+	Nays 0
	101	+	Abstains 0
	102	+	................11-Apr-24
	103	+	John Treadwell
	104	+	Clerk
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