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Contacts

State Education Agency

Alabama Department of Education

 

Emily Hurst
Ashley Strickland 

Division of Instruction 
Special Education Services - Gifted Education
P.O. Box 30210, 50 North Ripley Street
Montgomery, Alabama 36130

334-694-4782

 

 

 

State Gifted Education Association

Alabama Association for Gifted Children

PO Box 43765

Birmingham, AL  35243

Shirley J. Farrell - President

Audrey Peacock - Executive Director 

Statistics

Year Data Collected 
2014-2015
Total Student Population 
744,238
Number of Identified Gifted Students 
61,431
State Funding for Gifted and Talented Education 

2014-2015:  $1.1 million

2013-2014:  $1.05 million

2012-2013:  $1 million

2011-2012:  $0

Policy

Areas of giftedness addressed in state definition: 
Intellectually Gifted
Academically Gifted
Creatively Gifted
Low SES
Culturally/ ethnically diverse
Disabled Gifted
ESL / ELL
Does the state mandate identification for gifted & talented education? 
Yes
Does the state mandate services for gifted & talented education? 
Yes
Does the state provide guidance or guidelines for the process of identifying gifted & talented students? 
Yes
Does the state have a policy requiring districts to recognize gifted eligibilities from other districts in the same state? 
State policy specifically permits
Does state policy permit early entrance to kindergarten? 
State policy does not permit
Does the state have an acceleration policy? 
State policy specifically permits
Does the state require general education teachers to receive training on gifted students after initial teacher certification is attained? 
Yes
Does the state require professionals working in specialized gifted ed programs to have a gifted ed endorsement or certification? 
Yes
Does the state monitor/audit LEA programs for gifted & talented students? 
Yes
Does the state report on the achievement or learning growth of gifted students? 
No

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