SB38 Alabama 2014 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Schools, nonpublic, including private and church schools, State Department of Education prohibited from regulating or licensing, public colleges and universities prohibted from denying admittance to students based on attendance at nonpublic schools, department may not deny certification to a person because of employment by a nonpublic school, Secs. 16-1-11, 16-28-1, 16-28-7, 16-46-1 to 16-46-10, inclusive, am'd.

Description

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.

Subjects

Education