HB426 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Joseph C. Mitchell

Democrat

Co-Sponsors

April WeaverBarry MooreEd HenryRichard BaughnBecky NordgrenMac ButtramKurt WallaceJohn MerrillKen JohnsonJim PattersonWayne JohnsonMark TuggleAllen FarleyLynn GreerWilliam RobertsJeremy OdenRandy DavisJack WilliamsJamie IsonJim McClendonHoward SanderfordMicky HammonAllen TreadawayRichard J. LairdMary Sue McClurkinElaine BeechKerry RichTerri CollinsDexter Grimsley

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Public schools, K-12 instructional days, local board of education with approval of State Superintendent of Education authorized to make up cancelled instructional days by adjusting the hours of actual instruction, Sec. 16-13-231 am'd.

Summary

HB426 would let local boards of education, with approval from the State Superintendent of Education, makeup canceled instructional days by extending the hours of instruction instead of adding more days.

What This Bill Does

Allows a local school board to replace canceled instructional days by extending the hours of actual teaching time on specified days, with approval from the State Superintendent of Education. Operates in cases of weather-related or other extenuating circumstances to help maintain the minimum 180 full instructional days in a school year. Integrates this option within the Foundation Program funding framework, ensuring funding considerations align with the extended-hour makeup plan. Requires the local board to submit the plan for approval by the State Superintendent of Education.

Who It Affects

• Local boards of education would have the authority to propose and implement extended-hour makeup plans.
• The State Superintendent of Education would be the approving authority for any makeup-hour plans.
• Teachers and school staff would implement longer daily instructional hours on designated makeup days.
• Students in K-12 would experience longer school days on makeup days to help maintain the 180-day term.

Key Provisions

• Adds authority for local boards to replace canceled instructional days by extending hours of instruction, with approval from the State Superintendent of Education.
• Cancellations caused by weather or other extenuating circumstances are eligible for the extended-hour makeup option.
• The plan to extend hours must be submitted to and approved by the State Superintendent of Education, and align with the Foundation Program funding framework.
• The change is designed to maintain the minimum 180 full instructional days per school year when days are canceled.

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Subjects

Education