Alabama father pushing for legislators to include special education in bill incentivizing teachers Share Updated: 10:24 PM CDT Apr 3, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital Share Updated: 10:24 PM CDT Apr 3, 2021
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Show Transcript IN NEED BEING LEFT OUT OF THE BILL. YOU’VE GOT TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO. COME IN TO ALABAMA PUBLIC EDUCATION SENATOR ARTHUR ORR SAYS THERE ARE ABOUT 7,500 POSITIONS FOR MATH AND SCIENCE IN ALABAMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. BUT ONLY ABOUT 4,300 ARE FILLED BY THOSE WITH PROPER CREDENTIALS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET QUALIFIED DEDICATED EDUCATORS THAT WANT TO DO THIS AND IF TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT THEM AND THEN RETAIN THEM SENATORS RECENTLY PASSED A PROPOSAL TO PAY CURRENT AND YOUR EDUCATORS IN THOSE FIELDS MORE MONEY SOMETHING THAT WOULD COST THE STATE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR YOU’RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY 20,000 EXTRA DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR A MATH OR SCIENCE TEACHER. THIS COULD BE A REAL GAME CHANGER FOR EDUCATION
Updated: 11:26 PM CST Feb 9, 2021
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Show Transcript TODAY ABOUT THEIR CONTINUED QUARANTINE. IN MARCH OF 2020, LEN AND JUNE BROOKS WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LAST STOP ON THEIR HAWAIIAN CRUISE WHEN COVID-19 QUICKLY CHANGED THE SHIP’S ITINERARY. 21 PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, A DEADLY VIRUS THE BROOKS AND BASICALLY EVERYONE ELSE KNEW NOTHING ABOU WE MADE IT THROUGH QUARANTINE JUST FINE. WE CAME HOME HEALTHY, SAFE. WE HAVE BEEN HEALTHY EVER SINC AND IN ADDITION, WE HAVE SEEN THE CREATION OF THE VACCIN SO, IT’S BEEN QUITE AN EXPERIENCE. SHER FROM MANDATORY QUARANTINE TO THEIR FIRST DOSE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE, THE BROOKS FEEL BLESSED THAT 11 MONTHS LATER, THEY’VE REMAINED HEALTHY. ON THE DAY WE GOT THE VACCINE, WE JUST RANDOMLY CALLED THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THEY TOLD US THAT THEY HAD BEEN HAVING SOME EXTRA, OR LEFTOVER VACCINE, AND THOUGH THEY COULDN’T PROMISE US ANYTHING IF WE WOULD BE THERE AT 1:00 P.M. WE COULD STAND IN LINE