Policy topic
The Alabama Legislature established the Emergency Task Force on School Safety and Security in 2016 to evaluate school emergency preparedness and assess safety measures in public school facilities.
Alabama State Profile (2025), printed p. 12 · House Joint Resolution 19, 2016 Regular Session
After Education Trust Fund reserve requirements are satisfied, surplus revenues may flow to Alabama's Advancement and Technology Fund for subsequent legislative appropriation.
Alabama State Profile (2025), printed p. 28 · Program: Advancement and Technology Fund · Ala. Code § 29-9-4
The Assembly Education Committee reviews education and school facility legislation.
California — State Roles and Responsibilities for PK-12 Public School Facilities — 2025 State Profile (2025), printed p. 10–11
The Alabama Constitution authorizes the Legislature by general law to provide for or authorize grants or loans of public funds and transactions involving public real or personal property for educational purposes.
Alabama State Profile (2025), printed p. 7–8 · Ala. Const. Art. XIV, § 256
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.
Alabama State Profile (2025), printed p. 7–8 · Ala. Const. Art. XIV, § 256
The Joint Legislative Budget Committee provides fiscal analysis and budget recommendations and monitors appropriations affecting school facility maintenance, repair, and construction.
Arizona State Roles and Responsibilities for PK-12 Public School Facilities (2025), printed p. 8
The Joint Legislative Budget Committee reviews contracts related to school facilities entered into by the School Facilities Division.
Arizona State Roles and Responsibilities for PK-12 Public School Facilities (2025), printed p. 8 · A.R.S. § 41-5711
Following the 1993 school-funding ruling, the Alabama Supreme Court declined in Ex parte James in 1997 to require a specific legislative response. In 2002, the Court dismissed the litigation, holding that education policy decisions were within the authority of the Legislature and were not subject to further judicial enforcement.
Alabama State Profile (2025), printed p. 24
The Arizona Senate Education Committee and House Education Committee consider K-12 legislation affecting school facility funding and management.
Arizona State Roles and Responsibilities for PK-12 Public School Facilities (2025), printed p. 8
The California Legislature sets the statutory framework for school facilities and places school facilities bond measures before voters.
California — State Roles and Responsibilities for PK-12 Public School Facilities — 2025 State Profile (2025), printed p. 10–11
The Senate Education Committee reviews education and school facility legislation.
California — State Roles and Responsibilities for PK-12 Public School Facilities — 2025 State Profile (2025), printed p. 10–11
Following Roosevelt v. Bishop, the Arizona Legislature enacted the Students FIRST Act of 1998, establishing a state-managed system for public school facility funding and oversight and establishing the Minimum School Facility Adequacy Guidelines as the baseline for state-supported school construction, renovation, and repairs.
Arizona State Roles and Responsibilities for PK-12 Public School Facilities (2025), printed p. 4–11 · Students FIRST Act (1998)
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