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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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