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With one legislative session finished and the next about eight months away, Alabama legislators will spend the time in between deciding whether to develop an entirely new school funding formula.
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
Gov. Kay Ivey Monday reaffirmed her support for creating education savings accounts at a rally on the Alabama State Capitol steps on Monday. But Ivey and other speakers gave few details of what they would support on the issue, which has already drawn pushback from State Schools Superintendent Eric Mackey and other educators in the […]
In 2019, Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law the Literacy Act, which includes a requirement for third graders to demonstrate reading proficiency before entering the fourth grade.