HB295 Alabama 2023 Session

This bill would create the Parental Rights in Children's Education (PRICE) Act for K-12 education

This bill would secure the fundamental constitutional rights of parents to direct the education of their children according to their religious faith, beliefs, values, and morals

This bill would create and provide for the PRICE Program and would establish a three-year phase-in period

This bill would establish the roles and responsibilities of the Parent Advisory Board, the Commissioner of Revenue, and the State Department of Revenue

This bill would provide for the funding of the PRICE ESA Fund and the PRICE Administration Fund for the costs of administrating the PRICE Program

This bill would provide for the implementation and administration of the PRICE Program and the use of education savings accounts

This bill would specify the qualified expenses that may be paid from an education savings account

This bill would retain the autonomy of nonpublic schools and prevent additional state control over or interference with nonpublic schools, their students, HB295 INTRODUCED and families

This bill would provide for the auditing, denials, and appeals of the PRICE Program and the suspension of parents, participating students, and education service providers

This bill would also provide for legal remedies

Relating to education; to establish the Parental Rights in Children's Education (PRICE) Act relating to K-12 education; to secure the fundamental constitutional rights of parents to direct the education of their children; to create the PRICE Program; to establish a three-year phase-in period; to provide definitions; to establish the roles and responsibilities of the Parent Advisory Board, the Commissioner of Revenue, and the Department of Revenue; to create a process for granting education savings accounts; to establish funding mechanisms for the costs of education savings accounts and the administration of the program; to specify qualified expenses; to create requirements for education service providers; to establish an auditing, denial, and appeal mechanism for expenses, parents, participating students, and education service providers; to provide safeguards against any additional state control over or interference with nonpublic schools, their students, and their HB295 INTRODUCED families; and to provide for legal remedies.