Alabama senators approved last week a bill that would strengthen criminal penalties for school threats and require students charged with making them to be removed from the regular classroom until a hearing is held.
The Alabama House Education Policy Committee recently approved a bill that would create a new group to research and recommend changes to the state’s A-F school report card and would expand reporting on student outcomes.
Political leadership in Alabama routinely says it wants to make Alabama the most military- and veteran-friendly state in the country.
A bill pending in the Alabama Senate would put the penalties for possession of a mixture of synthetic fentanyl and the controlled substances used to make it on par with possession of the deadly drug alone.
A bill requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms advanced Wednesday (March 4) without debate in the Alabama House Education Policy committee.
Two school prayer bills introduced by Rep. Reed Ingram, R-Pike Road, were approved in two Alabama House committees Wednesday (March 4).
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., joined Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, to introduce legislation Tuesday to prohibit the enforcement of civil nondisclosure agreements in child sexual abuse and human trafficking cases.
Lawmakers are returning this week with a slate of education bills poised for committee action, ranging from school prayer and Ten Commandments displays to changes in school grading and career tech workforce programs.
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