SB8 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Linda Coleman-Madison Senator

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Education, population requirement for city to establish a board of education increased from 5,000 to 20,000, determination of financial capability required, Sec. 16-11-1 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, any incorporated municipality in the state with a population of 5,000 or more may establish a city board of education.

This bill would increase the minimum population requirement from 5,000 to 15,000.

This bill would require the State Department of Education to determine the financial capability of a city to sustain a school system before the city could establish a city school system.

This bill would specify that these changes would not apply to cities that have met the inhabitant criteria under prior law and have executed a formal separation agreement with the county school system before the effective date of this amendatory act.

This bill would also require a financially capable proposed city school system to acquire or build its own school facilities, and would permit the city system to purchase existing school facilities from the county for an amount that is agreed upon by both systems in the formal separation agreement.

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Subjects

Education