Reform Alabama

Charter school bill dies in House committee

Alabama charter school proposal dead for the session | Reform Alabama A House committee carried over action on the Education Options Act this morning, effectively killing for the session a charter school proposal that was a priority for the governor and Republican leadership in the House and Senate.

RA founder Bradley Byrne was invited to Cullman this weekend to talk education reform and policy. The Cullman Times caught up with him there.

Reform Alabama leader relates education to economy | Reform Alabama Former gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne has been immersed in Alabama’s contentious education landscape for 25 years, first as a concerned parent and later as a member of the state Board of Education, and chancellor of the community college system.

The House of Representatives kept busy late into last night and got HB588 passed. This bill requires the Department of Education to create and implement a letter grading system of all schools in Alabama. It's one of our Blueprint for Education Reform initiatives, so we're happy to see it go on to the Senate so quickly!

Alabama House approves bill to require state to give letter grades to schools | Reform Alabama

Bradley Byrne and Quin Hillyer talk Medicaid reform in this morning's Press-Register. "LIKE" this if you agree that Alabama must get it's Medicaid spending under control.

State must ward off looming Medicaid crisis (Insight) | Reform Alabama The last week of March gave Alabama three reasons to focus on a looming crisis that threatens not just the state’s budget, but its ultimate solvency. From Montgomery’s Goat Hill to the U.S. Supreme Court on Capitol Hill, Medicaid grabbed headlines for piling unsupportable costs onto state budgets.