“The state has no plans to use the taxpayers’ public funds to bail out a private college,” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey's spokeswoman Gina Maiola said in a statement to aldotcom Tuesday.
Tuesday, a BSC spokeswoman said the surplus “has presented lawmakers with the opportunity to prioritize the use of this one-time money for the benefit of education in our state.”
Lawmakers still have weeks left in the legislative session to suggest revisions to the budget before it passes. Sen. Rodger Smitherman , an early supporter of the request, said he’s still exploring all options. Smitherman said he’s planning to file a bill that would ask for a one-time allocation of at least $15 million for the school from the state’s supplemental education budget. He said he is also looking for other state funding sources to help meet the rest of the college’s $30 million goal.
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