Tag: Terri Collins
Alabama Department of Education wants to boost literacy in later grades
Jemma Stephenson, Alabama Reflector
Having spent years focusing on reading skills for early elementary school students, the Alabama State Board of Education is...
State Legislators updated on the progress of the Numeracy Act
On Tuesday, members of the House Ways and Means Education Committee and the House Education Policy Committee held a joint meeting where they received an update from...
Gov. Kay Ivey signs school choice bills into law
When the State Legislature left town for the year on Tuesday, they left a lot of bills on the desk for Governor Kay...
Lawmakers approve expansion of private school scholarship program
Alabama lawmakers approved on Wednesday an expansion of a scholarship program aimed at helping low- and moderate-income students attend private schools.
Alabama House to consider ambitious special-order calendar on Wednesday
The Alabama House of Representatives will meet on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. to consider a very ambitious proposed special-order calendar.
Alabama House committee advances bill to cut half of state’s 4%...
Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday advanced legislation to remove half of the state’s 4% sale tax on food, a proposal that has garnered...
Bills expanding school choice options advance in Legislature
Bills to increase school choices for parents are still being considered by Alabama state legislators as time remaining in the 2023 Alabama Regular...
House Committee advances legislation providing stipends to principals who receive additional...
On Wednesday, the Alabama House of Representatives Ways and Means General Fund Committee advanced legislation that would provide up to $15,000 in...
House passes legislation making changes to the public charter schools statute
On Thursday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation making several changes to the Alabama Public School Charter Commission.
House...
Alabama House passes two education bills
The Alabama House passed a bill that would create an education savings account program and another that would change the way the...
