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MONTGOMERY — The Alabama House adopted a record-high $9.3 billion education budget Tuesday for fiscal 2025, a $550 million increase over this year’s budget.

Alabama State Superintendent Eric Mackey said Thursday there may soon be money available to address reading skills for students beyond the third grade. Mackey said at a work session of the Alabama State Board of Education that he had requested the money be placed in a supplemental bill for the current fiscal year so Alabama […] The post Alabama schools superintendent expects more money for reading after third grade appeared first on Alabama Reflector.

The Alabama Senate on Tuesday approved three of the Legislature’s priority workforce and economic development bills, but delayed votes on two others for the taxing and eminent domain powers they’d

The Alabama House of Representatives Tuesday approved a bill that caps increases in the assessed value of properties. HB 73, sponsored by Rep. Philip Pettus, R-Killen, passed the chamber on a 97-1 vote. The measure limits increases in assessed values on residential and commercial property to 7% of the assessed value of the property from […] The post Alabama House approves bill capping property tax increases appeared first on Alabama Reflector.

State lawmakers want to create a new way to get a high school diploma—It would be called the workforce pathways diplomaUnder the proposed legislation - students