HB212 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Barbara Bigsby Boyd Representative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Public Schools, K-12, textbooks, education department required to provide textbooks that are less than five years old, Sec. 16-36-70 am'd

Description

Under existing law, students enrolled in public K-12 schools are provided approved textbooks free of charge.

This bill would require the State Board of Education to provide students with textbooks within the first 10 days of a semester that are no more than five years old commencing with the 2013-2014 school year.

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.

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.

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Subjects

Education