Relating to credentials and the workforce; to create the Alabama Credential Quality and Transparency Act as a new Division 9, commencing with Section 41-29-350, Article 3, Chapter 29, Title 41, Code of Alabama 1975; to create the Alabama Terminal on Linking and Analyzing Statistics on Career Pathways Act as a new Division 10, commencing with Section 41-29-360, Article 3, Chapter 29, Title 41, Code of Alabama 1975; and to establish the Alabama College and Career Readiness Act by adding Section 41-29-298 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for the creation of a free, searchable public online registry of educational and occupational credentials; to restrict the release of personally identifiable information; to provide procedures for handling data breaches; to establish a statewide definition of college and career readiness; 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.

Relating to K-12 public education; to amend Section 16-1-14, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide legislative findings; to provide a uniform system of procedural due process protections for students facing suspension or expulsion for violating the student code of conduct or state law; and to require the State Board of Education to adopt rules to implement this act.

To amend Section 22-27-2 of the Code of Alabama 1975, the Solid Waste and Recyclable Materials Management Act; to amend the definitions under the act; to define "advanced recycling" and to specify that advanced recycling would not be considered as solid waste disposal, solid waste processing, solid waste management, or incineration; and to define "mill scale and slag" and include the term in the definition of solid waste.

Relating to the Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act; to amend Sections 16-6F-5, 16-6F-6, and 16-6F-10, Code of Alabama 1975, to change the appointment process for the Alabama Public Charter School Commission; to authorize the commission to hire staff; to require commissioners to receive annual training; to provide additional guidelines for the authorizing and application review process; to provide further for the operational and categorical funding of public charter schools in their first year of operation; and to clarify the per pupil federal, state, and local funding of conversion public charter schools during their first year of operation.

Relating to Morgan County; to provide further for the distribution and expenditure of in-lieu-of-taxes payments received from the Tennessee Valley Authority distributed to Morgan County.

To amend Section 22-27-2 of the Code of Alabama 1975, the Solid Waste and Recyclable Materials Management Act; to amend the definitions under the act; to define "advanced recycling" and to specify that advanced recycling would not be considered as solid waste disposal, solid waste processing, solid waste management, or incineration; and to define "mill scale and slag" and include the term in the definition of solid waste.

Relating to rural hospitals; to provide for funding of rural hospitals by creating the Rural Hospital Investment Program; to establish a governing board to administer the program, to provide for a state income tax credit in exchange for donations to rural hospitals; and to provide for coordination with the Department of Revenue.

To amend Sections 16-13B-1, 16-13B-4, and 16-13B-5, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to competitive bidding on contracts of city and county boards of education; to increase the minimum amount for contracts subject to competitive bid from $15,000 to $40,000; to provide a legislative process for increasing the threshold dollar amount in the future based on increases in the Consumer Price Index; 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.

HONORING PASTOR TED AMEY FOR WINNING THE 2023 HARRY DENMAN EVANGELISM AWARD.