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CLAS Officers
2017-2018 CLAS Board of Directors
President Richard Brown, Sr. Beauregard High School
President Elect
Dr. Tamala Maddox
Robert F. Bumpus Middle School
Past President Sonja Hines
Andalusia City Schools
Alabama Association of Secondary School Principals (AASSP)
Jeff Cole Winston County High School
Todd Markham Buckhorn High School
Van Phillips. ........................................ Center Point High School
Wes Rogers Elmore County High School
Cathy Seale Marengo County Schools
Bennie Shellhouse.................................. Andalusia High School
Joe Toomey Murphy High School
Alabama Association of Elementary School Administrators (AAESA)
Timothy Dollar Wilmer Elementary School
Frances Finney ............................ Fultondale Elementary School
Charles Gardner Hokes Bluff Elementary School
Dr. Autumm Jeter Magnolia Elementary School
Waller Martin ........................ Enterprise Early Education Center
Judith Ross Bush Hills Academy
Alabama Association of Middle School Principals (AAMSP)
Andy Carpenter Pizitz Middle School
Larry Haynes Oak Mountain Middle School
Dr. Aimee Rainey Weeden Elementary School
Keith York Opelika Middle School
Alabama Council of Administrators of Special Education (ALA-CASE)
Annie Spike ......................................... Marshall County Schools
Lana Tew Morgan County Schools
Dr. Richard Templeton Cullman City Schools
Alabama Child Nutrition Directors (ACND)
Dr. Brindlea Griffin ....................................... Phenix City Schools
Alabama Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (AASCD)
Dr. Lisa Beckham Mountain Brook City Schools
Dr. Patrick Chappell. Homewood City Schools
Dr. Carlos Nelson Sheffield City Schools
Dr. Brenda Rickett Alabaster City Schools
Dr. Jan Tribble Limestone County Schools
Donald Turner, Jr. Calhoun County Schools
Alabama Association for Prevention, Attendance and Support Services (AAPASS)
Bobby Jackson Retired
Sheneta Smith Howell-Graves Preschool
Alabama Association of Career/ Technical Administrators (ACTA)
Holly Resmondo N. Baldwin Center for Technology
Dr. Rhinnie Scott Greene County Career Center
School Superintendents of Alabama (SSA)
Dr. Vic Adkison Thomasville City Schools
Dr. Dicky Barlow Mountain Brook City Schools
Dr. Susan Patterson ................................. Cullman City Schools
Dr. Wayne Vickers Alabaster City Schools
Ted Watson Andalusia City Schools
Alabama Association of School Personnel Administrators (AASPA)
Mary Veal Hoover City Schools
Jim Miller Shelby County Schools
Affiliate Presidents
Ashley Catrett ................................................. AASCD President
Dr. Autumm Jeter ............................................. AAESA President
Dr. Jimmy Hull ................................................... ACTA President
Rochelle Johnson AAPASS President
Dr. Farrell Seymore AASSP President
Dr. Michelle Washington AASPA President
Dr. Jacqueline Brooks SSA President
April Tucker AAMSP President
Diane Sherriff ALA-CASE President
Kelley Wassermann ACND President
Winter Issue 2018
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Director’s View
“Advocacy Makes Us Superheroes”
CLAS Annual Summer Convention Information Legislative Directory CLAS Partnership Directory 6 8 9 10 12 14 15 19 20 22 23 24 26 29 33 35 48
Legislative Update
“Positive Outlook for Education”
CLAS Schools of Distinction
More Members, More Rewards Recruitment Campaign Awards
Legal Forum
“Some Thoughts on Firing Incompetent Teachers”
Professional Learning Update “Leadership for the New Year”
March 1 PLU Expirations
2017-2018 CLAS Affiliate Presidents
Special Education Update “Spring ‘IEP Season’ Is on Its Way: Are Your IEP Teams Ready to Make Defensible ESY Decisions?”
Upcoming Events
High School, Middle School, and Assistant Principals of the Year Award Winners
Special Contribution
“The Need for School Cultures to be Positive”
SDE Spotlight “Breaking Barriers”
CLAS Legislative Platform
Advocacy Makes us Superheroes
You are an advocate for public education. This is not a question; this is a statement. Do you work in public education? If the answer to this question is yes, then you are an advocate for public education. Public educators live in a fishbowl regardless of the job they hold. For leaders in public education this fishbowl is magnified even more. People watch you, listen to you, and read about you on MySpace, Snapgram, Instachat, and even real social media outlets. It matters not whether you make a conscious decision to be an advocate for public education. As a leader in public education you ARE an advocate.
ADVOCACY
The act of speaking on the behalf of or in support of another person, place, or thing. The act of advocating, or speaking or writing in support (of something). The act of pleading or arguing in favor of something, such as a cause, idea, or policy; active support.
It has been established that leaders in public education are advocates for public education; therefore, let us resolve to be proactive, positive, and powerful in our advocacy. The 2018 legislative session for Alabama began on January 9, 2018 and ends in April, 2018. If we are going to be a positive force in enhancing the narrative of public education in Alabama, we must all be ready and willing to advocate for our profession. CLAS stands ready to help you with this advocacy.
The CLAS staff will be working hard to advocate on your behalf; however, the real advocacy must come from the membership. Lobbyists know a great deal about the organization for whom they lobby, and they do an excellent job of lobbying the legislature on bills. However, the strongest voice on what matters to a legislator is that of a constituent. Who better to speak on behalf of a public educational leader than the leader. The daily interactions you have with your legislator back home makes a huge impact in his/her understanding of the topic. The legislators truly care about how bills will impact the schools in their home districts, so let’s make sure we are aware of bills impacting education; let’s make sure we have specific examples to share with legislators, and let’s make sure we have on-going conversations with our legislators about legislation that impacts public education.
Your opinion matters. As a CLAS member and public-school leader, you should be able to articulate how legislation will impact your school. The following are a few ways you can advocate:
Read the legislative update section of the Friday Update and become familiar with bills that impact public education.
Vic Wilson, Ed.D.
Vic Wilson is the Executive Director of the Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools. He joined the CLAS staff in July of 2017.
Vic has 25 years in public education as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, and superintendent.
Vic is married to Felecia Dailey Wilson, and they are the parents of Dailey (21), Emma (17), and Paul (14).
Aside from spending time with his family, Vic loves reading, sports, and the arts.
Get to know your legislators. Learn pertinent contact information so that you can contact them as needed. A legislative directory can be found in this issue starting on page 35.
Make frequent personal contact with your legislators in your home district and/or in Montgomery.
Invite your legislators to visit your school and/or district.
Communicate THROUGHOUT the year with your legislators. Do not wait until the session begins to converse. Build relationships.
Join the CLAS Legislative Network (CLN) to become a more involved member with legislation. Contact Susie Ellison at susie@clasleaders.org for more information on the CLN.
These are but a few of the ways you can be an advocate for public education. We encourage you to stay involved, read the legislative update each week, contact us when needed, and communicate on a regular basis with ALL of your stakeholders including the legislators who represent you and your school.
The CLAS staff and I commit to provide you with up-to-date information about legislation that impacts public education. We also commit to communicate regularly, provide input on bills, and ensure that the CLAS Legislative Platform is used to guide and direct our decisions on legislation.
We are committed to advocating for public education in Alabama; and to that end, we will work hard to ensure that you are given the tools and information to make a positive impact with your legislators.
As always, let me know how I can help you in your journey as a leader in public education in Alabama. The CLAS staff and I are here for you, and we look forward to working with you on daily basis.
Sincerely,
Legislative Update
Positive Outlook for Education
The 2018 Alabama Legislative Session began on Tuesday, January 9. The House and Senate seem to be on the same page relating to the length of the 2018 session, and it is summed up in a few words “get out early.” Getting out early means both chambers’ focus will be passing the state’s education and general fund budgets. Besides the budget, the Senate and House of Representatives have their legislative agendas too. The legislature will be working very hard and very fast to pass agenda items, the budgets, and still get out by the end of March.
Budgets are stronger than ever. A strong state economy has created healthy growth in the education trust fund (ETF). The Legislative Fiscal Office estimated growth about 3.4%. The proposed K-12 budget submitted by Interim Superintendent, Dr. Ed Richardson, reflects the growth of revenue. The proposed K-12 budget titled “Putting Dollars in Classrooms” puts 2008 level dollar amounts into classroom instructional supplies, supporting teachers, and school systems. This year the ETF budget will start in the House Ways and Means Education Committee.
In addition to education funding returning to FY2008 levels, Governor Ivey has proposed a 2.5% pay raise for teachers. The estimated cost of a 1 percent public education pay raise is approximately $40 million. This could possibly be a true pay raise, if there is no increase in healthcare costs as there was in 2016-2017.
According to the Senate Majority Leader, Greg Reed, the senate agenda is expected to address issues that include: broadband access in rural Alabama; unemployment rates related to training Alabamians to fill jobs that are being brought into the state; and healthcare access to physicians and dentists in rural
areas. Behind the scenes, Senator Marsh, President Pro Tem of the Alabama Senate, will continue to work on a Comprehensive Education Plan. Sen. Marsh is working with various state education agencies and organizations, including CLAS, to develop the plan.
The House legislative agenda is short. In addition to the priority of passing the budget, focus will be on protection of children from assault and violence, plus bills supporting veterans.
Susie Ellison
Susie Ellison has served as the Communications Coordinator for CLAS since 2012.
Susie received a Masters in Public Administration from Auburn University Montgomery in 2013, and Bachelors in Political Science from Troy University in 2009.
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During this session, look for extremes in legislation to be introduced. Legislation will vary from issues important to people in specific areas around Alabama to issues that will impact the general public. (Legislators strategically work on issues which affect their constituents in hopes it will be noticed and remembered at election time.)
CLAS is trying something new! CLAS is organizing a pilot program for Legislative Hill Days during the 2018 session. During CLAS’s Legislative Hill Days participants will get an up-close view of the legislative process, meet with legislators, and advocate for public education. Invitations have been sent to current CLAS Legislative Network (CLN) members only. We will be hosting two days this session: Tuesday, January 30 and Tuesday, February 27. Each day is limited to 10 participants. CLAS hopes to expand Hill Days starting with the 2019 Legislative Session. If you have an interest in becoming active in the legislative process, please join the CLAS Legislative Network.
During the legislative session, CLAS will help you stay informed of relevant issues that affect education in Alabama. We will provide a legislative update at the end of each week located in the Friday Update email which includes a bill tracker consisting of bills impacting education.
For those of you who would like to get more detailed updates and timely information about legislation, consider joining the CLAS Legislative Network. Email me at susie@clasleaders.org if you would like to be more involved in the political process.
Thank you for everything you do each day for the children in our state and for being an advocate for public education.
The CLAS School of Distinction award recognizes schools or programs that serve as outstanding educational models for other schools in Alabama. These exemplary schools/programs will be recognized at an awards luncheon February 26, 2018, in Prattville, Alabama. The CLAS Banner Schools from each State School Board district will be announced during this luncheon.
Keystone Partner
State School Board District 1
Mary B. Austin Elementary School, Mobile County
Citronelle High School, Mobile County
Baker High School, Mobile County
State School Board District 2
Kinston School, Coffee County
W.O. Lance Elementary School, Lanett City
Eufaula Primary School, Eufaula City
State School Board District 3
Meadow View Elementary School, Alabaster City
Montevallo Elementary School, Shelby County
Childersburg Middle School, Talladega County
State School Board District 4
Paul W. Bryant High School, Tuscaloosa City
Westlawn Middle School, Tuscaloosa City
Central Elementary School, Tuscaloosa City
State School Board District 5
Pike County High School, Pike County
Booker T. Washington High School, Macon County
U.S. Jones Elementary School, Demopolis City
State School Board District 6
Boaz High School, Boaz City
Cullman City Primary School, Cullman CIty
Hartselle Intermediate School, Hartselle CIty
State School Board District 7
Florence High School, Florence City
Russellville High School, Russellville City
Howell Graves Preschool, Muscle Shoals City
State School Board District 8
James Clemens High School, Madison City
Mill Creek Elementary School, Madison City
Riverton Elementary School, Madison County
Foundation Partners
PAYS MEMBERSHIP
This year, CLAS awarded $3,300 to 73 CLAS members for their efforts in the 2017-2018 membership recruitment drive. For every new Individual/Institutional member who joined before December 31, 2017, we awarded $25 to the CLAS member credited with referring them to CLAS. We extend our most sincere gratitude for the hard work, dedication, and diligence put forth by these members! Additionally, for each new member recruited, CLAS enters the recruiter’s name in a $1000 cash prize drawing.
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CLAS Executive Director, Vic Wilson, presents Larry Hayes, Principal, Oak Mountain Middle School, Shelby County Schools with a $1,000 check for being the CLAS 2017-2018 More Members, More Rewards Recruitment drawing winner!
Legal Forum
Some Thoughts on Firing Incompetent Teachers
A recently-reported teacher contract termination case from New York reminds us of the procedures that existed in Alabama from 2004 until 2011, and prompts some thoughts about the current procedures for teacher contract termination in Alabama. The case also brings to mind some thoughts about professional responsibility and fairness in performing teacher evaluations and the duty to recommend contract terminations for teachers who principals believe are incompetent.
In Mazzella v. Bedford Cent. Sch. Dist., 2017 NY Slip Op 7127 (N.Y.App.Div. 2017), the appellate court upheld a hearing officer’s decision to terminate the teacher’s contract, deeming the decision “rational, supported by adequate evidence, and not arbitrary and capricious.” (Slip Op. p. 2.) The teacher in question was a music teacher with 18 years’ experience in the same school district, who had received tenure in 2001. At the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year, she was transferred to an elementary school, where she taught general music to grades K-5, and to a self-contained program for severely autistic children.
The school district adopted a new teacher evaluation system, called the “annual professional performance review” system (APPR) in the 2011-2012 school year. The court record does not indicate what the teacher’s rating was prior to her assignment to the new school or in her first year there, 2010-2011, but it does remark that she had received satisfactory ratings for many years. Under APPR, the teacher was rated “developing” in 2011-2012, “ineffective in 2012-2013, and “ineffective in 2013-2014. She was put on a Teacher Improvement Plan (TIP) in 2011-2012, and lost an internal appeal on her “ineffective” ratings to a joint review board, consisting of two union-appointed members and one school district-appointed member. Under New York state law in 2014, two consecutive “ineffective” ratings was to be considered as “very significant evidence of incompetence.” N.Y. Educ. Law § 3020-a (3) (c) (i-a) (B). In 2015, that provision was amended to provide that two consecutive “ineffective” ratings “shall constitute prima facie evidence of incompetence that can be overcome only by clear and convincing evidence that the employee is not incompetent in light of all surrounding circumstances, and if not successfully overcome, the finding, absent extraordinary circumstances, shall be just cause for removal.” N.Y. Educ. Law § 3020-b (3) (c) (v) (A).
The court record indicates that the principal visited her room 3 or 4 times in 20122013 and numerous times in 2013-2014, that a coordinator from the central office
Dr. David Dagley
Dr. Dave Dagley serves as professor emeritus of educational leadership with the University of Alabama. Dagley holds the PhD degree from the University of Utah and the JD degree from Cumberland Law School. He has served as a teacher, principal, assistant superintendent, superintendent, and school board attorney. Dagley is a frequent presenter at CLAS events on various legal topics.
He has also been a long-time contributor to this publication.
Dr. Amy L. Dagley
Amy Dagley, PhD, is an assistant professor in educational leadership at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She previously worked for the University of Louisiana at Monroe, and as a public educator in Alaska. She has earned bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Alaska Southeast, and a PhD from the University of Alabama.
Amy Dagley is the daughter of long-time columnist for this magazine, Dr. Dave Dagley.
visited her classroom 5 or 6 times in 2013-2014, and that the assistant superintendent had worked with her on lesson plans in March through June in 2013. The school district charged the teacher with incompetence, and the matter then went to a hearing officer, who sustained the charge of incompetence and contract termination in December 2014. The teacher appealed the hearing officer’s decision to the Supreme Court of Westchester County, which ruled against her in July 2015. She appealed again, and lost again, in the N.Y. Supreme Court, Appellate Division, in October 2017. Presumably, the teacher remained employed throughout the appeals process, two months short of three years in duration.
The process described above is similar to the process adopted in Alabama in 2004, when the Legislature abolished the state Tenure Commission and amended the Teacher Tenure Act to send appeals to a hearing officer approved by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The hearing officer was empowered to decide which of the following actions should be taken against the employee: contract cancellation; suspension, with or without pay; a reprimand; other disciplinary action; or no action. Hearing officers in Alabama came from a select pool of mediators. They were trained as mediators, seeking to bring parties together. It is our view that hearing officers during this time period, again because of their training, sought positions between the parties, resulting in a startling number of reductions of the consequences, thereby overturning school board decisions to terminate the contract. The hearing officer’s decision could be appealed to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, but the standard for overturning the decision was very high. And the teacher remained employed, often on administrative leave, while the appeals process played out. This process was repealed in 2011, when the Legislature replaced it with the Students First Act.
The Students First Act requires notice of an intended contract termination for a tenured teacher, with the board ultimately voting to terminate the contract. The teacher may request a hearing before a hearing officer, who is selected from a panel comprised of five retired Alabama judges. The tenured teacher must continue to receive pay and benefits until a final ruling by the hearing officer or 75 calendar days, whichever occurs first from the date of the school board’s termination decision. The continuation of pay and benefits must be halted immediately if the termination is based on an act of moral turpitude, immorality, abandonment of job, incarceration, or neglect of duty. Section § 16-24C-6(m) Code of Alabama (1975).
It has been nearly seven years since the Teacher Tenure Act was replaced with the Students First Act. Many members of CLAS may have been teachers (or still college students) in 2011, and may not be aware of how similar our procedures for a brief time were to procedures in states like New York and New Jersey. There has been a persistent myth that tenured teachers cannot be fired. This has never been true. What is true is that it is more difficult, depending on whether the appeal goes directly from the school board decision to a local court for review, to a hearing officer with court review, or to a hearing officer with very limited court review. It is also more difficult if the teacher stays on the payroll indefinitely, because that provides an incentive for the teacher to delay the process. What is also true is that tenured teachers cannot be fired if principals do not do their jobs.
Documentation is critically important. Among the statutory cause of dismissal (justifiable decrease in the number of positions or for incompetency, insubordination, neglect of duty, immorality, failure to perform duties in a satisfactory manner, or other good and just cause—incompetency is different from the others. Incompetency requires the local school board to adopt both formative and summative means of documenting incompetency, under the guidance of state legislation or state board regulation. (Note that in New York, the Legislature has stipulated by statute that the APPR evaluation system at least has a summative aspect when
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Professional Learning Update
Leadership for the New Year
Where do the leadership goals you planned last year stand today? Now is the opportunity to commit to a new year, a new approach, and a renewed commitment to yourself and your staff. As leaders we should always be striving to improve our professional skills and prepare to take on new challenges.
Leaders do not experience overnight success. It takes planning, perseverance, and hard work. It is a road of slow, continual growth and one that must be cultivated carefully to ensure the growth occurs. A trait of an effective leader is the drive to always learn. One of America’s greatest presidents, Theodore Roosevelt, was a fine example of a leader who constantly sought to improve himself both physically and mentally. As a child, Roosevelt overcame physical obstacles and through these challenges developed a very strong leadership style of self-improvement. Upon his death in 1919, he was found to have a book under his pillow – striving to learn to the very end.
As you begin the new year, what are your leadership targets for 2018? Make plans now to spend time
Leslie Dennis has served as the professional development assistant coordinator for CLAS since January 2012. Prior to this position, she served 13 years in public education in Montgomery and Elmore counties.
investing in professional growth opportunities that will increase your leadership capacity and help advance your school or system. As described in John Maxwell’s theory, The Law of the Lid, “to reach the highest level of effectiveness, you have to raise the lid of leadership ability.” Let CLAS help you raise your lid through the many professional learning opportunities of 2018.
Leslie is married to Richard Dennis, and they are the parents of Forrest (21), Ethan (21), Jacob (19), and Laura Grace (17).
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You will not want to miss the Assistant Principals Conference, Aspiring Administrators Conference, Law Conference, Culture: Lead the Way training, plus monthly Leadership Institutes and Lunch & Learn webinars. Along with these fabulous learning events, the 2018 CLAS Summer Convention is designed to provide diverse opportunities to enhance your professional skills. Join us in Mobile, June 10-13, for Alabama’s largest professional learning event for school and district administrators as we explore Leadership: Powered by What Matters.
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it comes to documenting incompetency.) Principals have the duty of evaluating teachers to demonstrate that teachers need to improve (formative evaluation) and to demonstrate that teachers have not improved sufficiently to continue teaching (summative evaluation). Local school boards and the state board of education have the duty of helping principals clarify which documents can serve formative purposes and which documents can serve summative purposes. While other statutory causes of dismissal can be documented best by a memorandum to the file type of system, incompetency requires teaching evaluation documents, supplemented by memoranda.
Our own research has traced an emerging duty for principals, across the states, to try to remediate problem teachers before initiating contract termination before the school board. This is especially important for the statutory cause of incompetency. (Note that for the statutory cause of immorality, remediation is superfluous; an immoral teacher is always immoral and cannot be remediated.) Courts are supportive of contract termination actions where a teacher receives 1) documented notice of the teacher’s incompetency; 2) documented assistance and time to overcome the incompetency; and, 3) another documented fresh evaluation after the assistance and time has occurred. Principals would do well to think in terms of evaluation cycles, so that a problem might be uncovered in one evaluation cycle, the problem might be addressed and remediated in a second evaluation cycle (we like the term “intensive care”), and a determination that the teacher is indeed incompetent at the end of a third evaluation cycle. (This is essentially what the principal did in the New York case, above.) And, in the hearing, when the teacher’s attorney challenges the principal about the principal’s competency to voice an opinion about the teacher’s competency, the principal can respond, “I hold an A (or AA) certificate from the State of Alabama that gives me that competency.”
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Build Valuable Skills - CLAS provides professional learning, on-going training sessions, job-specific workshops, and more in various formats to meet the needs and busy schedules of education professionals.
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Network with Colleagues - At CLAS events throughout the year, ample time is provided to meet, greet, and fellowship with peers and potential employers.
Use the Job Bank - CLAS members have exclusive access to our online job bank where you can browse open administrative positions.
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CLAS offers a valuable resource to administrators across the state. Please consider posting your open administrative positions on our job bank.
Cost - Good news! It’s completely free for any administrator to post a job.
Job Types - Any position that is considered to be a supervisory position is eligible for posting.
How It Works - Once the job is posted, CLAS members are able to search by criteria, or view the entire database of active job openings. They will apply using the method prescribed in the job announcement.
2017-2018 CLAS Affiliate Presidents
Dr. Autumm Jeter
AAESA President
April Tucker AAMSP President
Ashley Catrett
AASCD President
Rochelle Johnson AAPASS President
Michelle Washington AASPA President
Dr. Farrell Seymore AASSP President
Kelley Wassermann ACND President
Dr. Jimmy Hull ACTA President
Diane Sherriff ALA-CASE President
Dr. Jacqueline Brooks SSA President
Special Education Update
SPRING “IEP SEASON” IS ON ITS WAY! Are Your IEP Teams Ready to Make Defensible ESY Decisions?
In representing many Alabama school districts in the area of educating children with disabilities, our firm often fields questions regarding the provision of Extended School Year (ESY) services to children with disabilities under the IDEA. Since the 2018 summer break will be here soon, it is clearly a good time to highlight some important things to stress before “Spring IEP Season” arrives to assist IEP Teams in making appropriate and defensible ESY determinations.
AUpdate Your Training on the Law’s ESY Requirements and Your District’s ESY Policies/ Procedures
It is important that all teachers and other service providers are up to date on the requirement for providing ESY services to children with disabilities. This training should focus upon applicable ALSDE and local ESY policies and procedures and the specific factors that IEP teams are to consider in making proper ESY determinations. Training should not be limited to special education service providers, and regular education personnel should always be included.
B
Ensure Appropriate ESY Discussion for Every Child Every School Year
ESY eligibility must be thoroughly discussed and considered by every child’s IEP team at least annually. As part of the IDEA’s procedural requirements and during IEP Team discussions, Teams should ensure that parents are adequately informed as to what ESY is, the standards
that apply for determining the need for it, and the specific data that support the Team’s ultimate ESY decision. This discussion should be documented in the Team’s conference record or other meeting notes and reflected in the Notice of Proposal or Refusal to Take Action form provided to the parents after the ESY discussion occurs.
CIEP Teams Should Distinguish between ESY and Traditional Summer School Services
Although traditional summer school services or other available summer programs may be used as ESY services if it is determined that ESY is needed, summer school and ESY are not the same thing. IEP Teams must be sure to analyze an individual child’s need for ESY services using all ESY data that has been collected throughout the school year and analyzing it under a correct standard—that is, whether the child needs any special education or related services during the summer instructional break in order to receive a free appropriate public education (FAPE).
DIEP Teams Must Consider a Variety of Factors in Determining the Need for ESY
In making the ESY decision, IEP Teams must emphasize that the proper standard is not whether the child will continue to make progress over the summer or to maintain all of the skills that the child has obtained at the end of the school year. Rather, it involves an analysis of all relevant ESY data collected during the school year as it applies to
Julie J. Weatherly, Esq.
Julie J. Weatherly, Esq. is the owner of Resolutions in Special Education, Inc. with offices and attorneys in Alabama and Florida. Julie is a member of the State Bars of Alabama and Georgia, and for over 30 years, has provided legal representation and consultative services to school districts and other agencies in the area of educating students with disabilities.
She has been a member of the faculty for many national and state legal institutes and is a frequent speaker at special education law conferences. Julie is the author of the legal update for the National CASE quarterly newsletter and is a member of LRP’s Special Education Attorneys Advisory Council.
multiple factors that are relevant to ESY decision-making.
While the application of the “significant regression and recoupment” standard is important, IEP Teams should be reminded that regression/recoupment is not always the sole criterion to be used for making ESY decisions. Among others, courts have recognized that the following factors are often considered by IEP Teams in making individualized ESY decisions:
Critical life skills: Skills at issue are essential to the promotion and maintenance of the child’s self-sufficiency (e.g., eating, toileting, dressing, etc.) or are critical communication, social/emotional, behavioral and/or academic skills, such as reading;
Impact of the child’s disability: The degree or manner in which the disability affects the child’s performance makes it likely that the child will not make progress during the regular school year without ESY services;
Rate of progress: The rate at which the child learns specific skills, behaviors or critical life skills is likely to prevent the child from making progress during the regular school year without ESY services; or
Special Circumstances: The existence of a special factor such as an upcoming transition from one school environment to another or transition from school to post-secondary education or work, emerging critical skills, or the overall need for the IEP Team to use its professional judgment.
EIEP Teams are Required to Consider all Educational Needs in Making ESY Decisions
Assessing the need for ESY services based upon educational performance and progress includes examination of more than just academic performance data and, where appropriate, may include information regarding critical social, emotional and/or behavioral needs and skills. ESY determinations should not be limited to academic concerns.
FESY Determinations Must be Made Based upon Individual Needs
IEP Teams must avoid categorical limitations on or the provision of “one size fits all” ESY services that are not based upon the individual educational needs of a child. Policies or procedures that limit ESY services to a particular time, location or disability category violate the IDEA, and statements such as “our ESY program runs for four weeks for everyone” reflect a failure on the part of the Team to individualize its recommendations. Where it is decided that a child needs IEPbased ESY services beyond the school’s typical school year to ensure FAPE, the content and time period for those services, the “number of weeks, days per week, and minutes per day” must be based on the individual needs of the child, rather than what the school district generally makes available during the summer.
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During my tenure as a school-based instructional leader, I learned rather quickly how to foster a school culture of positivity. In this article, I will share a few personal strategies that assisted me to that end. As educators and parents, we all desire for schools to be a wonderful place to learn whether it be for our own children or those children in our assigned posts. From my experience as a classroom teacher, assistant principal, principal, assistant superintendent, and university professor, I have witnessed school cultures that reek with negativity. Instructional leaders and teacher leaders must come together, now more than ever, to transform that adversity.
As a teacher, I recall vividly students craving positive feedback and seizing the opportunity to provide this encouragement to students on a daily basis. Through this positive feedback, I was able to touch the life of the whole child not only in the classroom, but also outside the classroom. From Theodore Roosevelt to John Maxwell, the old adage, “people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care” rings so true with students. In light of this, it is imperative that instructional leaders and teacher leaders collaborate to ensure that students experience success and have a sense of belonging. For example, I recently spoke to a colleague in a large secondary public school in the Southeastern United States that had been experiencing low graduation rates. The school made a recent turnaround and saw significant improvement in graduation numbers. I asked the instructional leader to what she attributed the recent upturn in graduation rates and improvement to the school culture. Her response was that she made efforts to ensure “every single child” belonged to something, whether it be a music club, a chess
club, or the like. Unfortunately, schools are under so much scrutiny due to accountability standards that we forget the small things like the importance of extracurricular activities in building a student’s sense of belonging.
In my role as a university professor, I have the opportunity to visit many schools across the Southeastern United States. Many different personalities are evident as soon as I walk in the school door, immediately setting the tone for the school culture (negative or positive). Instructional leaders must ensure that the “face of the school” is reflective of individuals who are engaging and pleasing to the public. Schools are to be places that are friendly, inviting, and welcoming. Of course, instructional leaders who have positive school cultures already know this. Instructional leaders must also clarify what a positive school culture looks like and feels like so that the faculty and staff are prepared to embed the aspects of a positive school culture into daily routines. What specifically can teacher leaders and instructional leaders do to promote a positive school culture?
What Teacher Leaders Can Do
A needs assessment is a useful tool that teacher leaders can utilize to improve school culture (Ellsworth, Harris, & Moore, 2011; Gross et al., 2015; Royse & Badger, 2015). It is important that teacher leaders get a grasp of the aspects of the current school culture for future improvements to occur. Abundant resources are available to utilize in the development of a needs assessment of school culture, whether it be an existing instrument or an instrument created by experts in your own field of study (Royse & Badger, 2015). After collecting evidence from the needs
Dr. Jeff Cornelius is an Associate Professor of Instructional Leadership at the University of North Alabama. A native of Tuscumbia, AL, he received degrees from Mississippi State University, University of North Alabama, and Samford University. He also has served as a classroom teacher, assistant principal, principal, and assistant superintendent.
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assessment, time needs to be devoted to the interpretation of results as well as the development of a concrete plan of action to improve school culture. After developing a plan of action, implementation shall occur with checkpoints along the way to monitor successes and failures. The final step should be to set aside time to reflect upon what worked and what did not work.
To bridge the gap between theory and practice, we must first have an understanding of how a culture is developed. Morgan (as cited in in Roby, 2011) refers to the development of culture as one achieved through social interactions. Roby (2011) found that open dialogue, trust building, managing change, and strengthening relationships were fundamental aspects of school culture. Data collected from needs assessments may be used as a means for teacher leaders to have open dialogue of negative aspects related to school culture (Roby, 2011). Louis and Lee (2016) discovered that trust has the potential to increase capacity for an organization. Furthermore, Louis and Lee (2016) also demonstrated that the capacity for organizational learning is likely to decrease as grade level within the school increases. This finding implies that close attention is needed at the secondary level to improve organizational learning. I can certainly relate to this finding based upon my past experiences. Elementary school schedules lend themselves to structures that foster open dialogue, data analysis, the development of action plans, and a process for reflection (Louis & Lee, 2016). Oftentimes, secondary schools need to expand their network from simply one department or a handful of teachers to one that carries across disciplines or across schools to build a support culture among colleagues (Louis & Lee, 2016). In summary, teacher leaders are key facilitators in establishing a culture of positivity. Through this culture of positivity, teacher leaders can ultimately improve student achievement.
What Instructional Leaders Can Do
The instructional leader is the catalyst in the transformation of school culture. Thus, an effective instructional leader knows that a culture of positivity is a prerequisite for improved student achievement. Is it possible for an instructional leader to increase student achievement without first establishing a culture of positivity? My experience indicates it would be very difficult. It is imperative that instructional leaders maintain a school culture marked by optimism. Unfortunately, instructional leaders do not always have a clear vision, mission and goals with shared stakeholder involvement. I have witnessed this firsthand while serving on accreditation teams throughout the United States. Oftentimes, a select group of individuals are running things from “behind the scenes” with a lack of instructional leadership to guide the group.
Turan and Bektas (2013) suggested that schools with strong organizational cultures were more likely to shift from a focus on individual goals to the need for shared goals. Futhermore, Turan and Bektas (2013) noted that having a shared vision in alignment with the school culture is the most important role of a school leader. From a practical standpoint, it is important that instructional leaders revisit the vision, mission, and goals of the organization along with its stakeholders (faculty, staff, parents, students, community members, and/or other stakeholders). In addition, instructional leaders should act as facilitators in the process of bringing everyone together. How will this look and feel? An example may include developing or revisiting the strategic plan of the organization. This process involves bringing different stakeholders to the table to examine the purpose, mission, and goals of the organization to determine its future direction. An abundant amount of research exists on effective strategic planning (Gruden, 2012; Wanjala & Rarieya
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Breaking Barriers
With the 2018 Legislative Session in full gear, the Alabama State Department of Education budget request “Putting Dollars in Classrooms” is focused on areas of direct impact to our students. Among those requests, a $5M increase is sought for the Alabama Reading Initiative to provide professional learning support for reading coaches and a much needed increase in funding for our school nurse program. Continued funding is being requested for the National Board Teacher Certification process and $2M more than the FY18 appropriation is sought for the Jobs for Alabama Graduates (JAG) program. In fact, the JAG program, a program that instills a lifetime of achievement in our state’s youth, is the subject of our legislative spotlight for this issue:
Research indicates that students who dropout are 63 percent more likely to be incarcerated during their lifetime, and nearly twice as likely to live in poverty as adults. The estimated lifetime cost to taxpayers, for just a single student dropping-out of high school is $292,000.
These eye-opening statistics demonstrate how truly vital it is for us to continue our investment in the lifelong success of students. The Jobs for Alabama’s Graduates (JAG) program has allowed thousands of students in our state to achieve social, academic, and professional excellence.
JAG is a school-to-career program for at-risk high school youth. This program’s mission is to keep young people in school and work-based
learning experiences, which will lead them to career advancement opportunities, enrollment in college, and other beneficial life experiences.
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Dr. Jeff Langham serves as deputy state superintendent of external affairs. His primary responsibilities include serving as a state agency and education organization liaison, working closely with the Alabama Legislature in the realm of legislative policy and advocacy; and serving as a liaison with the United States Department of Education.
Prior to his appointment, Dr. Langham was the superintendent in Elmore County Schools. In addition, his educational career encompased a variety of roles including curriculum coordinator, staff development trainer, public relations director, and classroom teacher.
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Alabama’s JAG program is available in 23 schools statewide and has experienced over a 90 percent graduation rate among students participating in its programs.
JAG’s teachers work to impact the lives of students – especially those who are in danger of failing, dropping out, or becoming unemployed after leaving school
Alabama’s JAG program is affiliated with the national Jobs for America’s Graduates program, which works to help disadvantaged young people, via school-to-career program services.
There are 23 schools representing 18 school systems currently participating in Alabama’s award-winning JAG program:
Students in Alabama’s JAG program learn to conduct effective job searches, set long-term academic goals,
manage time more efficiently, and practice good human-relations skills with employers and co-workers.
Some of the innovative components of Alabama JAG program model are:
Classroom instruction in over 40 different employability and life skills
Student mentoring, guidance, support, and tutorial assistance
Student leadership development and college placement services
12-month follow-up services for all students after graduation
Interesting Stats
Statistics show spending as little as one-hour per day with caring and professional adult mentors helps students to stay on the path-to-graduation. Students are successfully reaching graduation because of the genuine and professional instruction of our state’s JAG Specialists (teachers).
99.7 % - Alabama JAG’s official graduation rate for the 2016 school year
Real Success – of the 333 high school seniors in the JAG program last year, exactly
332 graduated (had immediate job offers, were accepted into college, or entered the military).
Some of the barriers that JAG identifies as negative influences, which often prevent students from achieving their true lifelong potential are:
One or more academic grades behind
Has repeated a grade in high school
Limited English proficiency
Family environment is not conducive to education or career goals
Father and Mother does not work
Student is homeless, or is a runaway
Student has inadequate/no work experience or lacks marketable workplace skills
To learn more about Alabama’s JAG program or any of the other opportunities offered by Alabama’s career and technical education (CTE) programs, contact JAG State Program Manager, Mandy Nichols, at (334) 353-1545 or visit www.alabamajag.org.
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2014). The point is that instructional leaders need to foster a process that guides the organization so that capacity may increase within the organization. Effective instructional leaders already know this and understand how to build capacity within the organization.
Practical Experience
I once led a public elementary school in the Southeast with the lowest test scores in its district. The school had been under the leadership of three different instructional leaders within a five-year period. Before accepting the position, I studied the demographics, state scores, teacher certifications/degrees along with a host of other items. In addition, I listened to the comments of previous leaders including the superintendent and other school-based instructional leaders previously employed at this particular school. I decided to accept the challenge. After accepting the job, I quickly began to assess the building and make myself available to meet the staff. Most importantly, I began to conduct a needs assessment of the issues of the faculty and staff (from custodians to teachers). As a result, I quickly discovered that, due to the many different instructional leaders over the past few years, the school experienced a myriad of issues. For example, regular data meetings (led by the instructional leader) were not occurring. As a result, zero accountability existed along with the lack of a true urgency to improve student achievement. Select teachers were abusing recess time. Master schedules had been developed by someone other than the instructional leader with no previous experience in developing a master schedule. Students were attending physical education classes at different times on different days of the week. As a result, the teachers did not know what day the students had physical education, much less the students. These were only a few of the numerous issues.
It was important to establish rapport and trust with the faculty. As a result, we began to establish a team of professional learning communities with a relentless focus on the development of a vision, mission, and goals to maximize student achievement. In addition, a strong parent-teacher organization was created, providing the faculty, staff, and students with needed resources. Data meetings with the development of concrete, measurable action plans became a routine. Visits to other successful schools outside
the district also became part of the routine. As a result, the school culture transformed into one of positivity. That same school rose to experience the highest state assessments in the district within the next five-year time span. Furthermore, the faculty, staff, students, parents, and community members came together as one big family.
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Ellsworth, J., Harris, P., & Moore, S. (2011). The Purpose Project: Of School Reform, Covey, and Sun Tzu: The Conversation Begins. TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve Learning, 55(5), 20–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-011-0523-7
Gross, J. M. S., Haines, S. J., Hill, C., Francis, G. L., Blue-Banning, M., & Turnbull, A. P. (2015). Strong School-Community Partnerships in Inclusive Schools Are “Part of the Fabric of the School... We Count on Them.” School Community Journal, 25(2), 9–34.
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Roby, D. E. (2011). Teacher Leaders Impacting School Culture. Education, 131(4), 782–790. Royse, D., & Badger, K. (2015). Needs Assessment Planning: Starting Where You Are. Australian Social Work, 68(3), 364–374. https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2015.1035661
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Wanjala, C. N., & Rarieya, J. F. A. (2014). Strategic Planning in Schools in Kenya: Possibilities and Challenges. International Studies in Educational Administration (Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration & Management (CCEAM)), 42(1), 17–30.
POLICY POSITIONS - Teaching and Learning
CLASS SIZE
COLLEGE, CAREER & LIFE READY
CERTIFICATION
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (ELL)
FOUNDATION PROGRAM
EMPLOYEE EVALUATION
MERIT PAY
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PRESCHOOL
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READING
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CLAS supports consistent annual funding to maintain reasonable class size.
CLAS supports full funding of the Foundation Program to provide an environment that prepares graduates to be college or career ready.
CLAS supports clearer and simpler processes for certifying teachers as well as alternative approaches that supplement the instructional program.
CLAS supports funding ELL at a minimum of $500 per identified student.
CLAS supports fully funding The Foundation Program as a priority before funding or creating additional programs.
CLAS supports local control of the evaluation of employees based on clear standards.
CLAS opposes any state initiative that rewards or singles out individuals for performance or merit pay without additional study and analysis to determine the impact on student achievement, school climate and culture, and appropriate evaluation measures.
CLAS opposes any legislation that removes control of inter- or intra-district transfer policies from the local board of education.
CLAS supports equitable preschool learning opportunities for all preschoolers including those students with special needs.
CLAS supports improving the state’s system for recruiting highly motivated, committed adults into the teaching profession by providing a competitive salary, working conditions, benefits and retirement as incentives to enter the teaching field.
CLAS supports state funding for the professional development of teachers in the instruction of reading in the early grades.
CLAS supports a school accountability program that is a multi-metric, research-based approach to determine what it means to be college ready, career ready, and life ready. We are committed to meeting the needs of a diverse student population by looking beyond a narrow focus on assessment results.
CLAS supports appropriate, rigorous and competitive standards for all students.
CLAS supports a change to the tenure law which currently allows a school employee to resign with only five days’ written notice to the employing board of education during the school year.
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CONTRACTED SERVICES
COMPENSATION
CURRENT UNITS
EDUCATION TRUST FUND
EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY FUND
EXTENDED CONTRACTS FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL
LOCAL CONTROL
OTHER CURRENT
EXPENSES (OCE)
RETIREMENT
SALARY ADJUSTMENT
SCHOOL NURSES
TAX EXEMPTIONS/ CREDITS
FUNDING POSITIONS
CLAS supports legislation that allows a local board of education to contract for services.
CLAS supports the examination of a budget structure that provides COLA’s for employees that are tied solely to the consumer price index.
CLAS supports state funding for the actual costs of salary and benefits for current units for school systems experiencing a high growth rate after the average daily membership (ADM) reporting period.
CLAS opposes any attempts to use the Education Trust Fund as a direct funding source for any non-governmental and non-education agencies.
CLAS supports the distribution of any unappropriated revenue in this fund as a block grant, based on ADM, to local school systems for expenditures identified in the law: repairs or deferred maintenance of facilities; classroom instructional support; transportation; and, the acquisition of educational technology and equipment.
CLAS supports full state funding for extended contracts for school personnel (Act#2007284) essential to the opening and closing of schools and whose presence in the schools is necessary through the summer.
CLAS supports flexibility in budgeting and funding and believes that decisions concerning public schools are best made at the local level where schools are accountable to parents and the community.
CLAS supports funding OCE on actual operational expenditures that include the salaries and benefits of support workers as well as the cost of fixed expenses such as insurance, electricity, and other utilities.
CLAS supports maintaining the defined benefits plan administered under the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) as a means for providing long-term financial stability to the state’s retired public servants. CLAS supports ongoing efforts to reduce the long-term unfunded liability, and urges the Legislature not to repeat mistakes of the past; those made by legislative bodies in other states; or any actions which would lead to instability in the retirement structure.
CLAS supports the Legislature funding the legally required 1% salary adjustment to cover actual certified employee costs as required by law (ACT# 97-238).
CLAS supports the funding of school nurses as earned units in the same manner as other instructional support personnel as part of the foundation program.
CLAS opposes new tax exemptions or tax credits in the Education Trust Fund (ETF) and supports the review and repeal of existing exemptions that are harmful to the State General Fund.
TECHNOLOGY
TRANSPORTATION
VOUCHERS
CLAS supports an increase in the line item for the system technology director and an additional appropriation in the ETF for the support, maintenance, and security of system and school technologies and data, which may include additional expenditures for appropriate staff, hardware, software, or contracted services, as needed.
CLAS supports a fully-funded transportation program.
CLAS opposes the use of any state tax dollars to support vouchers or education savings accounts for non-public education institutions.
Budget Priorities
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ACCOUNTABILITY
TRANSPORTATION
CURRENT UNITS
DIVISORS
EXPENSES
FOUNDATION PROGRAM
No agency or division of state or local government is more accountable than a local school system. Governed by a locally chosen school board, led by a superintendent, and staffed by local school leaders, our schools and school systems are accountable for every dime, every decision, and every student. No budget is more transparent, no operation more accountable than that of the local schools in each community across the state. CLAS supports a school accountability program that is a multi-metric, research-based approach to determine what it means to be college ready, career ready, and life ready. We are committed to meeting the needs of a diverse student population by looking beyond a narrow focus on assessment results.
Buses transport students to and from school, field trips, and sporting events covering more than 100 million miles per year. Transportation is considered a function of the state and is designed to be fully funded at 100% of costs. In FY17, 82.9% of transportation costs were provided by the state but in FY18, it has dropped to 82.1%. Underfunding transportation has a disparate effect on school systems.
Current Units funding provides growing school systems with resources needed to provide teachers and to alleviate overcrowding. This funding is very important for growing school systems.
Class size matters! Smaller classes make a difference in the lives of children. Parents know that having a smaller class means that each child will get more personal attention, teachers will be able to focus on individual needs, and students will have a better chance to excel. In Alabama, we lower class size by lowering the “divisors.” It is important that we set a goal of smaller class size, beginning in middle grades, where most overcrowding currently exists.
Other Current Expenses (OCE) funding provides for basic needs like fuel, electricity, and water as well as important support personnel like cafeteria workers, custodians, and school secretaries.
FULLY FUND THE FOUNDATION PROGRAM FIRST!
It is called the “Foundation” program for a reason. The Foundation Program is the base upon which all our school plans, operations, and teaching and learning are built. Just like a house, it must be built on a solid foundation, not one of sand that shifts with the tide.
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Alabama’s Constitutional Officers
GOVERNOR KAY IVEY
State Capitol
600 Dexter Ave.
Montgomery, AL 36130
334-242-7100
Fax: 334-353-0004 governor.alabama.gov
A native of Camden and a graduate of Auburn University, Kay Ivey worked as a high school teacher and bank officer before taking an active role in state government. She worked as Reading Clerk for the House of Representatives and then as assistant director of the Alabama Development Office, now called the Department of Commerce. She was elected state treasurer in 2002 and again in 2006, then lieutenant governor in 2010. She became governor in April 2017 after the resignation of Robert Bentley.
Alabama has no lieutenant governor now. Next in line of succession is President Pro Tem of the Senate Del Marsh.
SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN MERRILL
600 Dexter Ave. Ste. S-105
Montgomery, AL 36130
334-242-7200
Fax: 334-242-4993 sos.alabama.gov
AUDITOR JIM ZEIGLER
600 Dexter Ave. Room S-101
Montgomery, AL 36130
334-242-7010
Fax: 334-242-7650 auditor.alabama.gov
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE & INDUSTRIES JOHN MCMILLAN ATTORNEY GENERAL
501 Washington Ave. Montgomery, AL 36104
334-242-7300/Fax: 334-242-4891 ago.alabama.gov
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Alabama’s Congressional Members
U.S. SENATORS
SENATOR DOUG JONES (D)*
Doug Jones was elected December 12, 2017, to fill the remainder of Jeff Sessions’ term, vacated when he became U.S. Attorney General. The term runs through 2020.
An attorney, Jones served as staff counsel to former Alabama Sen. Howell Heflin and later served as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama.
*Secretary of State John Merrill said on election night that results would be certified between Dec. 26 and Jan. 3.
U.S. REPRESENTATIVES
ROBERT ADERHOLT (R)
District 4: Blount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Marshall, Tuscaloosa, Walker & Winston
235 Cannon Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
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aderholt.house.gov
247 Carl Elliot Building 1710 Alabama Ave. Jasper, AL 35501
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Committees: Appropriations
Chief of Staff: Brian Rell
2400 Rayburn HOB Washington, DC 20515
District 5: Colbert, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone & Madison
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brooks.house.gov
2101 W. Clinton Ave., Ste. 302 Huntsville, AL 35805
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Committees: Armed Services; Foreign Affairs; Science, Space & Technology
Chief of Staff: Mark Pettitt
District 1: Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile and Washington counties and parts of Clarke
SENATOR RICHARD SHELBY (R)
304 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 202-224-5744 / Fax: 202-224-3416
shelby.senate.gov 15 Lee St. FMJ Federal Courthouse, Suite 208 Montgomery, AL 36104 334-223-7303 / Fax: 334-223-7317
Committees: Rules, Chairman; Appropriations; Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Environment and Public Works
Chief of Staff: Alan Hanson
Press Secretary: Blair Bailey
119 Cannon Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-4931/Fax: (202) 225-0562 byrne.house.gov
11 N. Water St., Ste. 15290, Mobile, AL 36602 (251) 690-2811/ no fax
Committees: Armed Services; Education and the Workforce; Rules
Chief of Staff: Alex Schriver
Communications Director: Seth Morrow
Communications Director: Carson Clark
MARTHA ROBY (R)
District 2:
Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Pike & parts of Montgomery
442 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515
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roby.house.gov
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Phone: 334-794-9680/Fax: 334-671-1480
Committees: Appropriations; Judiciary
Chief of Staff: Stephen Boyd
Communications Director: Todd Stacy
Communications Director: Lauren Vandiver
District 3: Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Lee, Macon, Randolph, Russell, St. Clair, Talladega, Tall apoosa & parts of Montgomery
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mike-rogers.house.gov
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Anniston, AL 36201
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Committees: Agriculture; Armed Services; Homeland Security
Chief of Staff: Christopher Brinson Press Secretary: Shea Snider Miller
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Chief of Staff: William Smith
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Alabama’s State Senate
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SENATOR/PARTY/ DISTRICT
GREG ALBRITTON , R
District 22 Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington
GERALD ALLEN , R
District 21 Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa
BILLY BEASLEY, D
District 28 Barbour, Bullock, Henry, Houston, Lee, Macon, Russell
SLADE BLACKWELL, R
District 15 Jefferson, Shelby, Talladega
DICK BREWBAKER , R
District 25 Crenshaw, Elmore, Montgomery
PAUL BUSSMAN , R
District 4 Cullman, Lawrence, Marion, Winston
CLYDE CHAMBLISS, R District 30 Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa
LINDA COLEMANMADISON , D District 20 Jefferson
GERALD DIAL, R District 13 Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Lee, Randolph
MOST SENATE PHOTOS COURTESY OF ALABAMA RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION OF COOPERATIVES
729 Owner, CASHCO Marketing 334-242-7889 334-353-8277 P.O. Box 70007, Tuscaloosa, AL 35407 gerald.allen@alsenate.gov Transportation
737 President, Pratts Station LLC 334-242-7868 334-775-7657 P.O. Box 606, Clayton, AL 36016 billy.beasley@alsenate.gov
729 Owner, Inkana Development
734 Owner, Brewbaker Chrysler Dodge Jeep Kia and Infinity Inc.
733 Dentist
733 Principal Engineer, Chambliss Engineering
738 Americans With Disabilities Compliance Administrator
732 Real Estate Developer
PRISCILLA DUNN , D District 19 Jefferson 737 Homeless Edu. Coodinator, Bessemer City Schools
VIVIAN DAVIS FIGURES, D District 33 Mobile 736 CEO, Figures Legacy Education Foundation
RUSTY GLOVER , R District 34 Mobile
721 Retired Teacher
334-242-7851 205-324-7676
2501 20th Place S., Birmingham, AL 35223 sb@sladeblackwell.com
334-242-7883 dick.brewbaker@alsenate.gov
334-242-7855 256-734-1700
1625 Main Ave. SW, Cullman, AL 35055 p_bussman@bellsouth.net
334-242-7872 clyde.chambliss@alsenate.gov
334-242-7864 205-254-2079 926 Chinchona Dr., Birmingham, AL 35214 linda.coleman@birminghamal.gov
334-242-7874 256-239-9939 Box 248, Lineville, AL 36266 gerald_dial@yahoo.com
334-242-7793 205-426-3795 460 Carriage Hills Dr., Bessemer, AL 35022
334-242-7871 251-208-5480 104 S. Lawrence St., Mobile, AL 36602 vivian.figures@alsenate.gov
334-242-7886 251-353-3970 P.O. Box 2175, Semmes, AL 36575 rusty.glover@alsenate.gov
BILL HIGHTOWER , R District 35 Mobile 733 Business Consultant 334-242-7882 251-208-5480 104 S. Lawrence St., Mobile, AL 36602 bill.hightower@alsenate.gov
JIMMY HOLLEY, R District 31 Coffee, Covington, Dale, Pike 732 Southeast Pharmaceuticals Inc. 334-242-7845 334-897-5181 4212 County Rd. 364, Elba, AL 36323
Agriculture Conservation & Forestry; Finance & Taxation, General Fund; Health and Human Services; Rules; Tourism & Marketing
Banking & Insurance Chair; Confirmations; Finance & Taxation, Education; Health & Human Services; Local Legislation Jefferson County; Local Legislation Shelby County
Education & Youth Affairs Chair; Confirmations; Constitution Ethics & Elections; Governmental Affairs; Rules
Agriculture Conservation & Forestry; Banking & Insurance; Education & Youth Affairs; Finance & Taxation, Education; Governmental Affairs; Health & Human Services
Agriculture Conservation & Forestry; County & Municipal Government; Finance & Taxation, General Fund; Fiscal Responsibility & Economic Development; Transportation & Energy
Banking & Insurance; Constitution Ethics & Elections; Finance & Taxation, General Fund; Governmental Affairs; Health & Human Services; Judiciary; Local Legislation Jefferson County; Transportation & Energy
Health & Human Services Chair; Local Legislation Chair; Finance & Taxation, Education; Rules; Transportation & Energy; Veterans & Military Affairs
County & Municipal Government; Finance & Taxation, General Fund; Fiscal Responsibility & Economic Development; Governmental Affairs; Local Legislation Jefferson County
Confirmations; Education & Youth Affairs; Finance & Taxation, Education; Judiciary; Local Legislation Mobile County; Rules
Agriculture Conservation & Forestry; Confirmations; Finance & Taxation, Education; Local Legislation Mobile County; Rules
Constitution Ethics & Elections Chair; Local Legislation Mobile County Chair; Banking & Insurance; County & Municipal Government; Finance & Taxation, General Fund; Fiscal Responsibility & Economic Development; Rules
Governmental Affairs Chair; Finance & Taxation, Education; Rules; Transportation & Energy; Veterans & Military Affairs
JIMMY HOLLEY
BILL HOLTZCLAW, R District 2 Limestone, Madison 731 U.S. Marine Corp (retired) 334-242-7854 P.O. Box 1801, Madison, AL 35758 bill.holtzclaw@alsenate.gov
STEVE LIVINGSTON , R District 8 DeKalb, Jackson, Madison 731 Oil Executive 334-242-7858 256-218-3090 P.O. Box 8, Scottsboro, AL 35768 steve.livingston@alsenate.gov
DEL MARSH , R District 12 Calhoun, Clay, Talladega 722 Businessman 334-242-7877 256-237-8647
JIM MCCLENDON , R
District 11 Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega
TIM MELSON , R District 1 Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison
ARTHUR ORR , R District 3 Limestone, Madison, Morgan
TRIP PITTMAN , R District 32 Baldwin
GREG REED, R District 5 Fayette, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston
HENRY "HANK" SANDERS, D District 23 Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Lowndes, Marengo, Monroe, Perry, Washington, Wilcox
PAUL SANFORD, R District 7 Madison
CLAY SCOFIELD, R District 9 Blount, DeKalb, Madison, Marshall
SHAY SHELNUTT, R District 17 Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair, Talladega
BOBBY SINGLETON , D District 24 Choctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa
HARRI ANNE SMITH , I District 29 Dale, Geneva, Houston
729 Retired Optometrist
735 Owner, Shoals Medical Trials Inc.
730 Vice President & Gen. Counsel, Cook's Pest Control Inc.
730 Owner, Pittman Tractor Co. Inc.
726 Vice President, Preferred Medical Systems
P.O. Drawer 2365, Anniston, AL 36202 del.marsh@alsenate.gov
334-242-7898 205-467-2656 361 Jones Rd., Springville, AL 35146 jimmcc@windstream.net
334-242-7888 256-386-4001 P.O. Box 550, Florence, AL 35631 tmelson672@aol.com
334-242-7891 256-260-2147
P.O. Box 305, Decatur, AL 35602 arthur.orr@alsenate.gov
334-242-7897 251-621-0535 P.O. Box 1812, Daphne, AL 36526 trip.pittman@alsenate.gov
334-242-7894 900 Hwy. 78 E., Ste. 200 #106, Jasper, AL 35501 greg.reed@alsenate.gov
736 Attorney 334-242-7860 334-526-4531 P.O. Box 1290, Selma, AL 36702
731 Restaurant Owner 334-242-7867 256-539-5441 726 Madison St., Huntsville, AL 35801 paul.sanford@alsenate.gov
731 Farmer 334-242-7876 256-582-0619 412 Gunter Ave., Ste. A., Guntersville, AL 35976 clay.scofield@alsenate.gov
735 Realtor, Cahaba Real Estate 334-242-7794 205-413-9022
P.O. Box 120, Trussville, AL 35173 shay.sd17@gmail.com
738 Consultant 334-242-7935 105 Cobb St., Greensboro, AL 36744 bsingle362@gmail.com
737
334-242-7879 P.O. Box 483, Slocomb, AL 36375 harriannesmith@graceba.net
Veterans & Military Affairs Chair; Banking & Insurance; County & Municipal Government; Finance & Taxation, General Fund; Local Legislation Madison County; Transportation & Energy
Agriculture Conservation & Forestry; Finance & Taxation, General Fund; Fiscal Responsibility & Economic Development; Local Legislation Madison County; Transportation & Energy; Veterans & Military Affairs
President Pro Tem; Tourism & Marketing Chair; Agriculture Conservation & Forestry; County & Municipal Government; Education & Youth Affairs; Local Legislation Jefferson, Madison, Mobile & Shelby Counties; Veterans & Military Affairs
Health & Human Services Chair; Education & Youth Affairs; Finance & Taxation, Education; Fiscal Responsibility & Economic Development; Local Legislation Shelby County; Rules; Transportation & Energy
Agriculture Conservation & Forestry; Constitution Ethics & Elections; County & Municipal Government; Finance & Taxation, General Fund; Health & Human Services; Local Legislation Madison County; Fiscal Responsibility & Economic Development; Tourism & Marketing
Finance & Taxation, Education Chair; Confirmations; Finance & Taxation, General Fund; Fiscal Responsibility & Economic Development; Governmental Affairs; Judiciary; Local Legislation Madison County; Rules; Transportation & Energy
Finance & Taxation, General Fund Chair; Banking & Insurance; Constitution Ethics & Elections; County & Municipal Government; Education & Youth Affairs; Finance & Taxation, Education; Fiscal Responsibility & Economic Development; Governmental Affairs; Rules; Tourism & Marketing
Banking & Insurance; Confirmations; Fiscal Responsibility & Economic Development; Health & Human Services; Judiciary; Local Legislation Jefferson County; Rules; Transportation & Energy
Banking & Insurance; Education & Youth Affairs; Finance & Taxation, Education; Judiciary; Transportation & Energy
County & Municipal Government Chair; Local Legislation Madison County Chair; Agriculture Conservation & Forestry; Banking & Insurance; Finance & Taxation, General Fund; Fiscal Responsibility & Economic Development; Governmental Affairs; Rules; Tourism & Marketing
Confirmations Chair; Agriculture Conservation & Forestry; Banking & Insurance; County & Municipal Government; Fiscal Responsibility & Economic Development; Governmental Affairs; Judiciary; Local Legislation Madison County; Rules; Transportation & Energy
Banking & Insurance; Confirmations; Education & Youth Affairs; Governmental Affairs; Local Legislation Jefferson County
Agriculture Conservation & Forestry; Finance & Taxation, General Fund; Fiscal Responsibility & Economic Development; Judiciary; Tourism & Marketing
Agriculture Conservation & Forestry; County & Municipal Government; Finance & Taxation, Education; Health & Human Services; Veterans & Military Affairs
SENATOR/PARTY/ DISTRICT ROOM EMPLOYMENT
RODGER SMITHERMAN, D District 18 Jefferson
LARRY C. STUTTS, R
District 6 Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Marion
737 Attorney
735 Physician
J.T. "JABO" WAGGONER, R District 16 Jefferson, Shelby 726 President, Birmingham Business Consultants LLC
CAM WARD, R District 14 Bibb, Chilton, Hale, Jefferson, Shelby 719 Executive Director, Industrial Development Board of Alabaster
MONT. PHONE/ DISTRICT PHONE DISTRICT ADDRESS EMAIL ADDRESS WEBSITE COMMITTEES
334-242-7870 205-322-0012
334-242-7862
2029 2nd Avenue N, Birmingham, AL 35203 rodger.smitherman@alsenate.gov
1120 S. Jackson Hwy., Ste 104 Sheffield, AL 35660 larry.stutts@alsenate.gov
334-242-7892 205-978-7405 P.O. Box 660609, Vestavia Hills, AL 35266 jabo.waggoner@alsenate.gov
334-242-7873 205-620-6610 P.O. Box 1749, Alabaster, AL 35007 cam@camward.com
TOM WHATLEY, R District 27 Lee, Russell, Tallapoosa 734 Attorney 334-242-7865 337 E. Magnolia Dr., Auburn, AL 36830 tom.whatley@alsenate.gov
PHIL WILLIAMS, R
District 10 Cherokee, DeKalb, Etowah, St. Clair
733 Attorney 334-242-7857 400 Broad St., Suite 111, Gadsden, AL 35901 phil@williamsstatesenate.com
Confirmations; Constitution Ethics & Elections; Finance & Taxation, Education; Fiscal Responsibility & Economic Development; Judiciary; Local Legislation Jefferson County; Rules; Tourism & Marketing
Agriculture Conservation & Forestry; Finance & Taxation, General Fund; Fiscal Responsibility & Economic Development; Health & Human Services; Judiciary
Local Legislation Jefferson County Chair; Rules Chair; Banking & Insurance; Confirmations; County & Municipal Government; Finance & Taxation, Education; Finance & Taxation, General Fund; Health & Human Services; Local Legislation Shelby County
Judiciary Chair; Local Legislation Shelby County Chair; Confirmations; Constitution Ethics & Elections; Finance & Taxation, General Fund; Fiscal Responsibility & Economic Development; Health & Human Services; Transportation & Energy
Agriculture Conservation & Forestry Chair; Banking & Insurance; Confirmations; Finance & Taxation, Education; Health & Human Services; Judiciary; Transportation & Energy; Veterans & Military Affairs
Fiscal Responsibility & Economic Development Chair; Constitution Ethics & Elections; Governmental Affairs; Judiciary; Rules; Veterans & Military Affairs
NOTE: District 26 is vacant following Quinton Ross’ resignation to become president of Alabama State University. A Democratic primary runoff is slated for Feb. 27 and the general election for May 15.
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House of Representatives
REPRESENTATIVE/ PARTY/ DISTRICT ROOM EMPLOYMENT
WILL AINSWORTH, R District 27 Blount, DeKalb, Marshall
DISTRICT PH./ FAX
524-B Partner, Dream Ranch LLC; Founder, Tennessee Valley Hunting and Fishing Expo
334-242-7772 256-582-0619
Montgomery address for all State Representatives: Alabama State House • 11 S. Union St. • Montgomery, AL 36130
412 A Gunter Ave., Guntersville AL 35976 willainsworth@mclo.org
LOUISE ALEXANDER, D District 56 Jefferson 537-B Florist 334-242-7593 205-253-3732 2301 9th Ave. N, Bessemer, AL 35022 louise.alexander@alhouse.gov
ALAN BAKER, R District 66 Baldwin, Escambia 427-B Former Teacher 334-242-7720 251-867-0244 P.O. Box 975, Brewton, AL 36427 staterep@co.escambia.al.us
MIKE BALL, R District 10 Madison
401-A Alabama Department of Public Safety (retired)
GEORGE BANDY, D District 83 Lee, Russell 530 Pastor, Saint James Missionary Baptist Church
PAUL BECKMAN, R District 88 Autauga, Elmore 427-D Partner, Capouano, Beckman and Russell LLC
ELAINE BEECH, D District 65 Choctaw, Clarke, Marengo, Washington
MARCEL BLACK, D District 3 Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence
CHRIS BLACKSHEAR, R District 80 Lee, Russell
427-E Pharmacist
435 Attorney, Black and Hughston PC
427-A Senior Manager, TSYS
ALAN BOOTHE, R District 89 Dale, Pike 417-H Troy University administrator, retired
BARBARA BOYD, D District 32 Calhoun, Talladega 525-C Retired Educator
NAPOLEON BRACY JR., D District 98 Mobile 540-A Workforce Outreach Coordinator, Austal USA
K.L. BROWN, R District 40 Calhoun
423 Owner, K.L. Brown Funeral Home & Memory Chapel
JAMES BUSKEY, D District 99 Mobile 540-C Director, Franklin Memorial Clinic/Organizer, Commonwealth National Bank
MACK BUTLER, R District 30 Etowah, St. Clair
334-242-7683 256-539-5441 105 Canterbury Circle, Madison, AL 35758 mikeball@knology.net
334-242-7721 334-749-0051 1307-A Glenn Circle, Opelika, AL 36801 george.bandy@alhouse.gov
334-242-7499 334-834-4808
P.O. Box 681055, Prattville, AL 36068 paulbeckmanjr@yahoo.com
334-242-7702 251-847-2604 P.O. Box 1256, Chatom, AL 36518 elainebeech83@gmail.com
334-242-7686 256-381-5277
334-242-1682
334-242-7674 334-670-3203
334-242-7692 256-741-8683
334-242-7756 251-208-5480
334-353-1778 256-435-7042
334-242-7757 251-208-5480
P.O. Box 491, Tuscumbia, AL 35674 marcel.black@blackandhughston.com
P.O. Box 1178, Smiths Stations, AL 36877 chris.blackshear@alhouse.gov
P.O. Box 561, Troy, AL 36081 aboothe@troy.edu
P.O. Box 2132, Anniston, AL 36202 barbara.boyd@alhouse.gov
104 S. Lawrence St., Mobile, AL 36602 napoleon.bracy@alhouse.gov
322 Nisbet St. NW, Jacksonville, AL 36265 klbrown@cableone.net
104 S. Lawrence St., Mobile, AL 36602 james.buskey@alhouse.gov
526-A Butler Properties 334-242-7446 256-442-4255 3518 Montrose Ave., Rainbow City, AL 35906 mack.butler@alhouse.gov
JIM CARNS, R District 48 Jefferson, Shelby 534-C Businessman 334-242-7549 205-967-3571 P.O. Box 43797, Birmingham, AL 35243 jwcarns@gmail.com
DONNIE CHESTEEN, R District 87 Geneva, Houston 427-J Athletic Director, Samson High School 334-242-7742 334-684-2196 P.O. Box 39, Geneva, AL 36340 donnie.chesteen@alhouse.gov
MOST HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PHOTOS
Agriculture & Forestry; Ethics & Campaign Finance; Transportation, Utilities & Infrastructure
Commerce & Small Business; Insurance; Jefferson County Legislation; Local Legislation
Local Legislation Chair; Baldwin County Legislation; Technology & Research; Ways & Means, Education
Ethics & Campaign Finance Chair; Madison County Legislation Chair; Judiciary
Lee County Legislation Chair; State Government; Transportation, Utilities & Infrastructure
Constitution, Campaigns & Elections; Judiciary
Health; Rules; Ways & Means, General Fund
Ethics & Campaign Finance; Financial Services; Judiciary
County & Municipal Government; Financial Services; Insurance
Ethics & Campaign Finance
Children & Senior Advocacy; County & Municipal Government; Rules; State Government
Mobile County Legislation; Transportation, Utilities & Infrastructure; Ways & Means, General Fund
Children & Senior Advocacy Chair; Agriculture & Forestry; Economic Development & Tourism
County & Municipal Government; Rules; Mobile County Legislation; Ways & Means, Education
Education Policy; Financial Services; State Government
Jefferson County Legislation Chair; Commerce & Small Business Chair; Children & Senior Advocacy; County & Municipal Government; Shelby County Legislation
Technology & Research Chair; Agriculture & Forestry; Ways & Means, Education
REPRESENTATIVE/ PARTY/ DISTRICT ROOM EMPLOYMENT
PRINCE CHESTNUT,** D District 67 Dallas, Perry Attorney 334-242-7600 prince.chestnut@alhouse.gov
ADLINE CLARKE, D District 97 Mobile 540-B Business Owner
STEVE CLOUSE, R District 93 Dale, Houston 410-D Vice President, Clouse Marketing Co.
MERIKA COLEMAN-EVANS, D District 57 Jefferson
TERRI COLLINS, R District 8 Morgan
537-A Assistant Professor, Miles College
427-A Owner, TLC Solutions
DANNY CRAWFORD, R District 5 Limestone 522-A Crop Insurance Contractor
ANTHONY DANIELS, D District 53 Madison
522-F COO, Premiere Dental
RANDY DAVIS, R District 96 Baldwin, Mobile 417-G Music Director, Daphne United Methodist; Conductor, Baldwin Pops
E. RICHARD DRAKE, R District 45 Jefferson, Shelby
BARBARA DRUMMOND, D District 103 Mobile
528-B U.S. Air Force, Retired
536-C Owner, B-Inspired Marketing and Consulting Inc.
CORLEY ELLIS, R District 41 Shelby Fifth Floor Owner, Ellis Properties
CHRISTOPHER ENGLAND, D District 70 Tuscaloosa
539-B Associate city attorney, City of Tuscaloosa
334-242-7449 251-377-9990 P.O. Box 40758, Mobile, AL 36640 adline.clarke@alhouse.gov
334-242-7717 334-774-9122 P.O. Box 818, Ozark, AL 36361-0818 steve.clouse@alhouse.gov
334-242-7755 205-325-5308 P.O. Box 28888, Birmingham, AL 35228 merika.coleman@alhouse.gov
334-242-7693 256-260-2146 2128 6th Ave. SE, Ste. 504; Decatur, AL 35601 terri.collins@alhouse.gov
334-242-1616 256-656-1224 110 College St., Ste. E-4, Athens, AL 35611 danny.crawford@alhouse.gov
334-242-7494 * P.O. Box 18711, Huntsville, AL 35801 anthony.daniels@alhouse.gov
334-242-7724 251-990-4615 P.O. Box 1083, Daphne, AL 36526 randalldavis14@gmail.com
334-242-7727 205-699-7392 7049 Briarwood Ln., Leeds, AL 35094 ddrake1080@aol.com
334-242-7764 251-471-5015 1266 Horton Dr., Mobile, AL 36605 drummondbarbara@att.net
334-242-7600 P.O. Box 1177, Columbiana, AL 35051 corley.ellis@alhouse.gov
334-242-7703 205-535-4859 1681 Ozier Dr., Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 cjengland1@gmail.com
ALLEN FARLEY, R District 15 Jefferson, Shelby 427-L Chairman of Aux. Board, Jeff. County Salvation Army Adult Rehab. Center 334-242-7767 205-960-7526 P.O. Box 516, McCalla, AL 35111 allenfarley@bellsouth.net
DAVID FAULKNER, R District 46 Jefferson
522-B Partner, Christian & Small LLP
334-242-7265 205- 870-9577 505 N. 20th St., Ste. 1800, Birmingham, AL 35203 david.faulkner@alhouse.gov
JOE FAUST, R District 94 Baldwin 426 Former Insurance Broker; Former Baldwin County Commissioner 334-242-7699 251-990-4615 1100 Fairhope Ave., Fairhope, AL 36532 jfaust@baldwincountyal.gov
BOB FINCHER, R District 37 Chambers, Cleburne, Randolph
538-A Retired Educator 334-242-7708 256-449-6149 11823 County Rd. 59, Woodland, AL 36280 rsfincher77@gmail.com
CRAIG FORD, D District 28 Etowah 434 Co-owner, The Messenger; Co-owner, Hodges-Ford Insurance
BERRY FORTE, D District 84 Barbour, Bullock, Russell
334-242-7690 256-547-2727
P.O. Box 8208, Gadsden, AL 35902 craig.ford@alhouse.gov
540-D American Buildings 334-242-7553 334-687-9985 620 Davis Ln., Eufaula, AL 36027 berry.forte@alhouse.gov
Boards, Agencies & Commissions; Commerce & Small Business; Constitution, Campaigns & Elections; County & Municipal Government; Mobile County Legislation
Ways & Means, General Fund, Chair; Military & Veterans Affairs
Financial Services; Jefferson County Legislation; Judiciary
Education Policy Chair; Ways & Means, Education
Limestone County Legislation Chair; County & Municipal Government; Health
Education Policy; Insurance; Madison County Legislation; Rules
Constitution, Campaigns & Elections Chair; Baldwin County Legislation Chair; Agriculture & Forestry; Insurance; Mobile County Legislation; Rules
Jefferson County Legislation; Judiciary; Military & Veterans Affairs; Public Safety & Homeland Security; Shelby County Legislation
Children & Senior Advocacy; Education Policy; Mobile County Legislation
Financial Services; Local Legislation; Shelby County Legislation
Insurance; Judiciary; Public Safety & Homeland Security; Tuscaloosa County Legislation
Children & Senior Advocacy; Jefferson County Legislation; Judiciary; Public Safety & Homeland Security; Shelby County Legislation
Financial Services; Insurance; Jefferson County Legislation; Judiciary
Agriculture & Forestry; Baldwin County Legislation; County & Municipal Government; Transportation, Utilities & Infrastructure
Agriculture & Forestry; Constitution, Campaigns & Elections; Education Policy
Commerce & Small Business; Ways & Means, Education
Commerce & Small Business; Economic Development & Tourism; Ethics & Campaign Finance
REPRESENTATIVE/ PARTY/ DISTRICT ROOM EMPLOYMENT MONTGOMERY/ DISTRICT PH./ FAX
MATT FRIDY, R District 73 Shelby 403-E Attorney, Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff, and Brandt
DANNY GARRETT, R District 44 Jefferson
538-B CFO, Vulcan Threaded Products
VICTOR GASTON, R District 100 Mobile 519-E Retired School Administrator & Timber Farmer
JUANDALYNN GIVAN, D District 60 Jefferson 528-E Owner, Givan & Associates Law Firm
LYNN GREER, R District 2 Lauderdale, Limestone 403-C Construction
334-242-7775 205-665-1975 800 Shades Creek Pkwy., Ste. 400, Birmingham, AL 35209 mdfridy@gmail.com
334-242-7535 205-410-4637 P.O. Box 531, Trussville, AL 35173 dannygarrett44@gmail.com
334-242-7663 251-639-2555 1136 Hillcrest Crossing W, Mobile, AL 36695 victor.gaston@alhouse.gov
334-242-7684 205-433-6132 P.O. Box 13803, Birmingham, AL 35202 juandalynn.givan@alhouse.gov
334-242-7576 256-247-5059
P.O. Box 40, Rogersville, Al 35652 lynn.greer@alhouse.gov
DEXTER GRIMSLEY, D District 85 Henry, Houston 537-F Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, Henry County 334-242-7740 334-889-0602 168 Res Dr., Newville, AL 36353 dexter.grimsley@alhouse.gov
LAURA HALL, D District 19 Madison
TOMMY HANES, R District 23 DeKalb, Jackson
COREY HARBISON, R District 12 Cullman
ALAN HARPER, R District 61 Greene, Pickens, Tuscaloosa
517-D Retired Educator 334-242-7688 256-859-2234
P.O. Box 3367, Huntsville, AL 35810 laura.hall@alhouse.gov
527-D Retired Firefighter 334-242-7551 256-218-3090 100 Peachtree St., Scottsboro, AL 35768 tommy.hanes@alhouse.gov
526-F Former police officer; former mayor of Good Hope
403-B Economic Developer
ED HENRY, R District 9 Cullman, Marshall, Morgan 401-F Medical technologist
JIM HILL, R District 50 St. Clair
526-B Attorney
ROLANDA HOLLIS, D District 58 Jefferson Real estate broker
ALVIN HOLMES, D District 78 Montgomery
525-A Real Estate Broker & Educator
MIKE HOLMES, R District 31 Autauga, Elmore 527-A Agribusiness & real estate
RALPH HOWARD, D District 72 Bibb, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter
STEVE HURST, R District 35 Calhoun, Clay, Coosa, Talladega
525-A Former Marine
427-K Employee, Georgia Pacific Corp.
REED INGRAM, R District 75 Elmore, Montgomery 531 Former Montgomery County Commissioner
THOMAS JACKSON, D District 68 Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Marengo, Monroe, Washington
KEN JOHNSON, R District 7 Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan, Winston
437-D Director of Upward Bound Program, Alabama Southern College
404 Owner, Global Sourcing Services Inc.
334-242-7778 256-385-5510
334-242-7732 205-339-7000
P.O. Box 472, Cullman AL 35056 corey.harbison@alhouse.gov
P.O. Box 1499, Northport, AL 35476 salanharper@gmail.com
334-242-7736 256-260-2146 2128 6th Ave. SE, Ste. 504, Decatur, AL 35601 ed.henry@alhouse.gov
334-242-7743 205-629-5325 P.O. Box 310, Moody, AL 35004 jim.hill@alhouse.gov
334-242-7600 rolanda.hollis@alhouse.gov
334-242-7706 334-264-7807 P.O. Box 6064, Montgomery, AL 36106
334-242-7215 334-224-1347 67 Cabin Rd., Wetumpka, AL. 36093 mike.holmes@alhouse.gov
334-242-7759 334-624-1887 P.O. Box 360, Greensboro, AL 36744 ralph.howard@alhouse.gov
334-353-9215 256-761-1935 155 Quail Run Rd., Munford, AL 36268 steve.hurst@alhouse.gov
334-242-7707 334-270-8889 2900 Eastern Blvd., Montgomery, AL 36116 reedingram75@gmail.com
334-242-7738 334-636-8119 P.O. Box 636, Thomasville, AL 36784 thomas.jackson@alhouse.gov
334-242-7754 256-974-5175 12001 Hwy. 157, Ste. 6, Moulton, AL 35650 ken.johnson@alhouse.gov
Health; Judiciary; Shelby County Legislation
Commerce & Small Business; Education Policy; Jefferson County Legislation; Ways & Means, Education
Mobile County Legislation; Rules; Transportation, Utilities & Infrastructure; Ways & Means, General Fund
Constitution, Campaigns & Elections; Jefferson County Legislation; Judiciary
Transportation, Utilities & Infrastructure Chair; Limestone County Legislation; Rules; Ways & Means, General Fund
Agriculture & Forestry; Children & Senior Advocacy; Transportation, Utilities & Infrastructure
Health; Internal Affairs; Madison County Legislation; Ways & Means, General Fund
Agriculture & Forestry; Economic Development & Tourism; Public Safety & Homeland Security
Boards, Agencies & Commissions; Constitution, Campaigns & Elections; Economic Development & Tourism
Constitution, Campaigns & Elections; Economic Development & Tourism; Rules; Technology & Research; Tuscaloosa County Legislation
Ethics & Campaign Finance; Education Policy; State Government
Judiciary Chair; Ethics & Campaign Finance
Transportation, Utilities & Infrastructure; Economic Development
Montgomery County Legislation Chair
Boards, Agencies & Commissions; Judiciary
Local Legislation; Military & Veterans Affairs; State Government
Boards, Agencies & Commissions; County & Municipal Government
Agriculture & Forestry; County & Municipal Government; Financial Services; Montgomery County Legislation
Baldwin County Legislation; Ethics & Campaign Finance; Public Safety & Homeland Security; Technology & Research
Financial Services Chair; Insurance; Ways & Means, General Fund
ALAN HARPER
LAURA HALL COREY
HARBISON
TOMMY HANES
RONALD JOHNSON, R District 33 Clay, Coosa, Talladega
413-B Partner, Medical Care Equipment Inc. 334-242-7777 256-249-9489 3770 Sylacauga-Fayette Hwy., Sylacauga, AL 35151 ronald.johnson@alhouse.gov
MIKE JONES, R District 92 Coffee, Covington, Escambia 419 Attorney 334-242-7739 334-222-0111 P.O. Box 957, Andalusia, AL 36420 mljatty@andycable.com
JOHN KNIGHT JR., D District 77 Montgomery
KELVIN LAWRENCE, D District 69 Autauga, Lowndes, Montgomery, Wilcox
NATHANIEL LEDBETTER, R District 24 DeKalb
PAUL LEE, R District 86 Houston
RICHARD LINDSEY, D District 39 Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, DeKalb
539-A Executive Vice President & COO, Alabama State University
334-242-7512 334-229-4286 P.O. Box 6300, Montgomery, AL 36106 john.knight@alhouse.gov
536-A Former Mayor, Hayneville 334-242-7711 334-548-6125 50 Miller Circle, Hayneville, AL 36040 kelvinj73@gmail.com
522-E Owner, Hometown Publications 334-242-7492 256-638-6397 2801 County Rd. 180, Rainsville, AL 35986 nathaniel.ledbetter@alhouse.gove
410-F Executive Director, Wiregrass Rehab Center 334-242-7675 334-792-9682 304 Ashborough Circle, Dothan, AL 36301 pleed86@gmail.com
432 Manager, Lindsey Brothers Inc. 334-242-7713 256-475-3400 14160 County Rd. 22, Centre, AL 35960 richard.lindsey@alhouse.gov
JOE LOVVORN, R District 79 Lee Fifth Floor Firefighter, Small Business Owner
JIMMY MARTIN, R District 42 Autauga, Chilton
404 Mortician
539-F Sales, State Farm Insurance
334-242-7600 * P.O. Box 950, Auburn, AL 36831 joe.lovvorn@alhouse.gov
334-242-7139 205-755-3550 P.O. Box 86, Clanton AL 35045 jimmy.martin@alhouse.gov
334-242-7747 334-652-6531 P.O. Box 1469, Livingston, AL 35470 artis.mccampbell@alhouse.gov
Health; Internal Affairs; Montgomery County Legislation; Ways & Means, General Fund
Boards, Agencies & Commissions; Economic Development & Tourism; Montgomery County Legislation
Rules; Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure
Health; Rules; Ways & Means, General Fund
Agriculture & Forestry; Constitution, Campaigns & Elections; Economic Development & Tourism; Internal Affairs
Lee County Legislation; Technology & Research; Ways & Means, Education
Commerce & Small Business; Financial Services; Insurance; Rules ARTIS (A.J.) MCCAMPBELL, D District 71 Choctaw, Greene, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa
THAD MCCLAMMY, D District 76 Montgomery
MAC MCCUTCHEON, R District 25 Limestone, Madison
534-A Real Estate Broker & Developer
519-A Farmer; Retired from City of Huntsville
STEPHEN MCMILLAN, R District 95 Baldwin 532 McMillan & Associates
MICHAEL MILLICAN, R District 17 Lamar, Marion, Winston
ARNOLD MOONEY, R District 43 Jefferson, Shelby
BARRY MOORE, R District 91 Coffee
MARY MOORE, D District 59 Jefferson
JOHNNY MACK
MORROW, D District 18 Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale
BECKY NORDGREN, R District 29 Calhoun, DeKalb, Etowah
PHILLIP PETTUS, R District 1 Lauderdale
427-F Restaurant franchise owner
538-D Commercial Realtor
334-242-7780 334-284-1769 858 W. South Blvd., Montgomery, AL 36105 thadmcclammy@aol.com
334-242-7668 256-539-5441
334-242-7723 251-937-0240
726 Madison St., Huntsville, AL 35801 mac.mccutcheon@speaker.alhouse.gov
P.O. Box 776, Bay Minette, AL 36507 bcld07@gmail.com
334-242-7534 205-921-3214 995 Country Estates Dr., Hamilton, AL 35570 mike.millican@alhouse.gov
334-242-7744 205-222-8721 P.O. Box 382466, Birmingham, AL 35238-2466 arnold.mooney@alhouse.gov
422 Owner, Barry Moore Industries 334-242-7773 334-393-4264 139 Club Way, Enterprise, AL 36330 barry@barrymooreindustries.com
539-D Retired Medical Technologist 334-242-7608 205-229-9966 1622 36th Ave. N., Birmingham, AL 35207 mamoor48@bellsouth.net
517-F Retired Instructor, Northwest Junior College 334-242-7698 256-356-8043 1895 Hwy. 28, Red Bay, AL 35582 johnnymack.morrow@alhouse.gov
401-D Marketing Director, Fuller Medical Co. 334-353-9032 256-546-1378 101 Cook St., Gadsden, AL 35904 rebeccasnordgren@gmail.com
524-C Retired Alabama State Trooper
334-242-7511 256-757-6679 771 County Rd. 144, Killen, AL 35645 phillip.pettus@alhouse.gov
Agriculture & Forestry; Tuscaloosa County Legislation
Financial Services; Judiciary; Military & Veterans Affairs; Montgomery County Legislation
Speaker of the House; Limestone County Legislation; Madison County Legislation
County & Municipal Government Chair; Baldwin County Legislation; Internal Affairs; Technology & Research; Ways & Means, Education
Health; Ways & Means, General Fund
Health; Jefferson County Legislation; Shelby County Legislation; Ways & Means, General Fund
Military & Veterans Affairs Chair; Commerce & Small Business; Education Policy
Jefferson County Legislation; Local Legislation; Public Safety & Homeland Security; Technology & Research
Boards, Agencies & Committees
Economic Development & Tourism; Health; State Government
Judiciary; Military & Veterans Affairs; Transportation, Utilities & Infrastructure
JOE LOVVORN
REPRESENTATIVE/ PARTY/ DISTRICT ROOM EMPLOYMENT
DIMITRI POLIZOS, R District 74 Montgomery
522-C Owner, Mr. Gus’ Ristorante
BILL POOLE, R District 63 Tuscaloosa 514 Attorney
CHRIS PRINGLE, R District 101 Mobile 417-E Realtor, Southern Timberlands; Home Builder; Contractor
KERRY RICH, R District 26 DeKalb, Marshall 427-C Manager, WJIA 88.5 FM
JOHN W. ROGERS JR., D District 52 Jefferson
CONNIE ROWE, R District 13 Blount, Walker
HOWARD SANDERFORD, R District 20 Madison
523-A President, Rogers & Rogers Inc./Dir. of Minority Affairs, UAB
537-E Chief of Police, Retired for the City of Jasper
413-C President, Computer Leasing Co. Inc.
RODERICK HAMPTON SCOTT, D District 55 Jefferson 425 Professor, Miles College
CHRIS SELLS, R District 90 Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Crenshaw
MONTGOMERY/ DISTRICT PH./ FAX DISTRICT ADDRESS EMAIL ADDRESS WEBSITE
334-242-7469 334-398-3481
206 Pierce St., Montgomery, AL 36109 dimitri.polizos@alhouse.gov
334-242-7624 205-614-8919 2918 7th St., Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 bill.poole@alhouse.gov
334-242-7589 251-341-1110
334-242-7538 256-582-0619
334-242-7761 205-925-3522
334-242-7595 205-522-1659
334-242-4368 256-533-1989
334-242-7752 205-781-0261
526-E Founder, Sells Medical Equipment
334-242-7768 334-371-9304
4 Princess Anne Rd., Mobile, AL. 36608 chrispringle@southerntimberlands.com
412-A Gunter Ave., Guntersville, AL 35976 kerryrich@mclo.org
1424 18th St. SW, Birmingham, AL 35211 jwrogers@uab.edu
P.O. Box 4, Jasper, AL 35502 connie.rowe@alhouse.gov
P.O. Box 16023, Huntsville, AL 35802 HS1989@aol.com
P.O. Box 253, Fairfield, AL 35064 rodhscott@gmail.com
1609 E. Commerce St., Greenville, AL 36037 csea@centurytel.net
COMMITTEES
Commerce & Small Business; Constitution, Campaigns & Elections; Ethics & Campaign Finance; Montgomery County Legislation
Tuscaloosa County Legislation, Chair; Ways & Means, Education, Chair
Constitution, Campaigns & Elections; Internal Affairs; Mobile County Legislation; State Government
Insurance Chair; Ethics & Campaign Finance
Jefferson County Legislation; State Government; Ways & Means, Education
Children & Senior Advocacy; Public Safety & Homeland Security; Rules
Boards, Agencies & Commissions Chair; Constitution, Campaigns & Elections; Internal Affairs; Madison County Legislation; Technology & Research
Education Policy; Jefferson County Legislation; Technology & Research; Ways & Means, Education
Commerce & Small Business; Montgomery County Legislation; Ways & Means, General Fund
REPRESENTATIVE/ PARTY/ DISTRICT ROOM
DAVID SESSIONS, R District 105 Mobile 417-I Co-owner, Sessions Farms
RANDALL SHEDD, R District 11 Blount, Cullman, Marshall, Morgan
HARRY SHIVER, R District 64 Baldwin, Monroe
KYLE SOUTH, R District 16 Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Tuscaloosa
DAVID STANDRIDGE, R District 34 Blount, Marshall
PATRICIA TODD, D District 54 Jefferson
ALLEN TREADAWAY, R District 51 Jefferson
MARK TUGGLE, R District 81 Chilton, Coosa, Tallapoosa
TIM WADSWORTH, R District 14 Jefferson, Walker, Winston
PEBBLIN WARREN, D District 82 Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa
524-A Retired, Cullman County Commission on Aging
526-D Retired Teacher
427-G Gen. Manager, West Alabama TV Cable
524-D Retired, Probate Judge
539-E State Director, Human Rights Campaign Alabama
528-A Police Captain, City of Birmingham
410-C Professional Forester
334-242-0947 251-865-4275 13000 Hugh Ford Rd., Grand Bay, AL 36541 d.r.sessions@att.net
334-242-7330 256-531-6641 1461 Welcome Rd., Cullman, AL 35058 randall.shedd@alhouse.gov
334-242-7745 251-937-1391 55550 Hwy. 59 N, Stockton, AL 36579 harryshiver@aol.com
334-242-7682 205-932-4700 213 2nd Ave. NE, Fayette, AL 35555 ksouth@watvc.com
334-242-7475 205-543-0647
P.O. Box 76, Hayden, AL 35079 david.standridge@alhouse.gov
334-242-7718 205-599-2856 1320 58th St., Birmingham, AL 35222 reptodd@gmail.com
334-242-7685 205-254-1700
P.O. Box 126, Morris, AL 35116 allen.treadaway@alhouse.gov
334-242-7219 256-392-2006 110 Calhoun St., Ste. 108, Alexander City, AL 35010 mark.tuggle@alhouse.gov
528-D Attorney, Private Practice 334-242-7554 205-712-1792 1175 Helicon Rd., Arley, AL 35541 wadsworth@centurytel.net
517-B 334-242-7734 334-727-9127
APRIL WEAVER, R District 49 Bibb, Chilton, Shelby 417-J Dir. Bus. Dev., Shelby Baptist Medical Center
ISAAC WHORTON, R District 38 Chambers, Lee
RITCHIE WHORTON, R District 22 Jackson, Madison
334-242-7666 205-620-6610
427-C Attorney, Private Practice
526-C Co-owner, All Star Pools
P.O. Box 1328, Tuskegee Institute, AL 36087 tiger9127@bellsouth.net
P.O. Box 1349, Alabaster, AL 35007 april.weaver@alhouse.gov
334-242-7735 334-756-9090 4309 20th Ave., Valley, AL 36854 isaacwhorton@charter.net
334-242-7753 256-218-3090
100 E. Peachtree St., Scottsboro, AL 35768 ritchiewhorton@gmail.com
MARGIE WILCOX, R District 104 Mobile 524-E Small Business Owner 334-242-7546 251-476-7711 2101 Marchfield Dr. E., Mobile AL 36693 margie.wilcox@alhouse.gov
JACK WILLIAMS, R District 47 Jefferson 417-A Former Jefferson County Tax Collector 334-242-7779 205-862-5041 2501 Glendmere Place, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216 jack@jackwilliams.org
JACK WILLIAMS, R District 102 Mobile 524-F Cattle farmer 334-242-7694 251-649-4164 10655-F Mason Ferry Rd., Wilmer AL 36587 jackwilliams55@icloud.com
PHIL WILLIAMS, R District 6 Limestone, Madison 401-C 3D Research Corp., Synapse Wireless, Soldier 1 Corp.
RICH WINGO, R District 62 Tuscaloosa 522-D Commercial Developer
RANDY WOOD, R District 36 Calhoun, St. Clair, Talladega
424 Owner, Wood’s Auto Body Shop
334-242-7704 256-489-0952 2185 Old Monrovia Rd., Huntsville, AL 35806 philhouse44@gmail.com
334-242-7681 205-972-9652 700 Montgomery Hwy., Ste. 186, Birmingham, AL 35216 rich@blackwaterresources.com
334-242-7700 256-239-9190 P.O. Box 4432, Anniston, AL 36204 rwoodsr36@cableone.net
* Indicates information not available as of press time; ** indicates no photo available.
Agriculture & Forestry Chair; Mobile County Legislation Chair; Ethics & Campaign Finance
Children & Senior Advocacy; Financial Services; Local Legislation; Transportation, Utilities & Infrastructure
Baldwin County Legislation; Local Legislation; Public Safety & Homeland Security; State Government
Insurance; Jefferson County Legislation; State Government; Transportation, Utilities & Infrastructure; Tuscaloosa County Legislation; Ways & Means, General Fund
Boards, Agencies & Committees; Local Legislation; Rules
Education Policy; Jefferson County Legislation; Ways & Means, Education
Public Safety & Homeland Security Chair; Jefferson County Legislation; Military & Veterans Affairs
State Government Chair; Internal Affairs; Ways & Means, Education
Children & Senior Advocacy; Jefferson County Legislation; Local Legislation; State Government
Health, Lee County Legislation; Rules; Ways & Means, General Fund
Health Chair; Shelby County Legislation Chair; Internal Affairs; State Government
Boards, Agencies & Committees; Education Policy; Lee County Legislation; Local Legislation; Public Safety & Homeland Security
Commerce & Small Business; Economic Development & Tourism; Ethics & Campaign Finance; Madison County Legislation
Children & Senior Advocacy; Economic Development & Tourism; Mobile County Legislation; Transportation, Utilities & Infrastructure
Insurance; Jefferson County Legislation
Agriculture & Forestry; County & Municipal Government; Health; Mobile County Legislation
Education Policy; Limestone County Legislation; Madison County Legislation; Technology & Research; Ways & Means, Education
Financial Services; Insurance; Tuscaloosa County Legislation; Ways & Means, General Fund
Internal Affairs Chair; Military & Veterans Affairs; Rules; State Government
NOTE: The seat for District 4 is vacant after Micky Hammon pled guilty to mail fraud. Tom Fredricks and Parker Moore finished first and second in the Dec. 12 Republican primary. A runoff is set for Feb. 27. Winner will face Democrat Juanita Healy on May 15. The seat for District 21 is vacant after Jim Patterson died in October; the primary election is slated for March 27.
Educate & Celebrate Alabama’s 200th Birthday
It’s not every day that a state celebrates two centuries of statehood. Be a part of our statewide initiatives that focus on educating all students about Alabama’s history and involve them in the bicentennial celebration.
Be a Part of Our Bicentennial Schools!
— Request an ALABAMA 200 flag and fly it at your school.
— Apply to receive a $2,000 grant for a community project and be designated an Alabama Bicentennial School.
— Engage in a community project for a chance to be recognized as an Alabama Bicentennial School of Excellence and participate in the official bicentennial commemoration on December 14, 2019.
Visit Alabama200.org and find out how you can incorporate Alabama’s bicentennial into your curriculum.
To inquire about becoming a Bicentennial School, contact Erik.Haeuser@archives.alabama.gov or call 334.353.9152
ABM Building Solutions
ABM champions cost controls and sustainability through electrical & lighting, energy performance contracting, HVAC & mechanical, and parking services. Learn more at ABM.com/K-12 Don McPherson 256-709-3051 don.mcpherson@abm.com
ACCESS Virtual Learning
ACCESS provides rigorous, high- quality, webbased & interactive video conferencing (VCI) courses aligned with Alabama COS Standards at no cost to Alabama students or school systems. Judy Bollinger 334-242-9594 jbollinger@madisoncity.k12.al.us
Achieve3000
Achieve3000 provides the only patented solutions that deliver differentiated instruction for nonfiction reading and writing that’s precisely tailored to each student’s Lexile® reading level. Tim Jones 205-373-9027 tim.jones@achieve3000.com
ActiveHealth Management
PEEHIP Team Up for health and wellness. Lindsey Lee 205-903-1505 llee@activehealth.net
Alabama Possible-Cash for College
Cash for College equips educators to boost Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion in their schools.
Ashleigh Staples 205-939-1408 astaples@alabamapossible.org
Alabama Power/ Safe-T-Opolis
Safe-T-Opolis is Alabama Power’s FREE electrical safety program, ideal for 4th graders. The program is presented by APC employees any date or time best for teachers.
Kim Savage 205-349-6974 kssavage@southernco.com
American Fidelity Assurance
Providing employee and employer benefit solutions for education employees. John Cole 205-987-0950 john.cole@americanfidelity.com
Aperian Laboratory Solutions
“Confirmed for You” drug testing - provides parents/guardians with accurate and affordable drug testing services.
Allen Valaer 334-528-6910 www.aperianlabsolutions.com
ASVAB Career Exploration
ASVAB Career Exploration Program - career planning/exploration program combining multiple-aptitude test with an interest self assessment & a wide range of career exploration tools. FREE to participating schools. Rob Gaston 334-416-7993 robert.w.gaston.civ@mail.mil
Background Investigation Bureau
Nationally recognized full- service background check firm. Founding member & accredited member NAPBS. Jennifer Drake 877-439-3900 sales@bib.com
Balfour
Don Hodges & Bill Hodges 256-249-3373
Balfour
Lee McDaniel/W.C. McDaniel 205-981-9868
Balfour
Mike Mills 866-402-7464
Balfour
Rickey Phillips 205-733-1060
Balfour
Rusty Parker 334-821-0613
BBB Educational Enterprises, Inc.
Leaning on our educational experience supporting districts and schools, we help bring the right solutions to support customer needs. We work with great companies across the spectrum of content providers, technology innovators, and professional development.
Brian Rhodes 205-529-6925 brian.rhodes@bbbedu.com
Bill Miller Photographers
We provide full-service photographic solutions for your school. Other services include cap and gown, composites, ID badges, yearbooks and so much more.
Glen Frederick 800-523-5960
Blanchard Institute
We work together with school districts to develop resiliency in students by providing next-generation leadership trainings to all levels of education.
Ben Tabbal 800-728-6000 ben.tabbal@blanchardinstitute.org
Chalkable, a PowerSchool Company
Chalkable, a PowerSchool company, provides student achievement and professional learning solutions to K-12 schools. Find out more about Chalkable and PowerSchool solutions at https:// www.powerschool.com/.
Jenny Scott
877-873-1550
sales@powerschool.com
Cherrydale
Supplier of fundraising products such as Otis Spunkmeyer, Tervis gift brochures and Candy Cane Holiday Shops. Introducing ship to school online ordering.
Julie O’Rourke
215-892-1900
cherrydale.com
Classworks
Classworks is online K-8 math, reading, language arts, and science instruction, assessment, and productivity tools. Classworks offers rigorous classroom resources and data-driven individualized instruction to increase achievement.
Pam Mills
888-841-4790
pmills@classworks.com
Stacy Blair
256-426-2877
sblair@classworks.com
Crayola
Through professional development and aligned classroom projects, Crayola professional services empower educators to inspire innovative and inquiry-driven teaching and learning school wide.
Kristen Walter
484-241-6987
kwalter@crayola.com
Curriculum Associates
Curriculum Associates research-based products including i-Ready®, Ready®, BRIGANCE® provide teachers & administrators with flexible resources that deliver meaningful assessments and data-driven differentiated instruction for children.
Kelly-Ann Parson 800-225-0248 kparson@cainc.com
Davie’s School Supply
We are family-owned and have been proudly serving the educational community since 1975 with teacher supplies, educational materials, office supplies and more.
Robert Davie 800-626-1396 davieschool@gmail.com
Edgenuity
Edgenuity provides online and blended learning solutions for grades K-12 that propel student success, empower teachers, and enable schools to meet their academic goals.
Steve Santora 780-423-0118 erika.rosinski@edgenuity.com
Etowah Chemical Sales and Service
Cleaning chemicals & equipment/hot & cold pressure washers.
Terry Murray 256-312-1930 terrymurray825@comcast.net
Flippen Group
The widespread impact of Capturing Kids’ Hearts reads like a wish list for school administrators. Experience fewer tardies, higher attendance, less discipline referrals, fewer dropouts, increased graduation rates, higher teacher satisfaction and soaring.
Rob Kirk 800-316-4311 rob.kirk@flippengroup.com
Fuel Education LLC
Stride™ by Fuel Education® is an engaging adaptive learning tool for grades Pre-K through high school that motivates students toward mastery and rewards learning with games. Missy Stephens missystephens@att.net
Goodheart-Willcox Publisher
Goodheart-Willcox is a leading publisher of career and technical education textbooks and digital learning solutions, providing authoritative content that teachers rely on for their classrooms.
Fred Sprouse 800-323-0440 fsprouse@g-w.com
Great Southern Recreation
We design, sell and build commercial playgrounds, splashpads, site amenities, pavilions and sunshades.
Jonas Bailey 800-390-8438 abby@greatsouthernrec.com
Herff Jones, LLC
Herff Jones is a proud provider of yearbooks, class rings, caps & gowns, diplomas and graduation announcements. Trey Morgan 800-255-6287 tlmorgan@herffjones.com
Horace Mann Companies
Financial solutions and insurance products
Jon Green 281-844-0348 jon.green@horacemann.com
Istation
Istation’s educational technology drives reading, math, and Spanish intervention, instruction, and enrichment at school and home for grades Pre-K through 8. Anne Peacock 601-319-5162 apeacock@istation.com
Jennifer Claire Moore Foundation
Jason Flatt Act - Suicide prevention information. Allison Faircloth 251-971-3633 allison@jennifermoorefoundation.com
Joe McEachern Photography School photography/yearbook services. Chris Westcott 256-442-4343 cwestcott1@gmail.com
John Baylor Prep ACT, Aspire, and SAT prep for schools. Becky Voss 636-368-7497 becky@johnbaylorprep.com
Jostens
Jostens has been a trusted partner for 120 years for schools across America. We help schools celebrate the moments that matter through special events and student recognition products. John Wiggins and Tyler Melton 251-583-3396/706-587-9154
john.wiggins@jostens.com tyler.melton@jostens.com
Lakeshore Learning Materials
Educational materials for children ages 0-6th grade.
Jonathan Dills 800-421-5354
jdills@lakeshorelearning.com
LEAN Frog
LEAN Frog Digital’s BLOOM is an INOW integrated discipline tracking workflow solution that eliminates paper, ensures data integrity, and improves transparency between teachers and administrators.
Brandon Payne 256-690-5145 info@theleanleap.com
Learning Labs Inc.
A family-owned educational resource business with hundreds of technology products on the market.
Cliff Ratliff
800-334-4943
stephanie.davis@lli.com
Lifetouch School Portraits
Leading provider of school day portraits, senior portraits, sports and league portraits, and yearbooks.
Todd Diefenderfer 334-351-2360
tdiefenderfer@lifetouch.com
Lightspeed Technologies Inc.
Lightspeed creates access to learning via Flexcat...a classroom audio system for whole-group instruction plus two-way audio to each small group.
Steve Bishop
865-410-9517
steve.bishop@lightspeed-tek.com
MasteryPrep
MasteryPrep provides ACT prep to under-served students in lower/middle score ranges. Our remedial program has helped over 250,000 under-resourced students improve their ACT scores.
Kaci Letts
855-922-8773
info@masteryprep.com
Playworld Preferred
Panorama Education partners with over 1,000 schools and districts to collect and analyze data about social-emotional learning, school climate, family engagement, and more.
Rielle Grant 617-544-9029
rgrant@panoramaed.com
Playworld Preferred
Commercial playground equipment, residential playground equipment, safety surfacing, site amenities, shade structures & shelters, athletic equipment.
Jeff Wingo 800-459-7241 cathy@playworldpreferred.com
PowerSchool
The goal of PowerSchool’s Professional Learning is to improve the K-12 education experience by building teacher capacity through professional development with side by side coaching.
Jenny Scott 800-844-0884 jenny.scott@powerschool.com
PowerUp EDU
Focused on the education market, delivering solutions and coaching that help bridge the gap between technology & instruction, thus creating fun & engaging learning environments.
David Lenhart 205-203-8800 david@powerupedu.com
Presentations Solutions, Inc.
Create your own full-color posters with The ColorPro instantly! Also, create a fundraising enterprise with The Max Graphics System.
Joe Powell 800-280-7809
joecool@presentationsolutions.com
PS Safety Connection LLC
Expedite your long car lines at school dismissal and improve student safety with our “Car Rider Identity Hang Tags”.
Donna Jemmott 844-608-1860 donna@pssafetyconnection.com
Renaissance Learning
Renaissance award-winning solutions of Star 360, Accelerated Reader 360, Accelerated Math, Star Early Literacy and Star Math. Lee Berlin 256-617-0788 www.renaissance.com
Sadlier
Sadlier is a recognized and respected publisher of print, digital, and online educational materials for public and private schools offering outstanding research-based programs in mathematics, vocabulary, language arts, and phonics. Jane Sharp 205-253-2787
jsharp@sadlier.com
Samford University
The graduate program at Samford has a long history of partnerships with school systems. We believe effective leadership is essential and best demonstrated through collaboration. Rebecca VanHook 205-726-4751 avanhook@samford.edu
Scantron
Data-rich, but information -poor? Scantron provides intelligent assessment and analytics solutions that turn raw data into actionable results. See what Scantron can do for you today!
Sallie Lawrence 800-445-3141 info@scantron.com
School Check In
America’s favorite, fastest and easiest way to Check IN/OUT students, faculty and staff, volunteers, visitors, parents/guardians at your school. always know who is on your camps. OffenderCHECK--scans each visitor’s driver’s license and do an instant sex offender search. POWER SCHOOL PARTNER with Data Integration. Barry Peterson 813-962-7264 info@schoolcheckin.com
School Spirit Vending
Hassle -free, year-round fundraising. No volunteers required.
Trey Edwards 334-796-6672 chad.wise@schoolspiritvending.com
SchoolCast
SchoolCast is a flexible notification system that lets your key stakeholders decide how they want you to communicate with them in an emergency or non-emergency. 888-988-5884 support@highgroundsolutions.com
Southeastern Fundraising Fundraising.
Ralph Cahill
601-319-3210
sosoralph@bayspringstel.net
STAGES Software
STAGES is a customizable software solution that will automate your entire educator evaluation process. Options are available to include student assessment data in an evaluation.
Dawn Zimmer
888-549-4626
dzimmer@stagessoftware.com
Talents
Unlimited
A creative and critical thinking framework, Talents Unlimited provides teachers an opportunity to build a culture of thinkers.
Kelly Lomax 251-221-5178
klomax@mcpss.com
Teachers ‘N Tools, Inc.
TNT provides affordable, advanced technology for your classroom. Interactive surfaces, document cameras, web-based software and more.
Cynthia Lowery 800-826-4614
sales@teachersntools.com
Terrell Enterprises, Inc.
Window coverage, classroom furniture, office furniture, cafeteria seating, computer workstations, media/library furniture, markerboards, auditorium seating, lockers and risers, portable stands.
Al Brannon 334-382-7415 al@terrellenterprises.com
Texthelp
Hello, we’re Texthelp. We believe that literacy is every student’s passport to success.
Shelly Justice
888-248-0652
u.s.info@texthelp.com
Thinking Maps, Inc./Educational Consultants
Thinking Maps, eight visual brain-based patterns are the foundation for school-wide reform. They provide a common language for developing students, comprehension, problem-solving, and organizational strategies.
Dr. Marjann Ball 601-577-7059 mball@thinkingmaps.com
UA Early College
UA Early College offers high school students the opportunity to earn college credit, online or on the UA campus, with more than 80 courses offered.
Dr. Victoria Whitfield 205-348-7083
earlycollege@ua.edu
UMA Education Solutions
Reading and math intervention, virtual learning, curriculum and assessment.
Joe Massaro 404-661-8717 jmassaro@umaed.com
The University of Alabama-Bama By Distance
Bama By distance offers Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees online from The University of Alabama to traditional and non-traditional students.
Latitia Mayfield 205-348-0089 uadistance@ua.edu
VALIC
Premier provider of supplemental retirement solutions, including 403(b) and 457(b) plans, needed for financial and retirement security. Mark Briones 205-967-8974 mark.briones@valic.com
Veal Convention Services, Inc.
Veal Convention Services, Inc. is a general service contractor for conventions, expositions, trade shows, exhibitions, meetings and corporate events.
David Veal 205-844-8325 david@vealco.com
Virco Manufacturing
American-owned manufacturer of classroom furniture that sells direct to K-12 schools.
John Havicus 205-721-0514
johnhavicus@virco.com
World’s Finest Chocolate
Fundraising through chocolate sales. Sixty-seven years in business. Four billion dollars raised for school organizations.
Lane Causey 504-464-5470 lane@ccfnola.com
