SB287 Alabama 2017 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Gerald O. Dial

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

Alabama Ahead Act, Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, School of Math and Science, and Fine Arts authorize to participate, supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund to the Department of Education and Alabama Community College System, Sec. 16-16B-1 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, the Alabama Ahead Act provides textbooks and other instructional materials to students and teachers of participating schools in electronic format.

This bill would provide for the participation of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science, and the Alabama School of Fine Arts.

This bill would also make a supplemental appropriation from the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund to the State Department of Education in the amount of $41,297,782 and to the public institutions of higher education in the amount of $15,089,140 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017.

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Subjects

Appropriations