AL SB263 | 2023 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on June 1 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-06-01 - Enacted
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on June 1 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-06-01 - Enacted
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Relating to the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013; to amend Sections 16-6D-3, 16-6D-4, 16-6D-6, 16-6D-8, and 16-6D-9, Code of Alabama 1975; to change the terms failing school and nonfailing school to priority school and qualifying school, respectively; to revise and add definitions; to expand scholarships for eligible students attending nonfailing or qualifying schools; to revise the poverty threshold for determining the qualifications of an eligible student; to provide for the qualifying expenses of eligible students with unique needs; to revise the method of determining the amount of educational scholarship awards; to increase the maximum cumulative amount of tax credits that may be issued each year; to require a scholarship granting organization to maintain a reserve balance and to verify the qualifications of an eligible student with unique needs; and to authorize the Department of Revenue to bar qualifying schools or educational service providers from participating in the program under certain circumstances.
Title
Relating to the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013; to amend Sections 16-6D-3, 16-6D-4, 16-6D-6, 16-6D-8, and 16-6D-9, Code of Alabama 1975; to change the terms failing school and nonfailing school to priority school and qualifying school, respectively; to revise and add definitions; to expand scholarships for eligible students attending nonfailing or qualifying schools; to revise the poverty threshold for determining the qualifications of an eligible student; to provide for the qualifying expenses of eligible students with unique needs; to revise the method of determining the amount of educational scholarship awards; to increase the maximum cumulative amount of tax credits that may be issued each year; to require a scholarship granting organization to maintain a reserve balance and to verify the qualifications of an eligible student with unique needs; and to authorize the Department of Revenue to bar qualifying schools or educational service providers from participating in the program under certain circumstances.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2023-05-24 - Senate - Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended (Y: 26 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-05-24 - Senate - Adopt WJI159-1 (Y: 27 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-05-24 - Senate - Petition to Cease Debate (Y: 23 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-05-24 - Senate - Adopt WJI159-1 (Y: 27 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-05-24 - Senate - Petition to Cease Debate (Y: 23 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-01 | Senate | Enacted |
| 2023-06-01 | Senate | Enrolled |
| 2023-05-31 | House | Ready to Enroll |
| 2023-05-31 | House | Read a Third Time and Pass |
| 2023-05-31 | House | Read a Third Time and Pass |
| 2023-05-31 | House | On Third Reading in Second House |
| 2023-05-26 | House | Read Second Time in Second House |
| 2023-05-25 | House | Reported Out of Committee in Second House |
| 2023-05-25 | House | Reported Favorably from House Ways and Means Education |
| 2023-05-24 | House | Referred to Committee to House Ways and Means Education |
| 2023-05-24 | Senate | Read First Time in Second House |
| 2023-05-24 | Senate | Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended |
| 2023-05-24 | Senate | Adopt WJI159-1 |
| 2023-05-24 | Senate | Petition to Cease Debate |
| 2023-05-23 | Senate | Table 50XY33-1 |
| 2023-05-23 | Senate | On Third Reading in House of Origin |
| 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 50XY33-1 |
| 2023-04-27 | Senate | Introduced and Referred to Senate Finance and Taxation Education |
| 2023-04-27 | Senate | Read First Time in House of Origin |
