<P> The state's two U.S. senators are Republican Richard C. Shelby and Democrat Doug Jones . Shelby was originally elected to the Senate as a Democrat in 1986 and re-elected in 1992, but switched parties immediately following the November 1994 general election . </P> <P> In the U.S. House of Representatives, the state is represented by seven members, six of whom are Republicans: (Bradley Byrne, Mike D. Rogers, Robert Aderholt, Morris J. Brooks, Martha Roby, and Gary Palmer) and one Democrat: Terri Sewell who represents the Black Belt as well as most of the predominantly black portions of Birmingham, Tuscaloosa and Montgomery . </P> <P> Public primary and secondary education in Alabama is under the purview of the Alabama State Board of Education as well as local oversight by 67 county school boards and 60 city boards of education . Together, 1,496 individual schools provide education for 744,637 elementary and secondary students . </P> <P> Public school funding is appropriated through the Alabama Legislature through the Education Trust Fund . In FY 2006--2007, Alabama appropriated $3,775,163,578 for primary and secondary education . That represented an increase of $444,736,387 over the previous fiscal year . In 2007, over 82 percent of schools made adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward student proficiency under the National No Child Left Behind law, using measures determined by the state of Alabama . </P>

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