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Education Trust Fund

Legislature

Governor signs historic Education and General Fund budgets

Altogether, the state's budgets represent $15 billion in appropriations.

June 2, 2023

House committee doubles rebates amid changes to supplemental ETF bill

The House Ways and Means Education committee doubled that amount to $210 for each taxpayer.

May 25, 2023

Education budget includes $1M for Troy program combatting “woke capitalism”

The money is directed to the Free Enterprise Scholars program, a new program at Troy.

May 9, 2023

Historic Education Budget passes Senate

As changed in committee on Wednesday, Gov. Kay Ivey's proposed tax rebates were cut from $400 to $100 per filer.

May 5, 2023

Senate committee strips water park, other project funding from $2.8B education bill

Instead, the bill creates a grant program to help schools with capital projects and a new rainy day fund.

May 4, 2023

Senate committee cuts rebate from $400 per filer to $100

The change comes as lawmakers put their support behind reducing the state's grocery tax.

May 4, 2023

Ivey to pursue tax rebate in upcoming session

Ivey said the state's surplus revenue is "unsustainable" and cannot be use to make permanent structural change.

October 5, 2022

New fiscal year begins, teachers and state employees looking good

The budget includes a 4 percent raise for teachers and lump-sum bonuses for retirees.

September 28, 2022

Legislators Ledbetter, Orr call for excess funds to go toward tax rebate

The money would come from the Education trust Fund, which currently has a $700 million surplus.

September 16, 2022

Governor signs Education Trust Fund

Governor Ivey noted the strategic investments the state is making in students.

April 15, 2022