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The budget will include teacher pay raises, funding for reading and math coaches, and increases in money for classroom supplies.

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The 2021 session of the Alabama Legislature featured some old battles and progress on some major issues.

The Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday approved an Education Trust Fund budget with pay raises for teachers and increased funding for pre-kindergarten, special education and classroom supplies.  Legislators treated the budget — about $451.9 million (6.2%) higher than this year's ETF — with a mixture of pride and relief, particularly after a year when the state's economy took an initially hard blow from the COVID-19 outbreak.  "We would not be in position to make these investments in our children, our educators and our future without their resiliency in the face of the pandemic...

A House committee Thursday approved an education budget that would provide a pay raise for teachers and increases to several education programs.  The $7.65 billion Education Trust Fund budget, which passed the Senate on March 18, goes to the full House for consideration.  "I don't think it takes much for us all to pause and realize how significant the compensating effects of the fortunate position that we're in, particularly as compared to many states who have cut their education budgets," said House Ways and Means Education chair Bill Poole, R-Tuscaloosa. The budget reflects a more hopeful...