The program is popular but still faces plenty of pushback.
Nick West, a private school teacher in Mobile, Ala., helps many local families apply for $7,000 that they can apply toward private school tuition. West benefited from school choice himself as a child. He works with Samuel Wynn, 5, at Little Flower Catholic School on Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Mobile.
“Tens of thousands of kids are exactly where their parents want them to be, because of this program,” said Stephanie Smith, president of the Alabama Policy Institute. Alabama students join a rally in support of school choice options hosted by the Alabama Policy Institute in Montgomery Jan. 28, 2026.Alabama also allows some school choice within public schools, via transfer, charter school and magnet school programs. Abby Ireland said she is happy to send two of her children to public school in Pike Road, but used CHOOSE to help pay for homeschooling costs for her two youngest children.Alabama may ban a controversial practice from elementary school classroomsis “now funneling millions of our public dollars into private for profit schools, private schools that lack accountability and keep raising tuition to increase their profits.”“We know other people who are using it,” Noah Magnuson said. “We support the overall concept of being able to choose where to go and to have the money.” The CHOOSE Act is funded through a mix of state education funding and special reserve funds. Lawmakers currently are considering funding for the 2027-28 year.Ruth Serven Smith is a senior managing producer at AL.com who leads community engagement and audience development initiatives. She founded The Alabama Education Lab team in 2021 and led award-winning projects....
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