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Read. Follow. Verify.Alabama creates expedited career and technical teaching certification pathway for out-of-state educators
Last action · April 17, 2026: EnactedSponsor: Marcus Paramore
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What This Bill Does
Alabama establishes an expedited certification process for qualified out-of-state teachers to instruct career and technical education courses in public high schools, starting June 1, 2026. The measure waives additional testing and coursework for applicants who hold a valid out-of-state certificate, pass a background check, and receive a local superintendent's recommendation. Additionally, local school boards may offer relocation stipends or hiring incentives to these educators.
Out-of-state career and technical education instructors seeking to teach in Alabama public high schools can bypass additional testing and coursework requirements, while local school boards gain the discretion to offer financial relocation incentives depending on available funds.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Out-of-state CTE teachers
Qualified educators moving from another state gain an expedited pathway to obtain an Alabama teaching certificate without additional testing or coursework.
Local boards of education
Local boards gain the authority to recommend applicants and discretion, subject to available funds, to provide relocation stipends or hiring incentives.
Public high school students
Students gain additional career and technical education opportunities through increased instructor recruitment.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Became law.
Procedural history
20 actions- Apr 17, 2026HouseEnrolledEnacted
- Apr 9, 2026HouseEnrolledDelivered to Governor
- Apr 9, 2026SenateSignature Requested
- Apr 9, 2026HouseEnrolled
- Apr 9, 2026HouseReady to Enroll
- Apr 8, 2026SenateFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1268
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- Apr 8, 2026SenateThird Reading in Second House
- Mar 11, 2026SenateRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Mar 11, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Out of Committee Second House
- Mar 5, 2026SenateCommitteePending Committee Action in Second House
- Mar 5, 2026SenateIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy
- Mar 5, 2026HouseEngrossed
- Mar 5, 2026HouseFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 750
- Mar 5, 2026HouseMotion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 749
- Mar 5, 2026HouseWays and Means Education Engrossed Substitute Offered
- Mar 5, 2026HouseThird Reading in House of Origin
- Mar 3, 2026HouseRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Mar 3, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Out of Committee House of Origin
- Feb 26, 2026HouseCommitteePending Committee Action in House of Origin
- Feb 26, 2026HouseIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education
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