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Birmingham school funding blog
CHOOSE Act cycles, state-list changes and what the data says about private schools in Jefferson and Shelby counties.
Oct 28, 2026
From First Class Pre-K to K5: mapping a Birmingham 4-year-old's next two years of funding
Pre-K is free but assigned by drawing; the $7,000 ESA starts the year your child turns 5. Here is the two-year map.
Read →Oct 26, 2026No income cap in 2027-28: what last spring's CHOOSE Act numbers tell Birmingham families
Applications jumped by about 12,000 students in a year. The income cap goes away next, but the priority order does not.
Read →Oct 23, 2026Birmingham's tutors, therapists and online programs on the CHOOSE Act provider list
86 tutoring or microschool listings and 22 therapy listings carry a Jefferson or Shelby city. Here is how families pay them from an ESA.
Read →Oct 21, 202666 of 102: which Jefferson and Shelby private schools are on Alabama's CHOOSE Act list
All 10 Catholic schools are on it. Fewer than half of the Christian schools are. A data tour of the state list for the Birmingham metro.
Read →See which Alabama programs fit your child
Five questions, about two minutes. Then a tuition counselor phones with the programs and dates for your child.