HB82 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Greg Wren
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Public School Fund, local boards of education authorized to use certain monies for debt payments and insurance on public school facilities, Sec. 16-13-234 am'd.
Summary: The bill allows Public School Fund money in Alabama to be used for paying debt on school facilities and for insuring those facilities, expanding the ways local boards can use the funds.
What This Bill Does
It amends the Public School Fund law to explicitly authorize local boards to use fund money for debt payments related to public school facilities and for purchasing insurance on those facilities, in addition to existing uses. It clarifies that the remaining fund money, after certain costs, may be used for capital outlay projects including debt payments, facility insurance, land purchases, and education technology/equipment, and it requires local boards to develop a comprehensive long-range capital plan to receive these funds. The bill also ties fund distribution to capital planning rules and matching provisions, with an immediate effective date after passage.

Who It Affects
Local boards of education: gain expanded authority to use Public School Fund money for debt service and insurance on school facilities, and must develop long-range capital plans to access funds.
Public school facilities (and the students who use them): could benefit from improved maintenance, risk management, and funded debt payments and insurance through the Public School Fund.

Key Provisions
Amends Section 16-13-234 to allow debt payments related to public school facilities as an approved expenditure of Public School Fund funds allocated to local boards of education.
Adds purchase of insurance on public school facilities as an approved expenditure of Public School Fund funds allocated to local boards of education.
Stipulates that after deducting certain costs, the remaining Public School Fund funds may be used for capital outlay projects including debt payments, facility insurance, land purchases, and acquisition of education technology and equipment.
Requires local boards to develop a comprehensive long-range capital plan to be eligible for fund allocations, with distributions governed by rules adopted by the State Board of Education and matching requirements.
Effective date: immediately following passage and approval by the Governor (or becoming law otherwise).

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Subjects: Education