Ivey, Ledbetter go to court to try and allow voucher students to participate in athletics

Ivey, Ledbetter go to court to try and allow voucher students to participate in athletics

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is challenging a decision that says students participating in the state’s new school voucher program can't participate in athletics this year.

The AHSAA decision that forced a lawsuit by Governor Kay Ivey

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) -- Governor Kay Ivey is taking the Alabama High School Athletic Association to court. This comes after the association implemented a rule sidelining athletes who utilize the CHOOSE Act, a tax credit students can use to transfer schools. The Governor said in a press release that she is committed to seeing all Alabama students have a fair chance on the playing field. And, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) is …

Ivey attacks AHSAA for benching CHOOSE Act

Claiming the Alabama High School Athletic Association is improperly sidelining student-athletes who took part in the state’s new school choice program, Gov. Kay Ivey filed a temporary restraining order Friday to make the AHSAA allow those students to compete.