MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama Legislature’s regular session is set to end in early June, but lawmakers may have to return to Montgomery later this year for a special session to deal with rebuilding schools and other issues related to the April tornadoes that caused death and destruction across the state.
Several legislators said Thursday that a special session may be needed to find money to rebuild at least six schools destroyed by the tornado outbreak on April 27. Other schools were heavily damaged.
“I can’t possibly see how we can deal with everything that needs to be done in the regular session,” said state Rep. Johnny Mack Morrow.
, D-Red Bay, whose district includes the tornado-devastated communities of Phil Campbell and East Franklin. Phil Campbell High School was destroyed by the storm that ripped through the Franklin County town. .
“We can’t leave these people hanging,” Morrow said.