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Alabama offers free online summer learning to battle student COVID slide Updated May 18, 2021; Alabama students have more ways to keep learning over the summer, even without being in school. The Alabama Department of Education launched a free Summer Learning Challenge this week, offering children in kindergarten through 12th grade online access to hundreds of thousands of books, along with math exercises and online activities. State education officials hope parents and families will use the re...

Alabama high school graduation ceremonies set to proceed in-person AL.com 2 days ago Trisha Powell Crain, al.com © Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com/Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com Spain Park High School held a live graduation with social distancing for 390 graduates at the Hoover Met tonight. Everyone attending had to wear a mask. High school graduation season is back — and in addition to caps, gowns and family pictures, ceremonies in Alabama appear set to return to stadiums and a...

Submitted This year, there are 6,474 students enrolled in Alabama schools across 59 different school districts that are not currently included in the Foundation Allocation program that funds Alabama’s schools – and with that funding deficit comes a requirement that local funding pick up those costs. Sen. Chris Elliott (R -Daphne) recently had a bill signed by Governor Ivey that he hopes can change that and help growing school systems across Alabama get their fair share of funding. “Under ...

Alabama becomes fourth state to require FAFSA to graduate high school Updated Apr 08, 2021; . Alabama is now the fourth state to require high school students to complete the Federal Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, before getting their diploma. The state board of education okayed the change with a 6 to 3 vote at Thursday’s meeting in Montgomery. The graduating Class of 2022 will be the first to need to fill out the FAFSA in order to graduate. Students will have a way to opt out...

COVID 1 year anniversary Chapter 3: Trump, Saban test positive; hospitalizations soar Updated Mar 15, 2021; Alabama Power has reopened its business office lobbies shuttered for months due to COVID-19.Alabama Power SEPTEMBER Saying masks work, Gov. Kay Ivey extends the requirement that Alabamians wear face coverings in public. In Tuscaloosa, The University of Alabama cites students who violate coronavirus policies. September 30 - Gov. Kay Ivey extends mask order to Nov. 8. President Donald Trum...

Trey Holladay and Tom Sisk were indicted by a federal grand jury along with four other people.

Debate continues on students returning to in-person learning Debate continues on students returning to in-person learning By Ashley Bowerman | February 11, 2021 at 9:28 PM CST - Updated February 11 at 10:21 PM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - As we approach the one-year mark of school closures across the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the calls for returning to in-person learning are growing more urgent. A timeline for returning to in-person school remains a fierce topic of debate. The big...

Hovering over many of the requests was the pandemic and the damage it has done.

Lawmakers held budget hearings for the Education Trust Fund in preparation for the legislative session.