SB67 Summary

• Proposes a constitutional amendment to remove the exception for local boards of education from Amendment 621's unfunded mandate protections.

• Eliminates the prior exemption that allowed state laws and executive orders requiring school board expenditures to become effective without local approval or state funding.

• Requires that any general law or state executive order imposing new or increased expenditures of $50,000 or more annually on city or county boards of education must be approved by a two-thirds vote of the legislature unless the state appropriates funds or the board is authorized to levy local revenue.

• Requires voter approval through a statewide election held according to constitutional procedures, with election officials to assign a ballot number and provide voters with a Yes/No option.

• Passed the Alabama Senate on April 2, 2013 with a vote of 33-0.