SB401 Alabama 2021 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Primary Sponsor: Gerald H. AllenSenator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2021
Title: Lamar Co., co. superintendent of education, to provide further for the compensation and expense allowance for, Sec. 45-38-101 am'd.
Summary: This bill sets Lamar County's superintendent of education pay rules, including a salary cap and travel/expense provisions.
What This Bill Does
Starting with the next term of office, the superintendent's annual salary may not exceed 25% above the highest salary paid to any other county school employee. The salary is to be fixed by the Lamar County Board of Education and paid in equal monthly installments from county funds. In addition to salary, the superintendent must provide their own automobile and may be reimbursed for out-of-county and out-of-state travel at 20 cents per mile and for other expenses at actual cost. The act becomes effective after the governor signs it (or as otherwise provided by law).

Who It Affects
Lamar County superintendent of education, whose salary is capped and who must provide a personal automobile and receive certain travel/expense reimbursements.
Other Lamar County county school system employees, whose salaries set the ceiling for the superintendent's pay (the highest of them determines the cap).

Key Provisions
Salary cap: Beginning with the next term of office, the superintendent's annual salary must not exceed 25% above the highest salary paid to any other county school system employee; salary fixed by the county board of education; payable in equal monthly installments from county funds.
Travel and expenses: The superintendent must furnish their own automobile; travel for official business is reimbursed at 20 cents per mile for out-of-county and out-of-state travel, and other expenses are reimbursed on an actual-cost basis.
Effective date: The act becomes effective immediately following passage and governor's approval (or as otherwise provided by law).

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Subjects: Lamar County