Tag: DANNY GARRETT

Former UA president Stuart Bell fielded questions on his DEI policies before the University of Florida Board of Trustees voted to make him the school's next president.

Big changes are expected for the ever-troubled, radically progressive School of Social Work at the University of Alabama, as Governor Kay Ivey has signed a bill removing the language in state statute that gave the school autonomy from university administration.

The Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee passed a bill on Wednesday to remove language in state statute requiring the University of Alabama (UA) School of Social Work to remain a standalone college under the authority of the Board of Trustees.

The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday to remove the language in state statute that requires the University of Alabama School of Social Work to remain a standalone college under the authority of the Board of Trustees.

Dozens of school aged children and their parents braved the cold weather and loud noise of capital construction to gather on the steps of the Alabama State House Wednesday morning for Education Freedom Day hosted by AFP and API.

The University of Alabama (UA) School of Social Work was established by the Alabama Legislature in 1965 to address what was then described as a critical shortage of trained professionals in the field. On Monday, State Rep. Danny Garrett filed House Bill 152 (HB 152), a one-page bill to remove the language in state statute that requires the University to continue that program as a standalone college. 

In the third legislative session since passing Alabama’s divisive concepts bill in 2023, lawmakers and universities alike are still working toward the goal of ending radical ideology and discriminatory practices, including those masked under programs to promote “diversity, equity, and inclusion" that have been commonplace on campuses nationwide.

Last week, State Education Superintendent Eric Mackey announced that Alabama had lost more than 5,800 students in its public schools.

Governor Kay Ivey and House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) are seeking an injunction against the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA).

An evidentiary hearing is underway this week in the case against Alabama’s law prohibiting state funding for divisive concepts.

The Alabama Senate is currently working on the House-passed tax cut package to “make it even better,” according to State Sen. Pro-Tem Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman).

The Alabama House of Representatives passed a four-bill tax cut package sponsored by Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget chairman State Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville) on Tuesday without any opposition.”

The Alabama House of Representatives is slated to tackle a handful of tax cuts when it returns from a week-long hiatus from the state house after sailing through committee on the final meeting day last week.

Four bills aimed at cutting taxes for Alabamians have officially been filed in the Alabama House of Representatives after weeks of speculation from legislative leadership and the Alabama Republican Party.

The Republican Party’s platform may promise limited government, but human nature and political incentives don’t always align with ideology. Once in power, any party – Republican or otherwise – can fall into complacency, cronyism, or just plain inefficiency.

The House Ways and Means General Fund Committee advanced legislation on Wednesday that would grant paid parental leave for state and public employees, but not without questions on the fiscal impact of the proposed bill.

Monday, during an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," House education budget chairman State Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville) elaborated on the "ground rules" for any changes to the formula to proceed.

Possible changes to the public K-12 education funding formula in Alabama won’t include shifting local funding between different school districts, according to legislators.

Alabama lawmakers began a series of meetings on Tuesday to consider possibly changing how the state funds K-12 public education before the 2025 legislative session begins.

The Alabama House of Representatives voted on Thursday to approve the Education Trust Fund supplemental appropriations conference substitute, but not before several lawmakers followed a session trend of blasting the Senate for its failure to pass gambling legislation.

The Alabama House of Representatives passed Senate legislation on Tuesday that would create processes by which students could be excluded from K-12 classrooms.

On Thursday, the Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee passed Gov. Kay Ivey’s amended education savings account legislation called the Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students' Education Act.

Members of the Senate Education Budget committee will likely take a vote on legislation creating a new $100 million education savings account school choice program next week.

House and Senate education budget chairs Danny Garrett (R-Trussville) and Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) filed education savings account legislation called the Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students’ Education (CHOOSE) Act on Tuesday.

The Lieutenant Governor’s Commission on 21st Century Workforce met Wednesday in Birmingham to prepare recommendations to transform Alabama’s current workforce development initiatives.

Thousands of small businesses in the state will no longer have to pay monthly estimated sales taxes to the Alabama Department of Revenue effective Sunday. 

The Alabama House of Representatives passed four economic incentive bills included in Gov. Kay Ivey’s “Game Plan,” expanding the state’s ability to provide special funding and tax abatements to specific corporations.