Tag: SCHOOL CHOICE

Calhoun County Schools officials are concerned about the continued decline in student enrollment, which will lead to fewer teachers and staff supplied by the state.

On a recent episode of “1819 News: The Podcast,” Lieutenant Gov. Will Ainsworth heavily criticized the AHSAA for their decision to double down on the rule stating that transfer students who accept CHOOSE Act funding must sit out a year before competing in athletics.

Lawmakers will likely consider Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA)-related legislation in the 2026 session, according to State Sen. Donnie Chesteen (R-Geneva).

A ninth-place finish is cause for measured satisfaction, not complacency. The real test lies ahead: whether we have the resolve to build upon this foundation and create an educational system worthy of our considerable promise.

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.

Governor Kay Ivey and multiple state lawmakers criticized a recent ruling by the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) that said student-athletes who transfer using financial assistance from the state’s new CHOOSE Act school choice law will be required to sit out for one year before competing in athletics.

The McDades are one of thousands of Alabama families utilizing the CHOOSE Act, an education savings account (ESA) program signed into law in 2024, this school year.

The U.S. Supreme Court's divided opinion on a Catholic charter school appears to kick the can down the road on the question of religious charter schools.

Our society is rapidly declining because our souls have decayed. It is only through family and education that future souls can be restored to their potential glory.

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.

Nearly 25,000 K-12 students have applied for the CHOOSE Act, the state's new Education Savings Account program, after applications opened on January 2.

You do not have a right to an education. But parents have a right and duty to educate their children. And children have a right to be educated by their parents.

It’s not often that an innovative idea originates in Alabama and then gets adopted around the nation, but that very thing happened recently, receiving some national coverage. 

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.

Nearly 7,000 Alabama families have applied for the CHOOSE Act, the state's new Education Savings Account ESA program, after the state opened it up for applications on January 2.

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.

Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday announced applications for the CHOOSE Act, the state’s new Education Savings Account program, are officially open. 

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

Non-profit assists parents in navigating new Alabama school programs.

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.

There were two notable accomplishments of the Alabama Legislature in 2024: the Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students’ Education (CHOOSE) Act, which established school choice, and SB129, eliminating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs.

The Heritage Foundation ranked Alabama seventh in the nation in its 2024 edition of the Education Freedom Report Card released recently.

What we’re doing isn’t working. Young people are our future, and America’s future is what’s at stake if we don’t get more school choice.