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2016-2017 Annual Report
2016-2017 ANNUAL REPORT 1 Honorable Kay Ivey Governor of Alabama State Capitol Montgomery, AL 36130 Dear Governor Ivey: I am pleased to submit the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2016-17. The Department continues to find more efficient ways to communicate and con- duct business with our constituents. License purchases, special hunt registrations and park lodge and camping reservations are available through our websites, www.outdooralabama.com and www.alapark.com. In addition, we are communi- cating to more than half a million people through email newsletters and notices. Funds derived from the cap on sales tax discounts were restored to State Parks in FY 2017. These funds have provided much-needed relief in addressing the back- log of park maintenance projects. Park guests totaled just under 5 million this fiscal year. The federal management of red snapper and other reef fish continues to be a highly volatile issue within the fishing community. Our Marine Resources Division is working with federal agencies and Congress to provide more state oversight of this fishery and a longer season for anglers. Snapper Check, which continued for the fourth year, is an important part of this effort. The State Lands Division has administered the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) on behalf of the State of Alabama since its beginning in 2005. During the life of this program, which closed this year, State Lands administered 49 grants for over $58 million funding various coastal project activities supporting Mobile and Baldwin counties. Participation in the state’s Game Check system for the recording and reporting of both deer and turkey harvests became mandatory during the 2016/2017 hunting seasons. -
NGPF's 2021 State of Financial Education Report
11 ++ 2020-2021 $$ xx %% NGPF’s 2021 State of Financial == Education Report ¢¢ Who Has Access to Financial Education in America Today? In the 2020-2021 school year, nearly 7 out of 10 students across U.S. high schools had access to a standalone Personal Finance course. 2.4M (1 in 5 U.S. high school students) were guaranteed to take the course prior to graduation. GOLD STANDARD GOLD STANDARD (NATIONWIDE) (OUTSIDE GUARANTEE STATES)* In public U.S. high schools, In public U.S. high schools, 1 IN 5 1 IN 9 $$ students were guaranteed to take a students were guaranteed to take a W-4 standalone Personal Finance course standalone Personal Finance course W-4 prior to graduation. prior to graduation. STATE POLICY IMPACTS NATIONWIDE ACCESS (GOLD + SILVER STANDARD) Currently, In public U.S. high schools, = 7 IN = 7 10 states have or are implementing statewide guarantees for a standalone students have access to or are ¢ guaranteed to take a standalone ¢ Personal Finance course for all high school students. North Carolina and Mississippi Personal Finance course prior are currently implementing. to graduation. How states are guaranteeing Personal Finance for their students: In 2018, the Mississippi Department of Education Signed in 2018, North Carolina’s legislation echoes created a 1-year College & Career Readiness (CCR) neighboring state Virginia’s, by which all students take Course for the entering freshman class of the one semester of Economics and one semester of 2018-2019 school year. The course combines Personal Finance. All North Carolina high school one semester of career exploration and college students, beginning with the graduating class of 2024, transition preparation with one semester of will take a 1-year Economics and Personal Finance Personal Finance. -
Hinders Desegregation by Permitting School District Secessions
Whiter and Wealthier: “Local Control” Hinders Desegregation by Permitting School District Secessions MEAGHAN E. BRENNAN* When a school district is placed under a desegregation order, it is to be monitored by the district court that placed the order until the district is declared unitary. Many school districts have been under desegregation orders since shortly after Brown v. Board, but have failed to desegregate. Even when a school district is making an honest attempt, fulfilling a de- segregation order is difficult. These attempts can be further complicated when a racially-identifiable set of schools secedes from the district. Such school district disaggregations make traditional desegregation remedies more difficult by further isolating children of different races. In the past few decades, dozens of school districts have seceded to create wealthy districts filled with white children adjacent to poorer districts with children of color. This Note argues that school district secessions harm desegregation efforts and, in turn, the educational achievement of students in those districts. Two school districts — one in Jefferson Coun- ty, Alabama and another in Hamilton County, Tennessee — serve as ex- amples of how secession movements arise and how the conversations pro- gress. Secession proponents often advocate for increased “local control” — seemingly innocuous rhetoric that serves as a guise for racism and other prejudice. This Note argues that school district disaggregation is made far too easy by judicial preoccupation with local control and by the moral- political failure of state legislatures. But it is possible to discourage segre- gative school district disaggregation by reworking the concept of local con- trol so that it prioritizes all children, and by adopting state legislation that promotes consolidated, efficient school districts. -
High Schools in Alabama Within a 250 Mile Radius of Middle Tennessee State University
High Schools in Alabama within a 250 mile radius of Middle Tennessee State University CEEB High School Name City Zip Code CEEB High School Name City Zip Code 010395 A H Parker High School Birmingham 35204 012560 B B Comer Memorial School Sylacauga 35150 012001 Abundant Life School Northport 35476 012051 Ballard Christian School Auburn 36830 012751 Acts Academy Valley 36854 012050 Beauregard High School Opelika 36804 010010 Addison High School Addison 35540 012343 Belgreen High School Russellville 35653 010017 Akron High School Akron 35441 010035 Benjamin Russell High School Alexander City 35010 011869 Alabama Christian Academy Montgomery 36109 010300 Berry High School Berry 35546 012579 Alabama School For The Blind Talladega 35161 010306 Bessemer Academy Bessemer 35022 012581 Alabama School For The Deaf Talladega 35161 010784 Beth Haven Christian Academy Crossville 35962 010326 Alabama School Of Fine Arts Birmingham 35203 011389 Bethel Baptist School Hartselle 35640 010418 Alabama Youth Ser Chlkvlle Cam Birmingham 35220 012428 Bethel Church School Selma 36701 012510 Albert P Brewer High School Somerville 35670 011503 Bethlehem Baptist Church Sch Hazel Green 35750 010025 Albertville High School Albertville 35950 010445 Beulah High School Valley 36854 010055 Alexandria High School Alexandria 36250 010630 Bibb County High School Centreville 35042 010060 Aliceville High School Aliceville 35442 012114 Bible Methodist Christian Sch Pell City 35125 012625 Amelia L Johnson High School Thomaston 36783 012204 Bible Missionary Academy Pleasant 35127 -
NGPF's 2021 State of Financial Education Report
11 ++ 2020-2021 $$ xx %% NGPF’s 2021 State of Financial == Education Report ¢¢ Who Has Access to Financial Education in America Today? In the 2020-2021 school year, nearly 7 out of 10 students across U.S. high schools had access to a standalone Personal Finance course. 2.4M (1 in 5 U.S. high school students) were guaranteed to take the course prior to graduation. GOLD STANDARD GOLD STANDARD (NATIONWIDE) (OUTSIDE GUARANTEE STATES)* In public U.S. high schools, In public U.S. high schools, 1 IN 5 1 IN 9 $$ students were guaranteed to take a students were guaranteed to take a W-4 standalone Personal Finance course standalone Personal Finance course W-4 prior to graduation. prior to graduation. STATE POLICY IMPACTS NATIONWIDE ACCESS (GOLD + SILVER STANDARD) Currently, In public U.S. high schools, = 7 IN = 7 10 states have or are implementing statewide guarantees for a standalone students have access to or are ¢ guaranteed to take a standalone ¢ Personal Finance course for all high school students. North Carolina and Mississippi Personal Finance course prior are currently implementing. to graduation. How states are guaranteeing Personal Finance for their students: In 2018, the Mississippi Department of Education Signed in 2018, North Carolina’s legislation echoes created a 1-year College & Career Readiness (CCR) neighboring state Virginia’s, by which all students take Course for the entering freshman class of the one semester of Economics and one semester of 2018-2019 school year. The course combines Personal Finance. All North Carolina high school one semester of career exploration and college students, beginning with the graduating class of 2024, transition preparation with one semester of will take a 1-year Economics and Personal Finance Personal Finance. -
The Journal of Alabama Academy of Science
THE JOURNAL OF THE ALABAMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE VOLUME 89 MARCH 2018 No. 1 Page 1 Cover Photograph: Samford University’s College of Health Sciences hosted the 95th annual meeting proudly showing off their new building on the east side of campus. This pond and walking trail are nestled in between the building, Lakeshore Drive, and Shades Mountain. Read more about the College of Health Sciences here: https://www.samford.edu/healthsciences/ Photo is courtesy of: Dr. Brian R. Toone, Samford University, who took this photo in early spring after the meeting. Editorial Comment: Thank you for your continued support and patience as I adapt to my new role as editor. Thanks! Brian Toone Editor: Alabama Academy of Science Journal Page 2 THE JOURNAL OF THE ALABAMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE VOLUME 88 MARCH 2018 NO. 1 EDITOR: Brian Toone, Computer Science Department, Samford University, Birmingham, AL 35229 ARCHIVIST: Troy Best, Department of Zoology and Wildlife Science, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849 EDITORIAL BOARD: James T. Bradley, Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849 David H. Myer, English Department, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL 36265-1602 Prakash Sharma, Department of Physics, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088 Publication and Subscription Policies: Submit all manuscripts and pertinent correspondence to the Editor. Each manuscript will receive at least two simultaneous reviews. For style details, follow instructions to Authors available on the Alabama Academy of Science website – http://alabamaacademyofscience.org Reprints requests must be addressed to Authors. Subscriptions and Journal Exchanges: Address all Correspondence to the Chairman of the Editorial Board. -
Baby Bird Season Guest Speakers: Scottie Jackson & the Alabama Wildlife Center Team Sunday, April 24, 2016 - 2 P.M
Volume LXIX Number 7 April 2016 FlickerPublished by FlashesFor conservation and greater knowledge The Birmingham Audubon Society of birds, their habitat, and natural world Aububon Teaches Nature Baby Bird Season Guest Speakers: Scottie Jackson & the Alabama Wildlife Center Team Sunday, April 24, 2016 - 2 P.M. Alabama Wildlife Center There are many sure-fire signs of spring: the days are longer, flowers are blooming, birds are singing and the nightly chorus of insects will soon fill the air. Accompany- Programs are held at the Alabama Wildlife Center at ing that birdsong is the chirp, chirp, chirp of baby birds. Oak Mountain State Park, and the adjacent Oak Moun- What to do when one finds one out of the nest? Is it tain Interpretive Center. Admission to the park is $5.00 injured or orphaned? Is it okay to touch it? Can you put per person, but the program itself is free. Come early to it back in the nest? These are all questions that will be enjoy refreshments at the Alabama Wildlife Center and answered by Scottie & the Alabama Wildlife Center team; the birds at the feeders. When it is time for the program come prepared to learn the answers! we will proceed to the auditorium. Next month’s program: Due to circumstances beyond our control, the May 22 April program will be our last seminar in the series before seminar, Exploring Wild Alabama, featuring Larry Davenport we break for the summer. Make plans now to join us on and Ken Wills, will be postponed until the fall. Thus, the our summer field trips! $1.4 Million Approved for the Alabama Coastal Bird Stewardship Program The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has approved volunteers and staff,” said Suzanne Langley, Executive Director, $1.46 million through the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund Birmingham Audubon Society. -
Desoto State Park~Fort Payne, Alabama #Desotostatepark
List updated 9/4/2019 BMH DeSoto State Park and park partners like Little River Canyon National Preserve, Jacksonville State University Field School, Little River Arts Council, Seven Pines Survival and more, team up to bring you many fun events throughout the year. Campfire Talks, Classes, Demonstrations, Guided Interpretive or Fitness Hikes, Tours, Outdoor Adventures, Workshops......topics covering art, science, nature, and much more! Most programs are free or charge a small supply fee. DeSoto State Park also adds community events such as classes, festivals, workshops, local craft shows, etc to our calendar so that we can help our guests and visitors make their visit to Lookout Mountain, Alabama even more memorable. For more events on Lookout Mountain, see www.discoverlookoutmountain.com __________________________________________________________________ Alabama State Parks, a division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, operates and maintains 22 parks encompassing approximately 48,000 acres of land and water. These parks rely on visitor fees and the support of other partners like local communities to fund the majority of their operations. For more information on Alabama State Parks, visit www.alapark.com DeSoto State Park's Campfire Talk Series Campfire Talks are a series of educational & entertaining programs located in the great outdoors. Campfire programs are held almost every Friday & Saturday evening (May –October) in DeSoto’s James L. Wynn Campfire Ring in the Improved Campground. All programs are open & free to everyone. Seating is limited, so bring your own comfortable chair if you wish. In case of bad weather, programs are moved inside. Serious Skills Series Hosted by DeSoto State Park. -
National Blue Ribbon Schools Recognized 1982-2015
NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS PROGRAM Schools Recognized 1982 Through 2015 School Name City Year ALABAMA Academy for Academics and Arts Huntsville 87-88 Anna F. Booth Elementary School Irvington 2010 Auburn Early Education Center Auburn 98-99 Barkley Bridge Elementary School Hartselle 2011 Bear Exploration Center for Mathematics, Science Montgomery 2015 and Technology School Beverlye Magnet School Dothan 2014 Bob Jones High School Madison 92-93 Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School Montgomery 2009 Brookwood Forest Elementary School Birmingham 98-99 Buckhorn High School New Market 01-02 Bush Middle School Birmingham 83-84 C.F. Vigor High School Prichard 83-84 Cahaba Heights Community School Birmingham 85-86 Calcedeaver Elementary School Mount Vernon 2006 Cherokee Bend Elementary School Mountain Brook 2009 Clark-Shaw Magnet School Mobile 2015 Corpus Christi School Mobile 89-90 Crestline Elementary School Mountain Brook 01-02, 2015 Daphne High School Daphne 2012 Demopolis High School Demopolis 2008 East Highland Middle School Sylacauga 84-85 Edgewood Elementary School Homewood 91-92 Elvin Hill Elementary School Columbiana 87-88 Enterprise High School Enterprise 83-84 EPIC Elementary School Birmingham 93-94 Eura Brown Elementary School Gadsden 91-92 Forest Avenue Academic Magnet Elementary School Montgomery 2007 Forest Hills School Florence 2012 Fruithurst Elementary School Fruithurst 2010 George Hall Elementary School Mobile 96-97 George Hall Elementary School Mobile 2008 1 of 216 School Name City Year Grantswood Community School Irondale 91-92 Guntersville Elementary School Guntersville 98-99 Heard Magnet School Dothan 2014 Hewitt-Trussville High School Trussville 92-93 Holtville High School Deatsville 2013 Holy Spirit Regional Catholic School Huntsville 2013 Homewood High School Homewood 83-84 Homewood Middle School Homewood 83-84, 96-97 Indian Valley Elementary School Sylacauga 89-90 Inverness Elementary School Birmingham 96-97 Ira F. -
REQUEST for PROPOSALS State Parks Reservations and Point Of
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources State Parks Division State Parks Reservations and Point of Sale System CAMPGROUNDS, CABINS, AND DAY USE FACILITIES – CRS419 OVERVIEW The State Parks Division (SPD) of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) is interested in obtaining integrated technology solutions for park business needs. These solutions should include, at a minimum, a Campground Reservation System (“CRS”) capable of supporting online, in-person, and park level reservations for multiple locations statewide on a 24/7 basis; and a Point of Sale (POS) system capable of supporting over $23 million in financial transactions on an annual basis. Proposed solution should offer convenience to park visitors, staff, and management, and should offer integration capabilities for mobile devices and personal computer dashboard reporting and management. Offering increased access to our parks as well as gaining access to visitor information to support trend analysis, planning and marketing are important ADCNR priorities. Proposed solution must support these priorities while complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act for accessibility and inclusion. The initial Contract term will be three (3) years followed by two (2) additional option periods of one (1) year each. 1 ADCNR RFP# CRS419 – 4/30/2019 1 RFP Specifications and General Terms and Conditions 1.1 Compliance with Specifications This document outlines the specifications and qualifications which must be met in order -
1 “Race Was a Motivating Factor”: the Rise of Re
1 “Race was a motivating factor”: The Rise of Re-Segregated Schools in the American States Richard Johnson (Lancaster) & Desmond King (Oxford) . 2 Introduction. In the two decades after the Brown v Board of Education (1954) decision, analysis of school desegregation focused on federal, judicial mechanisms. However, as the federal courts withdrew from school integration efforts, state-level mechanisms to advance school desegregation gained greater relevance. The salience of state actions grew during the eight years of the Obama presidency when Republicans gained over 1,000 state legislative seats from the Democrats. As Obama left office, Republicans dominated thirty-two state legislatures and thirty-three governorships, a record high since the New Deal. A major but largely unexamined consequence of this profound shift in state-level partisan control is the resurgence of efforts to re-segregate public education. School integration across the United States has been uneven, but many states responded to the departure of the federal courts from school integration by maintaining integrationist mechanisms. As Republicans gained partisan control during the Obama presidency, state legislatures reversed their earlier initiatives and proposed measures to erect new barriers to integration. One strategy is reviving ‘neighbourhood schools’, a code phrase for schools which reflect narrow, racially homogenous communities rather than more racially heterogeneous school districts (Delmont 2016); the term unabashedly resurrects language from the 1960s when it was used to fight the Brown directive to desegregate (Hackett and King 2017). We examine new re-segregation policies, especially school district secession and anti-busing laws, which have passed in states where Republicans assumed control during the Obama presidency. -
Rigor at Risk
COLLEGE READINESS Rigor at Risk: Reaffirming Quality in the High School Core Curriculum ACT is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides assessment, research, information, and program management services in the broad areas of education and workforce development. Each year we serve millions of people in high schools, colleges, professional associations, businesses, and government agencies, nationally and internationally. Though designed to meet a wide array of needs, all ACT programs and services have one guiding purpose— helping people achieve education and workplace success. © 2007 by ACT, Inc. All rights reserved. IC 0508A2070 9437 Rigor at Risk: Reaffirming Quality in the High School Core Curriculum Contents A Message from the President and COO of ACT’s Education Division ......................................................... iii Introduction ................................................................................... 1 1. The Core Curriculum: An Unfulfilled Promise ............. 5 2. A Rigorous Core: Aligning the Essentials ..................... 15 3. The Impact of Rigor: Real Evidence of Progress ........ 26 4. It Can Be Done .................................................................. 30 Appendix ..................................................................................... 35 References ................................................................................... 47 i A Message from the President and COO of ACT’s Education Division For decades, ACT research has consistently shown that high school students who take a minimum recommended core curriculum—four years of English and three years each of mathematics, science, and social studies—are likely to be more prepared for college when they graduate than are students who do not take this curriculum. But in recent years it has become increasingly apparent that, while taking the right number of courses is certainly better than not, it is no longer enough to guarantee that students will graduate ready for life after high school.