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Craig Collins, speaking for the department, presented the 505 award summary and said Alabama achieved a 100% graduation rate among the JAG cohort cited, and a 68% rate for total civilian job placement or military service. He said Alabama’s total positive outcomes rate for the program was 87% and the further-education rate was 58% for the cohort presented.

\"That 100% graduation rate represents 208 students that should have dropped out of high school,\" Collins said, describing the wraparound services JAG specialists provide. Collins and other speakers noted two national student officers in Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs) from Alabama and highlighted the program’s role serving students at risk of not graduating.

State Superintendent Eric Mackey and board members discussed prior legislative support for JAG and said the board’s budget request for the coming year seeks to substantially increase JAG funding with the goal of expanding the program to more counties, and ultimately to every county by 2025. Mackey said the board has requested near-doubling of JAG funding in the next year’s budget materials.

Speakers praised JAG’s impact on at-risk students and described the award as recognition of the program’s contributions to graduation and postsecondary placement. No formal board vote was required for the award announcement itself; funding proposals will proceed through the normal budget process.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Alabama Board of Education Board Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","State education officials reported that Jobs for Alabama Graduates (JAG) earned the 505 award for the fifth consecutive year, with a reported 100% graduation rate for participating students and a 68% job-placement rate; the Board discussed plans to expand JAG funding to additional counties by 2025.","taxTitle","Alabama State Department of Education, State Agencies, Executive, Alabama","taxId",80275,"location","Alabama","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6498404,"State board approves FY2024 foundation appropriation request; adopts multiple recognition resolutions",2068,147000,2215000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5785859-80667ae3cfc3d788d61e0baebbb5d3de&start=147&end=2215","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5785859-80667ae3cfc3d788d61e0baebbb5d3de/thumbnail_147000.jpg","/articles/6498404/Alabama/State-board-approves-FY2024-foundation-appropriation-request-adopts-multiple-recognition-resolutions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6498404-5a601d2b2c09910383add74ac95915b2/orig.mp4?Expires=1773573800&Signature=mD0fo2blwRysW0JU-pxhq2oqWijwvBcGhGw4F3bKbrgDkIDvn26JChK~NMTxZhrTbd-HWoNBmAmTrII~JoOa~GjTRbpQBvPThMXf7Zhds49fteTMnkZiVCIk~OKxUAwFB5IjpUfIK2B5owG3ozv1c4R1YgJdVG4U78W9-dwm5n671ezjpB8m9KGJlatWA6LX9-3y-CPMl5jUzkzg6EJUc-R6GHypKBDXoBv9as8wAT4nCe86tAr5i05rCWGwNoVnuV1JNz2FUjFnAgeMpS8I6KnKZfJxsa8OMiUQ5JhX6PKoN2tEbprqgUDcVaCcDnfqhfSGOC1yNAp-xDcprupI0Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Alabama State Board of Education on Oct. 13, 2022 unanimously approved the fiscal year 2024 Foundation Program appropriation request, amended to include a college and career readiness attainment fund, and adopted several resolutions honoring school leaders and declaring observance weeks.

Board members approved the FY2024 Foundation Program appropriation request after staff incorporated feedback discussed in a prior work session. The request as described in the meeting text includes proposals to lower divisors for grades 4 through 6, to change enrollment thresholds so schools can qualify for additional assistant principals and counselors, to seek full funding for transportation, and to expand assessment funding to cover additional ACT and WorkKeys testing. The motion was made and seconded on the record and recorded in the transcript as a unanimous vote.

In addition to the budget approval, the board adopted multiple recognition resolutions by unanimous votes, including school principal awards and proclamations:

- Resolution recognizing Dr. Larry Haynes, 2022 Alabama Middle School Principal of the Year (Oak Mountain Middle School, Shelby County).
- Resolution recognizing Kyle Futrell, 2022 Alabama High School Principal of the Year (Holtville High School, Elmore County).
- Resolution recognizing Bridgette Stewart, 2022 NAESP National Distinguished Principal (Piedmont Elementary School, City of Piedmont).
- Resolution recognizing Dr. Ashley Bowling, 2022 Alabama Secondary Assistant Principal of the Year (Florence Middle School).
- Resolution recognizing Dr. Andrea Dotson, 2022 Alabama Elementary Assistant Principal of the Year (Riverton Elementary School, Madison County).
- Resolution recognizing Caitlin Halprin, 2022 Alabama History Teacher of the Year (Auburn High School).
- Resolution honoring Dr. Melanda Dean as Barbara Fanning Memorial employee of the quarter (Oct–Dec 2022).
- Proclamations recognizing National Manufacturing Day and Manufacturing Month (October 2022).
- Proclamation endorsing Alabama School Bus Safety Week, week of Oct. 17, 2022.

Most recognition items were presented briefly and passed by unanimous voice or hand vote recorded in the transcript. The board also approved routine meeting items earlier in the session, including agenda approval and minutes from the Sept. 8, 2022 meeting.

Board members framed the FY2024 request as aimed at closing gaps in college- and career-readiness measures, ensuring prudent use of COVID recovery funds where applicable and expanding district access to assistants, counselors and transportation funding. The department and several board members praised the collaborative input from districts on the budget request.

The meeting concluded with scheduling information: the next Board meeting is set for Nov. 10, 2022 at 10 a.m. in the Gordon Persons Building Auditorium, with a work session to follow.","On Oct. 13, 2022 the Alabama State Board of Education unanimously approved the FY2024 Foundation Program appropriation request (amended to include a college and career readiness attainment fund) and adopted a series of ceremonial resolutions recognizing principals, teachers and observances.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6498409,"State board highlights dyslexia progress as parents, students tell their stories",1073,530000,1603000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5785859-80667ae3cfc3d788d61e0baebbb5d3de&start=530&end=1603","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5785859-80667ae3cfc3d788d61e0baebbb5d3de/thumbnail_530000.jpg","/articles/6498409/Alabama/State-board-highlights-dyslexia-progress-as-parents-students-tell-their-stories","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6498409-eed4893135c49f4f2a10a47b0396b3a6/orig.mp4?Expires=1773573800&Signature=GQzTvU6wezNvI1PEsTLuG80fHN0g-miEAiGR36koq7gxswLvXo3-EhGUW6-ANymAucx-G7AtN20s8pwXLKszWL1ufqrFbT0PjEztijbg-E6WhBbrx0x5aNMxZmdqVwkjl5KWGnGcQ~YXwwtLR~oWmPPfXsQU7MxloXQT457AFm9MI7N4pt9sfEikJJEYTxNJp8gxrhBJqSomPEosvUzAZoXmd99is2vi-cO1WLZqbw76B~cz9Dv5DTO9OIbHACZrScuZ82T~In1Nv-gC0uycmopeDKQom0jP0EN5oSPlwuUTPtoszK3MZ-Y~2V~92vfiWpS713czKFXqnA4So3VX~g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Alabama State Board of Education on Oct. 13, 2022 adopted a resolution recognizing October as Dyslexia Awareness Month and heard parents, students and Dyslexia Advisory Council members describe long-running struggles to secure dyslexia-specific screening and instruction for Alabama children.

Board members and state education staff heard personal accounts from parents who said early screening and dyslexia-specific programs produced measurable gains for their children, while also describing years of advocacy and private out-of-pocket spending to obtain services. Sonia Yates, chair of the Dyslexia Advisory Council, told the board many advisory-council members were attending a concurrent dyslexia conference and thanked the board for actions dating to 2015 that she said set the foundation for more recent work, including the Alabama Literacy Act and a new Dyslexia Resource Guide issued by the Alabama Reading Initiative (ARI).

\"Because of you listening, we had some amendments or some recommendations that we made in 2017, which actually led into the Alabama Literacy Act,\" Yates said, thanking state leaders and legislators who supported the work. The board unanimously adopted the resolution recognizing Dyslexia Awareness Month.

Parents gave detailed accounts of children's academic progress and the costs of obtaining services. Ashley McCurdy, who identified herself as a member of the Dyslexia Advisory Council and a parent, said her oldest daughter was diagnosed with dyslexia at age 5 and initially received interventions the family judged inadequate. McCurdy said the family's daughter scored \"0.4\" on a Star reading test early in first grade, then improved to \"1.6\" after being placed in SPIRE, a dyslexia-specific intervention. \"It is amazing the progress that she made when she was finally being taught in a way she could understand and learn,\" McCurdy said. McCurdy also told the board the family had spent about $33,000 on private dyslexia therapy.

Krista Morrison of Mobile County described a separate multi-year advocacy effort for her child, Madeline, and said school-based screenings and interventions were inconsistent. Morrison said Madeline’s district-record reading-accuracy score appeared at \"30 first percentile for district\" in records the parent obtained and that a paraeducator-delivered SPIRE intervention had produced \"no real functional gain.\" Morrison said private testing later produced diagnoses including dyslexia, generalized anxiety and inattentive ADHD and that the family continues to pay for private therapy.

State Superintendent Eric Mackey credited board actions going back to 2015 and the 2017 recommendations that led to the Alabama Literacy Act. Mackey and Governor Kay Ivey joined members of the board in thanking parents and educators for their advocacy and for classroom work to implement dyslexia training and interventions. Mackey noted the department is distributing a Dyslexia Resource Guide and said implementation remains a work in progress: \"We're on the right trajectory, but not at the finish line yet,\" he said.

Board members and staff cited specific changes discussed in the meeting: statewide dyslexia screening and the availability of dyslexia-specific interventions such as SPIRE, shifts in some districts to curricula claimed to align with the science of reading (transcript reference to CKLA), and the new Dyslexia Resource Guide released by ARI. Several speakers said the dyslexia designation in the Alabama Literacy Act clarifies that dyslexia is a specific learning challenge that can be addressed through both general-education interventions and special-education processes.

The board took no independent new funding action during the dyslexia discussion; rather, members framed the topic within ongoing implementation of the Literacy Act and earlier rules. Several board members posed questions and noted continued need for teacher training, screening fidelity and resources to deliver intensive interventions in districts with fewer staff or high transportation and staffing costs.

The meeting closed the dyslexia segment with recognition of parents and students and an invitation for board members to take photographs with attendees. Board members said they expect continued progress and follow-up work through the department and local school systems.","At its Oct. 13, 2022 meeting the Alabama State Board of Education adopted a resolution recognizing October as Dyslexia Awareness Month and heard parents, students and advisory-council members describe ongoing implementation of dyslexia screening and interventions under the Alabama Literacy Act and state dyslexia rules.","actionData","errors"]

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