Education Trust Fund

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, May 26, Senate Finance and Taxation Committee Chairman Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) told members of the capital press corps, including the Alabama Political Reporter that the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee would take up the General Fund budget, House Bill 135, at their regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, April 14 the Alabama Senate passed SB179 the Education Trust Fund budget with the unified support of both political parties 33 to 0. The budget included an additional $13.5 million increase for the state’s voluntary Pre-K program.  State Senator Cam Ward (R from Alabaster) said on Twitter, “Al … Continued

By Katherine Green Robertson Alabama Policy Institute With the Governor’s sign-off, the state’s budgets for both the Education Trust Fund and the General Fund are now set for fiscal year 2015.  Of the $1.8 billion budgeted for the General Fund, spending on corrections is the second largest line item, behind only Medicaid, at $394 million … Continued

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter Yesterday afternoon, the Alabama House of Representatives convened at 3:30 to start the business of the 26th legislative day – and night – of this year’s regular session. With Democrats outraged at events occurring Tuesday in the body over the Education Trust Fund budget, what began as a slow … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Democratic members of the Alabama House of Representatives had planned to introduce several amendments to the House Education Trust Fund Budget. They even offered to substitute the House GOP Caucus budget, with the budget that Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) had sent to the legislature. Speaker of the House … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Education Association (AEA) has announced that they and members of the Alabama House Democratic Caucus, and the Alabama Education Retirees Association (AERA) will hold a rally on Tuesday in Montgomery to address public education concerns and their issues with the Education Trust Fund budget. House Minority Leader … Continued

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter The fight over what has become known as the Common Core educational standards has made its way into both the Education Trust Fund budget and into two Senate bills, one of which is scheduled for a public hearing tomorrow at the State House in Montgomery. The educational guidelines, also … Continued

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday was the fifteenth legislative day for the Alabama Senate and the Alabama House of Representatives, signaling the midpoint of the 2014 regular session. Despite this, no bill has yet landed on the Governor’s desk for his signature. Thus far, while both bodies have passed many pieces of legislation, … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Question: What does almost $7,000,000 in state contracts, trips to Paris,  thousands in campaign contributions to Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, the Mobile Press-Register, AL.COM and predatory lenders all have in common? Answer: The Birmingham-based public relations firm Big Communications. Among its many high-flying clients, the State of Alabama appears to be … Continued