After working with the State of Alabama Department of Education, the Orange Beach School System has been cleared of owing millions to the Education Foundation Program.
Monday, Superintendent Randy Wilkes announced the state had worked through the issue and confirmed the school system did not have to pay $4.6 million. The state said the school system owed the money to match the foundation’s 10-mill match funding program last year. However, the school system argued that was not true and was based on a system flaw because although they are a small school system, they had higher property values.
