HB337 Alabama 2016 Session

This bill would establish the Student and Taxpayer Fairness Act of 2016

This bill would require, when no agreement is reached among the local boards of education serving students who reside within the county, that countywide taxes collected for educational purposes be equitably distributed to those local boards of education

This bill would clarify that a city board of education of a municipality located within more than one county is considered a local board of education in all of those counties

This bill would also require the State Superintendent of Education to determine the pro rata distribution of countywide taxes collected for educational purposes within a county to be based on the determination of total calculated costs of the Foundation Program for each local board of education

To amend Section 16-13-31, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the apportionment of countywide taxes under the Foundation Program; to establish the Student and Taxpayer Fairness Act of 2016; to require, when no agreement is reached among the local boards of education serving students who reside within the county, that countywide taxes collected for educational purposes be equitably distributed to those local boards of education; to clarify that a city board of education of a municipality located in more than one county is considered a local board of education in all those counties; and to require the State Superintendent of Education to determine the pro rata distribution based on the determination of total calculated costs of the Foundation Program for each local board of education.