HB 295 Alabama House · 2023 Regular Session

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 families; and to provide for legal remedies.

Summary
Parental Rights in Children's Education (PRICE) Act, established to provide education savings accounts (ESAs) for parents of children to use in providing education services for those children
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Apr 2023
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Introduced Apr 11, 2023 Last action Apr 11, 2023
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Ernie Yarbrough
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