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Statewide Amendment 2 Process for consolidating county school systems

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Constitutional amendment (legislative referral)On the November 3, 2026 ballot

Alabama Statewide Amendment 2 (Process for consolidating county school systems) is on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to provide a process for the creation of a consolidated county school system by merging two or more contiguous county boards of education; to require the State Board of Education to conduct an impact study on the potential effects of the consolidation; to require publication of the impact study; to provide a procedure for protesting a proposed consolidation of two or more county school systems; and to require the State Board of Education to adopt rules (Act 2026-378).

What a yes or no vote means

A YES vote Supports creating a constitutional process, with a published State Board of Education impact study and a protest procedure, for merging two or more neighboring county school systems.
A NO vote Keeps current law, which has no constitutional consolidation process for county school systems.
Read the certified ballot question

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to provide a process for the creation of a consolidated county school system by merging two or more contiguous county boards of education; to require the State Board of Education to conduct an impact study on the potential effects of the consolidation; to require publication of the impact study; to provide a procedure for protesting a proposed consolidation of two or more county school systems; and to require the State Board of Education to adopt rules (Act 2026-378).

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How it reached the ballot

Statewide Amendment 2 reached the Alabama ballot as a constitutional amendment (legislative referral).

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