Alabama public school students will soon learn anti-poverty ‘success sequence’

Alabama public school students will soon be taught that their best chance to avoid poverty is a three-pronged formula: Obtain, at a minimum, a high school diploma, find full-time employment and delay parenthood until marriage.

Called the “success sequence,” the idea has been around for a few decades and is now working its way into law in several states, most recently Alabama. Gov. Kay Ivey signed the legislation earlier this month. It was sponsored by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur.

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