State Education Agency (State DOE)

Alabama Department of Education
Gordon Persons Office Building
50 North Ripley Street
P.O. Box 302101
Montgomery, AL 36104-3833
Phone: (334) 242-9700
Fax: (334) 242-9708
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.alsde.edu/html/home.asp

State Child Care Licensing Office

Child Care Services Division (Alabama)
State Department of Human Resources
50 Ripley Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
Phone: (334) 242-1425
Toll-Free: (866) 528-1694
Fax: (334) 353-1491
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.dhr.state.al.us/page.asp?pageid=648

State Director of Special Education

Special Education Services (Alabama)
State Department of Education
P.O. Box 302101
50 North Ripley Street
Montgomery, AL 36130-2101
Phone: (334) 242-8114
Toll-Free: (800) 392-8020
Toll-Free Restrictions: AL residents only
Fax: (334) 242-9192
TTY: (334) 242-8406
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.alsde.edu/html/sections/section_detail.asp?section=65&foot ...

State Grant Agency

Alabama Commission on Higher Education
Office of Student Assistance
P.O. Box 302000
Montgomery, AL 36130-2000
Phone: (334) 242-2273
Fax: (334) 242-2269
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ache.alabama.gov/StudentAsst/Index.htm

Teacher Salary Survey 2007

Alabama ranked 36th in the nation for its average teacher salary in 2006-07, according to the American Federation of Teachers’ (AFT) Survey and Analysis of Teacher Salary Trends 2007

The average teacher salary in Alabama for the 2006-07 school year was $43,389-a 7.5 percent increase from the previous year. Alabama was ranked 17th in the nation for beginning teacher salaries, at $35,517, an increase of 7.7 percent from 2005-06.

Traditional public school teacher salaries for other states in the Southeast Region ranked as follows: Georgia was ranked 17th in the nation, at $49,836; Virginia was 20th, at $49,130; Florida was 24th, at $47,219; North Carolina was 27th, at $46,137; Arkansas was 32nd, at $44,493; South Carolina was 33rd, at $44,435; Tennessee was 34th, at $43,815; Kentucky was 35th, at $43,787; Louisiana was 39th, at $42,816; West Virginia was 45th, at $40,534; and Mississippi was 47th, at $40,182.

California had the highest average teacher salary, at $63,640, while South Dakota reported the lowest, at $35,378.