HB559 Alabama 2013 Session

This bill would establish the Local Control School Flexibility Act of 2013

This bill would authorize the establishment of innovative schools and school systems in the State of Alabama

This bill would allow the State Board of Education to enter into a school flexibility contract with a local school system to allow for programmatic flexibility or budgetary flexibility, or both, from state laws, including State Board of Education rules, regulations, and policies in exchange for academic and associated goals for students that focus on college and career readiness

This bill would require the local board of education to submit a document of assurance that the local board shall provide consistency in leadership and a commitment to the standards, assessments, and academic rigor expected in Alabama

This bill would require the local school system to submit a proposed innovation plan recommended by the local superintendent of education and approved by the local board of education to the State Superintendent of Education in order to qualify for innovation status

This bill would authorize the State Board of Education to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations as required for implementation

This bill would also repeal the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013

To establish the Local Control School Flexibility Act of 2013, relating to public K-12 education; to authorize the establishment of innovative schools and school systems in the state; to provide legislative findings and purposes; to provide an overview; to authorize the State Board of Education to enter into school flexibility contracts with local school systems; to require the local board of education to submit a document of assurance; to require the State Board of Education to promulgate rules and regulations relating to innovative school systems; to require local school systems to submit an innovation plan to the State Department of Education in order to qualify for innovation status; to repeal the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013, Act 2013-64, proposed by House Bill 84 of the 2013 Regular Session (Acts 2013); and to provide for an effective date.