The House of Representatives Wednesday evening approved a $5.7 billion Education Trust Fund budget that includes a pay raise for teachers, more money for pre-kindergarten programs and funding for two contentious measures. The budget, about three percent higher than this year’s ETF, includes a two percent pay raise for teachers, a $12.5 million increase for [...]
The House of Representatives Wednesday afternoon began what was expected to be a lengthy debate on a proposed $5.7 billion Education Trust Fund budget. The budget includes a two percent pay raise for teachers, a $12.5 million increase for pre-kindergarten programs and about $35 million to pay back a Rainy Day Account. The budget also [...]
A House committee Tuesday afternoon approved a $5.7 billion Education Trust Fund budget that includes a two percent raise for teachers and support personnel, liability insurance for teachers and about $12 million more for voluntary pre-kindergarten programs. The House Ways and Means Education committee approved the budget on a 9 to 3 vote that fell [...]
Both chambers of the Alabama Legislature have passed legislation to pay $437 million back to the Alabama Trust Fund after voters approved moving the funds over three years to avoid deep cuts to Medicaid, prisons and other state programs. On Thursday, the Alabama Senate made changes to the proposal, which now goes back to the [...]
People who have spent any time with state Rep. John Merrill knew he would eventually run for higher office. This week, the freshman Republican made that official with stops in several cities to announce he is running for secretary of state – an office he said he has been eyeing since he was 14. Merrill’s [...]