Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act, creation of conversion public charter school districts authorized

SB 336 amends the Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act to allow for the creation of conversion public charter school districts. The bill enables a local school board to convert two or more of its existing non-charter public schools into a conversion public charter school district. These converted schools would operate as charter schools under the governance of the same local school board, which acts as their authorizer. A key provision states that conversion public charter schools must give enrollment preference to students residing within their former attendance zone. This expands the options for how local school boards can manage and organize multiple public schools as charter entities.