CW / Hannah Grace Mayfield Little Hall, which houses the School of Social Work, photographed on Jan. 14, 2026. The Alabama state House passed a bill on Thursday to remove language from existing law requiring the establishment of a School of Social Work of Alabama. “Social work deals with a lot of things that perhaps have been up for debate because they’re maybe considered divisive concepts. According to the School of Social Work, there were less than 100 social workers in Alabama prior to 1965, with 48 of its 67 counties having no professional social workers. “I know that no other school in the state was mandated to have a school of social work.