Scofield resigning from Senate
State Sen. Clay Scofield, R-Arab, is resigning his senate seat to become Executive Vice Pres-ident of the Business Council of Alabama.
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State Sen. Clay Scofield, R-Arab, is resigning his senate seat to become Executive Vice Pres-ident of the Business Council of Alabama.
Legislators approved a 2% teacher pay increase.
State lawmakers are considering legislation that would reallocate hundreds of millions of dollars from K-12 and higher education into a new savings account and would cap future education budget increases to no more than 5 percent.
The new savings account would be there in case the economy stagnates or takes a downturn, Senate Education Budget Chair Arthu Orr said.
Gov. Kay Ivey wants to send more than half $2.8 billion in education money to efforts outside of K-12 and higher education.