Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB292 Compare Versions

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3	3	HB292
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5	5	By Representatives McClammy, Paschal, Gray, Hollis, Lawrence,
6	6	Chestnut
7	7	RFD: Education Policy
8	8	First Read: 06-Mar-24
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17	17	SYNOPSIS:
18	18	Under existing law, the children of active duty
19	19	military personnel who are pending transfer to this
20	20	state are permitted to enroll remotely in public K-12
21	21	schools prior to residency in this state.
22	22	This bill would provide for the remote
23	23	enrollment of special needs children of active duty
24	24	military personnel, would provide for the transfer of
25	25	certain records, and would provide for comparable
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27	27	This bill would also require informed parental
28	28	consent before the reevaluation of the transferring
29	29	student.
30	30	A BILL
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32	32	AN ACT
33	33	To amend Section 16-28-60, relating to the remote
34	34	enrollment of children of active duty military personnel in
35	35	public K-12 schools; to include the remote enrollment of
36	36	special needs children of active duty military personnel; to
37	37	provide for the transfer of records relating to the child; and
38	38	to require informed parental consent prior to the reevaluation
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68	68	to require informed parental consent prior to the reevaluation
69	69	of the special needs student.
70	70	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
71	71	Section 1. Section 16-28-60 of the Code of Alabama
72	72	1975, is amended to read as follows:
73	73	"§16-28-60
74	74	(a) A student who is not a domiciliary of the state
75	75	shall be permitted to register to enroll in a public K-12
76	76	school by remote means, including electronic means, prior to
77	77	commencement of the student's residency in this state if all
78	78	of the following apply:
79	79	(1) A parent or legal guardian is on active military
80	80	duty and is transferred or pending transfer to a military
81	81	installation or reservation in this state.
82	82	(2) Upon request by the local board of education, a
83	83	parent or legal guardian provides a copy of the official
84	84	military order transferring to a military installation or
85	85	reservation located in this state.
86	86	(3) A parent or legal guardian completes and submits
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88	88	documentation, except that proof of residency shall not be
89	89	required until the student physically transfers to this state,
90	90	at which time the student shall be required to provide proof
91	91	of residency prior to commencing attendance.
92	92	(b) If the enrolling student is transferring with a
93	93	Section 504 plan, an individualized family service plan, or an
94	94	individualized education plan, the local board of education
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96	96	the transfer of records and any prior evaluations, the
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126	126	the transfer of records and any prior evaluations, the
127	127	performance of reevaluations, if necessary, and meetings to
128	128	ensure that comparable services are in place when the child
129	129	arrives in this state. If a reevaluation is deemed necessary,
130	130	the reevaluation shall occur within 30 calendar days after the
131	131	date of arrival, subject to the informed parental consent of
132	132	the parent or legal guardian as provided by rule of the State
133	133	Board of Education.
134	134	(b)(c) The local board of education shall make
135	135	available to a student who registers to enroll pursuant to
136	136	this section the same opportunities for school assignment and,
137	137	selection of courses , special education services, and sporting
138	138	activities as those offered to resident students."
139	139	Section 2. This act shall become effective on July 1,
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