HB354 Alabama 2014 Session

This bill would clarify that private, nonpublic, and church schools offering instruction in grades K-12, are not subject to licensure or regulation by the State Department of Education

This bill would prohibit any public two-year or four-year institution of higher education from denying admittance to an otherwise qualified student on the basis that the student was home schooled or attended private, nonpublic, or church school

This bill would also prohibit the State Department of Education from denying certification to an otherwise qualified person on the basis that the person was employed by an elementary or secondary private, nonpublic, or church school

To amend Sections 16-1-11, 16-28-7, 16-46-1, 16-46-2, 16-46-3, 16-46-4, 16-46-5, 16-46-6, 16-46-7, 16-46-8, 16-46-9, and 16-46-10, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to education; to clarify the autonomy of private, nonpublic, and church schools offering instruction in grades K-12, and home schooled students, from regulation by the State Department of Education, the State Board of Education, and the State Superintendent of Education; to prohibit any public two-year or four-year institution of higher education from denying admittance to an otherwise qualified student on the basis that the student was home schooled or attended a private, nonpublic, or church school; and to prohibit the State Department of Education from denying certification to an otherwise qualified person on the basis that the person was employed by an elementary or secondary private, nonpublic, or church school.