HB218 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Artis McCampbell Representative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to public K-12 education and the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013; to amend Sections 16-6D-3, 16-6D-4, 16-6D-6, 16-6D-8, and 16-6D-9, as amended by Act 2022-390, 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975; to change the designation of a failing school to a fully supported school and the designation of a nonfailing school to a non-fully supported school; and to require the State Board of Education to reflect those changes in terminology when amending or adopting rules relating to the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013.

Description

Under existing law, the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013, provides financial assistance through an income tax credit to a parent who transfers a student from a failing public school to a nonfailing public school or nonpublic school of the parent's choice.

This bill would change the designation of a failing school to a fully supported school and the designation of a nonfailing school to a non-fully supported school for the purposes of the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013, and would require the State Board of Education to reflect those changes in terminology when amending or adopting rules relating to the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013.

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