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Alabama House Bill HB171

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55 By Representative Garrett
66 RFD: Ways and Means Education
77 First Read: 05-Feb-25
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1515 SYNOPSIS:
1616 To make supplemental appropriations from the
1717 Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund
1818 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 .
1919 A BILL
2020 TO BE ENTITLED
2121 AN ACT
2222 To make supplemental appropriations from the Education
2323 Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund for the fiscal year
2424 ending September 30, 2025, to the public institutions of
2525 higher education in the amount of $342,125,000, and to the
2626 Department of Education, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama
2727 Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Board of Youth Services
2828 School Districts, the Board of Directors of the Alabama School
2929 of Fine Arts, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama School of
3030 Math and Science, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama School
3131 of Cyber Technology and Engineering, and the Board of Trustees
3232 of the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences in the amount of
3333 $907,875,000, and to reappropriate unexpended and reverted
3434 funds from the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 in the
3535 amount of $35,057,322.
3636 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
3737 Section 1. In addition to all other appropriations
3838 heretofore or hereafter made, there is hereby appropriated a
3939 total of $342,125,000 from the Education Trust Fund
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6868 total of $342,125,000 from the Education Trust Fund
6969 Advancement and Technology Fund to the public institutions of
7070 higher education for the fiscal year ending September 30,
7171 2025. This appropriation shall be expended as provided in
7272 Section 29-9-4, Code of Alabama 1975. This appropriation shall
7373 be distributed as follows:
7474 Alabama Community College System $126,530,406
7575 Alabama A&M University 7,901,761
7676 Alabama State University 4,380,745
7777 University of Alabama 41,610,878
7878 University of Alabama at Birmingham 26,904,867
7979 University of Alabama in Huntsville 11,529,662
8080 Athens State University 4,378,421
8181 Auburn University 37,876,092
8282 Auburn University Montgomery 6,001,837
8383 Jacksonville State University 13,743,270
8484 University of Montevallo 3,513,270
8585 University of North Alabama 13,202,648
8686 University of South Alabama 16,909,551
8787 Troy University 17,732,102
8888 Tuskegee University 1,231,650
8989 University of West Alabama 8,677,840
9090 Total $342,125,000
9191 Section 2. In addition to all other appropriations
9292 heretofore or hereafter made, there is hereby appropriated a
9393 total of $907,875,000 from the Education Trust Fund
9494 Advancement and Technology Fund to the Department of
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123123 Advancement and Technology Fund to the Department of
124124 Education, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for
125125 Deaf and Blind, the Board of Youth Services School Districts,
126126 the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, the
127127 Board of Trustees of the Alabama School of Math and Science,
128128 the Board of Trustees of the Alabama School of Cyber
129129 Technology and Engineering, and the Board of Trustees of the
130130 Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences, for the fiscal year
131131 ending September 30, 2025. This appropriation shall be
132132 expended as provided in Section 29-9-4, Code of Alabama 1975.
133133 Section 3. (a) The Department of Education shall
134134 allocate the funds appropriated herein to the local boards of
135135 education and entities as follows:
136136 Alabaster City 7,794,699
137137 Albertville City 7,126,113
138138 Alexander City 3,459,329
139139 Andalusia City 2,268,677
140140 Anniston City 2,210,949
141141 Arab City 3,171,507
142142 Athens City 6,086,950
143143 Attalla City 1,843,013
144144 Auburn City 11,850,171
145145 Autauga County 11,013,306
146146 Baldwin County 38,570,909
147147 Barbour County 793,223
148148 Bessemer City 3,719,795
149149 Bibb County 3,686,593
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177177 Bibb County 3,686,593
178178 Birmingham City 24,701,397
179179 Blount County 9,371,083
180180 Boaz City 3,043,852
181181 Brewton City 1,415,023
182182 Bullock County 1,651,279
183183 Butler County 3,315,575
184184 Calhoun County 9,662,425
185185 Chambers County 3,701,370
186186 Cherokee County 4,644,195
187187 Chickasaw City 3,106,674
188188 Chilton County 9,524,269
189189 Choctaw County 1,214,107
190190 Clarke County 2,605,674
191191 Clay County 2,217,049
192192 Cleburne County 3,041,651
193193 Coffee County 3,481,967
194194 Colbert County 3,109,881
195195 Conecuh County 1,643,859
196196 Coosa County 970,493
197197 Covington County 3,651,566
198198 Crenshaw County 2,507,323
199199 Cullman City 3,965,799
200200 Cullman County 12,034,988
201201 Dale County 4,034,028
202202 Daleville City 1,460,174
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229229 Daleville City 1,460,174
230230 Dallas County 2,812,627
231231 Decatur City 10,386,790
232232 DeKalb County 10,435,525
233233 Demopolis City 2,438,905
234234 Dothan City 9,672,676
235235 Elba City 748,512
236236 Elmore County 14,185,719
237237 Enterprise City 8,044,601
238238 Escambia County 4,947,549
239239 Etowah County 10,534,379
240240 Eufaula City 8,147,857
241241 Fairfield City 1,645,179
242242 Fayette County 2,660,384
243243 Florence City 5,592,176
244244 Fort Payne City 4,231,108
245245 Franklin County 4,337,005
246246 Gadsden City 5,880,941
247247 Geneva City 1,552,739
248248 Geneva County 3,341,546
249249 Greene County 1,076,202
250250 Gulf Shores City 3,188,549
251251 Guntersville City 2,141,337
252252 Hale County 2,653,781
253253 Haleyville City 1,897,408
254254 Hartselle City 4,362,536
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281281 Hartselle City 4,362,536
282282 Henry County 3,084,916
283283 Homewood City 5,543,378
284284 Hoover City 16,630,196
285285 Houston County 8,474,101
286286 Huntsville City 28,454,207
287287 Jackson County 6,190,017
288288 Jacksonville City 2,098,449
289289 Jasper City 3,533,910
290290 Jefferson County 43,341,249
291291 Lamar County 2,649,630
292292 Lanette City 1,155,625
293293 Lauderdale County 9,535,274
294294 Lawrence County 5,595,509
295295 Lee County 11,058,772
296296 Leeds City 2,602,907
297297 Limestone County 19,183,550
298298 Linden City 494,019
299299 Lowndes County 1,445,396
300300 Macon County 2,129,074
301301 Madison City 15,546,510
302302 Madison County 24,998,022
303303 Marengo County 1,151,852
304304 Marion County 4,078,299
305305 Marshall County 7,187,173
306306 Midfield City 1,239,890
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333333 Midfield City 1,239,890
334334 Mobile County 61,027,021
335335 Monroe County 3,644,020
336336 Montgomery County 31,883,854
337337 Morgan County 9,216,576
338338 Mountain Brook City 5,437,669
339339 Muscle Shoals City 3,553,970
340340 Oneonta City 1,724,414
341341 Opelika City 6,342,134
342342 Opp City 1,590,218
343343 Orange Beach City 1,534,817
344344 Oxford City 4,896,109
345345 Ozark City 2,443,055
346346 Pelham City 4,291,037
347347 Pell City 5,049,358
348348 Perry County 1,030,737
349349 Phenix City 8,749,911
350350 Pickens County 2,761,753
351351 Piedmont City 1,286,173
352352 Pike County 2,549,456
353353 Pike Road City 3,381,226
354354 Randolph County 2,517,007
355355 Roanoke City 1,662,410
356356 Russell County 4,572,884
357357 Russellville City 3,162,829
358358 Saraland City 4,328,516
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385385 Saraland City 4,328,516
386386 Satsuma City 1,833,769
387387 Scottsboro City 2,932,295
388388 Selma City 3,096,801
389389 Sheffield City 1,169,623
390390 Shelby County 26,010,711
391391 St. Clair County 11,573,103
392392 Sumter County 1,170,654
393393 Sylacauga City 2,457,833
394394 Talladega City 1,831,694
395395 Talladega County 8,523,339
396396 Tallapoosa County 3,381,478
397397 Tallassee City 1,812,577
398398 Tarrant City 1,603,550
399399 Thomasville City 1,213,353
400400 Troy City 2,144,355
401401 Trussville City 6,241,897
402402 Tuscaloosa City 13,180,803
403403 Tuscaloosa County 23,058,607
404404 Tuscumbia City 1,949,414
405405 Vestavia Hills City 8,622,885
406406 Walker County 8,448,318
407407 Washington County 2,943,049
408408 Wilcox County 1,385,656
409409 Winfield City 1,487,088
410410 Winston County 2,760,433
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437437 Winston County 2,760,433
438438 University Charter School 814,666
439439 Cyber and Engineering, Alabama School of 461,571
440440 MAEF Charter School 875,916
441441 LEAD Academy 918,677
442442 Legacy Prep 549,860
443443 I-3 Academy 881,890
444444 Youth Services School District, Department of 226,384
445445 Deaf and Blind, Alabama Institute for the 413,452
446446 Math and Science, Alabama School of 319,452
447447 Fine Arts, Alabama School of 448,994
448448 Life Academy 648,400
449449 Breakthrough Charter 391,392
450450 Magic City Acceptance Academy 422,079
451451 Healthcare Sciences, Alabama School of 139,603
452452 Empower Community School 376,237
453453 AL Aerospace and Aviation 202,991
454454 Covenant Academy of Mobile 324,106
455455 Teacher Professional Development 2,000,000
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457457 (b) Notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary, the
458458 funds appropriated to the Department of Education by
459459 subsection (a) of this section shall not be expended without
460460 prior approval of the State Superintendent of Education.
461461 (c)(1) The above appropriation for teacher professional
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489489 development shall be allocated to the Alabama Department of
490490 Education to be distributed to the Ed Farm Classroom of
491491 Tomorrow. These funds will be used by Ed Farm to provide
492492 technology tools and professional development services to
493493 classroom teachers in an effort to improve instruction and
494494 student learning gains. It is the intent of the legislature
495495 that in addition to general programmatic costs, Ed Farm may
496496 also expend funds for software, hardware, administrative
497497 costs, and professional learning services.
498498 (2) The State Superintendent shall provide a report of
499499 the initiative to the Chair of the House Ways and
500500 Means-Education Committee and the Chair of the Senate
501501 Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education no later than
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503503 Section 4. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
504504 this act or any other act, in addition to the above
505505 appropriations, $35,057,322 of Advancement and Technology Fund
506506 appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024
507507 to the State Department of Education which were unexpended and
508508 reverted on September 30, 2024 are hereby reappropriated to
509509 the following local boards of education in the following
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511511 Opp City $1,266,147
512512 Chambers County $2,975,100
513513 Lowndes County $1,157,280
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539539 Lowndes County $1,157,280
540540 Marengo County $883,834
541541 Montgomery County $25,844,793
542542 MAEF Charter School $629,962
543543 Pickens County $2,300,206
544544 Section 5. All funds not expended in the current
545545 fiscal year shall not revert but be carried forward for the
546546 purpose appropriated.
547547 Section 6. This act shall become effective immediately.
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