Here’s the problem: In the past three years, only 39 students used the Accountability Act to withdraw from failing schools and attend private schools. And that was the purpose of the law, according to lawmakers. Tens of millions of dollars are being drained annually from public schools, but the stated purpose of the law has been fulfilled for only 39 students.
This was from an editorial in the Times Daily today, 10-10-16. It looks like the republican supermajority in Alabama has really fixed the high school problem.