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Alabama rolled out applications for its new school choice program earlier this year, and even the lawmakers behind it were surprised by the volume ...
New school funding options unveiled last week could give Alabama schools more money – and potentially more flexibility – to address student needs. On Dec. 9, a legislative school funding ...
Senator Katie Britt highlights the need for funding to support Alabama's thriving HBCUs at Senate hearing with Education Secretary Linda McMahon.
Alabama greatly expanded its P-3 early learning program, funding 55 new classrooms for 2025-2026, boosting high-quality ...
Alabama executes a man who said he was ... That flexibility could come in the form of a funding formula. Education budget chairman Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville) said schools will now receive ...
Alabama lawmakers passed a flurry of education bills this session, from a landmark K-12 funding overhaul to a record-setting education budget. Smaller measures also made it through, many focused ...
ACCS affects most legislators in Alabama. In many of their districts their community college is the largest employer and ...
“Every Alabama student should have the opportunity to receive a high-quality education that meets their individual needs,” Ivey said in a press release. “The CHOOSE Act is School Choice for ...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - As the U.S. Education Department prepares to cut half of its employees, one Alabama educator assures parents, students and school staff that their funding won’t diminish.
She drove to the Fairhope Public Library in southwest Alabama ... “State funding has been stripped from the Fairhope library for shelving age-appropriate sex education materials in the young ...
Currently, Alabama sends about $7,700 in state funding per pupil to local school districts through the Education Trust Fund’s Foundation Program. Those funds typically are used for staff ...