Skip to content

Alabama Accountability Act

News

Revisions to Accountability Act Would Keep Riley SGO from Failure

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Current legislation before the State Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee changes the terms of the Alabama Accountability Act to potentially benefit one particular Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO). The primary beneficiary of the revised law would appear to be the Florida-owned SGO led by former Governor Bob Riley (Riley’s … Continued
March 30, 2015

New Legislators Attend Orientation

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, December 9, freshmen legislators attended orientation to prepare themselves for the upcoming legislative session. Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard (R from Auburn) used the opportunity to extoll the positives of GOP action items including the Alabama Accountability Act and Carly’s Law. State Representative Mack Butler (R from … Continued
December 10, 2014

Hubbard, Marsh Ask Supreme Court to Rule Quickly On AAA For “Poor Children”

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—On Wednesday, before the Alabama Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the Alabama Accountability Act, Speaker of the Alabama House Mike Hubbard and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh have filed a “friend of the court” brief with the Alabama Supreme Court, asking them to expedite its ruling. Chief … Continued
December 4, 2014

New Poll Shows that Support for Common Core Has Dropped Among Teachers

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter It has not been a good summer for the controversial common core standards as more states have opted out of the unpopular new curriculum standards.  New polling came out over the summer by Rasmussen showing that parents with school age children now overwhelming oppose the Common Core Standards.  The … Continued
August 20, 2014

Tallapoosa County Superintendent: Accountability Act to Blame for Job Losses

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter TALLAPOOSA COUNTY – Superintendent Joe Windle of the Tallapoosa County School System has revealed that recent funding cuts due to the Alabama Accountability Act have led the school board to cut all of its library aide positions countywide, about four at each individual school. “At the beginning of last … Continued
July 9, 2014

SPLC Says They Will Appeal the Dismissal of their Suit Challenging the Alabama Accountability Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, April 9, U.S. District Judge Keith Watkins dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) challenged Alabama’s 2013 Alabama Accountability Act.  The SPLC responded with plans to appeal the decision. In a written statement, Geron Gadd, a senior staff attorney at the SPLC said, … Continued
April 9, 2014

Riley Partner Could Triple Profits Through Proposed Legislation

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter John Kirtley, one of former Governor Bob Riley’s business partners, may soon see a tripling of his over seven million dollars in annual profits coming in from his Florida Accountability Act-style SGO if newly proposed GOP legislation can make its way through the state’s legislature. The proposal, which comes … Continued
March 25, 2014

Profit agenda drains education funds

By Dr. Henry Mabry AEA Executive Secretary As President Abraham Lincoln said, “You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.” Maybe that’s why 100,000 people rallied at the North Carolina Capitol … Continued
February 21, 2014

Dept of Education Releases New “Failing” Schools List

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter As has been anticipated, the Alabama Department of Education this week released a list of “failing” schools as provided for in the Alabama Accountability Act passed in 2013. The law allows students enrolled in such schools to either transfer to another public school or private school, with the use … Continued
January 17, 2014