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AL HB59
Bill
Status
2/6/2024
Primary Sponsor
Mark Gidley
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AI Summary
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Authorizes public K-12 schools and public charter schools to employ or accept chaplains as volunteers beginning with the 2024-2025 school year to provide support, services, and programs for students.
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Requires chaplains to undergo criminal history background information checks per Alabama Code Section 16-22A-5 before beginning employment or volunteering.
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Prohibits employment or volunteer service as a chaplain for any individual adjudicated or convicted of an offense requiring sex offender registration under Alabama Code Chapter 20A of Title 15.
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Requires each local board of education and public charter school governing body to take a recorded vote by April 1, 2025, on whether to adopt a policy authorizing chaplain employment or volunteer services in schools under their purview.
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Becomes effective October 1, 2024.
Legislative Description
Public preK-12 schools, chaplains; public schools, authorized to hire or accept as volunteers; local boards of education and governing bodies, required to vote on whether to allow; limitations, provided
Education
Last Action
Pending House Education Policy
2/6/2024