Policy topic

General Legislative Authority

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AL
GOV.1.1Education Duty

Constitutional Legislative Authority Over Public Education

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

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