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AL SB11
Bill
Status
1/9/2018
Primary Sponsor
Dick Brewbaker
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AI Summary
SB11 Summary
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Exempts all preK-12, postsecondary, and higher education institutions and facilities from the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017, allowing schools to be renamed without restriction.
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Removes the prohibition that previously prevented schools located on public property and named or dedicated in honor of events, persons, groups, movements, or military service from being renamed.
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Modifies definitions in the Memorial Preservation Act by eliminating "Memorial School" as a protected category while maintaining protections for other memorial buildings, streets, and monuments on public property.
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Allows educational institutions controlled by local boards of education, the Alabama Community College System, and four-year institutions of higher education to manage their own naming decisions without committee approval or waiver requirements.
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Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Memorial Preservation Act, prohibition against renaming of certain schools and exempts all schools located on public property from act, Act 2017-354, 2017 Reg. Sess., am'd; Secs. 41-9-231, 41-9-232, 41-9-233, 41-9-235, 41-9-236 am'd.
Memorial Preservation
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education and Youth Affairs
1/9/2018