Alabama Social Studies SS24.USG.13c
The Standard
- SS24.USG.13
- Outline how the federal system of the United States divides powers between national and state governments.
Analyze how Dillon's Rule and Home Rule provisions in Alabama's 1901 Constitution affect local funding procedures and regulations.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students compare what Alabama counties and cities can do under state law. They explain how limited home rule affects local taxes, funding decisions, and rules such as zoning.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a proposed county tax or city zoning rule, a student can identify the state law that allows it or the permission that is missing. They can explain why a local vote alone may not give officials the power to act.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think a county can add any tax if voters approve it. They may also think home rule gives every Alabama city and county the same power to make local rules.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: An Alabama county has no state authorization for a new sales tax to fund buses. Can its commission impose the tax? Explain what it needs first.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs proposal cards for a county sales tax, city license fee, and county zoning rule; match each to a state permission card.
Ask students to write one benefit and one drawback of requiring state approval for a county tax to fund buses.
Play Act or Ask: read a local proposal and its state permission slip; students hold up a card showing whether officials can act.
Show a local county budget's library line; have students mark where officials would check state authority before proposing a library tax.
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