HB584 Alabama 2017 Session

This bill would require, commencing on August 1, 2018, all candidates for the position of county or city superintendent of education to have at least five years of full-time public school instructional experience before taking office

This bill would require, commencing on August 1, 2020, all applicants for a certificate issued by the State Superintendent of Education to serve as a local superintendent of education or a principal, to also be certified to teach a core subject matter in the public schools of the state

This bill would prohibit, commencing on August 1, 2020, any contract between a local board of education and a principal to be executed unless the person has at least five years of full-time public school instructional experience at the time the contract is executed

This bill would also require, commencing on August 1, 2020, every person employed as a local superintendent of education or a principal to serve as a classroom teacher for one core subject course each semester, excluding summer semesters, during the academic school year

To amend Sections 16-9-2, 16-12-2, 16-23-1, and 16-24B-3, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to public K-12 education; commencing on August 1, 2018, to require all candidates for the position of county or city superintendent of education to have at least five years of full-time public school instructional experience before taking office; commencing on August 1, 2020, to require all applicants for a certificate to serve as a local superintendent of education or a principal to also be certified to teach a core subject matter in the public schools of the state; commencing on August 1, 2020, to prohibit any contract between a local board of education and a principal to be executed unless the person has at least five years of full-time instructional experience in the public schools at the time the contract is executed; and commencing on August 1, 2020, to require every local superintendent of education or principal to serve as a classroom teacher during the academic school year.