SB420 Alabama 2014 Session

This bill would establish the Educational Opportunities Act

This bill would further clarify the autonomy of nonpublic schools, including church, parochial, and private schools offering instruction in grades K-12

This bill would require nonpublic schools to annually identify with the State Department of Education and set forth procedures for disposal of student records when a school ceases to exist

This bill would establish guidelines for private tutors offering instruction to students in grades K-12

This bill would clarify that students transferring from nonpublic schools to a public school are accepted by the public schools in the same manner as transfer students from other public schools

This bill would require the State Department of Education and local boards of education to recognize all accrediting agencies of primary and secondary schools that are recognized by the United States Department of Education

This bill would require each nonpublic school to comply with attendance laws and perform criminal history background checks on employees in accordance with law

This bill would prohibit any public postsecondary institution or program, including the Alabama Fire College and any police academy, from denying admission of, and to prohibit the state from denying employment of, a student solely on the basis that he or she graduated from a secondary nonpublic school prior to the effective date of this act

This bill would also establish a nonpublic school advisory committee to address concerns of nonpublic schools with the State Department of Education

To establish the Educational Opportunities Act; to further clarify the autonomy of nonpublic schools, including church, religious, parochial, and private schools offering instruction in grades K-12; to require each nonpublic school to annually identify with the State Department of Education and set forth procedures for disposal of student records when a school ceases to exist; to establish guidelines for private tutors offering instruction to students in grades K-12; to clarify that students transferring from nonpublic schools to a public school are accepted by the public schools in the same manner as transfer students from other public schools; to require the State Department of Education and local boards of education to recognize all accrediting agencies of primary and secondary schools that are recognized by the United States Department of Education; to require each nonpublic school to comply with attendance laws and perform criminal history background checks on employees in accordance with law; to prohibit any public postsecondary institution or program, including the Alabama Fire College and any police academy, from denying admission of, and to prohibit the state from denying employment of, a student solely on the basis that he or she graduated from a secondary nonpublic school prior to the effective date of this act; to establish a nonpublic school advisory committee to address concerns of nonpublic schools with the State Department of Education; and to repeal Sections 16-28-1, 16-28-5, and 16-28-7, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to definitions, private tutors, and reports of enrollment under school attendance laws of the state.