SB51 Alabama 2011 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2011
Title
Schools, Foundation Program, minimum instructional days decreased for 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years, Sec. 16-13-231 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, to receive the maximum
benefits from the Foundation Program Fund, local
boards of education are required to provide a
minimum school term of at least 180 days</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would, for the 2012-2013 and
2013-2014 school years, decrease the length of the
required minimum school term by five days and
subsequently establish a 175 full instructional day
school term as the required minimum school term for
the computation of Foundation Program Fund benefits
for those school years</p><p class="bill_description">
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama
of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the
Official Recompilation of the Constitution of
Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general
law whose purpose or effect would be to require a
new or increased expenditure of local funds from
becoming effective with regard to a local
governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote
unless: it comes within one of a number of
specified exceptions; it is approved by the
affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates
funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to
the entity for the purpose</p><p class="bill_description">
The purpose or effect of this bill would be
to require a new or increased expenditure of local
funds within the meaning of the amendment. However,
the bill does not require approval of a local
governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to
become effective because it comes within one of the
specified exceptions contained in the amendment</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Section 16-13-231, Code of Alabama 1975,
relating to the public education Foundation Program Fund; to
decrease the required school term from 180 to 175 full
instructional days for use in the computation of Foundation
Program allowances to local boards of education for the
2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years; 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 Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of
1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official
Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as
amended.
</p>
Subjects
Education
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| June 1, 2011 | Indefinitely Postponed | |
| March 24, 2011 | Education first Amendment Offered | |
| March 24, 2011 | Pending third reading on day 8 Favorable from Education with 3 amendments | |
| March 24, 2011 | Education second Amendment Offered | |
| March 24, 2011 | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 3 amendments | |
| March 1, 2011 | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB51 Alabama 2011 Session - Introduced |