HB188 Alabama 2022 Session

This bill would require the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Alabama Department of Public Health, to adopt rules to ensure safety protocols for controlling the spread of COVID-19 in public K-12 schools that do not require the wearing of masks by schoolchildren or otherwise violate the ability of a parent to make health care decisions for his or her child

This bill would also require a reduction in Foundation Program Fund monies for those public K-12 schools that adopt mask mandates in violation of rules adopted pursuant to this bill

Relating to education; to require the State Board of Education to adopt rules pertaining to controlling the spread of COVID-19 in public K-12 schools; and to require a reduction in funding for public K-12 schools for violations of those rules.