AL SB202 | 2023 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 11 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-05-31 - Indefinitely Postpone
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on April 11 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-05-31 - Indefinitely Postpone
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Relating to education; to establish the Parental Rights in Children's Education (PRICE) Act relating to K-12 education; to secure the fundamental constitutional rights of parents to direct the education of their children; to create the PRICE Program; to establish a three-year phase-in period; to provide definitions; to establish the roles and responsibilities of the Parent Advisory Board, the Commissioner of Revenue, and the Department of Revenue; to create a process for granting education savings accounts; to establish funding mechanisms for the costs of education savings accounts and the administration of the program; to specify qualified expenses; to create requirements for education service providers; to establish an auditing, denial, and appeal mechanism for expenses, parents, participating students, and education service providers; to provide safeguards against any additional state control over or interference with nonpublic schools, their students, and their families; and to provide for legal remedies.
Title
Relating to education; to establish the Parental Rights in Children's Education (PRICE) Act relating to K-12 education; to secure the fundamental constitutional rights of parents to direct the education of their children; to create the PRICE Program; to establish a three-year phase-in period; to provide definitions; to establish the roles and responsibilities of the Parent Advisory Board, the Commissioner of Revenue, and the Department of Revenue; to create a process for granting education savings accounts; to establish funding mechanisms for the costs of education savings accounts and the administration of the program; to specify qualified expenses; to create requirements for education service providers; to establish an auditing, denial, and appeal mechanism for expenses, parents, participating students, and education service providers; to provide safeguards against any additional state control over or interference with nonpublic schools, their students, and their families; and to provide for legal remedies.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-31 | Senate | Indefinitely Postpone |
| 2023-05-11 | Senate | Read Second Time in House of Origin |
| 2023-05-10 | Senate | Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin |
| 2023-05-10 | Senate | Reported Favorably from Senate Finance and Taxation Education |
| 2023-05-10 | Senate | Amendment/Substitute by Senate Finance and Taxation Education NBPH8T-1 |
| 2023-05-02 | Senate | Re-referred To Committee to Senate Finance and Taxation Education |
| 2023-05-02 | Senate | Read Second Time in House of Origin |
| 2023-05-02 | Senate | Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin |
| 2023-05-02 | Senate | No Recommendation by Senate Education Policy |
| 2023-04-11 | Senate | Introduced and Referred to Senate Education Policy |
| 2023-04-11 | Senate | Read First Time in House of Origin |
