SB219 Alabama 2014 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Clay Scofield
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