Alabama has become the first state in the nation to have a statewide homework help program. The program is provided to state residents by the Alabama Public Library Service. The personal homework help is conducted via Tutor.com and is for students in grades four through 12 and college intro in math, science, social studies or English.

The system goes live on August 1st. and can be found at homeworkalabama.org.

Click here for Governor Riley's press release.

Tutor.com is bringing trainers into four areas of the state to help prepare librarians, library staff, media specialists, and teachers for the initiative.

Update: click here to access the flash tutorial titled "Guide to Live Homework Help for Alabama Students."