SB300 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Arthur Orr Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

To create the School Principal Leadership and Mentoring Act and the Alabama Principal Leadership Development System for public K-12 education; to provide for the creation and implementation of a mentoring program for new principals and a continuing professional learning program for principals and assistant principals; and to provide annual stipends for each principal and assistant principal who satisfactorily completes the program.

Description

Existing law requires principals and assistant principals to complete five professional learning units every five years specific to serving in those administrative positions beyond the initial instructional leadership certification provided by state institutions of higher education.

This bill would create the School Principal Leadership and Mentoring Act.

This bill would require the creation and implementation of the Alabama Principal Leadership Development System and would require all principals and assistant principals to attend and satisfactorily complete the program.

This bill would provide a mentoring program for principals with less than two years of experience in that position.

This bill would also provide annual stipends for each principal and assistant principal who satisfactorily completes the program.

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Subjects

Alabama School Principal Leadership and Mentoring Act, created