HB170 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Danny GarrettRepresentative

Republican

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Supplemental appropriations from Education Trust Fund for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025

Summary

The bill would add a one-time $524,276,588 supplemental appropriation from Alabama's Education Trust Fund in FY2025 to a wide range of education-related agencies and programs.

What This Bill Does

It directs a large, one-time infusion of funds to support K-12 needs (buses, textbooks, safety, afterschool programs, reading support, and charter school grants), higher education capital maintenance and upgrades, and various community and cultural programs. It also funds broadband deployment and digital skills initiatives in rural areas, and provides Education Savings Account funding support. Several items are designated as one-time expenses or for specific projects, with some flexibilities for local use or online teacher training additions.

Who It Affects

• K-12 students and local school systems, through funding for textbooks, bus fleets and debt, school safety resources, afterschool programs, reading improvement programs, and charter school grants.
• Higher education institutions and rural communities, through capital maintenance and project funding at universities and colleges, broadband and digital expansion programs, workforce training, and related economic development efforts.

Key Provisions

• Total supplemental appropriation of $524,276,588 from the Education Trust Fund for FY2025 to multiple agencies and programs.
• State Board of Education – Local Boards: $133,000,000, including $5,000,000 for TEAMS contracts, $28,000,000 for textbook adoption, and $100,000,000 for fleet/bus debt retirement with local flexibility.
• State Department of Education: $161,114,000 for one-time expenses (e.g., $5,000,000 Ed Farm coding workforce, $5,000,000 AEDs in Schools, $50,000,000 School Safety, $20,000,000 College and Career Readiness Grants, $10,300,000 Charter School Grants, $5,000,000 Heman Drummond Center, $14,000,000 Principal/Assistant Principal Supplements, $350,000 Speech Pathologists, $30,000,000 Summer/Afterschool, $10,000,000 Struggling Readers Beyond Grade 3, and various other targeted programs).
• Other state agencies and programs: Funding to Educational Television Commission, Council on the Arts (including Shakespeare Festival and Carnegie project support), broadband and digital literacy initiatives through the Department of Economic and Community Affairs (in collaboration with the Alabama Digital Expansion Authority), and Education Savings Accounts administration via the CHOOSE Act Fund.
• Higher education and institutions: Substantial one-time or deferred maintenance and capital project funding for universities and colleges statewide (e.g., Auburn University, University of Alabama System, Jacksonville State University, Troy University, U Alabama System campuses, and several others).
• Additional targeted supports: Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium dormitory and water infrastructure, Firefighters’ training facilities improvements, and various state cultural and public service projects (e.g., Music Hall of Fame, Supreme Court Law Library, and other arts and public programs).
• Effective date: The act becomes effective immediately upon passage and governor approval.

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

Subjects

Appropriations