---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools, Foundation Program Fund, determination of cost to include student growth as an allowable cost, allowance for non-virtual and virtual students, provisions for increases based on increase in average daily membership in the current school year deleted, Secs. 16-13-231, 16-13-232 am'd."
description: "Schools, Foundation Program Fund, determination of cost to include student growth as an allowable cost, allowance for non-virtual and virtual students, provisions for increases based on increase in average daily membership in the current school year deleted, Secs. 16-13-231, 16-13-232 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "Alabama SB 9 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elliott"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/602b16c1-27a2-44e6-a20b-2243cf6d5167"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB9"
source_hash: "1a547f37329ed653d32d7b431f548a86f3f9190c7415a451137fd86f661164dc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama SB 9 (2021rs) — Schools, Foundation Program Fund, determination of cost to include student growth as an allowable cost, allowance for non-virtual and virtual students, provisions for increases based on increase in average daily membership in the current school year deleted, Secs. 16-13-231, 16-13-232 am'd.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB9-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 209098-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/209098-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB9-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB9-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 74 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 608 — **89–1** (pass) · lower
- Elliott motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 73 — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elliott — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Elliott motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 73 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 74 `passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 608 `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-166. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor at 3:25 p.m. on April 1, 2021 `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/602b16c1-27a2-44e6-a20b-2243cf6d5167`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).