Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, fighting back against critical comments from a top legislator, said Friday that he was never in favor of allowing people to use state tax dollars to go to private schools and said people in the state agree with him. “However it turns out, I may lose this battle but I’m on [...]
On the heels of a dust-up between Gov. Robert Bentley and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, over proposed changes to the state’s controversial Accountability Act, Senate Democrats Friday reiterated their position on the law: Get rid of it. “You can’t fix a bad bill, and the only thing we can do to help [...]
Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, expressing his disappointment in Gov. Robert Bentley and using his own words against him, vowed the Senate would kill his proposed changes to the Alabama Accountability Act, a controversial law that allows parents of children in failing schools to receive tax credits to use at private schools or non-failing [...]
In this video, Gov. Robert Bentley discusses his executive amendment to the Alabama Accountability Act, including delaying the portion allowing tax credits for those in failing schools for two years. Bentley sent the executive amendment to legislators on Wednesday. Lawmakers meet for their final day of this legislative session on Monday, when they will consider [...]
Gov. Robert Bentley encouraged lawmakers to roll back the implementation of some portions of possibly the most controversial bill of this legislative session, a bill that would allow parents of children in failing schools to receive tax credits to use in private schools or non-failing public schools, for two years. Bentley, speaking on Wednesday to the Alabama [...]