Gov. Kay Ivey receives Lifetime Champion of Children Award
Gov. Kay Ivey has received the first Lifetime Champion for Children Award during the 2026 Children’s Policy Council Conference in Montgomery.
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An estimated 1,800 students will repeat third grade under new Alabama reading law
An estimated 1,800 Alabama students will repeat third grade because of low reading scores under a new state requirement.
Thousands of third graders could be held back under Alabama’s reading law
Alabama’s state school superintendent says that 10,000 or more third graders could be at risk of being held back this summer under new reading benchmarks to move to fourth grade.
