When Gov. Kay Ivey initially introduced her budget plan, she proposed sending the majority of $2.8 billion of supplemental education funding to projects with limited, if any, connection to schools and colleges — projects including a water park and airport.
$40 million for school safety grants, up from $10 million in Ivey’s proposal,
$20 million to fund some classroom instructional support materials for teachers so they don’t have to wait until the start of the fiscal year in October to access that funding,around $200 million for higher education projects at two- and four-year colleges was added.Tax rebates dropped from $967 million to $275 million,$31 million for a statewide magnet school for healthcare sciences was dropped,
Funding for Chamber of Commerce projects, including $31 million for a Mobile airport, $25 million for a Montgomery waterpark, and $25 million for the Port of Alabama were dropped from the Senate committee’s proposal. The education budget package, which includes the $2.8 billion supplemental and the bills creating the grant program and new reserve fund are expected to be in the Senate chamber Thursday.
Teacher pay raises and other education funding are contained in a different pot of money, the Education Trust Fund. Learn more about that proposal
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