HB141 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Bill Poole

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Education budget, appropriations for the support, maintenance, and development of public education

Summary

HB141 is Alabama's FY2020 education budget bill that authorizes Education Trust Fund spending for public education, debt service, and capital outlays through September 30, 2020.

What This Bill Does

It appropriates Education Trust Fund money and other funds to support public education in Alabama, including debt service on endowments and capital outlays. It creates and enumerates numerous earmarked funding programs for both state agencies and postsecondary institutions, with detailed dollar amounts and purpose-specific allocations (K-12, early childhood, reading, STEM, career tech, dual enrollment, scholarships, and health programs). It also sets distribution rules, reporting requirements, and local flexibility guidelines, and provides for reappropriation of unspent funds and annual financial reporting to legislative committees.

Who It Affects

• Local boards of education and K-12 students in Alabama, who receive targeted funding for classroom teachers, reading coaches, reading initiatives, at-risk programs, transportation staff, and other support services through the Foundation Program and related ETF allocations.
• Higher education institutions in Alabama (universities, community colleges, and system offices) and their students, who receive funding for operations, maintenance, auxiliary enterprises, restricted funds, and numerous programs (scholarships, research centers, STEM initiatives, health programs, agriscience, and more).

Key Provisions

• Major funding authorization: The act appropriates Education Trust Fund dollars for FY2020 to support public education, debt service on endowments, and capital outlays, with funds split among ETF and several earmarked funds across state agencies and higher education.
• Programmatic earmarks and distribution rules: It specifies thousands of line-item allocations to a wide range of programs (K-12 Foundation Program, reading initiative, AMSTI, dual enrollment, teacher salary supplements, scholarships, and health programs, among others), includes distribution formulas, reporting requirements, and local board flexibility while protecting teacher units and certain funding constraints.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Education Trust Fund