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SB48
98LQMMP-2
By Senators Reed, Livingston, Waggoner, Albritton, Jones,
Barfoot, Butler, Givhan, Bell, Kitchens, Orr, Chambliss,
Allen, Price, Roberts, Weaver, Williams, Hovey, Carnley,
Sessions, Shelnutt, Kelley, Chesteen, Elliott, Gudger, Stutts,
Melson
RFD: Education Policy
First Read: 06-Feb-24
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First Read: 06-Feb-24
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to public preK-12 education; to require the
posting of classroom curricula on the website of the school;
to permit parents or guardians of enrolled students, upon
request, to request information on instructional and
supplemental materials used in the classroom; to provide a
complaint process; and to provide for the reporting of the
number of complaints to the State Superintendent of Education
and the Legislature.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) At the beginning of each school year,
and no later than 30 calendar days after a new or revised
curriculum is adopted, the local superintendent of education
and local board of education shall verify that each school
under the jurisdiction of the board has posted current adopted
curricula for each class on the website of the school. Access
to the online curricula shall be made available to students,
parents, or guardians of enrolled students through the school
website. If a school has no accessible website, the curricula
shall be posted on the website of the local board of education
or the State Department of Education.
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or the State Department of Education.
(b) Each classroom teacher shall comply with the
request of any parent or guardian by providing a detailed
summary, by email, telephone, or other electronic means, of
instructional materials adopted by the local board of
education, supplementary instructional materials in the
classroom that were not adopted by the local board of
education, and books in the classroom that are available for
students to read, subject to all of the following:
(1) Only the parent or guardian of a child enrolled in
the class may make a request pursuant to this subsection.
(2) If a parent or guardian would like further
information regarding how the instructional materials relate
to the content standards adopted by the State Board of
Education or to physically examine any instructional materials
used in the classroom, the parent or guardian may request that
the local board of educational allow that examination at the
next work session of the board. The board shall notify the
parent or guardian and the teacher of the issues involved and
the date and time of the next work session.
(c) For any class in which reading books is required,
the classroom teacher shall include the titles of the books on
a class syllabus. Upon the request of the parent or guardian
of a child enrolled in the class, the classroom teacher shall
make the syllabus available to the parent or guardian.
(d) If a classroom teacher fails to comply with this
section, the parent or guardian may file a complaint with the
local superintendent of education on a form developed and
provided by the local superintendent of education. If the
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provided by the local superintendent of education. If the
complaint is not resolved by the local superintendent of
education within 10 school days, the parent or guardian may
file a complaint with the State Superintendent of Education,
or his or her designee. The State Superintendent of Education
shall make a form available for parents or guardians to file a
complaint pursuant to this subsection.
(e)(1) On or before September 1 annually, each local
superintendent of education shall report the number of
complaints filed with him or her during the previous school
year to the State Superintendent of Education. On or before
October 1 annually, the State Superintendent of Education
shall report the total number of complaints filed during the
previous school year, statewide and by county, to the Chairs
of the Senate Education Policy Committee and the House of
Representatives Education Policy Committee.
(2) Any complaint filed by a parent or guardian
pursuant to this section is an educational record of the
student on whose behalf the complaint was filed and shall not
be released or viewed, except as provided in this section and
where the release or viewing is otherwise consistent with the
federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
(FERPA) and state law.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1,
2024.
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2024.
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
SB48
Senate 08-Feb-24
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and passed
the Senate, as amended.
Patrick Harris,
Secretary.
House of Representatives
Amended and passed: 07-Mar-24
Senate concurred in House amendment 19-Mar-24
By: Senator Reed
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