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Public K-12 education; violence prevention, conflict resolution, and mediation instruction required before graduation from high school beginning in sixth grade, State Board of Education required to adopt standards

Teacher certification; Military Veteran Temporary Teaching Certificate established

State military; awards criteria revised, new awards established, authority to present prescribed

University of Alabama; School of Social Work of Alabama repealed

Open Records; use of public records relating to schools for certain solicitation purposes prohibited; redaction of certain information relating to financial transactions required

National Guard; duties of Legal Services Office positions revised and further provide for

Alabama Charter School Finance Authority, bonding authority established, legislative findings, board membership, powers, contracts, investments

Education; notice requirement for certain board of education personnel vacancies revised

Alabama Board of Funeral Services; board authorized to impose administrative fee on funeral establishments for each funeral arranged; initial application, renewal, branch registration, and transfer fees relating to a certificate of authority increased; certificate holder required to file an annual statement of preneed activities conducted; board authorized to require certificate holder to file multiple preneed activity reports annually; and initial application and renewal fees for registration as a preneed sales agent increased

Alabama Behavior Analyst Licensing Board, continued under Sunset Law as Behavior Analyst Advisory Board under Department of Mental Health

Abuse and exploitation of an elder, effect of conviction on intestate succession, wills, joint assets, and other contractual obligations provided

Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; natural hair styling exempt from regulation

Sunset law; Alabama Massage Therapy Licensing Board continued with modification until October 1, 2027, when renamed Alabama Massage Advisory Council under the regulatory authority of the Alabama Department of Public Health

Legal tender; authorizing the rounding of in-person cash transactions to the nearest five cents

Public high schools; students excused from class for scholarship acceptance, college commitment, military enlistment

Campus chaplains; public K-12 schools authorized to accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies authorized to vote on whether to allow, limitations provided

Crimes and offenses, credible threat defined; penalties for crimes of making a terrorist threat in the first or second degree provided further for; principal to immediately contact law enforcement of terrorist threat, suspension of student, readmittance, and restitution provided

Retirement benefits, circuit clerks authorized to participate in supernumerary program and Employees' Retirement System based on separate years of service

Motor vehicles; reporting requirements for towed and unclaimed motor vehicles, further provided

Mobile County, City of Semmes annexation