For example, Mountain Brook High School, located in the wealthiest city in Alabama, spent $13,933 per student of which $9,025 was from local taxes. In the same district, at Mountain Brook Junior ...

There’s a pamphlet in the Alabama Department of Archives and History written by Booker T. Washington. It’s called “How To Build Up A Good School in the South” and dates from the first ...

News Alabama considers modernizing public school funding to better fit needs of students Updated: Apr. 29, 2024, 9:00 a.m. | Published: Apr. 26, 2024, 12:31 p.m.

This money was expected to be available on July 1, but according to an email sent by Alabama State Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey to superintendents, his office was not notified of the review until ...

Cullman County Schools in central Alabama, which has 26 schools, is getting $834,000 for students in poverty, 45.5% of its total additional funding. "It just takes a long time.

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.

National nonprofit advises Alabama to change school funding model The API failed to deliver the resource. A group that analyzes education funding nationwide says Alabama's schools need more money.

Alabama is the latest state to consider a change to school funding formulas. Mississippi changed its formula earlier year. Tennessee changed its formula in 2022.

1. Increased Enrollment Trends Given that CHOOSE Act funding covers nearly 75% of Alabama families, Alabama private schools have access to a larger pool of applicants than ever before.

Like that night in 2013 when a school regulation bill approved by both chambers went into a committee and emerged as the Alabama Accountability Act, a bill taking money out of the Education Trust ...

If approved, that would send a record $6.1 billion to support Alabama’s public K-12 schools. Lawmakers approved a $5.3 billion budget for K-12 schools for the 2022-23 school year.