The Legislature managed to pass most — but not all — of the major bills in the hopper in the 2013 session. Below, a wrap-up of the status of bills as the Alabama Legislature consigned the 2013 Regular Session to history on Monday. Budgets: Gov. Robert Bentley quietly signed the Education Trust Fund and General [...]
With Senate Republicans still arguing over more sweeping changes, a Senate committee Tuesday approved a relatively modest alteration to the controversial Alabama Accountability Act. The bill – approved by the House on April 30 — includes language saying school districts would not be required to accept students from failing schools who qualify for tax [...]
A Senate committee approved changes to the controversial Alabama Accountability Act Wednesday, with the same controversy that’s followed the bill spilling over into arguments on the Senate’s Education Policy committee. If passed, the substitute would change some definitions of what constitutes a failing school, while making it clear that students zoned for failing schools [...]
A long-in-the-works report on school safety in Alabama is set to be released tomorrow morning that may include legislative proposals for improving the safety and security of students. The report stems from a joint meeting of the House and Senate Education Policy committees, called in January in the wake of the deadly school shootings at [...]
A Senate committee Wednesday removed a key provision of a bill that would have stopped Alabama’s participation in the Common Core standards. After the vote, Sen. Dick Brewbaker, R-Montgomery, the sponsor of the legislation, had the bill indefinitely carried over, saying it no longer accomplished its initial intent. “Frankly, if the substitute was enacted, all [...]