Alabama lawmakers are eyeing an overhaul to Alabama’s method of funding public schools.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers are eyeing an overhaul to the state’s method of funding public schools and heard details Monday about possible new formulas for allocating money to schools.
Lawmakers have no plans to increase taxes but are looking to revamp the formula that divvies out state funds. A panel of lawmakersabout three possible funding models. The formulas would allocate a base per-student amount and then provide extra dollars based on student needs. "We haven’t changed it in 30 years. Education has changed. Our state demographics have changed. Our systems have changed,” Rep. Danny Garrett, who chairs the education budget-writing committee in the House of Representatives, said of the need to change the funding formula.Bellwether, a nonpartisan research, and policy organization, presented information to lawmakers on three possible funding formulas.
The state’s current school funding formula was adopted in the 1990s in response to a lawsuit over school funding. The current program, called the Foundation Program, provides schools money for teacher “units” based on student enrollment.Mobile PD: One man dead, six others injured in Friday night shooting
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Alabama lawmakers eye change to school funding formulaAlabama lawmakers are eyeing an overhaul to Alabama’s method of funding public schools.
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