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The Alabama Ethics Commission is the state's only independent, nonpartisan agency responsible for holding lawmakers and public officials accountable, but a draft proposal recently courted ...
The Alabama Education Association (AEA) is a statewide professional organization that represents public school employees in the state of Alabama. It is based in the state capital of Montgomery . The AEA is the largest education association in Alabama and is an advocate organization that leads the movement for excellence in education and is the ...
At the suggestion of Thomas Goode Jones of Montgomery, at the annual meeting in 1881, a committee was created and charged with the responsibility of adopting a code of legal ethics for the bar, the first code of legal ethics in the country. The Alabama Code of Ethics was adopted by the bar at its annual meeting in 1887 and was the foundation of ...
The first African-American to serve on the Alabama State Board of Education was Peyton Finley (1871–1873) from Lafayette in Chambers County who was "free-born" from birth in 1824. Active in the Republican Party after the Civil War, during the Reconstruction era, he served a single term on the State School Board. Among his contributions was ...
The commission voted for that opinion on Wednesday amid a debate over due process and the commission's role as a grand jury.
(Reuters) - Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law on Wednesday a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools, making the state one of a few to enact broad measures ...
In 2010, he was elected to the Alabama Senate, representing District 14. [8] In December 2010, Ward supported a piece of legislation granting subpoena power to the Alabama Ethics Commission. [9] The bill passed both chambers of the Alabama Legislature on December 16, 2010, and was signed into law by Governor Bob Riley.
The Alabama Commission on Higher Education, a statewide 12-member lay board appointed by the Governor of Alabama, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the House and confirmed by the Senate, is the state agency responsible for the overall statewide planning and coordination of higher education in Alabama, the administration of various student aid programs, and the performance of designated ...