Alabama families can now apply for a new program that provides state funds to help pay for private school tuition, home schooling costs, and other education expenses.
The Choose Act will help Alabama families pay for private school tuition, home schooling costs and other education expenses next school year. Families can begin applying for a new program on Thursday that provides state funds to help pay for school expenses. The Choose Act will help Alabama families pay for private school tuition, home schooling costs, and other education expenses next school year.
“Our plan will not only work for Alabama families, it will work for our state and will be effective and sustainable for generations to come,” Ivey stated in March. The program will provide families with as much as $7,000. Parents can also get up to $2,000 for home school expenses.While this means relief for families, school choice was a contentious topic during the last legislative session.“It is problematic when our public schools are in need of more resources that if we take funding away from them, it’s going to just make it that much harder for teachers to do their jobs, and it really then takes away from the students that are going to remain in those schools,” said Rep. Philip Ensler (D-Ala.) Montgomery in March. While opponents had concerns about the state using taxpayer money to fund private schools, supporters said it provided an option to families zoned for low-performing schools
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