Legislative Council meeting update

The Alabama Legislative Council met this afternoon at 3:00 pm. In a record long meeting, the council heard testimony from Dr. Joe Morton, State Superintendent, Dr. Paul Hubbert, AEA, and Governor Bob Riley regarding the state educator’s code of ethics. The council heard testimony from Dr. Morton in support of the State Board of Education’s desire to make the current educator’s code of ethics law.

Morton spoke and answered questions from the council for over an hour. Following Morton, Dr. Hubbert spoke against making the code of ethics law, referring to the code as unclear. Governor Riley rose to speak after Dr. Hubbert, stating that he hopes we never get to a point where if we can’t define it, we won’t do it.

In the end, the council disapproved of making the code of ethics law and stated that they plan to offer an amendment. The council’s main concern was that the code was not clear and concise. The board charged the State Board to address their issues with the code and come back with a clear code of ethics.