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HB122 Alabama 2016 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026
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Summary

Primary Sponsor
Bill Poole
Bill Poole
Republican
Session
Regular Session 2016
Title
Appropriations, supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, from Education Trust Fund to the Department of Labor and to the Department of Archives and History
Summary

HB122 provides supplemental Education Trust Fund money in 2016 to build a statewide education data system and to fund teacher development.

What This Bill Does

The bill allocates $1,600,000 to the Department of Labor to create and maintain a statewide longitudinal database that helps manage and analyze education data to improve student learning and outcomes. It also allocates $77,000 to the Department of Archives and History to support professional development and curriculum development for K-12 teachers. The appropriations are for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016 and take effect immediately upon passage and approval.

Who It Affects
  • Department of Labor – receives funding to develop and operate the statewide longitudinal education data system.
  • Department of Archives and History – receives funding to administer professional development and curriculum development for K-12 teachers.
  • K-12 teachers – benefit from professional development and curriculum development funded by the allocation.
  • Students in Alabama – potential indirect benefit from improved data use and teacher development aimed at improving learning outcomes.
Key Provisions
  • Section 1: Appropriates $1,600,000 from the Education Trust Fund to the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, to support a statewide longitudinal database for education data to improve student learning and outcomes.
  • Section 2: Appropriates $77,000 from the Education Trust Fund to the Department of Archives and History for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, to be used for professional development and curriculum development for K-12 teachers.
  • Section 3: The act becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor, or otherwise becoming law.
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Subjects
Appropriations

Bill Actions

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Delivered to Governor at 11:00 a.m. on May 4, 2016.

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Assigned Act No. 2016-346.

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Clerk of the House Certification

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Signature Requested

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Enrolled

S

Concurred in Second House Amendment

H

Poole motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 823

H

Concurrence Requested

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 918

S

Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 917

S

Orr Amendment Offered

S

Orr motion to Table adopted Voice Vote

S

Finance and Taxation Education Amendment Offered

S

Orr motion to Table adopted Voice Vote

S

Finance and Taxation Education Amendment Offered

S

Third Reading Passed

S

Orr motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote

S

Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair

S

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments

S

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

H

Engrossed

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Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 238

H

Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 237

H

Henry Amendment Offered

H

Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 236

H

Ways and Means Education first Substitute Offered

H

Third Reading Passed

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and

H

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

Bill Text

Votes

Poole motion to Table

March 8, 2016 House Passed
Yes 64
No 30
Abstained 3
Absent 8

Motion to Adopt

March 8, 2016 House Passed
Yes 81
No 14
Abstained 1
Absent 9

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

March 8, 2016 House Passed
Yes 78
No 23
Abstained 1
Absent 3

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature