Public K-12 education; expedited career and technical teaching certification pathway created for individual holding equivalent issued by another state
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
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Officially: “Public K-12 education; expedited career and technical teaching certification pathway created for individual holding equivalent issued by another state” Read the full text
2026 regular session
What it does
This act adds Section 16-23-3.2 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) require the State Board of Education to establish an expedited certification process for qualified out-of-state teachers to teach career and technical education (CTE) courses in the state; (2) establish requirements to be issued an expedited CTE teaching certificate from the State Superintendent, including possessing a valid teaching certificate, being recommended by a local superintendent, and passing a criminal background che
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Where it is
Enacted (latest official status) · Feb 26, 2026
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The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Paramore
Recorded votes
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-04-08 · yeas 29, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-05 · yeas 102, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-05 · yeas 105, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-05 · yeas 102, nays 0, abstains 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Alabama legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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