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State Elections
The next large round of state elections will be in November 2008.
How to Register to Vote - official site
Click here to go to the State website outlining how to get registered to vote. You must be registered to vote 10 days before an election to be able to vote in that election.
Absentee Voting Provisions - official site
State House of Representatives
Do you know who your State Representative is? If not, click here to enter your zip code to find out. It works best if you have your ZIP + 4 number.
Representatives that serve our school district area are:
District 43 - Representative Mary Sue McClurkin - official site
District 46 - Representative Paul DeMarco - official site
District 47 - Representative Jack Williams - official site
District 48 - Representative Jim Carns - official site
State Representatives are elected to 4-year terms.
Click here to enter your zip code to find out who your State Senator is. Again, it works best if you have your ZIP + 4 number.
Senators that serve our school district area are:
District 14 - Senator Hank Erwin - official site
District 15 - Senator Steve French - official site
District 16 - Senator J.T. "Jabo" Waggoner - official site
State Senators are elected to 4-year terms.
The Alabama State Board of Education
The State Board of Education is elected to 4-year terms at staggered 2-year intervals so that not all seven members are new in any 2-year period. The State of Alabama is divided into 7 districts. The Hoover School District is served by District 4 Representative Dr. Ethel H. Hall. Click here for Dr. Hall's biography. Her current term ends in 2011.
The State Board of Education holds its meetings in Montgomery on the second Thursday at 9:30am. Minutes of those meetings are posted on their website. The official meeting schedule may be viewed here.
The Alabama State Department of Education
The Alabama State Department of Education is the governing body over educational issues. Dr. Joseph Morton is the State Superintendent. He was appointed by the State Board of Education in 2004.
Click here for the Organizational Chart of the State Department of Education.
The Alabama State Board of Education and State Department of Education Administrative Code is available here. It is a compilation of all of the rules by which the State Board and Department of Education operate.
A+ Education Foundation - official site
Founded in 1991, the A+ Education Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that advances policies, programs and initiatives in Alabama's K-12 education system that result in high achievement by every child. To accomplish this, A+ works with the Governor, the State Board of Education, the State Department of Education and individual schools and school districts. A+ provides information on school improvement to educators, the media, community-based groups and the business community through a variety of publications and forums. A+ is located in Montgomery.
They believe that "good teaching matters most" and have worked tirelessly towards that motto by creating the Best Practices Center, the Alabama Reading Initiative, and many other groundbreaking successes in public education.
The Foundation in coordination with the Peabody Center for Education Policy has written a Primer on Alabama Education Policy. Anyone who wishes to know more about Alabama Education Policy should download a copy of the Primer and take the time to read it. Essential reading.
Click here to download a copy of the Alabama Education Policy Primer.
A+ publishes an e-newsletter full of information about what is happening in our State in the education arena. A complete list and dialogue of newsletters is available.
