HB30 Alabama 2023 Session
Crossed Over
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2023
Title
To amend Sections 16-6C-2, as amended by Act 2022-374, 2022 Regular Session, 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, relating to the public K-12 school grading system and the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013; to change the designation of a failing school to a lowest sixth percent school and the designation of a nonfailing school to a highest 94th percent school; and to require the State Board of Education to reflect those changes in terminology when amending or adopting rules.
Description
<p class="bill_description">
Under existing law, a public K-12 school or
school district that is determined to have poor
performance is labeled by the State Superintendent of
Education as failing to make adequate progress or as a
failing school under the school grading system</p><p class="bill_description"> Also 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</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would change the designation of a
failing school to a lowest sixth percent school and the
designation of a nonfailing school to a highest 94th
percent school for the purposes of school grading and
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</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> HB30 INTRODUCED
To amend Sections 16-6C-2, as amended by Act 2022-374,
2022 Regular Session, 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, relating to the public K-12 school
grading system and the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013; to
change the designation of a failing school to a lowest sixth
percent school and the designation of a nonfailing school to a
highest 94th percent school; and to require the State Board of
Education to reflect those changes in terminology when
amending or adopting rules.
</p>
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| April 19, 2023 | S | Referred to Committee to Senate Education Policy |
| April 19, 2023 | H | Read First Time in Second House |
| April 18, 2023 | H | Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended |
| April 18, 2023 | H | Adopt 93H8BP-1 |
| April 18, 2023 | H | On Third Reading in House of Origin |
| April 12, 2023 | H | Read Second Time in House of Origin |
| April 12, 2023 | H | Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin |
| April 12, 2023 | H | Amendment/Substitute by House Education Policy 93H8BP-1 |
| April 12, 2023 | H | Reported Favorably from House Education Policy |
| April 5, 2023 | H | Amendment/Substitute by House Education Policy QHVM51-1 |
| February 23, 2023 | H | Introduced and Referred to House Education Policy |
| February 23, 2023 | H | Prefiled |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | April 12, 2023 | Room 206 at 13:30 | House Education Policy Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB30 Alabama 2023 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Amendments | House Education Policy AMD/SUB |
| Bill Amendments | House Education Policy AMD/SUB |
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note - As Introduced |
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note - As Passed First Chamber Committee |