HB278 Alabama 2024 Session

Updated Jan 14, 2026

HB278 Alabama 2024 Session

House Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2024

Session

1

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Susan DuBose Representative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2024
Title: Career and technical education in public K-12 schools; home school student participation, authorized; State Board of Education, required to adopt rules
Description: Under existing law, career and technical education programs are available to students at certain public schools.
Existing law does not authorize home school students to participate in any class or program offered by a public school.
This bill would authorize home school students to participate in career and technical education programs at public schools.
This bill would provide conditions that a home school student must meet in order to participate in a career and technical education program.
This bill would also require the State Board of Education and each local board of education to adopt rules relating to the participation of home school students in career and technical education programs.
Subjects: Education

Bill Actions

Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

Reported Out of Committee Second House

Pending Senate Education Policy

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy

Engrossed

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 817

Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 816 A9A3S7S-1

Education Policy Engrossed Substitute Offered A9A3S7S-1

Third Reading in House of Origin

Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

Reported Out of Committee House of Origin from House Education Policy A9A3S7S-1

Education Policy 1st Amendment VAHAPPL-1

Pending House Education Policy

Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy

Calendar

May 1, 2024

Hearing

Senate Education Policy (Senate) Hearing

Finance and Taxation at 09:00:00

April 10, 2024

Hearing

House Education Policy (House) Hearing

Room 206 at 13:30:00

Bill Text

Download Engrossed PDF

Votes

Yes 100

Abstained 1

Absent 2

Yes 101

Absent 2

Yes 101

Abstained 1

Absent 1

Documents

Bill Text (Engrossed) HB278 Alabama 2024 Session - Engrossed

Bill Text (Introduced) HB278 Alabama 2024 Session - Introduced

Amendment House Education Policy Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

Amendment House Education Policy Education Policy 1st Amendment

Fiscal Note Fiscal Note - As Introduced

Fiscal Note Fiscal Note - As Passed First Chamber Committee

Fiscal Note Fiscal Note - As Passed First Chamber

Source: Alabama Legislature