Terri Collins

Accountability Council, established

Public K-12 education; Accountability Council created; Alabama Workforce Development Board, State Department of Education, and Alabama Commission on Higher Education to develop system to analyze student performance data

Joint Interim Study Commission on Expanding Access to High-Quality Out-of-School Education Programs, extended

Public K-12 education; process for the consolidation of county boards of education provided, procedure for protesting a proposed consolidation provided, adoption of rules and impact study by State Board of Education required, constitutional amendment

Department of Revenue; Alabama Certified Licensing Administrators added to list of tax professionals compensated annually for completing professional training

Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009 amended, create additional incentive program, extend review and evaluation deadline

Cathy Waller McGowin, commended

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); supporting the creation of a bicameral HBCU Legislative Caucus

Rural Hospital Investment Program amended; to require the Department of Revenue to oversee the operations

FY27 2% Teacher Pay Raise and Retiree Longevity Bonus

Alabama Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Sons of the American Revolution, commended

Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program (AMSTEP), renamed the Loan Assistance in Support of Educators in Alabama (LASEA) Program; providing loan assistance in acute educator shortage programs as determined by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services

Teacher Excellence and Accountability for Mathematics and Science (TEAMS) Salary Schedule Program; participating teacher with over 20 years of advanced contract criteria service may be offered contract for up to five years instead of required offer of five years

Taxation; Cook Museum of Natural Science and the McWane Science Center, exempt from sales and use taxes

Alabama Commission on Higher Education, ReEngage Alabama Grant Program, minimum age of adult learner decreased, eligibility requirements revised.

Imagination Library of Alabama Program, Department of Early Childhood Education to administer through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Alabama Center for the Arts and the Alabama Arts Hall of Fame, commended

Cathy Waller McGowin, commended

Public school grading system, revised to include and weight specific indicators for schools that include a 12th grade class and schools that do not include a 12th grade class; Alabama Workforce Development Board and State Department of Education to develop system to analyze student performance data, Accountability Council created

Morgan County Education Retirees Association (MCERA), commended