HB388 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Arnold Mooney Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to athletic trainers; to create the Athletic Trainer Secondary School Incentive Program; to provide grants to local boards of education that meet certain requirements related to the use of athletic trainers in rural and Title I secondary schools; to authorize the Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers to adopt rules to administer the incentive program and the grant application process; to require grants issued from the incentive program to be provided as stipends to qualifying athletic trainers; and to limit each secondary school and athletic trainer to one grant per school year.

Description

Under existing law, the Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers oversees the licensure of athletic trainers.

This bill would create the Athletic Trainer Secondary School Incentive Program, administered by the board, to incentivize the recruitment and retention of athletic trainers in rural and Title I secondary schools.

This bill would allow the board to adopt rules relating to the administration of the program, and to award grants to qualifying local boards of education, and would cap the total amount of stipends that may be awarded per school year.

This bill would allow a local board of education to apply for a grant if certain criteria are met.

This bill would require grants awarded to local boards of education to be issued as stipends to athletic trainers who provide the required athletic training services.

This bill would also limit each secondary school to one grant per school year, and each athletic trainer to one stipend per school year, and provide that if more than one athletic trainer provided athletic training services to a school, that any grant be HB388 INTRODUCED divided among them.

Show more Show less