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Bye-Bye State School Board? Alabama Voters Decide In Two Weeks

Governor Kay Ivey's proposal could get rid of the state superintendent's position too
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Governor Kay Ivey has said the state’s education leadership needs a bold change, because the current system is not working. Her 2019 proposal would not only get rid of the elected state school board, but state education superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey’s position too. “I get a lot of questions about would I stay around or would I not stay around”…

State Superintendent and Board Member React to Proposed Bill that Would Stop Election of State Board of Education Members

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Alabama is among six states with an elected state school board and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh says it is time to convert it from an elected board to a commission appointed by the governor. “We have got to take this governance serious. It’s nothing personal against any elected state school board member but if you look at the…