SB294 Alabama 2024 Session

Updated Jan 14, 2026

Senate Bill

In Committee

Current Status

Regular Session 2024

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Rodger Smitherman Senator
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2024
Title: Public preK-12 schools, campus chaplains, public schools authorized to hire or accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies required to vote on whether to allow, limitations provided
Description: This bill would authorize a public school or public charter school to employ or accept as a volunteer a campus chaplain to provide services, provided the campus chaplain undergoes a criminal history background information check before the chaplain is employed or accepted as a volunteer.
This bill would prohibit any individual who has been adjudicated or convicted of an offense that requires registration as a sex offender from working or volunteering as a campus chaplain in a public school or public charter school.
This bill would also require each local board of education and the governing body of each public charter school to vote on whether to allow schools in their jurisdiction to employ or accept a campus chaplain as a volunteer.
Subjects: Education