Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Senate Education Policy Committee Bills & Legislation

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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB284

Introduced
4/4/24  
Introduced
4/4/24  
Report Pass
4/10/24  
Refer
4/4/24  
Public K-12 education, fentanyl prevention and drug poisoning awareness required in grades 6 through 12.
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB294

Introduced
4/4/24  
Introduced
4/4/24  
Report Pass
4/10/24  
Refer
4/4/24  
Refer
4/16/24  
Report Pass
4/10/24  
Report Pass
5/1/24  
Refer
4/16/24  
Public preK-12 schools, campus chaplains, public schools authorized to hire or accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies required to vote on whether to allow, limitations provided
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB296

Introduced
4/4/24  
Introduced
4/4/24  
Report Pass
4/10/24  
Refer
4/4/24  
Refer
4/23/24  
Report Pass
4/10/24  
Class 1 municipalities, public K-12 schools in prohibited from denying participation in athletics based on student's transfer status
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB311

Introduced
4/9/24  
Introduced
4/9/24  
Report Pass
4/17/24  
Refer
4/9/24  
Public K-12 schools; nonpublic school transfer students excluded from certain assessments determining school or school district grade.
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB439

Introduced
4/9/24  
Introduced
4/9/24  
Report Pass
4/17/24  
Refer
4/9/24  
Refer
4/30/24  
Report Pass
4/17/24  
Report Pass
5/1/24  
Refer
4/30/24  
Enrolled
5/9/24  
Report Pass
5/1/24  
Passed
5/20/24  
Enrolled
5/9/24  
Passed
5/20/24  
Public K-12 education, employment, qualifications, and training of technology directors
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB43

Introduced
2/23/23  
Refer
2/23/23  
Report Pass
4/5/23  
Report Pass
4/5/23  
Engrossed
4/19/23  
Refer
4/19/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
To amend Section 16-28-4, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the minimum age for attendance at public schools; to require a child to complete kindergarten or demonstrate first grade readiness before entering the first grade; to provide for circumstances under which a child who is under five years of age on September 1 may be admitted to public kindergarten; to provide for circumstances under which a child who is under six years of age on December 31 may be admitted to public school first grade; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB30

Introduced
2/23/23  
Refer
2/23/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Engrossed
4/19/23  
Refer
4/19/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
To amend Sections 16-6C-2, as amended by Act 2022-374, 2022 Regular Session, 16-6D-3, 16-6D-4, 16-6D-6, 16-6D-8, and 16-6D-9, as amended by Act 2022-390, 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the public K-12 school grading system and the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013; to change the designation of a failing school to a lowest sixth percent school and the designation of a nonfailing school to a highest 94th percent school; and to require the State Board of Education to reflect those changes in terminology when amending or adopting rules.
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB349

Introduced
4/30/24  
Introduced
4/30/24  
Teacher certification; American History and Civics Initiative, created within the Department of Education; online course of study and endorsement for high school teachers, provided for; one-time stipend, provided for; State Board of Education, required to adopt rules
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB98

Introduced
2/14/24  
Introduced
2/14/24  
Report Pass
2/21/24  
Refer
2/14/24  
Refer
4/3/24  
Report Pass
2/21/24  
Refer
4/3/24  
Report Pass
5/1/24  
Engrossed
4/3/24  
Enrolled
5/8/24  
Report Pass
5/1/24  
Passed
5/17/24  
Enrolled
5/8/24  
Passed
5/17/24  
Public K-12 school security; School Security Program, established to require school security inspections and grading; School Security and Fire Safety Fund, established to provide grants; School Mapping Data Program, established to provide criteria for school maps; Department of Education and ALEA, authorized to adopt rules
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB100

Introduced
2/14/24  
Introduced
2/14/24  
Report Pass
2/21/24  
Refer
2/14/24  
Refer
2/27/24  
Report Pass
2/21/24  
Report Pass
3/6/24  
Refer
2/27/24  
Enrolled
3/19/24  
Report Pass
3/6/24  
Passed
4/4/24  
Enrolled
3/19/24  
Passed
4/4/24  
Establishing the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards Fund
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB99

Introduced
2/14/24  
Introduced
2/14/24  
Report Pass
2/21/24  
Refer
2/14/24  
Refer
4/4/24  
Report Pass
2/21/24  
Report Pass
4/10/24  
Refer
4/4/24  
Associations governing high school sports; subject to one-time audit by Examiners of Public Accounts
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB188

Introduced
2/15/24  
Introduced
2/15/24  
Report Pass
3/20/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
Engrossed
4/4/24  
Report Pass
3/20/24  
Refer
4/9/24  
Engrossed
4/4/24  
Report Pass
4/17/24  
Refer
4/9/24  
Enrolled
4/25/24  
Report Pass
4/17/24  
Passed
5/8/24  
Enrolled
4/25/24  
Passed
5/8/24  
Public K-12 education, creates uniform process for suspension and expulsion of public school students, requires disciplinary hearing following long-term suspension or expulsion, St. Bd. of Ed. required to adopt rules
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB173

Introduced
2/15/24  
Introduced
2/15/24  
Report Pass
2/28/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
Engrossed
3/5/24  
Report Pass
2/28/24  
Refer
3/6/24  
Engrossed
3/5/24  
Report Pass
5/1/24  
Refer
3/6/24  
Public K-12 education, use of three-cueing system prohibited
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB143

Introduced
2/20/24  
Introduced
2/20/24  
Report Pass
5/1/24  
Refer
2/20/24  
Education; revocation of teaching certificate, further provided for; reporting of school employee misconduct, required
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Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB195

Introduced
2/20/24  
Introduced
2/20/24  
Report Pass
3/20/24  
Refer
2/20/24  
Engrossed
4/30/24  
Report Pass
3/20/24  
Engrossed
4/30/24  
Report Pass
5/1/24  
Refer
4/30/24  
Public K-12 schools, sex education curriculum further provided for, sexual risk avoidance established as exclusive sex education curriculum, local boards of education prohibited from using services of org. that endorses other approaches to sex education, parent or guardian notice of sex ed curriculum required, cause of action for violations established