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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 current law, the Foundation Program that funds our schools uses prior year enrollment to get those funding numbers for each year, meaning every system is using last year’s numbers to fund this year’s student population,” Elliott said. “This puts our growing school systems at a huge disadvantage year after year, as we’ve got kids in these schools that have no state or federal funding available to cover their needs. We need to make sure every kid in Alabama is having their school nee
Bibb Schools receiving $106 million from the American Rescue Fund
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While many schools stayed shuttered, Baldwin County opened on time and stayed open
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How many Alabama teachers are getting COVID vaccinations?
Updated Mar 09, 2021;
Posted Mar 09, 2021
Baldwin County School Superintendent Eddie Tyler receives his COVID-19 vaccine during a school-hosted clinic in conjunction with USA Health in February 2021. (photo supplied by Baldwin County Public Schools).
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More than 2,200 teachers, principals, counselors, custodians, bus drivers and other staff in the Baldwin County School System loaded into buses and were taken to the Robertsdale Coliseum on Friday to receive their second shot of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine.
Superintendent Eddie Tyler, among those vaccinated, believes around 3,000 of the district’s approximately 4,000 employees have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus since educators became eligible for shots on February 8.