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Alabama superintendent: “Don’t Say Gay” enforcement starts at local school boards

At this time, superintendent Eric Mackey said he is not aware of any teachers who have been reported to the state board.
September 19, 2022

Alabama board of education member says school choice is trying to “destroy a whole race of people”

Alabama board of education member Ella Bell, D-Montgomery, spoke out during a work session Thursday claiming that Alabama’s landmark tax credit scholarship program for low income families was part of an effort to “destroy a whole race of people.” “They took money from the poorest counties in the state to send kids to private school,” Bell claimed, … Continued
November 13, 2018

Senator Dial’s Joint Legislative Committee sends report to the State Bar Association

By Samuel Mattison Alabama Political Reporter An internal Alabama State Department of Education report will now head to the Alabama State Bar Association following a Joint Legislative Committee meeting. The committee, headed by State Senator Gerald Dial (R-Lineville) and Quinton Ross (D-Montgomery), met Tuesday to review new materials in a report by ALSDE Attorney Michael … Continued
July 26, 2017

“A Time Such as This”

By Mary Scott Hunter Representative, Alabama Board of Education Recent news about the proposed 777x suggests the North Alabama workforce is somehow unprepared to build airplanes. However, I can assuredly say that the focus of Education from PreK through the Community College level and beyond has been on preparing a skilled and technically competent workforce, … Continued
December 11, 2013

House Committee holds public hearing on Common Core repeal

By Beth Clayton MONTGOMERY—Wednesday, the House committee on education policy heard testimony on HB 565, introduced by Representative Jim Barton (R-Mobile), repealing common core education standards in Alabama. Senator Del Marsh announced on Tuesday that a similar bill, SB190, would be withdrawn in the Senate because he didn’t feel that they had appropriate time to … Continued
April 26, 2013

“Save the Alabama Trust Fund”

By Mary Scott Hunter Special Interests in Alabama are urging their employees to vote “Yes” for an amendment to the Alabama Constitution this September 18, 2012.  A “yes” vote will draw down the Alabama Trust Fund (an investment fund of proceeds from state oil and gas leases) by $435 million over three years.  The measure … Continued
August 27, 2012

Birmingham Board of Education Rejects State Control

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday Night the Birmingham Board of Education (BOE) was supposed to vote on a state Department of Education mandated plan to save the cash strapped City School System millions of dollars and eliminate over one hundred positions including many layers of unnecessary education supervisors and bureaucrats. The Board of … Continued
July 18, 2012