SB514 Alabama 2012 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Jobs and Education Reform Act of 2012, mandatory school improvement plan for priority schools that need additional resources in academics, finance, and discipline, flexibility provided to State and local boards of education and mechanism for improving career and technical education programs provided, Chapter 6C, Title 16, Secs. 16-6C-1 to 16-6C-10, inclusive, added; Secs. 16-37-3, 16-37-4, 16-37-5, 16-37-6, 16-37-8 am'd; Secs. 16-37-8.1 to 16-37-8.4, inclusive, added

Description

<p class="bill_description"> This bill is the Jobs and Education Reform Act of 2012</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would establish a means for improving public elementary and secondary education, in the state, by implementing a mandatory school improvement plan for schools identified as priority schools that need additional resources in the areas of academics, finance, and discipline</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide for the mandatory implementation of the Torchbearer Model of school transformation for only those schools identified as priority schools in need of improvement</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide flexibility to the State Department of Education and local educational systems</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also provide a mechanism to improve career and technical education programs thereby improving the workforce in the state</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To establish the Jobs and Education Reform Act of 2012, as a new Chapter 6C, Title 16, consisting of Sections 16-6C-1 to 16-6C-14, inclusive, Code of Alabama 1975; to amend Sections 16-37-3, 16-37-4, 16-37-5, 16-37-6, and 16-37-8, Code of Alabama 1975; and to add Sections 16-37-8.1 to 16-37-8.4, inclusive, to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide a means for improving public elementary and secondary education in the state by implementing a mandatory school improvement plan for schools identified as priority schools that need additional resources in the areas of academics, finance and discipline; to provide for the mandatory implementation of the Torchbearer Model of school transformation for schools identified as priority schools in need of improvement; to provide flexibility to the State Department of Education and local educational systems; and to provide a mechanism to improve career and technical education programs thereby improving the state workforce. </p>

Subjects

Education