updated 11/29/11

• Later School Start Date to Create Jobs and Boost Economy says lawmaker in this Mobile Press-Register Guest Column Piece (Please click here to read colum)
  


• HB 543 passes the House Education Policy Committee by a Vote of 7 to 2. (For More Information on HB 543 and its value please click here)
  


• Rep. Randy Davis files HB 543 – The Flexible School Calendar Act. Bill sets the start of school no earlier than 14 days before Labor Day and requires end of school no later than the Friday before Memorial Day. Allows school districts to offer a longer school day and a shorter school year. (view the Bill)
  


• Alabama Education Association Votes to Support Later School Start Date Law.. (click here to read news article)
       - Talking points for the flexible school calendar legislation
  


• Later school start date could lead to approximately $300 million in additional revenue for the state of Alabama according to Auburn University Montgomery professor of economics M. Keivan Deravi.
   - View the study summary - .pdf file
   - Learn about Dr. M. Keivan Deravi