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Ryan Cantrell

School boards are choosing systems over students by calling for scholarship repeal

Boards representing three of the state’s largest public school systems – Mobile, Baldwin and Montgomery counties – recently passed resolutions calling for a repeal of Alabama’s landmark tax credit scholarships for low income families. They claim that the small yet popular program created in 2013 by the Alabama Accountability Act has “caused harm to the financial … Continued
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December 10, 2018

House Now Moves To Save Riley SGO

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—On Wednesday, the House will take up the bill that will expand the Alabama Accountability Act to save one particular Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO). Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) sponsored SB71, which would not only expand the cap of donations under AAA from $25 million to $30 … Continued
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April 14, 2015

Riley SGO Spotlighted at Legislative Orientation

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—So great is the effort to promote former governor Bob Riley’s SGO, the Opportunity Scholarship Fund, that it has been invited to the orientation sessions for in-coming legislators. The orientation session traditionally held at the University of Alabama School of Law has been moved to Montgomery for reasons unspecified. … Continued
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December 10, 2014

The Disappearing Waiting List: What FL Can Teach AL About SGOs

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY – Since the release of a report on SGO finances earlier this month by the Alabama Department of Revenue, proponents of the Accountability Act have gone to great lengths to defend the numbers reported therein. Showing the distribution of only nine scholarships statewide in 2013 despite nearly $25 … Continued
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July 31, 2014