Watch: School choice in Alabama is not dead — It will happen in spite of the establishment’s embrace of our failing status quo

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February 4, 2022

Alabama State Senator Del Marsh (R-Anniston) has a bill that would drastically increase the number of options for Alabama’s parents, but its chances for passage seem slim.

Advocates for school choice should remember the same was said about constitutional carry and vaccine mandate bans, but momentum eventually carried those bills closer to the finish line.

Although school choice has an uphill battle for passage, it will eventually become law in Alabama — maybe not this year but soon.

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Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9AM weekdays on WVNN and on Talk 99.5 from 10AM to noon.

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