Hearing
Senate Education Policy Hearing
Finance and Taxation at 09:00:00
SB229 Alabama 2025 Session
Updated Jan 14, 2026
SB229 Alabama 2025 Session
Senate Bill
Expired
Current Status
2025 Regular Session
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Shay Shelnutt SenatorRepublican - Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Title
- Religious instruction, elective credit for release time further provided for
- Description
Under existing law, the State Board of Education has a policy providing elective credit to students who attend religious instruction during the school day, and each local board of education may choose whether to implement the policy.
This bill would require each local board of education to adopt a policy allowing elective credit to students who are released from the classroom to attend religious instruction during the school day.
- Subjects
- Education
Bill Actions
S
Pending Senate Education Policy
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy
Calendar
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature