HB541 Alabama 2012 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Jay LoveRepublican - Session
- Regular Session 2012
- Title
- Education Options Act; provides for establishment of innovative schools and school systems via flexibility contracts with State Department of Education, authorizes establishment of public charter schools as part of public education system
- Description
This bill would establish the Education Options Act of 2012.
This bill authorizes the establishment of innovative schools and school systems in this state by creating a process whereby school systems may enter into a school flexibility contract with the State Department of Education that allows for flexibility from state laws, including State Board of Education rules, regulations, and policies, in exchange for academic and associated goals.
This bill also authorizes the establishment of public charter schools in this state and specifically provides that any public charter school established pursuant to this bill is part of the state's public education system. Further, this bill provides that only nonprofit, nonreligious organizations may apply to receive a charter.
- Subjects
- Education Options Act
Bill Actions
Pending third reading on day 18 Favorable from Ways and Means Education with 1 substitute and 1 amendment
Ways and Means Education first Amendment Offered
Indefinitely Postponed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature