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House extends workers' compensation to teachers, bus drivers and other public‑school employees
Summary
After committee changes and a substitute, the House passed Senate Bill 1 extending workers' compensation protections to public‑school employees, including bus drivers and community college employees, with an appeals process and implementation details added in committee.
The Alabama House on April 8 approved Senate Bill 1, a measure that provides workers' compensation benefits to teachers, bus drivers, certain community college employees and other full‑time public education personnel.
Senator Gavan and House supporters framed the bill as filling a longstanding coverage gap for public education workers who the sponsor and colleagues said had faced work‑related injuries without the protections available to private employees and many other public employees. Members recounted cases — bus mechanics crushed in shop accidents, teachers who injured themselves while restraining or falling over students — that proponents said illustrated…
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