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State school board member starts campaign to defeat Amendment One

State School Board member Jackie Zeigler last week launched a campaign to defeat Amendment One on the March 3 ballot. The proposed amendment to the Alabama Constitution would eliminate the elected state school board and replace it with one appointed by the governor. Jackie Zeigler represents the seven counties of southwest Alabama and is running … Continued
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October 28, 2019
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Do you really want Marsh to hand pick State School Board?

Let’s cut right to the chase. If the voters of Alabama approve a constitutional amendment next March that switches us from an elected to an appointed state school board, Senate majority leader Del Marsh will be in total control of the board. To date, most discussion of the amendment has virtually ignored the fact that … Continued
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September 19, 2019

Alabama Republican Executive Committee votes to oppose abolishing elected school board

Saturday, the Alabama Republican Executive Committee voted in favor of a resolution opposing a state constitutional amendment Constitutional amendment 284, if ratified by the voters, would replace the elected school board with a school commission appointed by the Governor. The amendment also repeals the highly unpopular Common Core standards, but requires that the Board replace … Continued
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August 26, 2019

Analysis | Charter Commission appointments could restore some faith

The Alabama Charter School Commission is changing.  On Thursday, the Alabama State School Board voted to appoint five new members to the board. Those appointments came from nominees provided by Gov. Kay Ivey, Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon and Senate President Del Marsh.  Only one incumbent survived on a board that has drawn considerable … Continued
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August 9, 2019
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We already know the danger of an appointed state school board

So, you want to appoint the state school board? According to Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, all of the voting we’ve been doing to elect state school board members is one of the biggest problems with public education in Alabama, and he wants to stop it. The stupid voters have screwed this up enough … Continued
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May 29, 2019

Speaker McCutcheon: There aren’t the votes to pass the lottery

Thursday, Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia, spoke to reporters about the prospects of reconsidering controversial lottery legislation. “There are not the votes,” McCutcheon told reporters. “It would be a waste of money and time to bring back the lottery.” This was in response to Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh’s, R-Anniston, comment that … Continued
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May 24, 2019
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Don’t be fooled: The plan to kill the Alabama School Board is about money, not helping kids and teachers

On Thursday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh summed up Alabama governance quite nicely in an eight-page bill and a one-page press release. The bill, filed by Marsh, would effectively kill the state school board, replacing it with an appointed bunch of bureaucrats who would be beholden the clowns who … Continued
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May 10, 2019