Senate leader seeks to alter ‘double-dipping’ law
Alabama Republicans vowed in 2010 to end the practice of double dipping, when state lawmakers also work as state employees or educators, and quickly followed through after taking the majority from...
View ArticleSenate committee votes for bonus, not pay raise, for state’s teachers
A Senate committee Wednesday morning approved a 2015 education budget that includes a one percent bonus for teachers and education employees; funding to hire 250 new middle school teachers and...
View ArticleAlabama State University would be cut $10.8 million under education budget...
Alabama State University would see $10.8 million in state funding cut under an Education Trust Fund budget proposal approved by a Senate committee Wednesday. The cut — nearly 91 percent of all higher...
View ArticleASU president Gwendolyn Boyd says she ‘unequivocally did not’ agree to $10...
The president of Alabama State University said in a statement Thursday that she “unequivocally did not agree” to a proposal to cut university funding nearly 26 percent, a move apparently initiated by...
View ArticleASU students, supporters rally at State House against proposed cuts
Students, administrators and supporters of Alabama State University rallied on the steps of the State House Thursday morning, urging lawmakers to reverse a proposed 26 percent cut to the university’s...
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