Struggling Alabama colleges hope for more state funding for COVID recovery
Struggling Alabama colleges hope for more state funding for COVID recovery Updated Mar 08, 2021; Lawmakers are trying to give Alabama’s four-year institutions and community colleges a slight bump in state funding after a difficult year. Higher education has been particularly vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Rep. Bill Poole, R-Tuscaloosa, who leads the Ways and Means Committee in the House. State appropriations are just a fraction of the revenue that fund operations for the universities. As students stayed home, events got postponed and hospitals canceled procedures, state funding ...