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Gov. Kay Ivey is concluding her Back-to-School tour on Oct. 3, traveling to DeKalb County to tour pre-k classrooms at the Fort Payne Pre-K Center. Her visits featured a diverse collection of learning institutions across the state. This includes public schools, Turnaround schools, private schools and charter schools.

Final approval has been given to the CHOOSE Act, a program in Alabama that's similar to school vouchers. Gov. Kay Ivey signed the legislation Thursday after the Alabama Senate voted 23-9 on Wednesday for the proposal.

A private Christian school in Montgomery has won a one-million-dollar national award from the Yass Foundation for Education. Valiant Cross Academy is a school whose student body is made up of all male Black students.

As Alabama student athletes take to the field and the courts in the coming weeks, a new law will require K-12 schools to air on the side of caution. The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act will go into effect this school year.

Alabama lawmakers approved an expansion of a scholarship program aimed at helping low- and moderate-income students attend private schools.

Alabama senators advanced an expansion of a state program that provides scholarships funded by state tax credits for students to attend private K-12 schools. Senators voted 26-7 for the legislation that, would raise the household income cap and make other changes to increase the number of students eligible for the program.

A proposed educational voucher plan in Alabama would give parents thousands of dollars annually in public funds to pay for private school or homeschooling expenses for their child.

Private school scholarship recipients are not showing signs of improvement on standardized test scores. APR Student Reporter Jessica Rendall has more.The…