The Alabama Legislature will kick off the 2024 session Tuesday with work on the state’s two budgets and a host of other issues awaiting lawmakers.
Lawmakers are expected to take up legislation that would create a voucher-like program for schools in the state and possible legislation creating mandatory kindergarten or something close to it. Legislators may also consider bills on gambling, ethics, and trafficking and kidnapping.
House Republican leaders are taking some cautious steps toward Medicaid expansion, but it’s not at all clear the measure will make it through the session. Democrats also plan to file gun safety legislation, though the bills stand little chance of passage. And there’s no sign the Legislature plans any major action on the state’s ongoing prison crisis.
Education trust fund budget