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AL SB92

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/7/2017

Primary Sponsor

Arthur Orr

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Origin

Senate

Regular Session 2017

AI Summary

  • Establishes a program allowing 11th and 12th grade students unconditionally admitted to eligible Alabama public postsecondary institutions to take all courses at those institutions and receive high school credit toward graduation requirements.

  • Requires the Department of Education to pay eligible institutions the lesser of either actual tuition costs or the amount the student would have earned for the local school system, minus a $200 records fee per student.

  • Appropriates funds from the Education Trust Fund for the program's first year of operation, with subsequent funding through state appropriations to eligible institutions and corresponding reductions to participating students' home school systems.

  • Prohibits eligible institutions from charging students for courses taken under the program and requires institutions to accept state payments as full compensation.

  • Establishes criminal penalties (misdemeanor) for any person who knowingly makes false statements or misrepresentations to enable an institution to wrongfully obtain program payments.

Legislative Description

Schools, dual enrollment, high school students taking college courses, authorized

Board of Education, State

Last Action

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education

2/7/2017

Committee Referrals

Finance and Taxation Education2/7/2017

Full Bill Text

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