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Read. Follow. Verify.Alabama requires public school JROTC programs to open enrollment to military-dependent home-schooled and private-school students starting July 2026
Last action · March 11, 2026: Read for the Second Time and placed on the CalendarSponsor: Sam Givhan
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What This Bill Would Do
Starting with the 2026-2027 school year, local school boards in Alabama must offer Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) programs to home-schooled and private-school students who live in the school attendance zone and are dependents of active-duty military personnel undergoing a service-related relocation.
Military-dependent children attending private or home schools gain access to public school JROTC programs upon enrolling as s, provided they meet standard eligibility criteria.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
home schooled students
Home-schooled military dependents who reside within a school attendance zone gain the option to participate in public school JROTC programs by enrolling as nontraditional public school students.
private school students
Private-school military dependents living in a school attendance zone become eligible to access JROTC programs offered within the local school system.
local board of education
Local school boards are required to provide program access to eligible home-schooled and private-school military-dependent students starting in the 2026-2027 school year.
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Procedural history
14 actions- Mar 11, 2026HouseRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Mar 11, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Out of Committee Second House
- Feb 24, 2026HouseCommitteePending Committee Action in Second House
- Feb 24, 2026HouseIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy
- Feb 24, 2026SenateEngrossed
- Feb 24, 2026SenateFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 544
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- Feb 24, 2026SenateGivhan motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 543
- Feb 24, 2026SenateVeterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety 1st Amendment Offered
- Feb 24, 2026SenateThird Reading in House of Origin
- Feb 12, 2026SenateRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Feb 11, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Out of Committee House of Origin
- Feb 11, 2026SenateVeterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety 1st Amendment
- Jan 21, 2026SenateCommitteePending Committee Action in House of Origin
- Jan 21, 2026SenateIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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