MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Senate today passed significant education reform legislation known as the Education Options Act of 2012. The proposal, Senate Bill 513 sponsored by Senator Dick Brewbaker (R-Pike Road), includes three major components aimed at turning around und...

This is the fourth video in our new series called “One Thing to Watch.” Each week, we point out one important issue to look out for during the coming week in the Alabama legislature. Last week’s “One Thing to Watch” was Governor Robert Bentley’s engagement with th...

In the video below, Barbara Rountree, Director of Capitol School in Tuscaloosa, speaks in favor of the Education Options Act in a house committee meeting. Meanwhile, Henry Mabry of the AEA sits in the corner plotting a defense of the status quo....

On Tuesday in the House Ways and Means Education Committee, Rep. Phil Williams presented a substitute bill amending House Bill 541, the Education Options Act. It contains several adjustments to the original bill, some substantive and some merely technical. I’ve li...