HB174 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Danny GarrettRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

To make supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, from the Education Trust Fund to various agencies and entities a total amount of $2,787,667,309.

Summary

HB174 would provide a large, one-year infusion of $2.79 billion from the Education Trust Fund to state agencies, K-12 education, higher education, and economic development initiatives for FY2023.

What This Bill Does

The bill allocates the Education Trust Fund to a wide range of recipients for both ongoing and one-time purposes. It funds income tax rebates, debt service on selected bonds, and risk management, while also making substantial one-time investments in schools, universities, and economic development projects. Key areas include K-12 local education funding (including a bus fleet renewal program and salary matrix), capital and maintenance for many campuses, and initiatives like the Saban Discovery Center and Main Street revitalization.

Who It Affects

• Taxpayers in Alabama who would receive income tax rebates funded by the Tax Rebate Fund.
• Students, families, teachers, and employees of K-12 schools and higher education institutions who benefit from school funding, campus projects, and workforce/economic development programs.

Key Provisions

• Total supplemental appropriation from the Education Trust Fund for FY2023: $2,787,667,309 to various agencies and entities.
• Department of Revenue – Tax Rebate Fund: $966,728,000 for income tax rebates.
• Debt service: $18,552,126 to satisfy remaining PSCA Bonds (Series 2012-B and 2013-C).
• Risk Management (State Insurance Fund): $20,000,000.
• State Board of Education – Local Boards of Education: $58,973,683 (Foundation Program Salary Matrix: $18,973,683; $40,000,000 for high-need school bus fleet renewal).
• State Department of Education – One-time expenses: $604,000,000 with multiple allocations (e.g., $360,000,000 for inflation-offsets in 2020 PSCA capital/project costs; $150,000,000 for rural capital improvements; $10,000,000 Teacher’s Liability Trust; $10,000,000 charter schools; $10,000,000 College and Career Readiness; $24,000,000 summer math camps; $10,000,000 school safety grants; $5,000,000 Junior Achievement Alabama; $25,000,000 Saban Discovery Center).
• Fire Fighters – EV training module: $200,000.
• PeeHIP COVID expenditures: $59,179,185 (Retirement Systems of Alabama).
• Department of Commerce – One-time expenses: $164,500,000 for Earth Workforce/Innovation Center; Mobile Airport relocation; Port of Alabama; Montgomery and Lauderdale County economic development; AIDT EV workforce center; World Games; Challenger Learning Center; Alabama Site Development Fund for site assessment and development grants.
• Alabama Innovation Fund: $35,000,000 (Agricultural Center of Innovation; outdoor recreation improvements).
• Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences (Demopolis): $31,000,000.
• Alabama School for Mathematics and Science: $3,000,000.
• Alabama School of Fine Arts: $3,000,000.
• Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering: $3,000,000.
• Department of Economic and Community Affairs – Main Street Program: $200,000,000 for rural downtown revitalization and economic development grants.
• Alabama Commission on Higher Education – Talent Retention Initiative: $100,000.
• Department of Early Childhood Education – high-need classrooms: $4,134,315.
• Department of Rehabilitation Services: $2,300,000 (cerebral palsy services $300,000; federal matching funds $2,000,000).
• Universities and colleges receiving one-time funding for deferred maintenance, new facilities, and research/capability-building (examples: UA System centers, UAB hospital expansion, Auburn facilities, Athens, Montevallo, North Alabama, South Alabama, Troy, West Alabama, Tuskegee, and others).
• Alabama Community College System: $252,390,831 (Prison Education $100,000,000; Career Tech facilities/equipment upgrades $30,000,000; deferred maintenance/renovation/ongoing capital projects $122,390,831).
• Marine Environmental Science Consortium: $2,000,000 for deferred maintenance and related needs.
• Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission: $2,000,000 for deferred maintenance and related needs.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

FY23 ETF Supplemental Appropriation Bill