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  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, May 21, the Alabama legislature passed SB179, the fiscal year 2016 Education Trust Fund budget unanimously.  All 105 members of the Alabama House of Representatives voted for the nearly $6 billion budget, which went to a conference committee before both Houses concurred with the committee recommendations. Ways … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, May 19, the House Ways & Means Education Committee easily passed a substitute Education fund budget, HB179. The Committee is chaired by state Representative Bill Poole (R-Tuscaloosa). Chairman Poole spoke with reporters on Thursday, May 14. Poole said that there are not very significant differences in the House substitute and … 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 Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The final day of the legislative session ended last night with the Alabama House of Representatives passing the Education Trust Fund Budget, SB 184 after it came out of a conference committee with the Alabama Senate.  Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) had previously vowed to veto the budget if … 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 On Tuesday, March 18, the Alabama House of Representatives addressed the fiscal year 2015 Education Budget which begins on October 1. The most controversial aspect of the Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget is that, if the Senate concurs, teacher and education employees will see no pay increase. The Alabama … 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