HB143 Summary

• Appropriates $3,112,615 from the Education Trust Fund to the State Department of Education for fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, including $1,809,535 for Student Administration System start-up costs, $303,080 for dyslexia pilot projects, and $1,000,000 for literacy, numeracy, and career/technical education teacher professional development in summer 2019.

• Appropriates $1,550,000 from the Education Trust Fund to the Department of Rehabilitation Services for fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, with $1,300,000 for the Early Intervention Program and $250,000 transferred to the Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund.

• Appropriates $500,000 from the Education Trust Fund to Alabama Public Library Service, distributing $250,000 to the Alabama Supreme Court Library and $250,000 to public libraries statewide.

• Appropriates $500,000 from the Education Trust Fund to the Legislative Services Agency for a pilot project to replace and modernize the appropriation bill drafting and support system.

• Appropriates up to $650,000 from the Education Trust Fund to the Alabama Building Renovation Finance Authority to reimburse expenditures related to bicentennial activities.