So Who Is Sponsoring the Senate Takeover of K-12 Public Education?

Three bills have been introduced to usurp the power granted to the State Board of Education (SBOE) and State Superintendent:

SB380 – Provides for termination of English Language Arts and Math courses of study and revert to prior courses of study.

SB438 – Calls for Constitutional amendment to change State Superintendent from appointed to elected position.

SB443 – Provides for complete legislative take over of K-12 public education.

Here’s a map of Alabama’s Senate districts, with color-coding to show who is sponsoring/co-sponsoring none, one, two or all three of these. Click on the district for the name of the Senator.

Here’s the legend. Guess whose district is the only one colored dark red?

If you want to know who your state representatives are, click this link to enter your ZIP code. SB443 is up for a public hearing on Tuesday, March 11, in Montgomery at 10:00 a.m. during the Senate Education Committee meeting. It is on the Senate Education Committee schedule for Wednesday, March 12, at 8:30 a.m. where a vote is expected.

Members of the Senate Education Committee can be found here. Three of SB443’s sponsors, Allen, Marsh, and McGill are members of the Committee.