Governor Kay Ivey and House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) responded to the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) in court on Friday.
The AHSAA is currently being sued by Ivey and Ledbetter over their rule requiring transfer students using CHOOSE Act funds to sit out from athletics for a year. A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge recently granted a temporary restraining order against the AHSAA, allowing affected CHOOSE Act students to participate in sports while the lawsuit proceeds.
However, attorneys for the AHSAA recently filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. That motion has yet to be ruled on.
“Governor Kay Ivey and House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter on Friday responded to the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA)’s motion to dismiss their lawsuit to fulfill the CHOOSE Act’s promise of true school choice for Alabama families. Governor Ivey’s mission is to simply let the kids play, and she refuses to stand by while the AHSAA unfairly and unlawfully discriminates against CHOOSE Act student-athletes,” Gina Maiola, an Ivey spokeswoman, said on Friday. “In today’s court filing, the governor and speaker push back against the legal technicalities the AHSAA has raised to avoid accountability.”
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