MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - According to the Montgomery Public School District Hispanic, attendance numbers have been down since Alabama's immigration law has gone into effect.

School District Spokesperson Tom Salter says the district has approximately 1,200 Hispanic students enrolled. On Thursday, 232 students identified as Hispanic were absent. About 116 "Hispanic" students were absent on Friday and 102 were absent on Monday.

After three days of unexcused absences MPS will begin trying to locate the student with phone calls and visits.

Salter says this will not affect funding for the school - state funding is based on the average enrollment for the first 20 days after labor day, Monday is the first day of that count. A student is still considered as enrolled in school until he or she is formally withdrawn. Ultimately it is enrollment that matters, not attendance.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (October 2011)— B.J. Hollars, author of Thirteen Loops: Race Violence and the Last Lynching in America, is bringing his recently published book to a handful of Alabama cities in October.  Hollars, a University of Alabama graduate, returns to Tuscaloosa for three stops during his book tour.

The author’s trip throughout the state features appearances at the Tuscaloosa Public Library and UA’s Hoole Special Collections Library in Tuscaloosa. The Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Little Professor Bookstore in Homewood, and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute will also be stop offs along the way.

Hollars’ Thirteen Loops recounts the story of three innocent victims, all who suffered violent deaths through no fault of their own: Vaudine Maddox in 1933 in Tuscaloosa, Sergeant Gene Ballard in 1979 in Birmingham, and Michael Donald in 1981 in Mobile.

Montgomery, AL October 22nd– Help spread the word - the 3rd annual Can-structure event is being held at the Shoppes at EastChase on Saturday, October 22nd from 8AM to noon. Overseen by Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood Architects and Engineers, area High School Students create elaborate structures made entirely from canned food items. Last year, students raised over 5000 canned food items for the Montgomery Food Bank. Please visit http://www.facebook.com/GoodwynMillsCawood for event information and the growing list of participating schools.