Tag: SCHOOL CHOICE

Alabama’s schools should teach Alabama’s values, promote true educational excellence, and spend Alabama’s education dollars for the true good of Alabama’s teachers and students.

Critics of school choice are always quick to point out the “dismantling” of public education that comes with newer educational models. Often lost in this outcry is the fact that thousands of Alabama students feel trapped in a system that may not serve them best. 

Students accepted into Alabama’s education savings accounts under the CHOOSE Act will have more choices next year as school districts opt into the program.

Governor Kay Ivey recently honored a specific family that has chosen to participate in the state's school choice, Education Savings Account system, the CHOOSE Act, highlighting the strides she believes the additional funding has provided.

Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) executive director Heath Harmon recently stated that the association would comply with the law recently signed by Gov. Kay Ivey, clarifying the participation of student-athletes who receive funds from the state's school choice program.

Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation into law on Tuesday, granting participants in the state’s school choice system protection from discrimination when participating in high school athletics after Ivey and other state leaders filed a lawsuit last year.

I believe the story unfolding at MARS is worth paying attention to, for when parents are empowered and founders are free to build, small schools can produce outsized results. And Alabama students can compete, not someday, but now, in the technologies shaping their futures.

The Alabama House of Representatives passed Senate legislation allowing participants in a new school choice program to sue the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) in certain eligibility disputes.

Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday announced that Alabama’s education savings account program — the CHOOSE Act — had a record number of applicants in its second year.

During Friday's broadcast of WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) discussed legislation that will allocate additional funding to school choice purposes.

Across the country, online public education has become an important option for parents. In Alabama, we have several options, including K12-powered academies: Alabama Destinations Career Academy, Alabama Virtual Academy, and Legends Virtual Academy.

Thursday marks Home Education Day in Alabama, celebrating the value of parental involvement and the achievements and contributions of homeschool families to their communities.

Doug and Marinella Davis are sharing their homeschool story as part of an ongoing series from Governor Kay Ivey’s office spotlighting those using the CHOOSE Act.

ALEC has released its 2026 edition of the Index of State Education Freedom: A 50-State Guide to Parental Empowerment giving AL a B+.

There’s criticism that CHOOSE applicants are overwhelmingly white or overwhelmingly from higher-income areas, leaving lower-income, minority students stranded in a failing system. But once the CHOOSE application opens to families of any income, there will be no barrier – except parents.

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.

Goveror Kay Ivey and U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville are celebrating National School Choice Week (NSCW) highlighting the importance of of choice and how far the state has come while pledging to do more.

During an interview with Mobile radio's FM Talk 106.5, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) said he anticipated the 2024 CHOOSE Act would ultimately make Alabama one of the "strongest" school choice states in the country.

Governor Kay Ivey announced on Tuesday in her final State of the State address that she’s budgeting an increase for the state’s new education savings account program.

Jones acknowledged having "real disagreements" on education policy and specifically cited the school choice legislation.

Governor Kay Ivey announced on Wednesday that the CHOOSE Act family application portal access date information is available on the program’s updated website, where Alabama families can sign up for the state’s education savings account (ESA) program for the 2026-2027 academic year.

At its November monthly meeting, Alabama Public Charter School Commission (APCSC) executive director Logan Searcy outlined how the state plans to use the federal grant announced last month.

Three leading homeschool organizations in Alabama are thanking Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl for not just taking the initiative to reach out to the Alabama Education Association but for making that conversation public knowledge.

Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl took to the airwaves on Tuesday to clarify his and the party’s relationship with the Alabama Education Association and to dispel some of the misinformation spread by AEA consultant Brad Presnall, who made it sound like the relationship was stronger than it is.

On Friday, Brad Presnall, a contracted consultant for the Alabama Education Association (AEA), appeared on WVNN's "The Yaffee Program" to respond to critical reporting of his organization and its stance on conservative education priorities, including school choice and homeschooling.

Five thousand eight hundred children who were enrolled in Alabama’s K-12 public schools last year did not return this year.

Governor Kay Ivey is celebrating the success of the CHOOSE Act by spotlighting families who are successfully using the program. To date, she’s highlighted three families: the Carbonells in Birmingham, the McDades in Montgomery, and the Siemenses from Dothan.