Alabama state Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, has pre-filed a bill that would require public high school students to receive instruction in violence prevention, conflict resolution, and mediation before graduation.
Under SB34, public school students entering ninth grade in the 2026-2027 school year would complete a course or program in violence prevention, conflict resolution, and mediation before they could graduate from high school, according to the bill’s text.
