What's Happening Now?
  • Alabama Education Association voted at their annual meeting in December 2009 to support asking the Alabama Legislature to set a mid to late August school start date  for public K-12 schools. (click here to read news article)
         - Talking points for the flexible school calendar legislation


  • Senator Zeb Little and Representative Craig Ford build legislative coalition to ensure passage of later school start date legislation when the legislative session begins January 12, 2010.


  • According to Auburn University Montgomery professor of economics M. Keivan Deravi, "if the schools could re-arrange 10 days of their academic year, the projected economic gain of such action can lead to approximately $300 million of additional revenues for all constituents in the state of
    Alabama."
     - View the study summary - .pdf file
     - Learn about Dr. M. Keivan Deravi

 

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