FISCAL NOTE

House Bill 135 as substituted and reported by the Committee on Finance and Taxation Education appropriates $8,246,265,653 from the Education Trust Fund (ETF) to various state agencies, entities, institutions, and public schools for the support, maintenance, and development of public education in Alabama for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.

In addition, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, this act appropriates the following amounts to the following entities from the following other state funds: 

* $215,532,864, est. from the Public School Fund to the State Board of Education for public schools; 

* $2,069,027 from the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Fund to the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission; 

* $5,144,570 from the Driver Education and Training Fund to the Department of Education; 

* $5 million from the Special Education Catastrophic Fund to the Department of Education; 

* $7 million, est. from the Supercomputer Revolving Fund to the Alabama Supercomputer Authority;

* $136,703, est. from the Music Hall of Fame Fund to the Music Hall of Fame;

* $9,352,541 from the Alabama Board of Nursing Trust Fund to the Alabama Board of Nursing; 

* $2 million from the ACS Truck Driver Fund to the Alabama Community College System;

* $1 million from the Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund to the Department of Rehabilitation Services; 

* $10 million from the Dual Enrollment Tax Credit Fund to the Alabama Community College System; and

* $500,000 from the Children's Policy Council Fund to the Department of Early Childhood Education.

In addition, this bill appropriates $14,480,655,864 from federal and other funds for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.