MONTGOMERY, Ala. – When Montgomery Christian School opened in 2007, it was one of many private schools in the area offering families an alternative to their local public schools.
Nearly 20 years later, and more than a decade after becoming an early participant in Alabama’s first private school scholarship program, school leaders say a newer education savings account program is helping open additional doors for families seeking a private education.
Alabama now operates two state-supported programs aimed at helping families afford private school: a long-running tax credit scholarship program and the newer education savings accounts, or ESAs, created under the CHOOSE Act…