This Week in Montgomery: PREP Act, Bentley’s Bond for Building New Prisons and More

| March 4, 2016 

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This week in the Alabama Legislature, senator Del Marsh’s introduced the PREP Act. If it becomes law, Alabama teachers would be evaluated by student test scores and have to work longer before they get tenure. WBHM’s Rachel Osier Lindley spoke to Don Dailey for more on that bill and the rest of the action from Montgomery. Dailey is the host of Capitol Journal on Alabama Public Television. To start, he tells WBHM’s Rachel Lindley about the PREP act.

Related: Grading Teachers on Student Test Scores? Trisha Crain on “PREP Act”

 

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