Alabama - Session 2026RS
Title: Public K-12 education; requirements for instructional technology, age-appropriate screen time limits, and internet access established, parental access required, creation of model policy by State Board of Education required, adoption and implementation by local boards required, State Board of Education to adopt rules
Education
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-03 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-02-03 | Latest Action | Pending Committee Action in House of Origin |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 122 | Teacher Excellence and Accountability for Mathematics and Science (TEAMS) Salary Schedule Program; participating teacher with over 20 years of advanced contract criteria service may be offered contract for up to five years instead of required offer of five years | enacted |
| HB 216 | Ten Commandments; required to be displayed in certain public schools, subject to the availability of donations | in_committee |
| HB 420 | Crimes and offenses; discharging a firearm into an occupied school bus or building, penalty increased | in_committee |
| HB 563 | Education; CHOOSE Act's athletic-eligibility nondiscrimination provision, enforcement mechanism established; private right of action established | in_committee |
| HB 567 | Student Athlete Eligibility and Career Transition Act; tracking of public high school student academic and athletic progress; informing students of available paths post graduation; individualized transition plans; State Department of Education to develop implementation guidelines | in_committee |
| HB 580 | Public institutions of higher education; faculty senates limited to advisory role, tenure policy required, review and dismissal of tenured faculty authorized, governing board authority over courses and curriculum provided | in_committee |
| HB 640 | Public institutions of higher education; authorized to accept the Classic Learning Test to the same extent as the American College Test and the Scholastic Aptitude Test | in_committee |
| HB 7 | Crimes and offenses, credible threat defined; penalties for crimes of making a terrorist threat in the first or second degree provided further for; principal to immediately contact law enforcement of terrorist threat, suspension of student, readmittance, and restitution provided | passed_upper |