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AL SB71

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/7/2012

Primary Sponsor

Priscilla Dunn

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Origin

Senate

Regular Session 2012

AI Summary

SB71 Summary

  • Decreases the mandatory minimum age for school attendance from seven years old to six years old in Alabama.

  • Changes the date used to calculate school eligibility from September 1 to August 1 for purposes of enrollment in public elementary schools and kindergarten.

  • Deletes certain expired temporary provisions related to four-year-old students enrolled prior to October 1, 1989.

  • Renumbers subsection (d) to (c) in Section 16-28-4 regarding teacher unit protections and State Board of Education implementation policies.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Education2/7/2012

Full Bill Text

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