BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – State House education budget leaders moved last week to put an additional $35 million toward the state’s new school choice tuition program, citing the nearly 37,000 students applying for Alabama’s new education savings accounts.
Officials had originally proposed $100 million in funding for the program’s initial 2025-2026 school year.
“We were a little surprised by the overwhelming, large applicant numbers that were reported,” Senate Education Budget Chair Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, told Alabama Daily News…