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AL SB71
Bill
Status
2/7/2012
Primary Sponsor
Priscilla Dunn
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AI Summary
SB71 Summary
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Decreases the mandatory minimum age for school attendance from seven years old to six years old in Alabama.
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Changes the date used to calculate school eligibility from September 1 to August 1 for purposes of enrollment in public elementary schools and kindergarten.
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Deletes certain expired temporary provisions related to four-year-old students enrolled prior to October 1, 1989.
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Renumbers subsection (d) to (c) in Section 16-28-4 regarding teacher unit protections and State Board of Education implementation policies.
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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 Senate committee on Education
2/7/2012