SB55 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Arthur OrrSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

Personnel Department, to require director to regularly assess job requirements and remove college degree when practicable

Summary

The bill directs the State Director of Personnel to regularly review job classifications and reduce degree requirements where practicable.

What This Bill Does

It requires the State Director of Personnel to regularly evaluate the educational, experiential, and training requirements for each state job classification. It requires identifying classifications where those requirements could be reduced. It requires reducing, to the extent practicable, the number of classifications that require a four-year college degree for employment. The act becomes effective October 1, 2024.

Who It Affects

• Job applicants and current state employees in classifications that could see lower education or experience requirements, potentially making more jobs accessible without a four-year degree.
• The State Personnel Department and state agencies responsible for hiring, who must carry out regular assessments and implement required changes.

Key Provisions

• Regularly assess the educational, experiential, and training requirements for each job classification in the state service.
• Identify classifications where those requirements could be reduced from their current level.
• Reduce, to the extent practicable, the number of classifications that require a four-year college degree for employment.
• Effective date: October 1, 2024.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Government Administration; State & State Officers