{"id":182764,"date":"2025-04-13T12:47:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T12:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/alabama\/alabama-senate-advances-student-based-public-education-funding-overhaul\/"},"modified":"2025-04-13T12:47:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T12:47:56","slug":"alabama-senate-advances-student-based-public-education-funding-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Senate advances student-based public education funding overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Alabama Senate has advanced legislation to overhaul the state\u2019s method for funding public education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SB305, introduced by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, would establish a new funding system called the Renewing Alabama\u2019s Investment in Student Excellence program. This initiative, which would create the RAISE Fund, is designed to better support underserved students across the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Currently, Alabama allocates education funding based on average daily attendance. The new formula would replace that model with a weighted system that allocates additional resources for students in specific categories, such as those living in poverty, English language learners, special education students, gifted students and those attending charter schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As part of the plan, a companion bill was also approved to transfer $375 million from the Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund, a savings account dedicated to educational initiatives, into the new RAISE Fund. This funding is expected to support the program through its first three years. Of the total amount, $100 million is slated for the first year, followed by $125 million in the second year and $150 million in the third.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lawmakers said this phased approach is intended to provide school districts with financial stability as they adjust to the new system. The structure allows districts to plan and invest with confidence, knowing that funding support will be sustained over time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The legislation follows months of dialogue between lawmakers and education advocates who have pushed for a student-based funding model. The proposed formula includes a base funding amount for every student, with additional weights applied based on individual student needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A substitute to the bill clarified the flexibility that schools will have in how they utilize funds. The initial bill merely stated that local educational agencies were \u201cgiven flexibility in spending decisions when serving the needs of the student groups that generated the funds.\u201d Orr\u2019s floor substitute clarified that there is leeway for LEAs to \u201ccombine or shift funding across student groups that generated the funds to best serve students with the greatest need while meeting federal maintenance of effort requirements.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are just allowing the money to be moved by the local school board superintendent among the groups as they see fit, that it\u2019s not so rigid that if I get X for special ed, I have to spend X for special ed,\u201d said Orr.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The bill now heads to the House Ways and Means Education Committee for further consideration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alabama Senate has advanced legislation to overhaul the state\u2019s method for funding public education.\u00a0 SB305, introduced by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, would establish a new funding system called the Renewing Alabama\u2019s Investment in Student Excellence program. This initiative, which would create the RAISE Fund, is designed to better support underserved students across the state. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11763],"tags":[33526,22505,12750,7415,15075,42727,5294,72181,43288,21482,72182,72184,72183],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-182764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alabama","tag-2025-legislative-session","tag-advances","tag-alabama","tag-education","tag-funding","tag-overhaul","tag-public","tag-raise-act","tag-sen-arthur-orr","tag-senate","tag-student-based","tag-studentbased","tag-weighted-funding-model"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alabama Senate advances student-based public education funding overhaul - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alabama Senate advances student-based public education funding overhaul - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Alabama Senate has advanced legislation to overhaul the state\u2019s method for funding public education.\u00a0 SB305, introduced by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, would establish a new funding system called the Renewing Alabama\u2019s Investment in Student Excellence program. This initiative, which would create the RAISE Fund, is designed to better support underserved students across the state. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-13T12:47:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_1023154-scaled-e1717072051377.webp.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1437\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/34a251993513824056d80e6fd018db30\"},\"headline\":\"Alabama Senate advances student-based public education funding overhaul\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-13T12:47:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764\"},\"wordCount\":411,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_1023154-scaled-e1717072051377.webp.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"2025 Legislative Session\",\"Advances\",\"Alabama\",\"Education\",\"Funding\",\"Overhaul\",\"Public\",\"RAISE Act\",\"Sen. Arthur Orr\",\"Senate\",\"student-based\",\"studentbased\",\"weighted funding model\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Alabama\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764\",\"name\":\"Alabama Senate advances student-based public education funding overhaul - Som2ny Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_1023154-scaled-e1717072051377.webp.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-13T12:47:56+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_1023154-scaled-e1717072051377.webp.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_1023154-scaled-e1717072051377.webp.webp\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1437},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?bp_activities=1\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Alabama Senate advances student-based public education funding overhaul\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"description\":\"Daily Deals\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":86,\"caption\":\"Som2ny Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/34a251993513824056d80e6fd018db30\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Fsom2nynetwork.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Fsom2nynetwork.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Alabama Senate advances student-based public education funding overhaul - Som2ny Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Alabama Senate advances student-based public education funding overhaul - Som2ny Network","og_description":"The Alabama Senate has advanced legislation to overhaul the state\u2019s method for funding public education.\u00a0 SB305, introduced by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, would establish a new funding system called the Renewing Alabama\u2019s Investment in Student Excellence program. This initiative, which would create the RAISE Fund, is designed to better support underserved students across the state. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764","og_site_name":"Som2ny Network","article_published_time":"2025-04-13T12:47:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1437,"url":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_1023154-scaled-e1717072051377.webp.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/34a251993513824056d80e6fd018db30"},"headline":"Alabama Senate advances student-based public education funding overhaul","datePublished":"2025-04-13T12:47:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764"},"wordCount":411,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_1023154-scaled-e1717072051377.webp.webp","keywords":["2025 Legislative Session","Advances","Alabama","Education","Funding","Overhaul","Public","RAISE Act","Sen. Arthur Orr","Senate","student-based","studentbased","weighted funding model"],"articleSection":["Alabama"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764","url":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764","name":"Alabama Senate advances student-based public education funding overhaul - Som2ny Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_1023154-scaled-e1717072051377.webp.webp","datePublished":"2025-04-13T12:47:56+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_1023154-scaled-e1717072051377.webp.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_1023154-scaled-e1717072051377.webp.webp","width":2560,"height":1437},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=182764#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?bp_activities=1"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Alabama Senate advances student-based public education funding overhaul"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/","name":"Som2ny Network","description":"Daily Deals","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#organization","name":"Som2ny Network","url":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","width":300,"height":86,"caption":"Som2ny Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/34a251993513824056d80e6fd018db30","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Fsom2nynetwork.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Fsom2nynetwork.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com"],"url":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=182764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/182766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=182764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=182764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=182764"},{"taxonomy":"dealstore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdealstore&post=182764"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fofferexpiration&post=182764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}