SB99 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Quinton Ross
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: Education, universal preschool program, established, eligibility requirements, Education Department to implement, funding from Education Trust Fund
Description: Existing law does not provide an educational program for children who are not yet of mandatory school age.
This bill would establish a universal preschool program for the state.
This bill would authorize the State Department of Education to promulgate rules for implementation of the program.
This bill would provide eligibility requirements.
This bill would require collaboration among various community, state, and federal programs.
This bill would provide for funding through the local school district from the Education Trust Fund.
This bill would also provide a means for prioritizing school districts when sufficient funds are not available to fund all preschool programs.
Subjects: Education

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