Tag: CHOOSE Act

With Friday night lights just mere hours away, the Montgomery County Circuit Court granted a temporary restraining order against the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA), allowing Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students' Education Act (CHOOSE Act) students to be eligible to play.

Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter called out the Alabama High School State Athletic Association for punishing families and students who have utilized the CHOOSE Act to access improved educational opportunities.

On Friday, Gov. Kay Ivey and House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) jointly filed a motion for a temporary restraining order against the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) in Montgomery County Circuit Court. 

Athletic eligibility shouldn’t be abused to discourage parents from taking advantage of school choice on behalf of their children’s academic future. The sore losers in traditional public education who have long been nothing but plain wrong must not win by technicalities.

State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) has issued a stern warning to the Alabama High School Athletic Association to quickly reverse its recent ruling, which sidelines athletes for using CHOOSE Act money, or else risk facing the full weight of the state legislature.

If the state’s courageous elected officials weren’t pursuing real educational freedom for families maybe we would need to accept decline as our destined path.

Let us hold the education system accountable, because they are ultimately accountable to the parents. In the last decade, they have become drunk with power. It’s high time we sober them up.

At the end of the deadline, the state of Alabama received nearly 37,000 students applying for its school choice program, the Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students' Education (CHOOSE) Act.

As the deadline swiftly approaches for Alabama families to participate in the state’s school choice Education Savings Account law, called the CHOOSE Act, Gov. Kay Ivey is calling on Alabama parents to take advantage before time runs out.

A revolution is taking place in Alabama education, and at the heart of this transformation is the rise of microschools.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) released the 2025 edition of the Index of State Education Freedom: A 50-State Guide to Parental Empowerment last week.

While the idea of some public funding following students appeals to many homeschooling families, the downside is that regulation will certainly follow the students. The CHOOSE Act is no exception.

Several states across the country already have robust school choice programs that have been in place for years, and numerous studies have proven that public schools do not experience a mass exodus because of these programs.

Nearly 3,000 Alabama families applied for the CHOOSE Act, the state’s new Education Savings Account program after the state opened it up for applications on Thursday.

Open enrollment for Alabama’s new school choice educational savings account program will begin in January.

Make no mistake, every single complaint the AEA has against school choice is because it’s taking power away from them and putting it in the rightful hands of parents. 

The Alabama Education Association (AEA) is encouraging its members to contact lawmakers ahead of the 2025 legislative session to “limit the damage” of Alabama’s 2024 school choice legislation.

The state recently launched a website to sign up for the new school choice program passed by the Alabama Legislature earlier this year. Education Service Providers can now submit applications to participate in the program.

School choice is a game-changer, and universal school choice should boost learning, improve the quality of our workforce, and reduce inequality.

In a recent Alabama Political Reporter article, Chance Phillips issues a word of caution to Alabama lawmakers and citizens, who are soon to benefit from the new CHOOSE Act. But the entire premise of the article is inaccurate and misleading.

Thanks to the passage of the CHOOSE Act, families have the option to place their children in a school other than their local district school.

Corey DeAngelis, a self-described school choice “evangelist,” sat down with 1819 News CEO Bryan Dawson on a recent episode of “1819 News: The Podcast” to give a history of the school choice movement and put to rest fears that it could negatively impact public schools.

Alabama's Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth (R) released a statement on Wednesday praising the final passage of the "CHOOSE Act," commonly known as the School Choice bill, which has been making its way through the legislature.

Gov. Kay Ivey signed the CHOOSE Act, a $100 million educational savings account bill, into law on Thursday morning.

The Alabama Republican Party opposes adding a funding cap to the school choice bill currently making its way through the legislature, ALGOP chairman John Wahl said on Monday.

Friday, during an interview with Huntsville radio WVNN's Dale Jackson, Senate Education Trust Fund Committee chairman State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) said he expected a Senate vote on the education savings account bill, the CHOOSE Act, late next week.

While the state's teachers' union, the Alabama Education Association, publicly claims a "neutral" position on the CHOOSE Act, passed in the House earlier this week, the group is still working behind the scenes to change the legislation.