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Legislative Insider '08
PASS THE EDUCATION BUDGET
 With no room left for error, the education budget has one day left to pass. The Legislature is taking a one-week break, usually used to provide enough time for lawmakers to override a gubernatorial veto. But the Senate failed to consider the education budget this week, leaving only the final day to pass the education budget in time for K-12 personnel notice deadlines. If the Senate does not pass H.319, the education budget, on Monday, May 19, it will mean a special session. Read more... or AASB's Appeal
State Board News
ALABAMA ADVANCES ITS DIPLOMA
 The Alabama Board of Education voted unanimously at its May 8 regular K-12 meeting to change its graduation requirements. Effective with May graduates, seniors who passed the reading, math and one other section of the state's five-section graduation exam could graduate with the new credit-based endorsement to the Alabama High School Diploma. Also, all high school students will automatically work toward the advanced academic diploma endorsement unless opted out by a parent or for individualized education program reasons -- a change school systems could voluntarily implement this fall and that will be mandated in 2009-10. Read more...
School Board Member Academy
SUMMER CONFERENCE JULY 27-30
 Ready to Surf the Wave of Success? Let's celebrate and learn from education's wins at AASB's Summer Conference 2008. Set for July 27-30 at the Per dido, the conference offers an opportunity to learn best practices in enhancing student achievement. The Alabama Council of School Board Attorneys will also gather for their annual conference July 28-29. Plans are still under way, but housing details are available now. For more...
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AASB Workshop
PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE JUNE 4-5
On June 4 in Montgomery and again on June 5 in Hoover, near Birmingham, AASB will present its seminar on “Progressive Discipline: Disciplining and Dismissing Employees in Today’s Legal Climate.” Veteran school board attorney R. Kent Henslee will explain how progressive discipline and the state’s arbitration laws can be used to give employees an opportunity to change unacceptable behavior.
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