Birmingham, Ala. – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2023 API Joins Amici Brief in Tennessee Case Regarding the Protection of Minors Birmingham, Ala. – Today (July 28, 2023), the Alabama Policy Institute (API) announced that it, along with the Family Po ...
API Announces Endorsement of Federal STUDENT Act
Birmingham, Ala. – Today (July 24, 2023), the Alabama Policy Institute (API) announced its endorsement of the federal Stopping Teachers Unions from Damaging Education Needs Today (STUDENTS) Act, which seeks to reform the federal charter of the countr ...
API Announces Concerns with Constitutional Amendments to Eliminate BIR for Local Bills
Birmingham, Ala. – This week, as the state legislature meets to debate Congressional redistricting in the special session, a bill was introduced that is being touted as a way to streamline state government. While API is all for streamlining state gov ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: API Vows to fight against gambling expansion
API Opposes SB 324 and any attempt to expand gambling in Alabama Birmingham, Ala. - Today (May 31st, 2023), Alabama Policy Institute (API) vows to fight the newest attempt at expanding gambling in the State of Alabama. Just after a series of articles ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: API Supports Tommy Tuberville
Birmingham, Ala. – Today (May 22nd, 2023), the Alabama Policy Institute (API) created a petition to allow Alabamians a vehicle to express their support for Senator Tommy Tuberville as he seeks to uphold the rule of law in opposition to the Biden Admi ...
API Supports PRICE Act
Birmingham, Ala. - Today (April 11th, 2023), the Alabama Policy Institute (API) announced its support for the Parental Rights in Children’s Education (PRICE) Act introduced by Senator Larry Stutts and Rep. Ernie Yarbrough, to create a universal educa ...
Start Putting Students First
School Choice is a hot button issue nationwide. Some governors have been championing this idea for years, but there has been a noticeable domino effect in the year’s spring legislative sessions. Perhaps it’s a delayed response to the crisis homeschoo ...
With billions of federal education dollars unspent, why does the Alabama Department of Education continue to ask for more?
Alabama’s K-12 schools have over $2 billion in federal stimulus funding that is yet to be spent, according to a recent report from al.com. The money was appropriated to the state by Congress beginning in 2020 under the guise of a federal health emerg ...
Educational insanity: What the 2022 NAEP scores actually tell Alabamians
What if I told you Alabama's eighth-grade reading and math scores are either worse or the same than they were more than two decades ago? Would you believe me over the various celebratory slogans touting Alabama's "progress in education achievemen ...
Colleges and universities must increase the value of an education
The annual cost of a college education has increased by 182% in the past 40 years. But are college graduates getting more for their money? It’s a fair question to ask in the wake of President Joe Biden’s announcement that up to $20,000 in student lo ...