HB363 Alabama 2026 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Terri Collins Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to the Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act; to amend Sections 16-6F-5, 16-6F-6, and 16-6F-10, Code of Alabama 1975, to change the appointment process for the Alabama Public Charter School Commission; to authorize the commission to hire staff; to require commissioners to receive annual training; to provide additional guidelines for the authorizing and application review process; to provide further for the operational and categorical funding of public charter schools in their first year of operation; and to clarify the per pupil federal, state, and local funding of conversion public charter schools during their first year of operation.

Description

Under existing law, the Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act provides for the creation of public charter schools in the state.

This bill would change the appointment process for the Alabama Public Charter School Commission, would authorize the commission to hire staff, and would require commissioners to receive annual training.

This bill would provide additional guidelines for the authorizing and application review process.

This bill would provide further for the operational and categorical funding of public charter schools in their first year of operation.

This bill would also clarify that conversion public charter schools receive the full per pupil federal, state, and local revenue intended to support the conversion public charter school and its educational responsibilities to students.

Subjects

Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act