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Read. Follow. Verify.Alabama transfers $500 million from reserve fund for K-12 and higher education programs
Last action · April 9, 2026: EnactedSponsor: Danny Garrett
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What This Bill Does
Alabama law transfers $500 million from the during the 2026 to support student excellence and higher education initiatives, contingent on the enactment of related legislation.
The measure reallocates half a billion dollars of state reserves into specific educational funds, directly impacting funding availability for K-12 program expansions and new higher education implementation costs.
- The Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund holds state funds designated for education and is subject to statutory withdrawal limitations that can be bypassed by specific legislative acts. context
- The Renewing Alabama's Investment in Student Excellence (RAISE) Act governs targeted student achievement and investment initiatives within Alabama's education system. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Renewing Alabama's Investment in Student Excellence Fund
Receives $399,150,000 to be available for appropriation and used for the continuation and expansion of the RAISE Act.
College and Higher Education Excellence and Results Fund
Receives $100,850,000 for initial implementation funding contingent on related legislation.
Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund
Experiences a $500,000,000 reduction in balance due to transfers authorized for fiscal year 2026.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Became law.
Procedural history
22 actions- Apr 9, 2026HouseEnrolledEnacted
- Apr 2, 2026HouseEnrolledDelivered to Governor
- Apr 2, 2026SenateSignature Requested
- Apr 2, 2026HouseEnrolled
- Apr 2, 2026HouseReady to Enroll
- Apr 2, 2026HouseReady to Enroll
Show 16 earlier actions
- Apr 2, 2026SenateFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1104
- Apr 2, 2026SenateThird Reading in Second House
- Apr 1, 2026SenateRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Apr 1, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Out of Committee Second House
- Mar 12, 2026SenateCommitteePending Committee Action in Second House
- Mar 12, 2026SenateIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education
- Mar 12, 2026HouseEngrossed
- Mar 12, 2026HouseFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 874
- Mar 12, 2026HouseMotion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 873
- Mar 12, 2026HouseWays and Means Education 1st Substitute Offered
- Mar 12, 2026HouseThird Reading in House of Origin
- Mar 11, 2026HouseRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Mar 11, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Out of Committee House of Origin
- Mar 11, 2026HouseWays and Means Education 1st Substitute
- Jan 14, 2026HouseCommitteePending Committee Action in House of Origin
- Jan 14, 2026HouseIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education
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Contingent Appropriation Linking HB 237 to HB 565 or SB 344
The allocation of $100,850,000 to the CHEER Fund is legally conditioned upon the passage of separate concurrent legislation (House Bill 565 or Senate Bill 344).
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- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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