Alabama · GOV.1.1
Constitutional Legislative Authority Over Public Education
Constitutional
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The Alabama Constitution authorizes the Legislature by general law to provide for or authorize the establishment and operation of schools and to prescribe conditions governing their operation.
- State
- Alabama
- Applies to
- Applies statewide to the Legislature's constitutional authority concerning the establishment and operation of public education.
- Conditions
- Authority is exercised through general law and subject to conditions prescribed by the Legislature.
- Responsible actors
- Alabama Legislature
Evidence & sources
- NCSI profile
- Alabama State Profile (2025), printed p. 7–8
- Legal sources
- Ala. Const. Art. XIV, § 256 — Alabama Constitution, Article XIV, Section 256 (State Constitution, primary)
- Verification
- Profile Only
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