Bill > SB113

This bill appropriates a total of $524,276,588 from the Education Trust Fund for supplemental education purposes for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. * **State Board of Education - Local Boards of Education:** $28,000,000 for textbook adoption. * **State Department of Education:** $136,029,000 for various one-time expenses, including $16,000,000 for Ed Farm for capital outlay, startup operations, and broadband infrastructure for digital career technical education; $2,500,000 for the Alabama Council of Emergency Medical Services for automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) in schools; $15,000,000 for School Safety initiatives; $10,300,000 for Charter School Grants; and $30,000,000 for the Summer and Afterschool Program. * **Educational Television Commission:** $4,120,000 for studio improvements and semiquincentennial programming. * **Council on the Arts:** $5,380,000 for various arts initiatives, including $1,000,000 for deferred maintenance at the Shakespeare Festival and $2,440,000 for a facilities grant program. * **Alabama Department of Revenue:** $50,513,000, with $50,000,000 designated for the CHOOSE Act Fund for Education Savings Accounts and $513,000 for Education Savings Account administration. * **Alabama Community College System:** $55,811,836 for deferred maintenance, facility renovations, and specific program funding at various community colleges. * **University of Alabama System:** $54,287,475 for research capacity, deferred maintenance, and capital projects, including $12,000,000 for the Executive Plaza Research Center. * **Auburn University:** $26,067,000 for research infrastructure, technology systems, deferred maintenance, capital projects, and agricultural experimental stations. * **University of South Alabama:** $15,580,106 for research capacity, deferred maintenance, capital projects, and the USA Police Department renovation. * **Legislative Council:** $37,500,000 for construction and related expenses for the new State House. * **Alabama Historical Commission:** $7,575,000 for various historical preservation projects, including $2,000,000 for Clotilda Park and $2,500,000 for Fort Morgan restoration. * **Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission/Fire College:** $4,300,000 for training facilities and deferred maintenance. * **Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium:** $7,000,000 for a new dormitory and waterline infrastructure improvements. * **Various Universities and Institutions:** Significant appropriations are also made to Alabama A&M University, Alabama State University, Athens State University, Jacksonville State University, University of Montevallo, University of North Alabama, Troy University, University of West Alabama, Tuskegee University, Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Alabama School of Mathematics and Science, Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, and others for deferred maintenance, school safety, capital projects, and specific programs. * **Other Agencies and Programs:** Funding is also allocated to the Department of Workforce for veterans transition support, the Lieutenant Governor for workforce participation initiatives, the Executive Commission on Community Services Grants, the Alabama Commission on Higher Education for various educational and community projects, the Department of Human Resources for pregnancy resource centers and YMCA revitalization, the Department of Public Health for training and healthcare initiatives, the Space Science Exhibit Commission, the Alabama Innovation Fund, the Department of Rehabilitation Services, the Department of Early Childhood Education, and the Department of Youth Services. All funds appropriated that are not expended in the current fiscal year will be carried forward for their intended purpose and will not revert.