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State Legislator of the Month – October
In October, we made a special selection for the State Legislator of the Month. We are delighted to announce our Alabama State Chairs, Senator Dan Roberts, and Representative Arnold Mooney,…
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Fiscal Rules Campaign Launches on 30th Anniversary of Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights
Arlington, Va. (Nov. 3, 2022) – In celebration of thirty years of the Colorado Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR), which was approved by voters on November 3, 1992, ALEC today…
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On Election Day, Conflicting Constitutional Amendments on the Ballot in Illinois and Tennessee
Between 2016 to 2020 voters approved over 700 state constitutional amendments, but not all contrast as starkly as two amendments on the Tennessee and Illinois ballots this…
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Statewide Health Data Utility Act
Section 1. Declaration of Purpose A state health data utility (“HDU”) can help achieve better patient outcomes, improve the overall health and wellbeing of the people of [STATE], and reduce…
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Record Expungement Act
Section 1. Expungement of Other Convictions (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a person who is convicted of 1 or more criminal offenses may file an application with…
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Act to Establish a Study on the Commercial Application of Existing Technology to Reclaim and Repurpose Nuclear Fuel Rods
TO CREATE A STUDY ON THE COMMERCIAL APPLICATION OF EXISTING TECHNOLOGY TO RECLAIM AND REPURPOSE SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL RODS. (a) The House Committee on ____ and the Senate Committee on…
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Alternative Teacher Credentialing Act
SECTION 1: Definitions A) “Alternative teacher certification program” means a teacher certification program that is not provided by a public or private institution of higher education and has been approved…
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Honesty in Teaching Act
SECTION 1: Title This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Honesty in Teaching Act. SECTION 2: Definitions A) “Contractor” means an individual, organization, corporation or business…
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Free Speech in Higher Education Act
WHEREAS, public universities and community colleges have an obligation to uphold students’ First Amendment rights of free speech; WHEREAS, the opportunity for disagreements, differences of opinion, and even heated arguments,…
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Resolution on Mental Health and Criminal Justice
WHEREAS, violent crime and suicide have significantly increased since 2020 and, though numerous factors still being studied are likely contributing factors, a rise in mental health problems has…
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Resolution in Support of Effective Strategies to Support Law Enforcement and Reduce Violent Crime
WHEREAS, the United States is in the midst of a troubling crime wave. 2019 to 2020 saw the single largest year-to-year increase in murders in our nation’s history, a trend…
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Resolution on Ensuring the Constitutional Right to Trial by Ameliorating the Trial Penalty
WHEREAS the power to prosecute, imprison, and restrict liberty is the most coercive power that the government regularly exercises against its citizens; WHEREAS the Framers considered the right to trial…
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Resolution in Support of Congressional Law to Combat Government Pressuring of Social Media Platforms to Remove Speech
WHEREAS, social media platforms are private businesses and if forced by the United States Government to carry or promote speech those actions by the United States Government should be exposed…
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We Can Assist Police by Reevaluating No-Knock Raids: ALEC Op-Ed in The Hill
In his latest op-ed for The Hill, ALEC Criminal Justice Task Force Director Nino Marchese detailed the findings of his new ALEC report, No-Knock Raids: Examining the Risk,…
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Reports That School Lockdowns Didn’t Hurt Learning Are Misleading: ALEC in the Daily Caller
Andrew Handel, ALEC’s Education and Workforce Development Task Force Director, told the Daily Caller News Foundation that Los Angeles Unified School District’s scores aren’t as good as the district…
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Parents Are Acting on Educational Freedom Movements: Andrew Handel on NewsTalk STL
Andrew Handel, ALEC Education and Workforce Development Task Force Director, spoke with St. Louis NewsTalk STL’s hosts Tim Jones and Chris Arps about to talk about the recently…
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New Report Warns of European Threat to American-Led Tech Innovation
Arlington, Va. (Oct. 26, 2022) – Today, the American Legislative Exchange Council released a new report, A Threat to American Tech Innovation: The European Union’s Digital Markets Act. The…
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States Respond as Reading, Math Scores Plummet to Lowest Levels in Two Decades
The Nation’s Report Card released new results today that show two decades of academic progress in reading and math among 4th and 8th graders was wiped out during the…
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Post-Pandemic Test Scores Show Dramatic Drop in Student Performance
Recently released testing scores from the American College Testing (ACT) and the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) are giving us an initial look at the learning loss associated with…
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We’re Seeing Too Many Unfortunate Circumstances with No-Knock Warrants: ALEC on Wake Up Springfield with Tim Jones (KWTO)
ALEC Criminal Justice Task Force Director Nino Marchese was recently featured on KWTO Radio in Springfield, MO sharing with host Tim Jones details of the new ALEC report…