# Alabama SB280: Alabama Teacher Paperwork Streamlining Act, State Department of Education required to develop unified digital platform for consolidating and sharing documentation relating to the Alabama Literacy Act, Alabama Numeracy Act, Individualized Education Programs, and other educational programs Alabama SB280, Alabama Teacher Paperwork Streamlining Act, State Department of Education required to develop unified digital platform for consolidating and sharing documentation relating to the Alabama Literacy Act, Alabama Numeracy Act, Individualized Education Programs, and other educational programs, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Arthur Orr (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-05-14 (Enacted); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB280-2025rs - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alabama SB280 - State: Alabama - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Alabama Teacher Paperwork Streamlining Act, State Department of Education required to develop unified digital platform for consolidating and sharing documentation relating to the Alabama Literacy Act, Alabama Numeracy Act, Individualized Education Programs, and other educational programs - Status: enacted - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-04-01 - Last action: 2025-05-14, Enacted - Sponsor: Arthur Orr (Republican) - Cosponsors: 19 - Subjects: Education - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 7 (376 yes, 35 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Committee teachers keep pay and leave: benefit, low. Beginning June 1, 2025, local school boards must let teachers appointed to the paperwork reduction committee attend its meetings. Boards cannot deduct their pay or leave for attending. Committee service carries no extra pay, but members may receive reimbursement for actual meeting expenses. - Unified digital paperwork for Alabama teachers: benefit, low. Effective June 1, 2025, the law requires Alabama's education department to build one user-friendly digital paperwork system. It covers Literacy Act and Numeracy Act records, plus other education paperwork that can be streamlined under applicable rules. The department must work with local boards to… - Teachers gain control over new paperwork: benefit, low. Effective June 1, 2025, the law replaces the prior paperwork committee with the Alabama Public Education Paperwork Reduction Committee. At least 75% of members must be full-time classroom teachers who are not administrators. Membership covers all grade levels and varied subjects, plus a principal,… - School boards face yearly paperwork checks: mixed, low. Effective June 1, 2025, local school boards must follow the law and state requirements for the streamlined paperwork system. The education department must audit compliance every year to support statewide use of the system. Boards that fail to implement it face corrective action, which may include a… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Arthur Orr (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Andrew Jones (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: April Weaver (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Chris Elliott (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Clyde Chambliss (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: David Sessions (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Donnie Chesteen (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Garlan Gudger (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Gerald H. Allen (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: J. T. 'Jabo' Waggoner (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jay Hovey (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Keith Kelley (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Lance Bell (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Larry Stutts (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Sam Givhan (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Shay Shelnutt (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Steve Livingston (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Tim Melson (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Wes Kitchens (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Will Barfoot (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-06 | Senate | Orr Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 924 | pass | 27 | 0 | | | 2025-05-06 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1162 | pass | 101 | 0 | 2 | | 2025-05-06 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1161 | pass | 59 | 35 | 5 | | 2025-05-06 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1160 | pass | 102 | 0 | 1 | | 2025-04-15 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 732 | pass | 29 | 0 | | | 2025-04-15 | Senate | Orr motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 731 | pass | 29 | 0 | | | 2025-04-15 | Senate | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 29 | 0 | | ## Actions (25) - 2025-05-14: Enacted (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Education Policy Engrossed Substitute Offered (House) - 2025-05-06: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1160 (House) - 2025-05-06: Collins 1st Amendment Offered (House) - 2025-05-06: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1161 (House) - 2025-05-06: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1162 (House) - 2025-05-06: Orr Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 924 (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Ready to Enroll (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Enrolled (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Delivered to Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Signature Requested (House) - 2025-05-01: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House) - 2025-04-30: Education Policy 1st Amendment (House) - 2025-04-30: Reported Out of Committee Second House (House) - 2025-04-17: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy (House) - 2025-04-17: Pending Committee Action in Second House (House) - 2025-04-15: Third Reading in House of Origin (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Orr 1st Amendment Offered (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Orr motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 731 (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 732 (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Engrossed (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB280-int.pdf) - Engrossed: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB280-eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB280-enr.pdf) ## Related bills - HB52: Income Taxes; 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to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB52-2025rs) - [SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB331-2025rs) - [SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB102-2025rs) - [HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cann…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB445-2025rs) - [HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB357-2025rs) - [HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB349-2025rs) - [Alabama bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/alabama/bills) - [Alabama state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/alabama) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB280-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).