HR263 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Danny GarrettRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

Legislative Study Commission to Study K-12 School Education Funding, established

Summary

HR263 creates a Legislative Study Commission to explore modernizing K-12 education funding in Alabama, including a potential shift to a student-based funding model.

What This Bill Does

It establishes a commission made up of all members of the House Ways and Means Education Standing Committee and the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Standing Committee to study funding changes. The commission will examine whether funding should move from a resource-based model to a student-based model with more flexibility, including costs, budget impact, tax/revenue changes, and legal steps needed; if a pathway is endorsed, it may draft proposed legislation. The group will have staff support, meet as needed, and must produce a report by February 1, 2025, after which the commission will be dissolved.

Who It Affects

• Members of the House Ways and Means Education Standing Committee and the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Standing Committee who will participate in the study and potential legislation.
• Alabama K-12 students, teachers, and school districts who could be affected by changes to the funding model and any associated tax or revenue changes.

Key Provisions

• Creates the Legislative Study Commission on Modernizing K-12 School Education Funding, composed of all members of the House Ways and Means Education Standing Committee and all members of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Standing Committee.
• Focuses on transitioning from a resource-based funding model to a more flexible, student-based funding model.
• Allows the commission to study projected costs, budget impact, tax/revenue framework changes, and legal changes needed to adopt a student-based funding model; may develop proposed legislation if endorsed.
• Cochairs: the chair of the House committee and the chair of the Senate committee; meetings held at the call of the cochairs.
• Administrative support provided by the Fiscal Division of the Legislative Services Agency, the Clerk of the House, and the Secretary of the Senate.
• Requires notice of meetings and copies of reports to be provided to the Secretary of State.
• Members receive compensation, per diem, and travel expenses for meetings.
• Mandates a final report by February 1, 2025, after which the commission is dissolved and discharged of further duties.

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