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Tennessee to expand voucher program to 35, 000 students next year
3+ hour, 43+ min ago (787+ words) Senate majority leader Jack Johnson, R-Franklin, debates his voucher expansion bill with Sen. Raumesh Akbari, D-Memphis, right, during a Senate floor session at the State Capitol Building, Thursday in Nashville. [MARTIN B. CHERRY/NASHVILLE BANNER VIA AP] One year after it…...
Tennessee School Vouchers
13+ hour, 12+ min ago (227+ words) Decatur Daily Senate majority leader Jack Johnson, R-Franklin, debates his voucher expansion bill with Sen. Raumesh Akbari, D-Memphis, right, during a Senate floor session at the State Capitol Building, Thursday in Nashville. [MARTIN B. CHERRY/NASHVILLE BANNER VIA AP] There was…...
Book vending machine unveiled at Walter Jackson Elementary to honor late reading coach
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (432+ words) Family members, students and staff celebrate the unveiling of a book vending machine Friday at Walter Jackson Elementary, a tribute to the late Amy Jackson. [COURTESY/DECATUR CITY SCHOOLS] Amy Jackson's rocking chair, where she read to students, sat empty…...
Florida bans sociology from core curriculum at state universities
3+ week, 4+ day ago (757+ words) "Sociology as a discipline is now social and political advocacy dressed in the regalia of the academy," Ray Rodrigues, chancellor of the Florida State University System's Board of Governors, said Thursday. [MATIAS J. OCNER/MIAMI HERALD/TNS] TALLAHASSEE, Fla. " Florida's public…...
Ten Commandments display bill advances in Alabama House committee
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (427+ words) Rep. Mark Gidley, R-Hokes Bluff, showed this copy of a proposed poster that his bill would require to be posted in public schools. [TRISHA CRAIN/ALABAMA DAILY NEWS] MONTGOMERY " A bill requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in…...
State supplemental school funding down from previous years
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (638+ words) Local school districts will receive $35. 2 million in supplemental money for this fiscal year from the state's Advancement and Technology Fund; however, this marks a $14. 5 million decrease from last year, and future funds are uncertain. "We had, some have referred to…...
Alabama Senate committee passes education budget, one-time bonus for education retirees
2+ week, 4+ day ago (541+ words) The Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee on Wednesday approved the fiscal 2027 $12. 4 billion Education Trust Fund budget package, adding a one-time bonus for education retirees equal to $1 per month for each year of service. That means a retiree who worked…...
Area to receive over $150 million from state budget, funding packages
1+ week, 3+ day ago (824+ words) The Alabama Legislature has appropriated an additional $48. 8 million for specific projects and school systems within Morgan, Limestone and Lawrence counties for the current fiscal year and $104. 5 million for the 202728 fiscal year. On Thursday, the Legislature wrapped up its annual legislative…...
Decatur preschoolers experience career paths
1+ week, 3+ day ago (743+ words) Taelore Garth, left, Nashly Naranjos, center, and Kenzlee Peters visit the medical sciences booth during Career Day at BEST Pre-K Academy on Friday. [JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY] Students are dressed in the uniforms of their jobs of choice during Career…...
2026 Decatur grads JN01. JPG
1+ week, 3+ day ago (313+ words) Decatur Daily First Row (L-R): Melani Contreras-Garcia, Hope Gresham, Max Godwin, Mason Whitten, Candice Kitchens, Jason Ten. Second Row (L-R): O'Mya Nelson, Annabelle Mathews, Carson Terry, Mallary Mc Ree, Thomas Carbajal Third Row (L-R): Aubrey Oliver, Cliff Vaughan, Benjamin Strickland,…...