SB 269 — Relating to education; to establish the K-12 Capital Grant Program within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to provide grants to local schools to assist with capital project, deferred maintenance, or technology needs; to provide the purposes for which grant funds can be used; to establish the process for grant applications and approvals; to establish the K-12 Capital Grant Program Fund in the State Treasury; and to provide an effective date.

SB269 ENGROSSEDENROLLED EH7BC2-2EH7BC2-3 By Senator Orr RFD:

02-May-23 2023 Regular Session Page 0 SB269 EngrossedEnrolled 2Enrolled, 4An AAct, BILL3 TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 9 Relating to education;

Any public school in operation forin the current fiscal yearyear, providingthe appropriateAlabama elementarySchool instructionof Math and eligibleScience, tothe participateAlabama inSchool allocationsof fromFine Arts, the AdvancementAlabama andSchool Technologyfor FundCyber pursuantTechnology toand SectionEngineering, 29-9-4,the Codeportion of the Alabama 1975.Institute for Deaf and Blind providing appropriate elementary/secondary instruction, and may include the Department of Youth Services School District.

A written plan for the expenditure Page 1 SB269 Engrossed of funds by an eligible K-12 entity, which meets one or more of the purposes outlined in Section 3, subject to the approval by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and expended under Page 1 SB269 Enrolled the direction of the head of the eligible K-12 entity.

1) To assist with the total cost of capital projects that will enhance the educational environment of students, including the construction, reconstruction, or renovation of permanent buildings containing classrooms, Page 2 SB269 Engrossed offices, libraries, laboratories, teaching facilities, training facilities, cafeterias, alternative schools, physical education facilities, including athletic facilities, Page 2 SB269 Enrolled facilities for the performing arts and arts education, together with tangible personal property that becomes a part of such facilities;

Page 3 SB269 Engrossed (b) TheAll Officeapplications offor thegrants Lieutenantshall Governorbe shallendorsed utilizeby a slidingmember scale of matchingthe requirementsSenate forand grantHouse proposals,of takingRepresentatives intofrom consideration the financialaffected capacitydelegation ofin theorder eligible K-12 entity to providebe matchingconsidered. funds.

Page 3 SB269 Enrolled (c) The Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall utilize a sliding scale of matching requirements for grant proposals, taking into consideration the financial capacity of the eligible K-12 entity to provide matching funds.

This act shall become effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its Page 4 SB269 EngrossedEnrolled otherwise becoming law.

Page 5 SB269 EngrossedEnrolled Senate________________________________________________ ReadPresident forand thePresiding firstOfficer timeof andthe referredSenate ................02-May-23________________________________________________ toSpeaker of the SenateHouse committeeof onRepresentatives FinanceSB269 andSenate Taxation04-May-23 EducationI Readhereby forcertify that the secondwithin timeAct andoriginated placedin ................03-May-23and onpassed the calendar:Senate, as amended.

0 amendments Read for the third time and passed ................04-May-23 as amended Yeas 34 Nays 0 Abstains 0 Patrick Harris, Secretary.

PageHouse 6of Representatives Amended and passed:

25-May-23 Senate concurred in House amendment 25-May-23 By:

Senator Orr Page 6