Senate Bill 191 Alabama 2026 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Sam Givhan Senator

Republican

Session

2026 Regular Session

Title

Homeschooling Opportunities for Military Education (HOME) Act; active military to provide notice and comply with state law relating to home schooled students; local school systems to provide equal access to JROTC programs, facilities, special education services to certain nonenrolled students, and interscholastic activities

Description

This bill would create the Home Schooling Opportunities for Military Education (HOME) Act.

This bill would apply to parents who are active duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States or members of the National Guard or reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States, and are on active duty orders that require a temporary or permanent change of station.

This bill would require those military parents to inform their local superintendent of education of any intention to home school their dependent children and to comply with state law relating to home schooling.

This bill would allow dependents of those military parents who are receiving home school instruction to use public school facilities and equipment on the same basis as regularly enrolled students under certain circumstances.

This bill would require local school systems to provide home school students with disabilities who are dependents of those military parents and are residing within the system access to special education services.

This bill would also require local school systems to allow participation in interscholastic SB191 INTRODUCED activities by home school students and other dependents of those military parents residing within the system.

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Subjects

Education