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SB88 Alabama 2017 Session

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Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Arthur Orr
Session
Regular Session 2017
Title
Education, gifted or talented children, grants for educational programs provided by State Department of Education, local match required
Description
<p class="bill_description"> This bill would authorize the State Department of Education, pending available funds, to offer competitive two-year grants to public schools for the purpose of developing new educational programs or continuing existing educational programs for gifted or talented children</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to education; to provide findings of the Legislature relating to public education; to authorize the State Department of Education, pending available funds, to offer certain grants to public schools for the purpose of developing new advanced educational and specialized programs for gifted or talented children; to require the department to adopt rules providing for the evaluation of applications for grants; to provide public access to applicant scoring; and to require local boards of education to match awarded grant funds. </p>
Subjects
Education

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
March 2, 2017 H Pending third reading on day 9 Favorable from Ways and Means Education
March 2, 2017 H Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
February 23, 2017 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education
February 21, 2017 S Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 88
February 21, 2017 S Third Reading Passed
February 16, 2017 S Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
February 7, 2017 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education

Bill Calendar

Type Date Location Description
Hearing March 1, 2017 Room 200 at 09:00 House W&ME Hearing
Hearing February 15, 2017 Room 727 at 10:00 Senate F&TE Hearing
Hearing February 15, 2017 Room 727 at 10:30 Senate F&TE Hearing

Bill Text

Download SB88 Alabama 2017 Session PDF

Bill Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
2017-02-21
Chamber: Senate
Result: Passed

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text SB88 Alabama 2017 Session - Introduced
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