Sen. Shadrack McGill
Speaking at a prayer breakfast this week, State Sen. Shadrack McGill, R-Woodville, (neither name nor hometown made up) said that raising teacher pay is against the teachings of the Bible because it would attract people not “called” to teach, the Dekalb County Times journal reported Tuesday. In the very same speech, McGill defended a 62 percent pay hike for state lawmakers, saying it protected them from corruption.
RELATED: VIDEO: McGill explains his comments about teacher, legislative pay had to do with God’s “balance”
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley and state Republican legislative leaders today proposed an education agenda for the state that included charter school legislation, a tax credit for classroom supplies for teachers, a modified teacher evaluation program and legislation to allow schools greater flexibility in teaching methods.
Alabama has been scrambling in the last week to staff its farms and deal with the fallout after a federal judge ruled last Wednesday that much of Alabama’s tough immigration law was legal.
Sen. Harri Anne Smith said today that Sen. Scott Beason should resign. The statement came after transcripts of a conversation between Republican state legislators revealed in court today that Beason described customers of Greenetrack as “aborigines.”
The Alabama GOP passed teacher tenure reforms out of the Legislature Wednesday night, making it easier to terminate and layoff educators for cause. House Republicans successfully fought off poison pill amendments from Democrats, including one that would have made homosexuality a firing offense.
