BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Nearly 23,000 Alabama students will receive nearly $125 million in public money for private-school tuition and other education expenses in the first year of the state’s new school choice program, according to the Alabama Department of Revenue. And the review process isn’t yet complete.
“We are actively working through some remaining applications and applications that we have received a request for reconsideration on,” ADOR spokesperson Frank Miles told Alabama Daily News.
About 80% of the total amount to date is being awarded to students planning to attend private schools…