Alabama Education Bills

Tommy Jacques, commended

Public high schools, required to designate time and space for military recruiters to administer the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery to students on campus on a voluntary basis

Public K-12 education; violence prevention, conflict resolution, and mediation instruction required before graduation from high school beginning in sixth grade, State Board of Education required to adopt standards

Crimes and offenses; discharging a firearm into an occupied school bus or building, penalty increased

Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund, appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026

Alabama Charter School Finance Authority, bonding authority established, legislative findings, board membership, powers, contracts, investments

Public K-12 schools; sex education (sex ed) curriculum further provided for, sexual risk avoidance established as sex ed curriculum, policies of local boards of education related to sex ed further provided for, parent or guardian notice of sex ed curriculum required, Attorney General authorized to enforce

Open Records; use of public records relating to schools for certain solicitation purposes prohibited; redaction of certain information relating to financial transactions required

Public high schools; students excused from class for scholarship acceptance, college commitment, military enlistment

Supplemental appropriations from the Education Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026

Public K-12 education; process for the consolidation of city school systems provided

Talent Readiness and Industry Needs (TRAIN) Act, qualified employees authorized to teach a career and technical education program, tax credits provided to employers that loan qualified employees, workforce teaching certificate established

FY27 2% Teacher Pay Raise and Retiree Longevity Bonus

Public K-12 education; expedited career and technical teaching certification pathway created for individual holding equivalent issued by another state

Public health, authorized forms of single-dose epinephrine used by public schools and authorized entities expanded

Higher education, to require public colleges and universities to submit annual report on the amount of state and federal funds received and expended, and plans for operating if federal or state funding reduced

School lands; Department of Conservation and Natural Resources required to issue certain deeds upon request;

Education; public K-12 schools, completion of approved computer science course required

Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Program; to permit EMS regional agencies to participate in education instruction

National Guard Educational Assistance Program, applied to workforce development programs, amount of benefits revised