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SR79
6QKE3Z3-1
By Senator Orr
RFD:
First Read: 07-May-24
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SR____ ESTABLISHING A LEGISLATIVE STUDY COMMISSION TO STUDY
K-12 SCHOOL EDUCATION FUNDING.
WHEREAS, On April 30, 2024, the Governor signed
SJR61, enacted as Act 2024-128, requiring the Legislature of
Alabama to conduct a study on modernizing K-12 education
funding; and
WHEREAS, Act 2024-128 provides compelling reasons
that justify the need for a legislative study on modernizing
K-12 education funding, including a need for greater
flexibility in the coordination of state education funding
priorities with the local needs of students, teachers, and
administrators, and whether this need could be better served
by transitioning from a resource-based funding model to one
that is student-based and provides greater flexibility; and
WHEREAS, this body finds that the members of the
Finance and Taxation Education Standing Committee of the
Senate, along with members of the Ways and Means Education
Standing Committee of the House of Representatives, are in
the best position to undertake this study; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE LEGISLATURE OF
ALABAMA, That the Legislative Study Commission on
Modernizing K-12 School Education Funding is created to
study modernizing the current K-12 school funding model.
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study modernizing the current K-12 school funding model.
(a) The Legislative Study Commission on Modernizing
K-12 School Education Funding shall be comprised of all
members of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education
Standing Committee, along with all members of the House of
Representatives Ways and Means Education Standing Committee.
(b) The legislative study commission shall focus on
the possibility of transitioning from a resource-based model
of education funding to a model that provides greater
flexibility and is based on the specific needs of students.
The work of the legislative study commission may include,
but not be limited to:
(1) Studying the projected costs and budget impact of
a transition.
(2) Studying the associated changes in the tax and
revenue framework that may be required to fund and maintain
a transition.
(3) Studying the changes in law required to adopt a
model of student-based education funding.
(4) If a specific pathway to modernize education
school funding is endorsed by the legislative study
commission, developing proposed legislation to effect the
transition.
(c) The chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation
Education Standing Committee shall serve as a cochair along
with the chair of the House of Representatives Ways and
Means Education Standing Committee. Meetings shall be held
at the call of either cochair as necessary to conduct
business.
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business.
(d) The Fiscal Division of the Legislative Services
Agency, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the
Secretary of the Senate shall provide administrative and
other assistance for the work of the legislative study
commission as necessary.
(e) Pursuant to Section 36-14-17.1, Code of Alabama
1975, the Legislative Study Commission on Modernizing K-12
School Education Funding shall provide to the Secretary of
State a notice of all meetings, the name of each member
serving on the legislative study commission, and a copy of
all reports and written recommendations produced throughout
the duration of the legislative study commission.
(f) Members of the legislative study commission shall
be entitled to their legislative compensation, per diem, and
travel expenses for each day they attend a meeting of the
legislative study commission pursuant to Section 49 of the
Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
(g) The Legislative Study Commission on Modernizing
K-12 School Education Funding shall prepare a report of its
findings, conclusions, and recommendations for any proposed
legislation, as it deems appropriate, to the Legislature no
later than February 1, 2025, at which time the legislative
study commission shall stand dissolved and discharged of any
future duties.
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