SB443 Alabama 2013 Session

Under existing law, the core curriculum for courses of study in public schools does not include a course in the ethical use of electronic communication devices

This bill would require each public school high school student, phased in beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the 2013-2014 scholastic year, to complete a course in information technology ethics before graduation from high school

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

To amend Section 16-6B-2, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to courses of study in public schools; to require each public school high school student to complete a course in information technology ethics before graduation from high school; to provide that the course be phased in beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the 2013-2014 scholastic year; 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.