HB84 Alabama 2013 Session
Signed by Governor
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2013
Title
Schools, Accountability Act of 2013, State Board of Education and local boards, procedures for exemption of public schools from state rules, tax credits for families with students in failing schools to attend another public or private school and for scholarship donations
Description
<p class="bill_description"> This bill would establish the Local Control
School Flexibility Act of 2013</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would authorize the establishment
of innovative schools and school systems in the
State of Alabama</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would allow the State Board of
Education to enter into a school flexibility
contract with a local school system to allow for
programmatic flexibility or budgetary flexibility,
or both, from state laws, including State Board of
Education rules, regulations, and policies in
exchange for academic and associated goals for
students that focus on college and career
readiness</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would require the local board of
education to submit a document of assurance that
the local board shall provide consistency in
leadership and a commitment to the standards,
assessments, and academic rigor expected in
Alabama</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would require the local school
system to submit a proposed innovation plan
recommended by the local superintendent of
education and approved by the local board of
education to the State Superintendent of Education
in order to qualify for innovation status</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would also authorize the State
Board of Education to promulgate any necessary
rules and regulations as required for
implementation</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To establish the Local Control School Flexibility
Act of 2013, relating to public K-12 education; to authorize
the establishment of innovative schools and school systems in
the state; to provide legislative findings and purposes; to
provide an overview; to authorize the State Board of Education
to enter into school flexibility contracts with local school
systems; to require the local board of education to submit a
document of assurance; to require the State Board of Education
to promulgate rules and regulations relating to innovative
school systems; to require local school systems to submit an
innovation plan to the State Department of Education in order
to qualify for innovation status; and to provide for an
effective date.
</p>
Subjects
Education
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2013 | H | Delivered to Governor at 9:40 a.m. on March 14, 2013. |
| May 20, 2013 | H | Assigned Act No. 2013-64. |
| May 20, 2013 | H | Greeson inadvertently voted Abstain and intended to vote Nay on the motion offered by Representative Fincher on the ninth legislative day that the House nonconcur in the Senate amendment to the bill, HB84, and request the Speaker appoin |
| May 20, 2013 | H | Greeson inadvertently voted Abstain and intended to vote Nay on the motion offered by Representative Fincher that the House to concur in and adopt the Report of the Committee on Conference on the disagreement of the two Houses on the Se |
| March 14, 2013 | H | Clerk of the House Certification |
| March 14, 2013 | S | Signature Requested |
| March 14, 2013 | H | Enrolled |
| March 14, 2013 | H | Concurred in Conference Report |
| March 5, 2013 | H | Rogers dissent filed |
| February 28, 2013 | S | Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 189 |
| February 28, 2013 | S | Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate adopted Roll Call 188 |
| February 28, 2013 | S | Returned to Senate for Consideration. |
| February 28, 2013 | S | Conference Report Concurrence Requested |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Fincher motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 182 |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Conference Committee on HB84 2013RS first Substitute Offered |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Conference Report |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Conference Committee Appointed |
| February 28, 2013 | S | Marsh motion to Accede adopted Roll Call 176 Senate appoints Marsh, Ross and Dial |
| February 28, 2013 | S | Conference Committee Requested |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Fincher motion to Nonconcur and Appoint Conference Committee adopted Roll Call 174 House appoints Fincher, Love and Hall |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Concurrence Requested |
| February 28, 2013 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 175 |
| February 28, 2013 | S | Motion to Adopt Holtzclaw Amendment adopted Roll Call 174 |
| February 28, 2013 | S | Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate adopted Roll Call 173 |
| February 28, 2013 | S | Holtzclaw Amendment Offered |
| February 28, 2013 | S | Third Reading Passed |
| February 21, 2013 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| February 19, 2013 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Engrossed |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 39 |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Givan intended to vote Nay |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Motion to Adopt Fincher Amendment adopted Roll Call 38 |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Johnson (W) motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 37 |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Holmes motion to Adjourn lost Roll Call 36 |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Fincher motion to Table Rogers Substitute Amendment adopted Roll Call 35 |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Rogers Substitute Amendment Offered |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Fincher motion to Table Coleman-Evans Substitute Amendment adopted Roll Call 34 |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Coleman-Evans Substitute Amendment Offered |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Fincher motion to Table Boyd Substitute Amendment adopted Roll Call 33 |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Boyd Substitute Amendment Offered |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Fincher motion to Table Moore (M) Substitute adopted Roll Call 32 |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Moore (M) Substitute Amendment Offered |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Fincher motion to Table Ford Substitute Amendment adopted Roll Call 31 |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Ford Substitute Amendment Offered |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Fincher motion to Table Black Substitute Amendment adopted Roll Call 30 |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Black Substitute Amendment Offered |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Fincher Amendment Offered |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Fincher motion to Table adopted Roll Call 29 |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Education Policy Amendment #2 Offered |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Fincher motion to Table adopted Roll Call 28 |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Education Policy Amendment #1 Offered |
| February 14, 2013 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| February 6, 2013 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments |
| February 5, 2013 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
2013-02-28
Chamber: House
Result: Passed
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB84 Alabama 2013 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Text | HB84 Alabama 2013 Session - Engrossed |
| Bill Text | HB84 Alabama 2013 Session - Enrolled |