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HOUSTON COUNTY:    The advertising for “School of Choice”. While it appears everyone can decide on your “School of Choice”, it is actually a two way street. The schools are not required to take every child in the School of Choice.

The school systems evaluate the students academics, attendance record, disciplinary records and other criteria. They schools do not want to inherit students that are a disruption to education, but want students with a desire for an education.

Today Houston County School Board and Houston County School Superintendent Brandy White issued a press release the Houston County School system has LIMITED tuition enrollment as the Houston County School system is a qualified CHOOSE ACT provider.

The press release emphasizes there are established guidelines for student acceptance. And acceptance will be based on availability for additional students and based on optimal class sizes.

The enrollment is for the 2026-2027 school year.

Houston County School System was selected as the number one county system in the State of Alabama. There are 67 county systems in Alabama. Houston County School system rank 62 in the funding, but number 1 in the entire State of Alabama.

Tuition Press Release (2) by Rickey Stokes