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Financial aid vote key to a more educated, better trained workforce
Tim McCartney
When the State Board of Education voted last week for a new policy that ensures students complete or opt-out of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), Alabama took an important step toward building a more educated workforce.
FAFSA is the form colleges use to determine a student’s eligibility for federal financial aid, including Pell grants, work-study programs, and loans. Colleges and universities are also increasingly requiring FAFSA completion to receives scholarships from the institution, as well. That includes not only an education at traditional four-year colleges and universities, but also other postsecondary education opportunities such as two-year colleges, certificate programs and associate degrees. In fact, roughly 36 percent of Federal Pell grants are awarded to help students enroll in certificate and associate degree programs.
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A Gadsden man has filed complaints with the Alabama Ethics Commission claiming the directors of the Gadsden Airport Authority are being paid more than the bylaws of the authority call for, and that Mayor Sherman Guyton has used his authority to nominate directors and the over-compensation to influence them.
Lance B, Koury filed the complaints. One names the current members of the GAA board of directors: Chairman Harry McLendon, Chad Hare, Jonathan M. Welch, Robert Turk, Tim McCartney and Spencer Williams.
The complaint says the directors have been receiving $120 per member for monthly board meetings, while the authority s bylaws and Alabama Code Section 4.-3.5 allow for directors to be reimbursed for actual expenses, and to be compensated by the authority in an amount not to exceed $20 a month, at a rate not to exceed $10 for each board meeting they attend.
Interim Director Tim McCartney recently presented the plan to the Board of Commissioners. The campaign very much supports the board s agenda of reducing infant mortality but also addressing racism as a public health crisis, McCartney said.
McCartney says the campaign will share the ABCs of Safe Sleep: that infants are safest
alone, on their
crib. And importantly, as it relates to the Office of Equity and Inclusion in Hamilton County, 60% of the total spend of the design of the campaign will support African American businesses, McCartney said.
The county is partnering with Cradle Cincinnati on the safe sleep campaign. Director of Community Strategies Dr. Meredith Shockley-Smith says sleep is a cultural conversation for Black women.