The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled today that Gardendale, near Birmingham, cannot form its own school system.
The court also agreed with a federal judge’s finding that racial motives were involved in the attempt to split from the Jefferson County system.
The ruling nullifies part of an order from last year that allowed Gardendale to form its own system.
Bill Pryor, a former Alabama Attorney General, wrote the opinion.
A New York Times opinion column is putting Alabama’s public schools in the national spotlight, praising the state as a national leader in post-pandemic academic recovery and pointing to its accountability and early literacy policies as a model other states could follow. Opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote that Alabama — along with Mississippi and Louisiana […]
Alabama’s two U.S. senators are backing new bipartisan legislation aimed at increasing transparency in the prescription drug supply chain by requiring country-of-origin labeling on medications and their key ingredients. U.S. Sens. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) have joined colleagues in introducing the Consumer Labeling for Enhanced API Reporting and Legitimate Accountability for Base […]
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