HB191 Alabama 2014 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

HB191 Alabama 2014 Session

House Bill

Enacted

Current Status

Regular Session 2014

Session

1

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Kerry Rich
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2014
Title: School attendance, a child who withdraws from public school to attend an accredited online school, prohibited from being considered a drop-out or non-graduate for determining graduation rates, Sec. 16-28-3 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, a student who enrolls in an online school is considered a non-graduate or dropout for purposes of determining high school graduation rates.
This bill would require any child who withdraws from a public school to enroll in and attend an accredited online school to be counted as a transfer student and would require grade placement testing for any student who later returns to a public school.
Subjects: Education

Bill Actions

Delivered to Governor at 4:45 p.m. on April 3, 2014.

Assigned Act No. 2014-403.

Clerk of the House Certification

Signature Requested

Enrolled

Passed Second House

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1194

Third Reading Passed

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education

Engrossed

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 304

Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 303

Knight Substitute Amendment to EP amendment Offered

Education Policy Amendment Offered

Third Reading Passed

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy

Bill Text

Download Enrolled PDF

Votes

Yes 98

Absent 6

Yes 99

No 1

Abstained 1

Absent 3

Yes 26

Absent 9

Documents

Bill Text (Enrolled) HB191 Alabama 2014 Session - Enrolled

Bill Text (Engrossed) HB191 Alabama 2014 Session - Engrossed

Bill Text (Introduced) HB191 Alabama 2014 Session - Introduced

Source: Alabama Legislature