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The Alabama Charter School Commission will meet Monday with its two newest members, State Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur) and Terry Lathan, as it considers five new charter school applications and four contract amendments.
Friday, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter announced the appointment of outgoing State Rep. Terri Collins to the Charter School Commission.
The Alabama House of Representatives approved legislation on Thursday that would create a so-called accountability council to heighten accountability and improve outcomes across the state’s public schools.
On Monday, Collins officially threw her support behind local business leader and former chairman of the Decatur-Morgan Chamber of Commerce board of directors, Patrick Johnson.
After serving in the Alabama House of Representatives for 16 years, State Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur) has announced that she will not be seeking re-election in 2026.
The American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (American Board) received approval from the Alabama State Board of Education last week to offer alternative pathways for teacher certification in Alabama.
Alabama needs to recognize that maximizing women’s health involves more than insurance, standard medicine and pharmaceuticals. Diverse options and the encouragement to use them will ultimately translate into more positive women’s health outcomes.
During this week's broadcast of Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal," House Education Policy Committee chairwoman State Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur) explained why she thought it was necessary for a shift in so-called cut scores to gauge reading proficiency in Alabama.
State legislators filed multiple bills on Tuesday in response to an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that an embryo created through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) is a child protected by Alabama's wrongful death act and the Alabama Constitution.
Abortions in Alabama declined from an average of 635 per month to zero after the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) overturned Roe v. Wade in June, 2022, according to a new study.
House Education Policy Committee chairwoman State Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur) is all-in on the recent adjustment to third-grade reading tests for Alabama students.
According to Gov. Kay Ivey, another teacher pay raise is under consideration for the 2023 legislative session. However, as things stand right now, teacher compensation is in a good place, according to State Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur), the chairwoman of the House Education Policy Committee.
Lawmakers and politicians in Alabama are continually pushing school choice as a legislative priority in the 2023 legislative session.
Earlier this month, a report by the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services showed less than 50% of education students pass the Praxis test on the first try in Alabama.
State Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur), the chief sponsor of the 2019 Human Life Protection Act, suggests the state improve upon its existing adoption resources and protocol.
State Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur), the original sponsor of the 2019 Human Life Protection Act, said the ban as it was constituted was not necessarily her preference.