HB30 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Tommy Hanes Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Education, vaccination of students, public PreK-12 schools, public institution of higher education, exempts parents from student vaccination requirements for religious grounds even during a pandemic, extends exemption on personal beliefs, requires Dept. of Examiners of Public Account to include information about violations in audit reports, penalties, Sec. 16-30-3 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, parents and guardians of children in schools are required to vaccinate their children, with some exceptions.

Existing law provides an exception to this requirement for the vaccination of schoolchildren if the parent or guardian objects in writing on grounds that vaccination or testing for illnesses conflicts with his or her religious beliefs, except during an epidemic.

This bill would establish the My Child, My Choice Vaccination Act.

This bill would exempt a parent or guardian from the vaccination or testing requirement for religious grounds even during an epidemic.

This bill would extend the exemption from required vaccination or testing to those with sincerely held personal beliefs conflicting with vaccination or testing.

This bill would require communications to students or parents from public PreK-12 schools and local boards of education regarding any vaccination requirements to contain information on grounds for exemption from the requirements.

This bill would require local superintendents of education to make monthly reports to the State Superintendent of Education regarding reports pertaining to violations of this bill's provisions.

This bill would require a reduction in Foundation Program Fund monies for violations.

Under existing law, there is no requirement that students of public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education receive vaccinations, but several of these institutions require vaccinations for admission for students.

This bill would require public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education that require vaccinations for students to provide exemptions to those requirements.

This bill would require communications to students and parents of minor students from public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education regarding any vaccination requirements to contain information on grounds for exemption from the requirements.

This bill would require a reduction in state funding for public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education for violations.

This bill would also require the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, when conducting audits of public PreK-12 schools and public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education, to include information regarding violations of this bill by those schools and institutions in the audit reports.

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Subjects

Education