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House bill would formalize state intervention process for struggling school systems, add superintendent subpoena power
Summary
The House Education Policy Committee gave a favorable report to HB 344, which clarifies Department of Education intervention authority, renames affected entities as local boards of education, and gives superintendents subpoena and records access during interventions with a pathway to return control within five years.
Representative Collins, chair of the Education Policy Committee, presented House Bill 344, which clarifies how the Alabama Department of Education may intervene in local school systems and adds oversight mechanisms intended to allow systems to return to local control within five years.
The bill changes references from “city or county” to “local board of…
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