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AL HB42
Bill
Status
2/7/2012
Primary Sponsor
John Merrill
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AI Summary
HB42 Summary
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Decreases the mandatory minimum age for school attendance from seven years old to six years old in Alabama Code Section 16-28-3.
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Changes the date used to calculate age eligibility for school admission from September 1 to August 1 in Code Section 16-28-4.
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Deletes expired temporary provisions regarding students enrolled in four-year-old and five-year-old programs prior to October 1, 1989.
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Excludes the bill from constitutional requirements under Amendment 621 because expenditures are limited to school boards rather than other local governmental entities.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Education, public schools K-12, minimum mandatory age of attendance decreased from age seven to age six, date for calculating school admission changed from September 1 to August 1, Secs. 16-28-3, 16-28-4 am'd.
Education
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy
2/7/2012