Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Alabama will get a new list of "failing" schools this fall

Alabama will be facing a new list of "failing" schools before the year is out, as the test scores from last spring are due to be released some time this fall.

The new round of test data will cause the state to recalculate the scores that led to the list of failing schools.

Parents at any newly failing schools will be eligible for a $3,500 tax credit to help pay for private school in the spring.

Malissa Valdes-Hubert, spokesperson with the Alabama Department of Education, said the latest scores will be released some time before January. She said parents will have until January 1 to notify schools of the intention to transfer based on the new failing list.

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