SB193 Summary

• Appropriates $76,336,095 from the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund to 16 public higher education institutions for fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, with Alabama Community College System receiving the largest allocation of $27,200,787.

• Appropriates $205,971,947 to the Department of Education, Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, Youth Services School Districts, Alabama School of Fine Arts, and Alabama School of Math and Science, distributed to local school boards and charter schools across Alabama counties and cities.

• Allocates $2,000,000 of the Department of Education funds for teacher professional development through Ed Farm's Classroom of Tomorrow initiative to provide technology tools and professional learning services to classroom teachers.

• Requires State Superintendent of Education approval before expenditure of appropriated funds and mandates a report on the teacher professional development initiative by October 1, 2022.

• Allows unspent funds to carry forward into subsequent fiscal years rather than reverting to the general fund.