Private School

Educators and families in Alabama are among those watching a change that’s coming on New Year’s Day. The legislature passed a measure in 2024 called the Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students’ Education Act. The program is known as the CHOOSE Act for short.

The Alabama Department of Health (ADPH) is reminding parents and guardians to make sure their children are up-to-date on the required vaccines ahead of the school year.

Alabama lawmakers advanced a voucher proposal that would give parents up to $6,900 per child each year to pay for private school or home-schooling expenses.

Alabama’s Senate is currently debating changing a program that helps low-income families pay for private school. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh spent…