# Alabama SB303: School Principal Leadership and Mentoring Act, amending definitions Alabama SB303, School Principal Leadership and Mentoring Act, amending definitions, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Arthur Orr (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-05-06 (Enacted); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB303-2025rs - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alabama SB303 - State: Alabama - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: School Principal Leadership and Mentoring Act, amending definitions - Status: enacted - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-04-08 - Last action: 2025-05-06, Enacted - Sponsor: Arthur Orr (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Education - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 6 (389 yes, 3 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More school administrators qualify for stipends: benefit, low. Beginning June 1, 2025, Alabama expands annual stipend eligibility to include career and technical education building administrators and alternative school administrators. Similar roles need Alabama State Department of Education approval. Administrators must hold the required certification, work fu… - Tighter school rules for administrator stipends: cost, low. Beginning June 1, 2025, Alabama narrows school designations used for principal and assistant principal stipend eligibility. High-poverty status requires at least 75% direct certification for free or reduced-price federal lunch, using the latest posted data. Providing meals to all students through c… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Arthur Orr (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-29 | Senate | Orr Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 852 | pass | 31 | 0 | | | 2025-04-24 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 994 | pass | 97 | 2 | 2 | | 2025-04-24 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 993 | pass | 98 | 1 | 1 | | 2025-04-24 | House | Third Reading in Second House | pass | 99 | 0 | 2 | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 688 | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 32 | 0 | | ## Actions (21) - 2025-05-06: Enacted (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Orr Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 852 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Ready to Enroll (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Enrolled (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Delivered to Governor (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Signature Requested (House) - 2025-04-24: Third Reading in Second House (House) - 2025-04-24: Education Policy Engrossed Substitute Offered (House) - 2025-04-24: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 993 (House) - 2025-04-24: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 994 (House) - 2025-04-22: Education Policy 1st Amendment (House) - 2025-04-22: Reported Out of Committee Second House (House) - 2025-04-22: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House) - 2025-04-10: Third Reading in House of Origin (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 688 (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy (House) - 2025-04-10: Pending Committee Action in Second House (House) - 2025-04-09: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB303-int.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB303-enr.pdf) ## Related bills - HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE Act credits and increase funding, and to extend the sunset date for deductions… (enacted) - SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for (enacted) - SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women (enacted) - HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cannabinoid products by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board imposed (enacted) - HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for (enacted) - HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided (enacted) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB303-int.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB303-enr.pdf) ## Related - [HB52: Income Taxes; 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-SB303-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).