PARCA’s Annual Meeting was held in Birmingham on Friday, February 5. Its focus was Alabama’s process for formulating budgets. PARCA’s Read the full release.
PARCA Annual Meeting Additional Materials
Resources for Understanding Alabama's Budget Process
As February approaches, the Legislature is preparing to return to Montgomery for yet another tough session of struggling with Alabama’s Read the full release.
PARCA Annual Survey of Public Opinion 2016
In January 2016, The Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama conducted its annual poll of public opinion. This is the Read the full release.
College-Going Rates by High School
The Alabama Commission on Higher Education has produced a new set of data that gives a more complete picture of Read the full release.
Lowest Per Capita Tax Collections in the Nation
Alabama once again ranks last in per capita state and local tax collections, according to new data released by the Read the full release.
Education Trust Fund Grows but School Spending Still Behind
Receipts to Alabama’s Education Trust Fund grew by 4.2 percent in FY2015, according to year-end revenue reports, allowing the state Read the full release.
From Governing: How Mobile, Alabama, Used Instagram to Address Blight
Like many cities, Mobile, Ala., didn’t even know how many blighted properties it had. Instagram offered a cheap and simple Read the full release.
General Fund Sputters Along
Despite the healthy economy, the state’s General Fund posted its usual sputtering performance in 2015, according to the state’s year-end Read the full release.
Alabama Brings Home Disappointing Results on Nation’s Report Card
The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) is a battery of tests given every two years to a representative sample Read the full release.
Measuring Performance in Higher Education
K-12 education has been, in recent years, the subject of a massive amount of data-gathering and analysis. From individual classrooms Read the full release.