Ala. Code § 16-8-30 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 8 / Section 16-8-30
Section 16-8-30 Uniform Opening Date of Schools
Status: in_force

The county board of education, in order to expedite the payment of teachers’ salaries and to make possible efficient supervision, shall fix a uniform date each year for the opening of all schools in the county under its jurisdiction, and all schools as far as in the opinion of the county board of education may be practicable shall open on said date. If for any reason the board shall permit any schools to open at later date, the reports and records of such schools shall be made so as to conform to the scholastic months, counting from the uniform date hereinabove mentioned.
Ala. Code § 16-61C-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 61C / Section 16-61C-3
Section 16-61C-3 Legislative Intent - Program to Augment Science Curriculum; Administration of Program
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that the Alabama Science in Motion Program shall augment the science curriculum of the public schools and be administered such that:

(1) The ASIM Program complement, enhance and facilitate the implementation of the Alabama Course of Study: Science.

(2) The State Superintendent of Education annually makes every effort practical to expose the ASIM Program to the maximum number of students enrolled in science coursework, regardless of the students’ prior achievement levels in science or other academic coursework.

(3) Each of the core sciences covered under the ASIM Program be standardized among the several networks, in terms of the scientific equipment that is utilized, the content of instruction presented in the classroom and in the content and the extent of the staff development training offered to science teachers. In the development of both the classroom instructional content and the content of the professional development training, the standards used shall meet or exceed those of Juniata College’s (Pennsylvania) Science in Motion Program. Provided, however, no provision of this chapter shall be construed to require each network to conform to a specific organizational structure.

(4) Representatives from the schools of education involved in science education and from the schools of natural sciences of the several host universities for each Alabama Regional Inservice Center jointly cooperate and participate in the planning and in the oversight of the operations of the network. This action advances the efforts of the State Board of Education to encourage university schools of education to review their programs to ensure that prospective teachers are properly prepared to teach, as contemplated in Section 16-3-15(g).

(5) The host universities of each of the eleven sites shall share in this effort to implement the provisions of this chapter through cost sharing. The cost sharing may be financial support, in-kind services or other forms of support, which demonstrate the host universities’ commitment to the ASIM Program. The State Superintendent of Education shall, however, annually determine the adequacy of the cost sharing that is provided by each host university.
Ala. Code § 16-6G-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6G / Section 16-6G-1
Section 16-6G-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Literacy Act.
Ala. Code § 16-1-13 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-13
Section 16-1-13 Teaching Pupils of Disparate Ability, Background and Achievement
Status: in_force

Whenever any city, county or other local school board determines it to be in the best interest of the public school pupils of the local school system, it may prescribe and from time to time adjust and adapt and further prescribe the manner, method and procedure to be employed in classrooms for teaching pupils of disparate ability, background and achievement in the public schools within its jurisdiction. Its authority in this respect shall include but shall not be limited to prescribing the grouping and classification of students within the same grade level, based upon considerations of native ability as indicated by intelligence tests; the general academic achievement, and level of achievement in a particular subject area. Any such grouping of pupils within a class or grade shall be prescribed by the local board of education only after consultation with the superintendent of the school, teachers, students and parents of various pupils concerned, and the decision reached shall be solely within the discretion of the board.

The local board may prescribe the times and hours and place of instruction for any grouping within schools and classrooms as it may consider advisable and may assign special teachers, prescribe special subjects or remedial courses, advanced courses, vocational courses and take such other action with respect to the time and place for teaching such separate groupings as it may consider in the best interest of the students and the entire student body of the school.
Ala. Code § 16-19-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 19 / Section 16-19-8
Section 16-19-8 Powers Cumulative
Status: in_force

The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition to all powers conferred upon any local subdivision by any other law.
Ala. Code § 16-22A-17 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 22A / Section 16-22A-17
Section 16-22A-17 Disposition of Fees
Status: in_force

All fees received by the Department of Public Safety for criminal history background information checks and fingerprint training courses conducted pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited to the Public Safety Automated Fingerprint Identification System Fund, to be appropriated to and expended by the Department of Public Safety in accordance with Section 32-2-61.
Ala. Code § 16-18-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 18 / Section 16-18-7
Section 16-18-7 Powers of Authority
Status: in_force

The authority shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form:

(1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time, which may be in perpetuity, subject to the provisions of Section 16-18-21 specified in its certificate of incorporation;

(2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions and to defend actions against it;

(3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;

(4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business;

(5) To acquire, receive and take by purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, and to hold property of every description, real, personal or mixed, wherever the same might be located;

(6) To make, enter into and execute such contracts, agreements, leases and other instruments and to take such other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which the authority was organized or to exercise any power expressly granted hereunder;

(7) To plan, establish, develop, acquire, purchase, lease, construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain and operate ancillary improvements in connection with educational institutions in the state and to acquire real and personal property, franchises and easements deemed necessary or desirable in connection therewith;

(8) To sell and issue bonds of the authority in order to provide funds for any corporate function, use or purpose, which bonds shall be payable solely out of the revenues derived from the operation, lease or sale (or any combination of any thereof) of ancillary improvements of the authority in connection with educational institutions;

(9) To assume obligations secured by a lien on, or payable out of or secured by a pledge of, the revenues from the operation, lease or sale (or any combination of any thereof) of ancillary improvements or any part thereof that may be acquired by the authority, any obligation so assumed to be payable by the authority solely out of the revenues derived from the operation, lease or sale (or any combination of any thereof) of any ancillary improvements, or part thereof, of the authority;

(10) To pledge for payment of any bonds issued or obligations assumed by the authority any revenues from which those bonds or obligations are made payable as herein provided;

(11) To execute and deliver, pursuant to the provisions of this section and of Sections 16-18-11 and 16-18-12, mortgages and deeds of trust and trust indentures, or either;

(12) To appoint, employ, contract with and provide for the compensation of such officers, employees and agents, including but without limitation to engineers, attorneys, architects, construction contractors, management consultants and fiscal advisers, as the business of the authority may require;

(13) To provide for such insurance as the board may deem advisable;

(14) To invest any funds of the authority that the board may determine are not presently needed in the operation of its properties in bonds of the United States of America, bonds of the state and interest-bearing bank deposits, or any thereof;

(15) To cooperate with the United States of America, any agency or instrumentality thereof, the state, any person or any combination of any of the foregoing;

(16) To sell and convey any of its properties that may have become obsolete or worn out or that may no longer be needed or useful as or as a part of ancillary improvements in connection with educational institutions;

(17) To enter into a management agreement or agreements with any person for the management by the authority, or by any lessee or assignee from the authority, of any ancillary improvements or part thereof, upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreeable;

(18) To lease to one or more educational institutions any or all of its ancillary improvements and to charge and collect rent therefor and to terminate any such lease upon the failure of the lessee to comply with any of the obligations thereof;

(19) To sell any of its ancillary improvements or part thereof, provided, that any such sale may be made only if any such sale would not constitute a breach of any then outstanding agreement on the part of the authority; and

(20) To convey, with or without valuable consideration, any of its ancillary improvements or part thereof to the state, any one or more counties, municipalities or educational institutions, provided, that such conveyance may be made:

a. Only with the consent of the governing body of the determining municipality, such consent to be evidenced by a resolution adopted by the said governing body; and

b. Only if any such conveyance would not constitute a breach of any then outstanding mortgage and deed of trust, trust indenture or other agreement to which the authority is a party.
Ala. Code § 16-61D-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 61D / Section 16-61D-6
Section 16-61D-6 Sunset Provision
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2013-68, §9, effective March 19, 2013.
Ala. Code § 16-22A-11 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 22A / Section 16-22A-11
Section 16-22A-11 Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education and the Department of Public Safety may adopt rules and regulations to implement the procedures and requirements of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-19-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 19 / Section 16-19-6
Section 16-19-6 Provisions of Chapter Control Over Inconsistent Legislation; Section 11-8-10 Inapplicable
Status: in_force

Insofar as the provisions of this chapter may be inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall control, it being hereby declared that the provisions of Section 11-8-10 shall not be applicable to warrants issued by any county under the provisions of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-8-24 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 8 / Section 16-8-24
Section 16-8-24 Full-Time Employment of Teachers by County Board
Status: in_force

Nothing shall be construed as preventing a county board of education from contracting with teachers and other employees for a longer period of time than that actually devoted to teaching or the conduct of the schools while actually in session. But no teacher or employee shall be entitled to receive any payment from public funds unless his time has been employed as required by the contract of employment and unless all current records for which such teacher or employee is responsible shall have been kept with care and accuracy, and no teacher or employee of the board shall be entitled to receive any payment from public funds unless all records and reports required by the State Superintendent of Education or county board of education shall have been properly made and submitted.
Ala. Code § 16-49-20 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 49 / Section 16-49-20
Section 16-49-20 Creation; Composition; Nominating Committee
Status: in_force

(a)(1) There is created a Board of Trustees for Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, a state land-grant educational institution at Huntsville. The membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. The board of trustees shall consist of 12 members, two members who shall reside in the congressional district in which the institution is situated; one member shall reside in each of the remaining congressional districts in the state as constituted on September 5, 1975, and shall be a bona fide resident and qualified elector of that district, with a verifiable physical presence in that district, during the entire term of office; three at-large members who may be selected from outside the state; and the Governor, who shall be ex officio president of the board. The president of the student government association and the president of the faculty senate shall be ex officio nonvoting members of the board. If a trustee appointed from a congressional district ceases to be a bona fide resident and qualified elector of the district from which appointed, or ceases to have a verifiable physical presence in that district, the trustee shall vacate his or her office.

(2) Before June 9, 2011, the trustees shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

(3) The membership shall include at least three members who have earned a degree from Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University.

(4) Except for the first trustees appointed, trustees shall hold office for a term of six years. No member presently serving as of January 1989 shall have his or her current term of office terminated because of these provisions.

(5) All appointments shall be effective upon confirmation by the Senate.

(6) The board shall be divided into three classes so that at least one third shall be appointed biennially. Of the first members appointed to the board, three shall be designated by the Governor to serve until January 31, 1978; four until January 31, 1980; and four to serve until January 31, 1982.

(7) A trustee may be appointed to serve a second term of six years, but no trustee shall be appointed to serve more than a total of 12 years, except as otherwise provided in paragraph b. of subdivision (4) of subsection (b).

(8) No trustee shall receive any pay or emolument other than his or her actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his or her duties.

(9) No member of the governing board, no officer of any public postsecondary educational institution, and no elected or appointed official having the power of review of the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University budget, other than the Governor, shall be eligible to serve on the board of trustees.

(b)(1) On or after June 9, 2011, each trustee shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of three persons nominated by a nominating committee. The nominating committee shall consist of the following members:

a. One member of the board of trustees as elected by the membership of the board of trustees.

b. One member as selected jointly by the faculty senate and the staff senate and certified to the committee by the president of the faculty senate and the president of the staff senate.

c. The president of the student government association.

d. The President of the Huntsville-Madison County Chamber of Commerce, or his or her designee.

e. One member of the Madison County Legislative Delegation, as selected by the delegation.

f. The president of the national alumni association, or his or her designee.

g. A community representative as selected by the other members of the nominating committee.

(2) Where applicable, members of the nominating committee shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority for a period of at least one year.

(3) Thirty days before the expiration of the term of a board member, or within 20 days following the creation of a vacancy in a term of office by death, resignation, or other cause, the president pro tempore of the board of trustees shall call a meeting of the nominating committee, giving at least 10 days’ notice. The nominating committee, by majority vote of those present at the meeting, shall nominate to the Governor the names of three individuals who are qualified pursuant to subsection (a) to fill the respective position on the board of trustees. The Governor shall appoint one of the nominated persons to the board by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. If the appointment is made by the Governor while the Legislature is not in session, the name of the appointee of the Governor shall be submitted to the Senate not later than the third legislative day following the reconvening of the Legislature. If the appointment is made by the Governor while the Legislature is in session the name of the appointee shall be submitted to the Senate not later than the next legislative day following the date of the appointment.

(4)a. If the vacancy on the board is caused by the expiration of the term of a trustee who has served for less than the maximum 12 years on the board, the vacating trustee shall continue to serve on the board until his or her successor is confirmed by the Senate. If the holdover trustee is reappointed to the board, the term of office for which he or she is reappointed shall be effective retroactive to the date of the expiration of the previous term. If a new trustee is appointed pursuant to this paragraph, the term of office for which he or she is appointed shall be effective retroactive to the date of the expiration of the previous term.

b. If the vacancy on the board is caused by death, resignation, or the expiration of the term of a trustee who has served for the maximum 12 years on the board, the position on the board shall remain vacant until the name of an appointee is submitted by the Governor to the Senate. If the appointee is not confirmed or rejected by the Senate during the session in which his or her name is submitted, the appointee shall nevertheless continue to serve in the position on the board until the next session of the Legislature, during which his or her name shall be resubmitted for confirmation. If an appointee is confirmed by the Senate, the term of office for which he or she is appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall be effective retroactive to the date the vacancy was created on the board, for the remainder of the unexpired term if the vacancy was created by death or resignation, or for the entire term if the vacancy was created by the expiration of the previous term. If an appointee is rejected by the Senate, the position on the board shall remain vacant as the nominating and appointing procedure provided in this subsection begins anew and until an appointment is made and confirmed by the Senate. If a trustee is appointed to fill an unexpired term of less than three years, the time shall not be counted toward the maximum 12 years of service.

(5) If the nominating committee fails to submit a list of nominees to the Governor within 30 days after a vacancy occurs due to expiration of term, death, resignation, or any other cause, the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may appoint an otherwise qualified trustee to the board, notwithstanding the absence of such nominations.

(c) The board shall provide for the conduct of annual training sessions for trustees regarding the fiduciary responsibility of a trustee to the university and any other topic deemed appropriate by the board.
Ala. Code § 16-5-103 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-103
Section 16-5-103 Decisions of the Commission; Rehearings
Status: in_force

Any individual or institution not satisfied with the commission’s actions in administering the program may submit a written petition to the commission within 30 days after notice of the action. If the individual or institution is not satisfied with the commission’s response, the individual or institution may request a rehearing within 20 days after the commission’s response. The commission shall schedule the rehearing within 20 days after receiving the rehearing request. The individual or institution may present written and oral evidence supporting the petition and may be represented by counsel. The decision of the commission following the rehearing is final.
Ala. Code § 16-17A-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17A / Section 16-17A-8
Section 16-17A-8 Powers of Authority
Status: in_force

(a) An authority shall have and may exercise any power granted nonprofit corporations under Title 10A, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary or desirable to the discharge thereof, including, without limitation, the following specific powers:

(1) To adopt, maintain, and amend bylaws and a corporate seal.

(2) To sue and, subject to the limitations herein, be sued; provided, however, that no authority entitled to sovereign immunity shall be denied such immunity.

(3) To acquire, construct, equip, and operate those health care facilities it considers necessary or desirable.

(4) To enter into contracts and agreements, borrow money, incur indebtedness, and issue bonds, notes, debt securities, or any other evidence of indebtedness.

(5) To pledge the general credit of the authority or any revenues or income of the authority to repayment of any of its indebtedness.

(6) To mortgage or pledge its health care facilities or its other assets or any part thereof, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, as security for its indebtedness.

(7) To lend money to, to assume the indebtedness of, or to guarantee the indebtedness of any other authority, governmental entity, public corporation, or nonprofit organization.

(8) To create, establish, acquire, operate, or support subsidiaries and affiliates, either for-profit or nonprofit, to assist an authority in fulfilling its purposes.

(9) To participate as a shareholder in a corporation, as a joint venturer in a joint venture, as a general or limited partner in a general or limited partnership, as a member of a nonprofit corporation, or as a member of any other lawful form of business organization, that provides health care or engages in activities related thereto; provided, however, that a business organization with for-profit ownership shall not qualify as a university affiliate under this chapter.

(10) To make and arrange for loans, contributions to capital, and other debt and equity financing for the activities of any lawful form of business organization of which the authority is a member, and to guarantee loans and any other obligations for such purpose.

(11) To enter into any swap agreement, subject to the requirements of Article 3 of Chapter 1 of Title 41.

(12) To provide for and support the educational programs of any university or any other two-year college or four-year college or university in the state.

(13) To establish, collect, and alter charges for services rendered and supplies furnished by it.

(14) To contract for or to accept any gifts, grants, endowments, or any other aid in any form from the federal government, a governmental entity, or any public corporation, or any other source, or any combination thereof, and to comply with the terms and conditions thereof.

(15) To invest its funds in any investment authorized by the sponsoring university for investment of its own funds or in any investment permitted or authorized for state-regulated insurance companies, including, without limitation, investments permitted for domestic insurers and health maintenance organizations pursuant to Title 27.

(16) To seek protection of the federal bankruptcy laws by filing a petition in any United States Bankruptcy Court located in the state.

(17) To organize, or to own an interest in, any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, or other form of business organization, whether for-profit or nonprofit, in furtherance of its public health mission.

(18) To engage in arrangements, contracts, information sharing, and other collaborative activities with public or private entities and individuals, including, without limitation: joint ventures, joint purchasing arrangements, joint negotiations with physicians, hospitals and payors (whether such negotiations result in separate or combined agreements), leases, and agreements which involve delivery system network creation or operation.

(b) Nothing herein shall be construed as granting to an authority the power to levy any taxes.

(c) Nothing herein shall be construed as authorizing an authority to convey substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of transactions without authorization from the sponsoring university.

(d) Any of the powers granted hereunder may be exercised by an authority in such manner as it may determine to be consistent with the purposes of this chapter, notwithstanding that, as a consequence of such exercise of powers it engages in, activities may be deemed anticompetitive or result in the acquisition or maintenance of monopoly power in some relevant market within the meaning of state and federal antitrust laws and notwithstanding that these activities may have the effect of displacing competition in the provision of hospital, physician, or other health care-related services.
Ala. Code § 16-47-223 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-223
Section 16-47-223 Area of Critical Need
Status: in_force

An area of critical need shall be an area in Alabama with a critical need, as determined by the board, for physician’s assistants, and shall not be a part of, or within five miles of, an urbanized area as defined most recently by the U.S. Census Bureau. The board shall adopt rules under the Administrative Procedure Act to implement this section.
Ala. Code § 16-33C-25 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 33C / Section 16-33C-25
Section 16-33C-25 Administration of Programs
Status: in_force

(a) In acquiring, investing, reinvesting, exchanging, retaining, selling, and managing property for the benefit of the ABLE Program and ACES Program, the Savings Board, and any person, investment manager, or committee to whom the Savings Board delegates any of its investment authority, shall act as trustee and shall exercise the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing which persons of prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not in regard to speculation but to permanent disposition of funds, considering the probable income as well as the safety of their capital.

(b) No Savings Board member nor any person, investment manager, or committee to whom the Savings Board delegates any of its investment authority who acts within the standard of care set forth in subsection (a) shall be held personally liable for any losses, damages, or claims suffered by the ABLE Program or ACES Program on investments made pursuant to the chapter.

(c) The assets of the ABLE Program and the ACES Program shall be preserved, invested, and expended solely pursuant to and for the purposes of this chapter and shall not be loaned or otherwise transferred or used by the state for any other purpose. A savings agreement, or any other agreement entered into by or on behalf of the ABLE Program or the ACES Program, does not constitute a debt or obligation of the state. A contributor is solely entitled to amounts on deposit in or accrued to the respective savings account.

(d) To the extent necessary to administer the ABLE Program and ACES Program or to comply with federal, state, or local tax reporting requirements, the programs shall obtain all necessary social security numbers and such other data as the Savings Board deems necessary for such purposes, whether from a contributor or from another state agency.

(e) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a contribution to, and continued investment in, an ABLE savings account under the ABLE Program for a designated beneficiary by the guardian or conservator of that designated beneficiary are permitted for all purposes under state law.
Ala. Code § 16-47-36 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-36
Section 16-47-36 Report to Legislature
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make to the Legislature, at each session thereof, a full report of its transactions and of the condition of the university, embracing an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the university by those charged with the administration of its finances.
Ala. Code § 16-25-44 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-44
Section 16-25-44 Adjustment of Survivor’s Allowance
Status: in_force

The survivor allowance shall be adjusted as provided in Section 16-25-40(3) for those eligible retirees who have selected a monthly survivor allowance payable to a designated beneficiary upon the death of such retiree.
Ala. Code § 16-1-11.4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-11.4
Section 16-1-11.4 Admission of Nonpublic School Students by Public Institutions of Higher Education
Status: in_force

Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, no public two-year or four-year institution of higher education in the state may deny admission to or otherwise discriminate against an otherwise qualified student based on the consideration, whether in whole or in part, that the student attended, graduated from, or is enrolled in a nonpublic school, including private, church, parochial, and religious schools, or was home schooled.
Ala. Code § 16-52-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 52 / Section 16-52-7
Section 16-52-7 Board of Trustees - Transfer of Jurisdiction, Etc., Over University to Board of Trustees
Status: in_force

After August 16, 1967, the board of trustees created by this chapter for Jacksonville State University shall have exclusive jurisdiction, supervision and control of Jacksonville State University; and the State Board of Education is thereafter divested of all jurisdiction, power and authority with regard to the supervision, management and control of such university. In addition to the powers, duties and authority hereinabove vested in the board of trustees, such board shall have and exercise all power, authority and duties heretofore conferred on, vested in or required of the State Board of Education under any laws of this state with regard to the supervision, management and control of such university; and the board of trustees shall carry out all contractual obligations heretofore incurred by the State Board of Education respecting the operation of the public schools of the City of Jacksonville. On August 16, 1967, the State Board of Education shall transfer to the Board of Trustees of Jacksonville State University all supplies, funds, books, documents, records and other property or effects of such university.
Ala. Code § 16-13-231.1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-231.1
Section 16-13-231.1 Local Salary Schedules; Written Retirement Application; Appropriations
Status: in_force

(a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, each county and city board of education shall adopt a local salary schedule which is at least 100 percent of the State Minimum Salary Schedule as established by Sections 16-6B-8 and 16-13-231. Each teacher employed by the board shall receive at least 100 percent pay for the appropriate salary cell on the State Minimum Salary Schedule for that teacher’s level of experience and degree.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall be phased in over a two year period as specified below.

(1) For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1997, each local board of education shall adopt a salary schedule that shall pay each teacher employed at least one half of the difference between the board’s 1996-97 salary schedule and 100 percent of the appropriate cell of the State Minimum Salary Schedule as determined by the Legislature.

(2) For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1998, and for each fiscal year thereafter, each local board of education shall adopt a salary schedule that shall pay each teacher employed at least 100 percent of the appropriate cell of the State Minimum Salary Schedule as determined by the Legislature.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), for any teacher within three years of retirement, the teacher may make written application to the local superintendent of education of such intent to retire. Such written application shall be made on or before the fifth school day of the 1997-98 school year. Upon such written application, the local superintendent shall recommend and the local board shall approve a salary adjustment such that the applying teacher shall be paid at least 100 percent of the appropriate cell of the State Minimum Salary Schedule for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1997. Should the teacher fail to retire as provided for in the written application, the teacher shall repay to the local board of education in a timely manner the difference between the salary actually received and the amount the teacher would have received in the 1997-98 fiscal year only had he or she not filed a written application of intent to retire plus interest at the then current prevailing prime interest rate. The local board of education on a case by case basis may waive any or all of the repayment and interest.

(d) For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1998, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Legislature shall include in the annual appropriation for the Foundation Program an allowance for additional instructional salaries and fringe benefits. Such allowance shall be over and above the amount calculated for instructional salaries by the State Minimum Salary Schedule and shall be not less than one percent nor more than two percent of the total cost of instructional salaries for the Foundation Program as calculated by the State Minimum Salary Schedule. The allowance shall be distributed to each local board of education in an equitable manner based on the number of Foundation Program units earned. Funds allocated by the Legislature for such allowance shall be expended only for classroom salaries and fringe benefits in the academic instructional program.

(e) No teacher, as a result of this section, shall have his or her pay diminished or reduced in any manner.

(f) The State Minimum Salary Schedule amounts shall be determined annually by the Legislature in the annual education appropriation act.
Ala. Code § 16-6A-10 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6A / Section 16-6A-10
Section 16-6A-10 Employment of Provisionally Certified Persons for Critical Needs Areas
Status: in_force

(a) Local school boards are hereby authorized, pursuant to rules and regulations established by the State Board of Education, to employ provisionally certified persons from business, industry or other areas or military retirees who have extensive preparation in mathematics, science, computer education and other critical needs areas for a period not to exceed one year with a limit of three years total employment. Such persons may be employed provided:

(1) They have at least a bachelor’s degree in subject they are assigned to teach;

(2) There are no regularly certified teachers available to teach the course to be taught by these persons; and

(3) They are evaluated regularly and offered proper guidance by their supervisors.

(b) The time served as a provisionally certified teacher under this section shall not count toward time earned for tenure.

(c) The employment of provisionally certified teachers under this section shall serve to supply an emergency source of teachers in critical needs areas and shall not be considered a permanent means of acquiring teachers in any area.
Ala. Code § 16-28-2.2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28 / Section 16-28-2.2
Section 16-28-2.2 Establishment of Program by Local Boards to Inform Parents of Educational Responsibilities
Status: in_force

(a) Local boards of education, pursuant to guidelines established by the State Board of Education, shall establish educational programs to inform parents of school children of their education-related responsibilities to their children. The programs shall include, but shall not be limited to, coverage of each of the following topics:

(1) The criminal liability and criminal sanctions parents may be subject to under Section 16-28-12, for failing to compel their child to properly conduct himself or herself as a pupil, or for failing to ensure that their child attends school or enrolls in school.

(2) The necessity for a parent to monitor and supervise the school work and educational activities of the child.

(3) An explanation of the responsibilities of teachers and the school system to a child, and an enumeration of those matters that are strictly the responsibility of the parent.

(4) Techniques and suggestions to enable a parent to best supervise the school work and educational activities of the child.

(5) An explanation of the interrelationship of the family life of a child and the educational achievement of the child.

(b) The State Board of Education and local boards of education shall develop strategies to ensure that parents of school children receive this information. These strategies may include provisions for weekend meetings, one-to-one conferences, telephone communications, and neighborhood meetings.

(c) Local district attorneys and law enforcement officials shall, at the request of the local board of education, assist in the implementation and operation of this section.
Ala. Code § 16-25-11.21 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-11.21
Section 16-25-11.21 Purchase of Credit for Prior Service to Certain Institutions of Higher Education
Status: in_force

(a) Any active, vested, and contributing member of the Teachers’ Retirement System who has been employed in public education for a minimum of 10 years may claim and purchase service credit in the system not to exceed five years for prior service between 1974 and 1989 rendered to an educational institution of higher education that receives direct appropriations from the Education Trust Fund but does not participate in the Teachers’ Retirement System. The certification of prior service claimed under this section shall conform to applicable administrative rules and procedures of the Teachers’ Retirement System. Members shall receive credit for the prior service when they remit to the system the contributions required by subsection (b). No member shall receive credit for any service for which the member is already credited within the system or any public retirement plan, with the exception of the federal Social Security program.

(b) Any member who is eligible to purchase service credit pursuant to subsection (a) shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer of the system, within one year from October 1, 2009, for the claimed service, the full actuarially determined cost for each year of claimed service as determined by the system’s actuary.

(c) Any year of service purchased under this section shall not be considered in determining the out-of-pocket premium amount charged to retirees under Section 16-25A-8.1 or Section 36-29-19.7. Also, any service purchased under this section shall not entitle a member to be eligible for benefits under either the Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Plan or the State Employees’ Health Insurance Plan any earlier than the member could have reached eligibility under the plan without the service purchased under this section.
Ala. Code § 16-3-10 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-10
Section 16-3-10 Compensation of Employees Subject to the Merit System
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education, upon recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education, shall determine the compensation of all employees in the Department of Education subject to the provisions of the Merit System.
Ala. Code § 16-25-34 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-34
Section 16-25-34 Compliance with Qualification Standards
Status: in_force

The Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama is authorized to implement any new accounting procedures, funds, or administrative changes and to provide for the payment of benefits to members or beneficiaries of the retirement system as may be necessary to ensure the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama’s compliance with the qualification standards required of public pension plans by the Internal Revenue Code of the United States.
Ala. Code § 16-61-10 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 61 / Section 16-61-10
Section 16-61-10 Provisions Apply to Future Appropriations
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any future appropriations made by the Legislature for the Eminent Scholars Program.
Ala. Code § 16-24B-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 24B / Section 16-24B-8
Section 16-24B-8 Opposition to Employment Action
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for an employing board to cancel or reduce the contract of a teacher, principal, or contract principal or to transfer, reprimand, or discipline a teacher because the teacher opposed any employment action under this chapter or this title.
Ala. Code § 16-28B-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28B / Section 16-28B-5
Section 16-28B-5 Model Policy
Status: in_force

The department shall develop a model policy prohibiting bullying, violence, and threats of violence on or off of school property, on a school bus, or at any school-sponsored function. The model policy, at a minimum, shall contain all of the following components:

(1) A statement prohibiting bullying, violence, and threats of violence.

(2) Definitions of the terms bullying, as provided in subdivision (1) of Section 16-28B-3, intimidation, and threats of violence.

(3) A description of the behavior expected of each student.

(4) A series of graduated consequences for any student who commits an act of intimidation, bullying, violence, or threats of violence. Punishment shall conform with applicable federal and state disability, antidiscrimination, and education laws and school discipline policies.

(5) A procedure for reporting an act of intimidation, threat of suicide, bullying, violence, or threat of violence. An anonymous report may not be the basis for imposing formal disciplinary action against a student.

(6) A procedure for the prompt investigation of reports of serious violations and complaints, specifying that the principal, or his or her designee, is the person responsible for the investigation.

(7) A response procedure for a school to follow upon confirmation of an incident of intimidation, bullying, violence, or threats of violence.

(8) A statement prohibiting reprisal or retaliation against any person who reports an act of intimidation, violence, threat of violence, or bullying, including the consequences of and any appropriate remedial action that may be taken against a person who engages in such reprisal or retaliation.

(9) A statement of the consequences of and appropriate remedial action that may be taken against a person who has deliberately and recklessly falsely accused another.

(10) A procedure for publicizing local board policy through publication in the student handbook, including providing notice that the policy applies to behavior occurring off of school property and to participation in school-sponsored functions, whether the conduct occurs on or off school property, online, or electronically.

(11) A clearly defined procedure for students to use in reporting bullying, including, but not limited to, written reports on local board approved complaint forms and written reports of instances of bullying, intimidation, violence, and threats of violence based on the personal characteristics of a student. The complaint form may be served in person or by mail on the principal, or his or her designee, or his or her office. The procedures shall be made known and be readily available to each student, employee, and the parent or guardian of each student. It is the sole responsibility of the affected student, or the parent or guardian of the affected student, to report incidences of bullying to the principal, or his or her designee.

(12) A procedure for promulgating rules to implement this chapter, including the development of a model student complaint form. The department shall seek public input in developing and revising the model policy, model complaint form, and any other necessary forms.

(13) A procedure for the development of a nonexhaustive list of the specific personal characteristics of a student which may often lead to bullying. Based upon experience, a local board of education may add, but not remove, characteristics from the list. The additional characteristics or perceived characteristics that cause bullying shall be identified by the local board on a case-by-case basis and added to the local board policy. The list shall be included in the code of conduct policy of each local board and included in the student handbook.
Ala. Code § 16-60-336 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-336
Section 16-60-336 Board of Trustees - Powers and Duties
Status: in_force

The board of trustees may do each of the following:

(1) Seek and accept donations, bequests, and other forms of financial assistance from any public or private sector person, foundation, or agency and comply with rules and regulations governing grants from the federal government or from any other person, foundation, or agency, which are not in contravention of the state constitution. Fund-raising shall be under the purview of the board of trustees and the president. Expenditures of contributions shall be consistent with the desires of the donor where applicable and the needs of the institute as mutually agreed upon between the board and the president. The Chancellor shall be consulted relative to the expenditure of significant endowment funds especially with respect to capital projects.

(2) Oversee endowed funds to include establishment of policy and selection of fund managers.

(3) Recommend the adoption, amendment, and repeal of policies to ensure the good order and discipline of the institute.

(4) Ensure the security and preservation of all artifacts and archives of the institute.
Ala. Code § 16-60-270 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-270
Section 16-60-270 Merger of Institutions; College Designated and Named
Status: in_force

The educational institution resulting from the merger of Gadsden State Junior College, Gadsden State Technical Institute and Alabama Technical College in Gadsden, Alabama, shall be named and designated as Gadsden State Community College.
Ala. Code § 16-16-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-16-7
Section 16-16-7 Powers Generally
Status: in_force

The authority shall have the following powers:

(1) To have succession by its corporate name until the principal of and interest on all bonds issued by it shall have been fully paid;

(2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto;

(3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure;

(4) To establish a fiscal year;

(5) To provide for the construction, reconstruction, alteration and improvement of public buildings and other facilities for public educational purposes in the state, including the procurement of sites and equipment therefor;

(6) To anticipate by the issuance of its bonds the receipt of the revenues herein appropriated and pledged;

(7) As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on its bonds, to pledge the proceeds of the appropriations and pledges herein provided for; and

(8) To appoint and employ such attorneys and agents as the business of the authority may require.
Ala. Code § 16-18-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 18 / Section 16-18-9
Section 16-18-9 Lease by Educational Institutions of Ancillary Improvements
Status: in_force

(a) Any one or more educational institutions in the state, except those educational institutions to which subsection (b) of this section applies, are hereby authorized at any time and from time to time to enter into one or more lease agreements with the authority whereunder any one or more ancillary improvements or part thereof shall be leased by the authority to such educational institution for a term not exceeding 50 years; provided, that the rentals under such lease agreement shall not be payable from any sources other than those specified in the lease agreement; and provided, further, that the rentals shall not be payable by educational institutions out of funds appropriated by the state to or for the benefit of such educational institutions.

(b) The State Board of Education and each city and county board of education (including each public body having jurisdiction over schools in a municipality or county) are each hereby authorized at any time and from time to time to enter into one or more lease agreements with the authority whereunder any one or more ancillary improvements or any part thereof shall be leased by the authority to such board of education for a term not longer than the then current fiscal year of the said board of education, but any such lease agreement may contain a grant to the said board of education of successive options of renewing the said lease agreement on the terms specified therein for any subsequent fiscal year or years of the said board of education; the said lease agreement may contain appropriate provisions as to the method by which such board of education may, at its election, exercise the said options, or any of them, as it may elect on the terms provided therein, and such other covenants and provisions as shall not be inconsistent with this chapter and as the authority and the said board of education may agree. The rental for each fiscal year during which any lease agreement between the authority and the said board of education shall be in effect shall be due in advance on the first day of the fiscal year, and the said rental for said fiscal year shall be payable, and any such covenant on the part of the said board of education shall be performed, solely out of the current revenues of the said board of education for such fiscal year; provided, that the rentals shall be payable solely out of all or any portion (as may be specified in the said lease agreement) of the revenues of the particular educational institution for the benefit of which the ancillary improvements were leased; and provided, further, that the rentals shall not be payable out of funds appropriated by the state to or for the benefit of any of the said educational institutions.

(c) Neither the state, county nor any municipality shall in any manner be liable for the performance of any obligation or agreement contained in any lease agreement between the authority and any one or more educational institutions. The rental payable and the covenants to be performed by an educational institution under the provisions of any such lease agreement shall never create a debt of the state or of any county or municipality in the state within the meaning of Sections 213, 224 and 225 of the Constitution of Alabama. The securing of adequate ancillary improvements by educational institutions for use by them is hereby declared to constitute an essential function of educational institutions, and the rentals payable by such educational institutions for that purpose under any such lease agreement are and shall constitute necessary operating expenses of such educational institutions.
Ala. Code § 16-13-103 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-103
Section 16-13-103 Validity of Warrants
Status: in_force

Warrants reciting that they are issued pursuant to the terms of this article shall in any action or proceeding involving their validity be conclusively deemed to be fully authorized thereby and to have been issued, sold, executed and delivered in conformity therewith and with all other provisions of law applicable thereto and shall be incontestable, anything herein or in other statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, unless such action or proceeding is begun before or within 30 days after the day upon which the warrants are delivered and paid for, and no irregularity in the proceedings to authorize the issue of warrants hereunder nor the omission or neglect of any officer charged with the execution of any duties imposed by this article shall affect the validity of any warrants issued hereunder; provided, that the issuance of such warrants shall have been approved by the State Superintendent of Education.
Ala. Code § 16-49-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 49 / Section 16-49-4
Section 16-49-4 Powers and Duties of University Police Officers
Status: in_force

(a) The President of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, with the approval of the board of trustees, is hereby authorized to appoint and employ suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property and grounds of the university. Such persons shall be charged with all the duties and vested with all the powers of police officers and may eject trespassers from the university buildings and grounds, and may, without warrant, arrest any persons guilty of disorderly conduct or of trespass upon the property of the university, or for any public offense committed in their presence, and carry them before the nearest court or any other officer charged with the trial of such offenders, before whom, upon proper affidavit charging the offense, any person so arrested may be tried and convicted as in cases of persons brought before him on his warrant, and may with a warrant arrest any persons found upon or near the premises of the university charged with any public offense and take them before the proper officer.

(b) The police officers provided for in this section shall cooperate with and, when requested, furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the City of Huntsville, and their jurisdiction and authority shall be coextensive with the corporate limits of the municipality.
Ala. Code § 16-52-13 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 52 / Section 16-52-13
Section 16-52-13 Scholarships to School of Nursing - Distribution
Status: in_force

There shall be awarded each year 30 scholarships to the Lurleen B. Wallace School of Nursing of Jacksonville State University for nursing education. These scholarships shall be awarded to applicants from the state-at-large. They shall be distributed, insofar as practicable, throughout the state.
Ala. Code § 16-30A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 30A / Section 16-30A-6
Section 16-30A-6 Training and Supervision of School Employees Becoming Unlicensed Medication Assistants
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a licensed health care professional may provide training and supervise school employees becoming unlicensed medication assistants who may also be providing care and performing tasks pursuant to this chapter in the activities set forth in Section 16-30A-5.
Ala. Code § 16-36-30 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 36 / Section 16-36-30
Section 16-36-30 Storage, Distribution and Exchange of Textbooks; Repair and Fumigation of Used Textbooks
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
Ala. Code § 16-24C-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 24C / Section 16-24C-5
Section 16-24C-5 Termination of Employment - Notice; Compensation and Benefits
Status: in_force

(a) Probationary classified employees who are not employees of a two-year educational institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education may be terminated at the discretion of the employer upon written recommendation of the chief executive officer, a majority vote of the governing board, and issuance of written notice of termination to the employee at any time on or before the fifteenth day of June immediately following the employee’s third consecutive, complete school year of employment. In the first year of each legislative quadrennium, the written notice shall be provided on or before June 30. A probationary classified employee of a two-year educational institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education may be terminated at the discretion of the president of such institution upon issuance of a written notice of termination to the employee at any time on or before 15 days prior to the end of 36 consecutive months of employment at the same institution.

(b) The compensation and benefits of a probationary classified employee shall not be terminated before the expiration of 15 calendar days from the date notice of termination is issued to the employee.

(c) Probationary teachers who are not employees of a two-year educational institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education may be terminated at the discretion of the employer upon the written recommendation of the chief executive officer, a majority vote of the governing board, and issuance of written notice of termination to the teacher on or before the fifteenth day of June. In the first year of each legislative quadrennium, the written notice shall be provided on or before June 30. A probationary teacher who has not been terminated on or before the dates specified above shall be deemed reemployed as a probationary teacher, except as provided in subdivision (1) of Section 16-24C-4. The employment of any probationary teacher may be terminated before the completion of the school year upon at least 30 calendar days’ written notice of the date on which the governing board is scheduled to vote on such recommendation. Upon issuance of such notice, the teacher may submit a written statement to the chief executive officer and the governing board explaining why such action should not be taken. A probationary teacher employed by a two-year educational institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education may be terminated at the discretion of the president of such institution upon issuance of a written notice of termination to the employee at any time on or before 15 days prior to the end of the sixth consecutive semester of employment, excluding summer terms, at the same institution.

(d) The decision to terminate the employment of any probationary employee shall be final and no compensation shall thereafter be due to the employee, except as provided in subsection (b).
Ala. Code § 16-17-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Section 16-17-4
Section 16-17-4 Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation
Status: in_force

(a) The certificate of incorporation of any authority incorporated under the provisions of this chapter may at any time and from time to time be amended in the manner provided in this section.

(b) The board of directors of the authority shall first adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation, which amendment shall be set forth in full in the said resolution and may include any matters which might have been included in the original certificate of incorporation or which could be included in the certificate of incorporation of an authority organized on the date of the adoption of the said resolution proposing the amendment.

(c) After the adoption by the board of a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation of the authority, the board shall file a written application with the governing body of the determining municipality. Such application shall:

(1) State that it is wise, expedient, necessary or advisable for the said amendment to be made; and

(2) Request that the governing body of the determining municipality adopt a resolution declaring that it has reviewed the application and has found and determined as a matter of fact that it is wise, expedient, necessary or advisable for the said amendment to be made.

Every such application shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the said resolution adopted by the board proposing the said amendment to the certificate of incorporation, together with such documents in support of the application as the board may consider appropriate. As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the said application with it, the governing body of the determining municipality shall review the said application and shall find and determine whether it is wise, expedient, necessary or advisable for the said amendment to be made. In finding and determining whether it is wise, expedient, necessary or advisable for the said amendment to be made, the said governing body may consider, in conjunction with any other factors it may deem relevant, alternative means of accomplishing any lawful objective or purpose of the said amendment affecting the public interest. If the said governing body finds and determines that it is wise, expedient, necessary or advisable for the said amendment to be made, it shall adopt a resolution declaring that it has reviewed the said application and has found and determined as a matter of fact that it is wise, expedient, necessary or advisable for the said amendment to be made; if the said governing body finds and determines that it is not wise, expedient, necessary or advisable for the said amendment to be made, it shall deny the application.

(d) Within 40 days following the adoption by the governing body of the determining municipality of a resolution finding and determining as a matter of fact that it is wise, expedient, necessary or advisable for said amendment to be made, the chairman of the authority and the secretary of the authority shall sign and file for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the original certificate of incorporation was filed a certificate in the name of and in behalf of the authority, under its seal, reciting the adoption of said respective resolutions by the board and by the said governing body and setting forth the said proposed amendment. If the proposed amendment provides for a change in the name of the authority, there shall be filed, together with the certificate required by the immediately preceding sentence, a certificate by the Secretary of State showing that the proposed new name of the authority is not identical to that of any other corporation then in existence and organized under the laws of this state, or so nearly similar to that of any other such corporation as to lead to confusion and uncertainty. The judge of probate shall promptly examine each such certificate and shall determine whether it is complete and regular on its face and whether the proposed amendment complies with the provisions of this chapter. If the judge of probate shall find that each such certificate is complete and regular on its face and that the proposed amendment complies with the provisions of this chapter, he shall require each such certificate to be recorded in a well-bound book in his office. Upon the filing of the aforesaid certificates, the said amendment to the certificate of incorporation shall become effective. If the proposed amendment effects a change in the name of the authority, the judge of probate shall promptly send a notice to the Secretary of State, advising him of such change.
Ala. Code § 16-11-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Section 16-11-8
Section 16-11-8 Indebtedness Where County Unit System Adopted
Status: in_force

Whenever the control and administration of education matters affecting a municipality having a city board of education is transferred to or for any reason becomes vested in the county board of education, the existing indebtedness created prior to such transfer and the rights to collect the same shall in nowise be impaired.
Ala. Code § 16-1-50 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-50
Section 16-1-50 Possession and Use of Over-the-Counter Sunscreen by Students
Status: in_force

(a) Any student in a public school under the jurisdiction of a local board of education or in a nonpublic school may possess and apply federal Food and Drug Administration regulated over-the-counter sunscreen at school and at school-based events notwithstanding any other provision of law, including any rule of the State Board of Education or the State Board of Nursing.

(b) No rule of the State Board of Education or the State Board of Nursing shall apply to the possession or use of federal Food and Drug Administration regulated over-the-counter sunscreen by students at a public or nonpublic school.

(c) Any student, parent, or guardian requesting a school board employee to apply sunscreen to a student shall present to the nurse a Parent Prescriber Authorization Form (PPA) containing a parent or guardian signature. A physician signature or physician order shall not be required.
Ala. Code § 16-9-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Section 16-9-9
Section 16-9-9 Term of Office When County Board Selects Superintendent
Status: in_force

Where the qualified electors of a county in which county superintendents of education are elected by a direct vote of the people vote to leave the selection of such officer to the county board of education, the county board of education shall not have authority to appoint a county superintendent of education for a longer term than the ensuing term prescribed by the law relating to the county.
Ala. Code § 16-13B-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13B / Section 16-13B-4
Section 16-13B-4 Notice of Proposed Purchase; Bids; Reverse Auction Procedures
Status: in_force

(a) All proposed purchases in excess of forty thousand dollars ($40,000) shall be advertised by posting notice thereof on a bulletin board maintained outside the purchasing office and in any other manner and for any length of time as may be determined. Sealed bids or bids to be submitted by a reverse auction procedure shall also be solicited by sending notice by mail or other electronic means to all persons, firms, or corporations who have filed a request in writing that they be listed for solicitation on bids for the particular items that are set forth in the request. If any person, firm, or corporation whose name is listed fails to respond to any solicitation for bids after the receipt of three solicitations, the listing may be cancelled.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), all bids shall be sealed when received and shall be opened in public at the hour stated in the notice.

(c) The awarding authority may make purchases or contracts through a reverse auction procedure; provided, however, that a reverse auction shall only be allowed where the item to be purchased at a reverse auction is either not at the time available on the state purchasing program under the same terms and conditions or, if available, the lowest price offered in the reverse auction is equal to or less than the price for which the item is available on the state purchasing program under the same terms and conditions. All of the purchases shall be subject to audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. For purposes of this chapter, a reverse auction procedure includes either of the following:

(1) A real-time bidding process usually lasting less than one hour and taking place at a previously scheduled time and Internet location, in which multiple anonymous suppliers submit bids to provide the designated goods or services.

(2) a. A bidding process usually lasting less than two weeks and taking place during a previously scheduled period and at a previously scheduled Internet location, in which multiple anonymous suppliers submit bids to provide the designated goods or services.

b. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall establish procedures for the use of reverse auction, which shall be distributed to all contracting agencies and shall be used in conducting any audits of the purchasing agency.

(d) All original bids together with all documents pertaining to the award of the contract shall be retained in accordance with a retention period of at least seven years established by the Local Government Records Commission and shall be open to public inspection.

(e) No purchase or contract involving professional services shall be subject to the requirements of this chapter and no purchase or contract involving an amount in excess of forty thousand dollars ($40,000) shall be divided into parts involving amounts of forty thousand dollars ($40,000) or less for the purpose of avoiding the requirements of this chapter. All partial contracts involving forty thousand dollars ($40,000) or less shall be void.
Ala. Code § 16-56-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 56 / Section 16-56-1
Section 16-56-1 Body Corporate; Rights, Duties, Property, Etc. of Troy University
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The Governor, by virtue of the office and the trustees appointed from designated areas of the state, pursuant to Section 16-56-3, and their successors in office, shall constitute a body corporate under the name of Troy University, or by any name the board of trustees may from time to time designate as successor. The name Troy University shall refer to each campus.

(2) All rights, duties, property, real or personal, and all other effects existing in the name of Troy State University, the Troy State University System, or in any other name by which the institution has been known, shall continue in the name of Troy University. Any reference to Troy State University, the Troy State University System, or any other name by which the institution has been known, in any existing law, contract, or other instrument shall constitute a reference to Troy University. All acts of Troy State University lawfully done prior to August 1, 1997, by the board of trustees or by the executive officer are approved, ratified, and confirmed. All acts of the Troy State University System lawfully done prior to June 1, 2009, by the board of trustees or by the executive officer are approved, ratified, and confirmed.

(b) Troy University shall provide, maintain, and operate public higher education programs with facilities dedicated to the preparation of students in a variety of pre-professional and professional fields at the associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degree levels. The university shall provide educational services for the greater community including adult education and advanced education for mature students, private citizens, and service men and women. Troy University shall provide an academic, cultural, and social environment that fosters individuality and develops productive members of society. The mission of Troy University shall be accomplished by providing services to students and the greater community through the utilization of its staff and facilities and through research, creative activities, superior teaching, scholarship, and public service.
Ala. Code § 16-1-15 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-15
Section 16-1-15 Classification and Grouping of Pupils Upon Consideration of Social Attitudes, Etc
Status: in_force

For the purpose of preventing or minimizing disciplinary problems, the local school board may classify and group pupils upon consideration of their social attitudes, their amenability to discipline, their hostility toward the school environment and their health, morals, cleanliness and habits of personal behavior.
Ala. Code § 16-36-34 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 36 / Section 16-36-34
Section 16-36-34 Duty of Local Superintendent of Education to Furnish Estimates of Textbooks Needed, to Provide for Storage, Etc., of Books and to Maintain Inventory and Records
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
Ala. Code § 16-68-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 68 / Section 16-68-8
Section 16-68-8 Legislative Intent
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that constitutionally created boards of trustees comply with the requirement of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-22A-32 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 22A / Section 16-22A-32
Section 16-22A-32 Collection of Fingerprints; Submission of Materials
Status: in_force

(a) Each local employing board and other public educational entity required to obtain criminal history background information checks of current public certified employees and current public noncertified employees pursuant to this article shall cooperate with the State Department of Education in obtaining two complete acceptable sets of fingerprints and written consent from each current employee who has or seeks to have unsupervised access to a child or children.

(b)(1) Each local employing board and other public educational entity shall, upon request, submit the following items to the State Department of Education for each current public certified employee and current public noncertified employee:

a. Two functional acceptable fingerprint cards, bearing the fingerprints of the individual, properly executed by an individual properly trained in fingerprinting techniques.

b. Written consent authorizing the release of any criminal history background information to the State Department of Education.

c. Acknowledgment that the current public certified employee or current public noncertified employee received notice that the State Superintendent of Education will provide a suitability determination, based upon criminal history information reports and suitability criteria for public employment, to the current public certified employee, current public noncertified employee, and local employing board.

(2) When a local employing board or other public authorized employer sends the items listed in subdivision (1) to the State Department of Education, the State Department of Education shall record receipt of the items and forward them to the Department of Public Safety to request a criminal history background information check.

(c) Fingerprints of individuals subject to this chapter may be obtained by the State Department of Education through the use of digital fingerprint machines, if available, or by any other appropriate means. Fingerprinting of current employees shall be conducted at locations that are convenient to current employees, during reasonable business hours, and at no charge to the current employee. For purposes of this section, convenient locations for fingerprinting current employees include, but are not limited to, central education offices and other education facilities. Mobile units may be utilized at these locations. Fingerprinting of current employees may not be conducted at a criminal justice agency or law enforcement or correctional office or facility.
Ala. Code § 16-13-238 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-238
Section 16-13-238 Failure to Provide Certain Amount of Local Tax Support
Status: in_force

Should any county or city governing body fail to provide an amount of local tax support for its respective local board of education in an amount equivalent to the mills of ad valorem tax as required by law, the Foundation Program Fund allocation for the local board of education, as the case may be, shall be reduced by an amount equal to the difference between the amount of tax support actually provided and the amount of tax support required by law.
Ala. Code § 16-44A-13 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 44A / Section 16-44A-13
Section 16-44A-13 Programs and Experiences Encouraged and Supported by Compact
Status: in_force

The compact shall encourage, support, and provide high quality educational programs, learning, and service experiences related to the history and diverse cultures of the United States and the State of Alabama, and especially American citizenship, its origins and development, and the positive role models, attributes, and contributions of leaders in the progress of the nation, the American South, Alabama, and its communities; and the application of knowledge and skills important in leadership and citizenship in a free and self-governing society. Its program shall provide a resource of information to support existing leaders, and better equip a new generation of leaders with broad understanding and appreciation of our American system of government and ways in which to make positive differences in the quality of life in Alabama communities.
Ala. Code § 16-11-11 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Section 16-11-11
Section 16-11-11 School Property Vested in Board
Status: in_force

All property real, personal and mixed now held or hereafter acquired for school purposes shall be held in trust by the city board of education for the use of the public schools of the city.
Ala. Code § 16-12-20 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 16-12-20
Section 16-12-20 Full-Time Employment of Teachers Authorized
Status: in_force

Nothing shall be construed as preventing a city board of education from contracting with teachers and other employees for a longer period of time than that actually devoted to teaching or the conduct of the schools while actually in session. But no teacher or employee shall be entitled to receive any payment from public funds unless his time has been employed as required by the contract of employment and unless all current records for which such teacher or employee is responsible shall have been kept with care and accuracy, and no teacher or employee of the board shall be entitled to receive any payment from public funds unless all records and reports required by the State Superintendent of Education or city board of education shall have been properly made and submitted.
Ala. Code § 16-1-38 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-38
Section 16-1-38 Financial and Education Law Training for Newly Elected Superintendents of Education
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Each person newly elected or appointed as a city or county superintendent of education shall, prior to assuming office, attend and satisfactorily complete a training program on school finances and education law. This requirement shall be applicable upon the development and offering of the training program as provided in this section.

(2) The State Superintendent of Education, based upon reasonable cause, may allow a newly elected or appointed superintendent to attend and satisfactorily complete the training program after assuming office.

(3) Superintendents serving on May 31, 2001, may attend such training program.

(4) The Department of Education, or its designee, shall provide the training program at no cost.

(b)(1) The training program shall be formulated by a committee comprised of the State Superintendent of Education and each of the following:

a. A representative of the State Department of Education appointed by the State Board of Education.

b. A representative of the Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools, appointed by the governing body of the council.

c. A representative of the Alabama Education Association, appointed by the governing body of the association.

d. A representative of the Alabama Association of School Boards, appointed by the governing body of the association.

e. A representative of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, appointed by the governing body of the commission.

(2) The committee shall determine each of the following:

a. The contents, scope, and curriculum of the program.

b. The duration of the program.

c. Locations and dates when the program would be offered.

d. The costs of developing the training program for school finance and law as well as the costs of validating and completing bias reviews for the required assessment program.

e. Other relevant matters relating to the development, implementation, and operation of the program.

(3) The committee shall recommend to the State Board of Education the inclusion of the school finance and law training program into all preparation programs for school administrators.

(4) The institutions of higher education shall use for the school finance and law courses only those professors who have satisfactorily completed the training and/or assessment program.

(c)(1) The State Board of Education, by rule, may provide further for the contents, scope, curriculum, duration, offerings, and other relevant matters relating to the development, implementation, and operation of the training program.

(2) The State Board of Education, by rule, may provide for the participation in all or a portion of the program by superintendents serving on May 31, 2001, and other appropriate school personnel.
Ala. Code § 16-1-24.2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-24.2
Section 16-1-24.2 Department of Education to Develop Statewide Violence Prevention Program
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) GUIDANCE COUNSELING PROCEDURES. Procedures providing planned, sequential activities and services designed to help all students develop skills in the areas of personal and social growth, educational planning, and career and vocational development.

(2) LAW-RELATED EDUCATION. Education which provides children and youth with the knowledge and skills pertaining to the law, the legal process, school safety, and citizenship responsibilities to promote law-abiding behavior with the purpose to prevent children and youth from engaging in delinquency or violence and enable them to become productive citizens.

(b) The Department of Education shall develop a statewide violence prevention program using such resources as law-related education and guidance counseling procedures to develop violence prevention curricula for grades K through twelve, to provide training to teachers and school administrators on violence prevention, and to develop school-community partnerships for violence prevention.
Ala. Code § 16-41-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 41 / Section 16-41-7
Section 16-41-7 Adoption of Regulations by State Board; Scheduling of Drug Abuse Education Courses
Status: in_force

The state board shall adopt regulations to insure the teaching of drug abuse education to all pupils. Every county and city school system shall schedule drug abuse education courses as part of the curriculum of every school, K-12.
Ala. Code § 16-15-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Section 16-15-8
Section 16-15-8 Issuance and Sale of Bonds; Contracts; Purchases
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 16-13-281 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-281
Section 16-13-281 Average Salaries to Match National Average; Funding; Compliance
Status: in_force

(a) The average salary of Alabama teachers, including the State Minimum Salary Schedule, local salary supplementals, state incentive pay such as National Board of Professional Teaching Standards certification, and any other salary compensation paid to Alabama teachers, shall be increased to the national average for teacher salaries as provided in this article. Beginning in the fiscal year 2001-2002, and continuing each fiscal year thereafter until such time as the Alabama teacher salary average has reached the national average for teacher salaries, there shall be allocated 41.15 percent of the growth in the Education Trust Fund for teacher salaries. The 41.15 percent of the growth shall not apply to any future new revenue source to the Education Trust Fund, including any revenue generated from an increase in the rate or a substantial change in the base of existing revenue sources. Provided, however, an amount up to 45 percent of the projected growth shall be allocated for teacher salaries when both the Director of Finance and Legislative Fiscal Officer certify projected growth in the Education Trust Fund of five percent or more for the fiscal year for which appropriations are being made. This allocation shall be appropriated and expended only for teacher salaries and shall be included in the Education Trust Fund appropriation act in the appropriations for the State Minimum Salary Schedule, the Department of Youth Services, the Schools of Fine Arts and Math and Science, and the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind for that purpose.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to maintain Alabama teachers’ salaries at the national average. However, the provisions of this article shall become null and void at such time as the Director of Finance and the Legislative Fiscal Officer shall certify that the average salary paid to Alabama teachers has reached or exceeded the national average salary paid to teachers. In the event the Legislature appropriates a salary increase for teachers that is greater than the amount of growth in the Education Trust Fund that is earmarked for salary increases for teachers under the provisions of this article, this article shall be null and void for that fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter; however, this nullification shall not be applicable in any fiscal year that this article is suspended pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

(c) The Legislative Fiscal Officer and the Director of Finance shall, prior to the third legislative day of each regular session, certify the projected growth in the Education Trust Fund for the fiscal year for which appropriations are being made. The provisions of this article shall be suspended for any fiscal year in which both certify that the projected growth is less than three and one-half percent. In the event one of the above certifies projected growth of less than three and one-half percent and the other certifies projected growth of three and one-half percent or greater, the provisions of this article shall be suspended if the Legislature adopts a joint resolution providing for this suspension and thereafter appropriates projected growth of less than three and one-half percent. In the event the Legislature adopts a joint resolution and thereafter appropriates projected growth of three and one-half percent or more, the provisions of this article shall not be suspended. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Legislature from appropriating a salary increase for teachers when projected growth is three and one-half percent or less.

(d) The salary increases for Foundation Program teacher units provided by this article shall be funded by the Education Trust Fund. The salaries for all other teacher units shall be the source from which their salaries are paid.

(e) Funding for the total cost in any fiscal year of (1) the increase in teacher salaries provided for in this article and the total cost of employer benefits related to the increased salaries; (2) any increase over the prior fiscal year in the employer’s contribution rate paid to the Teachers’ Retirement System and Federal Insurance Contributions Act for all K-12 personnel whose salaries are funded in the Education Trust Fund; and (3) any increase over the prior fiscal year in the employer costs for the Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Program (PEEHIP) for all K-12 personnel whose employer costs for PEEHIP are provided from the Education Trust Fund shall not exceed 62 percent of the projected growth in the Education Trust Fund when the projected growth is three and one-half percent or greater but less than five percent. The 41.15 percent allocation for teacher salaries provided for in this article shall be adjusted to allow these appropriations to remain within the 62 percent limit. Provided, however, any increase in the employer’s contribution rate paid to the Teachers’ Retirement System that is directly attributed by the actuary to (1) a cost-of-living retirement increase that is enacted by the Legislature after October 1, 2000; or (2) any increase in retirement benefits granted directly by the Legislature shall not be included in the 62 percent of growth calculations. The actuary employed by the Retirement Systems of Alabama shall certify to the Teachers’ Retirement System any increase in the employer’s contribution rate directly attributable to a retirees’ cost-of-living increase or an increase in retirement benefits granted by the Legislature. The actuary employed by the Retirement Systems of Alabama shall also certify annually to the Teachers’ Retirement System that there has been no change in the liquidation period used to determine the accrued liability contribution rate to be paid by employers to the Teachers’ Retirement System. The Teachers’ Retirement System shall forward a copy of the certification by the actuary to the Director of Finance and the Legislative Fiscal Officer within 10 days of receipt of the certification from the actuary. In any year in which both the Director of Finance and the Legislative Fiscal Officer project growth in the Education Trust Fund to be five percent or greater, an amount up to 45 percent of the growth shall be allocated for teacher salaries. Provided, however, funding for the total costs for (1) the increase in teacher salaries provided for in this article and the total cost of employer benefits related to the increased salaries; (2) any increase over the prior fiscal year in the employer’s contribution rate paid to the Teachers’ Retirement System and Federal Insurance Contributions Act for all K-12 personnel whose salaries are funded in the Education Trust Fund; and (3) any increase over the prior fiscal year in the employer costs for PEEHIP for all K-12 personnel whose employer costs for PEEHIP are provided from the Education Trust Fund shall not exceed 65.5 percent of the projected growth in the Education Trust Fund. The 45 percent allocation for teacher salaries provided for in this article shall be adjusted to allow these appropriations to remain within the 65.5 percent limit. Provided, however, any increase in the employer’s contribution rate paid to the Teachers’ Retirement System that is directly attributed by the actuary to (1) a cost-of-living retirement increase that is enacted by the Legislature after October 1, 2000; or (2) any increase in retirement benefits granted directly by the Legislature shall not be included in the 65.5 percent of growth calculations.

(f) The State Superintendent of Education, under supervision of the State Board of Education, shall collect the data necessary to determine the national average salary paid to teachers. At least 30 days prior to the start of each regular session of the Legislature, the State Superintendent of Education shall report to the Director of Finance and Legislative Fiscal Officer the average salary paid during the prior scholastic year for Alabama teachers, the corresponding national average salary paid during the same scholastic year, and the average salary paid by state. To ensure that Alabama teachers’ salaries achieve the most current national average for teacher salaries, the State Superintendent of Education shall survey the salary increases given to teachers in each state for the current scholastic year and adjust the national average report accordingly. The Director of Finance and Legislative Fiscal Officer shall certify to the Governor and the Legislature the national average salary paid to teachers each year. When the average Alabama teacher salary has reached the national average of teacher salaries, the provisions of this article shall cease to be effective for future fiscal years.

(g) The State Board of Education shall ensure that each local board of education complies with this section.

(h) The Legislature shall change the State Minimum Salary Schedule from time to time so as to ensure that teachers receive the amount of compensation required by this section. The Legislature may add steps to the State Minimum Salary Schedule and adjust the schedule accordingly from time to time as required to meet the national average.

(i) The state Budget Officer shall allocate the appropriated funds to the State Board of Education for disbursement to each board in the amounts required to ensure compliance with the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 16-18B-10 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 18B / Section 16-18B-10
Section 16-18B-10 Bonds - Execution; Facsimiles; Validity
Status: in_force

The bonds of each series thereof issued pursuant to this article shall be sold by said corporation at public sale as provided in the amendment. The bonds shall be executed in the name of the state by the Governor and countersigned by the secretary of the corporation, and the Great Seal of the State shall be impressed thereon and attested by the Secretary of State. A facsimile of the signature of each such official may be imprinted on any of the bonds in lieu of being manually inscribed thereon, and a facsimile of the Great Seal of the State may be printed on the bonds in lieu of such seal being manually impressed thereon. Each such facsimile signature shall be valid in all respects as if the officials whose facsimile signatures are so used had signed the bonds in person, and any facsimile of the Great Seal of the State so used shall be valid in all respects as if such seal had been manually impressed on the bonds. In the event any official who shall sign any of the bonds or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon shall thereafter cease to hold office before such bonds are delivered and paid for, such bonds shall nevertheless be valid for all purposes to the same extent as if the official who signed such bonds or whose facsimile signature appears thereon had remained in office until all of the bonds bearing such signature or facsimile thereof shall have been delivered and paid for.
Ala. Code § 16-47-191 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-191
Section 16-47-191 University Authorized to Acquire Land for Museum - Generally; Cooperation with Others
Status: in_force

The University of Alabama, in addition to other powers, shall have the right, power and authority to acquire, in the name of the University of Alabama, by purchase, lease, agreement, license, condemnation or otherwise, the fee simple interest in and to land in Tuscaloosa and Hale Counties, Alabama for the purpose of developing, preserving, improving, protecting or maintaining same as a museum, which shall include an archeological museum, historical shrine and recreational area, and to accept, in fee or otherwise, lands donated, entrusted, conveyed or devised for like purposes in said counties. It may contract and make cooperative agreements with the federal government and its agencies, with municipalities, corporations, associations, partnerships or individuals for the purpose of acquiring, planning, establishing, developing, utilizing, operating, protecting or maintaining such museum.
Ala. Code § 16-46-10 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 46 / Section 16-46-10
Section 16-46-10 Violations of Chapter; Penalties
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to violate this chapter. Any person required by this chapter to have a license or permit who shall do in this state any business of the nature described in this chapter without first obtaining such a license or permit as required of him or her by this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or a term of imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both. Each day’s violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense. All fines shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Postsecondary Education.
Ala. Code § 16-23-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Section 16-23-8
Section 16-23-8 Institutes - Attendance Required; Penalty for Failure to Attend
Status: in_force

Every person employed in a teaching, supervisory or administrative capacity by the county or city board of education in the public schools of the state shall attend the institute held for the county or city in which such person is employed; provided, that the institute is held during the term-time or during the week immediately preceding the date of opening of the schools in the county or city. All persons attending such institute shall be paid as for time taught, and any person subject to institute attendance who fails to attend an institute called in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall forfeit his or her contract with the respective county or city board of education as the case may be and shall be ineligible to employment in the public schools of the state for a period of six months from the date of such delinquency, unless excused as hereinafter provided.
Ala. Code § 16-6J-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6J / Section 16-6J-2
Section 16-6J-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless otherwise specified or unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) ACADEMIC YEAR. The 12-month period beginning on July 1 and ending on the following June 30.

(2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Revenue.

(3) EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT or ESA. An account in which funds are deposited by the department for the parent of a participating student to pay qualifying expenses to an education service provider.

(4) EDUCATION SERVICE PROVIDER. A school, including a participating school, organization, vendor, or individual other than the parent of the eligible student, approved by the department to provide educational goods and services, including goods and services designed for use by homeschool students, to eligible students.

(5) ELIGIBLE STUDENT. A child aged 5 to 19 years who resides in this state and who has not graduated high school or a child aged 5 to 21 years who resides in this state and qualifies for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1975 or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794. The term does not include a student receiving scholarship funds or a tax credit under the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013, Chapter 6D. The term does not include a child who is enrolled in a private school as defined in Section 16-28-1 that is not a participating school. The term does not include a child who is not lawfully present in the United States.

(6) PARENT. A resident of this state who is the parent, guardian, custodian, or other individual with authority to act on behalf of an eligible student. The term does not include an individual who is not lawfully present in the United States.

(7) PARTICIPATING SCHOOL. A State of Alabama education service provider that is an accredited public K-12 school or an accredited private school, including a church, parochial, or religious school, which provides education to K-12 students and which is approved by the department. The school must be accredited, or in the process of obtaining accreditation as determined by the department, by one of the six regional accrediting agencies or the National Council for Private School Accreditation, Cognia, the American Association of Christian Schools, the Alabama Christian Education Association, the Alabama Independent School Association, or one of their partner accrediting agencies.

(8) PARTICIPATING STUDENT. An eligible student who is approved by the department to participate in the program and receives services from an education service provider.

(9) PROGRAM. The Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students’ Education (CHOOSE) Act Tax Credit program established by this chapter.

(10) QUALIFYING EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES. Expenses incurred by a parent of an eligible student in one or more of the following categories:

a. Tuition and fees at a participating school.

b. Textbooks.

c. Fees for after-school or summer education programs provided by a participating school.

d. Private tutoring.

e. Curricula or instructional materials.

f. Tuition and fees for nonpublic online learning programs.

g. Educational software and applications.

h. Fees for standardized and nationally recognized assessments, including college admissions tests and advanced placement examinations and related preparatory courses.

i. Education services for students with disabilities from a licensed or accredited practitioner or education service provider.

j. Contracted services provided by a public school district including specific classroom instruction.

(11) RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. The public school district in which an eligible student resides.

(12) SPECIAL-NEEDS STUDENT. A student who qualifies for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1975 or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794.
Ala. Code § 16-13-308 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-308
Section 16-13-308 Warrants as Legal Investments
Status: in_force

The warrants issued pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be legal investments for executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries.
Ala. Code § 16-44C-11 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 44C / Section 16-44C-11
Section 16-44C-11 Effectuation, Withdrawal, and Amendment
Status: in_force

(a) The compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the tenth member state.

(1) On or after the effective date of this compact, the commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the charter member states to determine if the statute enacted by each charter member state is materially different from the model compact statute.

(2) A charter member state whose enactment is found to be materially different from the model compact statute shall be entitled to the default process set forth in Section 16-44C-10.

(3) Member states enacting the compact subsequent to the charter member states shall be subject to the process set forth in subdivision (c)(20) of Section 16-44C-7 to determine if their enactments are materially different from the model compact statute and whether they qualify for participation in this compact.

(b) If any member state is later found to be in default, or is terminated or withdraws from this compact, the commission shall remain in existence and the compact shall remain in effect even if the number of member states should be less than 10.

(c) Any state that joins the compact after the commission’s initial adoption of the rules and bylaws shall be subject to the rules and bylaws as they exist on the date on which the compact becomes law in that state. Any rule that has been previously adopted by the commission shall have the full force and effect of law on the day the compact becomes law in that state, as the rules and bylaws may be amended as provided in this compact.

(d) Any member state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same.

(1) A member state’s withdrawal shall not take effect until six months after enactment of the repealing statute.

(2) Withdrawal shall not affect the continuing requirement of the withdrawing state’s licensing authority to comply with the investigative and adverse action reporting requirements of this compact prior to the effective date of withdrawal.

(e) This compact may be amended by the member states. No amendment to this compact shall become effective and binding upon any member state until it is enacted into the laws of all member states.
Ala. Code § 16-11-20 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Section 16-11-20
Section 16-11-20 Grading and Standardization of City Schools; Courses of Study
Status: in_force

The city board of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall grade and standardize all the schools under its jurisdiction, and shall also prescribe courses of study. Printed copies of the courses of study shall be supplied to every teacher and to every interested citizen in said city.
Ala. Code § 16-18-11 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 18 / Section 16-18-11
Section 16-18-11 Bonds of Authority
Status: reserved

(a) All bonds issued by the authority shall be signed by its chairman and attested by its secretary, and the seal of the authority shall be affixed thereto, and any interest coupons applicable to the bonds of the authority shall be signed by the said chairman; provided, that a facsimile of the signature of one, but not both, of said officers may be printed or otherwise reproduced on any such bonds in lieu of his manually signing the same, a facsimile of the seal of the authority may be printed or otherwise reproduced on any such bonds in lieu of being manually affixed thereto and a facsimile of the signature of the chairman of the authority may be printed or otherwise reproduced on any such interest coupons in lieu of his manually signing the same.

(b) Any such bonds may be executed and delivered by the authority at any time and from time to time, shall be in such form and denominations and of such tenor and maturities, shall contain such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter and shall bear such rate or rates of interest, payable and evidenced in such manner, as may be provided by resolution of its board.

(c) Bonds of the authority may be sold at either public or private sale in such manner and at such price or prices and at such time or times as may be determined by the board to be most advantageous.

(d) Any bond having a specified maturity more than 10 years after its date shall be made subject to redemption at the option of the authority at the expiration of 10 years from its date and on any interest payment date thereafter at such price or prices and after such notice or notices and on such terms and in such manner as may be provided in the resolution of the board wherein it is authorized to be issued.

(e) The principal of and interest on any bonds issued or obligations assumed by the authority may at any time (whether before, at or after maturity) and from time to time be refunded by the issuance of refunding bonds of the authority, which may be sold by the authority at public or private sale at such price or prices as may be determined by its board to be most advantageous, or which may be exchanged for the bonds or other obligations to be refunded.

(f) The authority may pay all expenses, premiums and commissions which its board may deem necessary and advantageous in connection with any financing done by it.

(g) Issuance by the authority of one or more series of bonds for one or more purposes shall not preclude it from issuing other bonds in connection with the same ancillary improvements or any other ancillary improvements, but the resolutions whereunder any subsequent bonds may be issued shall recognize and protect any prior pledge or mortgage and deed of trust made for any prior issue of bonds unless in the proceedings authorizing such prior issue the right was reserved to issue subsequent bonds on a parity with such prior issue.

(h) All bonds issued by the authority shall be construed to be negotiable instruments although payable solely from a specified source.

(i) All obligations created or assumed and all bonds issued or assumed by the authority shall be solely and exclusively an obligation of the authority and shall not create an obligation or debt of the state or of any county or municipality; provided, that the provisions of this sentence shall not be construed to release the original obligor from liability on any bond or other obligation assumed by the authority. Any bonds issued by the authority shall be limited or special obligations of the authority payable solely out of the revenues of the authority specified in the resolutions authorizing those bonds. Any such proceedings may provide that the bonds therein authorized shall be payable solely out of the revenues derived from the operation or lease of all ancillary improvements owned by the authority, or solely out of the revenues from the operations or lease of any part of such ancillary improvements, regardless of the fact that those bonds may have been issued with respect to or for the benefit of only certain particular ancillary improvements of the authority.

(j) The authority may pledge for the payment of any of its bonds the revenues from which such bonds are payable, either with or without a pledge of any lease agreement and the rentals therefrom covering the ancillary improvements from which revenues so pledged shall be derived, and may execute and deliver a trust indenture evidencing any such pledge or a mortgage and deed of trust conveying as security for such bonds the ancillary improvements or any part thereof, the revenues or any part of the revenues from which are so pledged.

(k) Any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture made by the authority may contain such agreements as the board may deem advisable respecting the operation, maintenance and lease of the property and the use of the revenues subject to such mortgage and deed of trust or affected by such trust indenture and respecting the rights, duties and remedies of the parties to any such instrument and the parties for the benefit of whom such instrument is made.
Ala. Code § 16-8-38 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 8 / Section 16-8-38
Section 16-8-38 Forms of Reports May Be Prescribed
Status: in_force

The county board of education shall prescribe, upon the recommendation of the county superintendent of education, forms and blanks on which school trustees, supervisors, attendance officers, principals, teachers, janitors and other regular employees shall make such reports as shall be required from them by the county board of education.
Ala. Code § 16-63-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 63 / Section 16-63-5
Section 16-63-5 Duties of Community Schools Advisory Committees; Membership
Status: in_force

Every participating local board of education shall establish one or more community schools advisory committees which may become involved in matters affecting the educational process in accordance with rules established by the local board of education and approved by the State Board of Education and further shall consider ways of increasing community involvement in the public schools and utilization of public school facilities. Community schools advisory committees may assist local boards of education in the development and preparation of the plans and programs to achieve such goals, may assist in the implementation of such plans and programs and may provide such other assistance as may be requested by the local boards of education.

Community schools advisory committees shall work with local school officials and personnel, parent-teacher organizations, and community groups and agencies in providing maximum opportunities for public schools to serve the communities, and shall encourage the maximum use of volunteers in the public schools.

Wherever possible, the local board of education is encouraged to include at least one high school student. The size of the councils and the terms of membership on the councils shall be determined by the local board of education in accordance with the state guidelines.

The role, scope and responsibility of the advisory committees shall be limited to community school matters.
Ala. Code § 16-65-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 65 / Section 16-65-2
Section 16-65-2 Legislative Intent
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature by passage of this chapter to enable the state, acting by and through the authority, to aid educational institutions in the financing of capital equipment on a tax-exempt basis. To this end, the Legislature intends to authorize the authority to issue bonds for the purpose of providing funds to enable the authority to make equipment loans to educational institutions to pay equipment costs; and to provide that educational institutions shall secure the payment of such equipment loans out of a dedicated source of revenue not appropriated by the state.

(b) This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the intentions of the Legislature expressed above.
Ala. Code § 16-36-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 36 / Section 16-36-8
Section 16-36-8 Recommendations of State Textbook Committee
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
Ala. Code § 16-16B-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 16B / Section 16-16B-3
Section 16-16B-3 (Implementation Conditioned on Separate Legislative Enactment.) Authorization to Issue Additional Bonds and Purposes Thereof
Status: in_force

(a) The Authority is hereby authorized to sell and issue its Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of up to $100,000,000 and to apply the proceeds as provided in this chapter, to include the following purposes: Paying the costs of acquisition and maintaining computer equipment, software, and digital textbooks for public education purposes in the State.

(b) The Bonds authorized by this chapter to be issued by the Authority shall be in addition to all other bonds previously authorized to be issued by it, and the powers conferred on the Authority by this chapter are in addition to all other powers heretofore conferred on the Authority by acts heretofore enacted by the Legislature.
Ala. Code § 16-13-105 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-105
Section 16-13-105 Warrants May Be Validated
Status: in_force

All school warrants authorized by this article may, in the discretion of the board of education, be validated in a proceeding in accordance with Sections 6-6-750 through 6-6-757, or any similar proceedings prescribed by law, but such proceedings shall not be essential to the validity of such warrants.
Ala. Code § 16-24-14 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 24 / Section 16-24-14
Section 16-24-14 Major Suspensions of Teachers - Authorized; Notice; Conditions
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
Ala. Code § 16-60-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-6
Section 16-60-6 H. Councill Trenholm State Community College
Status: in_force

(a) The school heretofore established within the postsecondary system as the H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College is hereby named and shall be known as the H. Councill Trenholm State Community College and shall succeed to all the rights, privileges, emoluments, benefits, interests, and titles heretofore at any time vested in the institution in its respective names. None of the powers, authority, or functions of H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College by law shall be abated or impaired by this section. Only the name of the institution shall be changed by this section. Whenever the institution is referred to in the constitution and in the laws of Alabama by any one of the respective names by which it has been known, the same shall be considered to refer to H. Councill Trenholm State Community College.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System comply with this section.
Ala. Code § 16-36-50 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 36 / Section 16-36-50
Section 16-36-50 Schools to Develop Course Materials Access Plan for Non-affiliated Bookstores; Requirements of Plan
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than July 15, 1993, all two-and four-year state institutions of higher education and all state vocational and technical colleges shall, with the input and representation from college bookstore retailers, develop, publish, and implement a plan to ensure that all established college bookstore retailers located in the municipality in which the institution or college is located, shall be provided the same information concerning required and optional textbooks, required academic learning materials, and required custom publications that is provided to any bookstore owned or authorized by the institution.

(b) The plan developed by each institution or college having a bookstore owned or authorized by the institution or college shall:

(1) Ensure that any established college bookstore retailers having retail outlets in the municipality be informed of the method by which they may obtain required and optional textbooks and required academic learning materials. The information shall be provided, upon request, at a central location.

(2) Ensure that textbook information be made available to the college bookstore retailers by a procedure that attempts to give the information to the bookstores owned or authorized by the institutions and colleges and the college bookstore retailers at approximately the same time, but under no circumstances later than two business days after the time it is provided to the bookstores authorized or operated by colleges or institutions.

(3) Ensure that faculty members of the institution or college provide all information necessary in reproducing customized publications for classroom use. This information shall be provided in bibliographic form that shall include, but not be limited to, the author, title, publisher, editor, ISBN number, if known, and inclusive pages to be reproduced. This custom published biographical information shall be provided in the same manner as textbook information is provided at each institution. College bookstore retailers may purchase and resell course-related publications that are published by the institution or college at a discount if a margin is added to the publication, or at cost if not added to the publication, only if the institution’s or college’s copyright agreement legally covers such a sale.

(4) Create a grievance committee composed of two persons designated by the president of the institution or college and one person designated by the chair of the local chamber of commerce to hear complaints from the college bookstore retailers concerning the implementation of the plan.
Ala. Code § 16-25-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-8
Section 16-25-8 School Lunchroom Managers and Assistants
Status: in_force

(a) All school lunchroom managers and all assistants to such managers who are employed by any county or city board of education in the operation or management of a lunchroom in any public school in Alabama, regardless of the source from which and the manner in which their salaries are paid, may become members of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama; provided, that such persons elect within six months after October 1, 1969, to accept the benefits of this chapter. Such persons may signify their desire to become members of the Teachers’ Retirement System by filing written notice with the Secretary-Treasurer of such system within said six months’ period. Any person hereafter employed by a county or city board of education as a manager of or as an assistant to a manager of a lunchroom in a public school shall be deemed to be a teacher within the meaning of such word in the Teachers’ Retirement System law and shall be entitled to the benefits thereof.

(b) Any person employed in the capacity as set out in subsection (a) of this section shall be entitled to receive credit for all service in such capacity rendered by him prior to October 1, 1969; provided, that such person pays to the treasurer of the Teachers’ Retirement System, within six months from October 1, 1969, a sum equal to the total contributions which he would have made as a member during the period of such employment by a county or city board of education from September 1, 1941 to October 1, 1969.

(c) Appropriations out of the Education Trust Fund for the purpose of carrying out this section shall be included in the regular appropriations to the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama.

(d) The several county and city boards of education employing lunchroom managers and assistant lunchroom managers in the public schools under their separate jurisdictions are hereby authorized and directed to provide for the deductions from the salaries of such persons or for the collection in some other manner of each of such employees’ contributions to the Teachers’ Retirement System and shall remit such collections to the Teachers’ Retirement System as prescribed by law or regulations of the Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System.
Ala. Code § 16-48-11 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 48 / Section 16-48-11
Section 16-48-11 Report Made to Legislature
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make or cause to be made to the Legislature, at each session thereof, a full report of its transactions and of the condition of the university, embracing an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the institution by those charged with the administration of its finances.
Ala. Code § 16-47-192 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-192
Section 16-47-192 University Authorized to Acquire Land for Museum - from Alabama Museum of Natural History
Status: in_force

The University of Alabama, in addition to other powers, shall have the right, power and authority to acquire in the name of the University of Alabama by purchase, gift or otherwise the fee simple interest in and to land in Tuscaloosa and Hale Counties, Alabama from the Alabama Museum of Natural History for the purpose of developing, preserving, improving, protecting and/or maintaining same as a University of Alabama Museum, which shall include an archeological museum, historical shrine and recreational area, and in the acquisition of said land the University of Alabama is hereby authorized to enter into such escrow agreements as may be deemed necessary.
Ala. Code § 16-13-186 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-186
Section 16-13-186 Election Supplies
Status: in_force

When any election is to be held in any county or in any rural or city school tax district, under the provisions of this article, the county commission shall provide the necessary number of ballots, poll lists, tally sheets, ballot boxes, booths, instructions for holding the election and all other necessary and proper stationery for holding said election; and the sheriff shall see that the same are delivered to the managers before the day of the election.
Ala. Code § 16-25-82 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-82
Section 16-25-82 Appropriations; Funding for Benefits
Status: in_force

(a) There is appropriated from the Education Trust Fund to the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama $20,610,644 for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1993.

(b) There is appropriated from the Education Trust Fund to the Employees’ Retirement System $38,320 for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1993, to partially defray the costs of this section as they relate to retired employees of local boards of education and state institutions of higher education who are retired under the Employees’ Retirement System.

(c) The Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System shall determine annually the amount to pay the cost of the benefits provided in this article and shall notify the chief fiscal officer of each employer the percentum rate of earnable compensation required to be paid to the retirement system. Each employer of members of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama shall pay on account of the increase provided in this article in the same manner and from the same source of funds as is provided in Section 16-25-21, it being the intent of the Legislature that the cost of providing the increase provided in this article shall be distributed from all funds in proportion to the salaries paid therefrom for active members.
Ala. Code § 16-17A-24 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17A / Section 16-17A-24
Section 16-17A-24 Construction of Chapter
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter are cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeal existing laws, except to the extent such laws are clearly inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-42-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 42 / Section 16-42-3
Section 16-42-3 Contracts Between Counties or Cities and Historical Corporations, Etc., Authorized
Status: in_force

To carry out the provisions of this chapter, all county governing bodies and the governing bodies of all municipalities are hereby authorized to enter into contracts with historical corporations, foundations or associations which are duly incorporated within this state.
Ala. Code § 16-33-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 33 / Section 16-33-5
Section 16-33-5 Applicant to Present Proof of Residence, Eligibility and Qualifications
Status: in_force

Any person who applies for benefits under this chapter must produce sufficient proof of being a permanent resident of this state for at least five years prior to application, sufficient proof of his or her eligibility under the terms and conditions of this chapter and sufficient proof of his or her qualifications and ability to pursue the course for which such application is made.
Ala. Code § 16-6A-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6A / Section 16-6A-7
Section 16-6A-7 Governor’s Educational Reform Commission - to Study Education Reform; Serve in Advisory Capacity; Make Reports to Governor and Legislature; Dissolution; Not to Duplicate Education Board
Status: in_force

The commission may study all levels of public education and shall monitor the incorporation of educational reform legislation into existing school programs. It shall also serve in an advisory capacity to the Governor and the Legislature in respect to all existing and future reform legislation and means of funding such programs. One year after May 31, 1984, and each year thereafter, the commission shall make an annual report to the Governor or to the Legislature; however, upon the request of either the Governor or Legislature, reports may be made at any time. The commission shall be dissolved at the end of three years unless otherwise continued by resolution of the Legislature.

It is the express intent of the Legislature that the commission not duplicate any responsibilities of the State Board of Education.
Ala. Code § 16-60-30 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-30
Section 16-60-30 Secretary
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of the college shall elect a secretary for the school who shall hold office for the term prescribed by the board and shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the trustees and shall perform such services as may be required of him.
Ala. Code § 16-28-60 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28 / Section 16-28-60
Section 16-28-60 Advance Enrollment Program for Military Families
Status: in_force

(a) A student who is not a domiciliary of the state shall be permitted to register to enroll in a public K-12 school by remote means, including electronic means, prior to commencement of the student’s residency in this state if all of the following apply:

(1) A parent or legal guardian is on active military duty and is transferred or pending transfer to a military installation or reservation in this state.

(2) Upon request by the local board of education, a parent or legal guardian provides a copy of the official military order transferring to a military installation or reservation located in this state.

(3) A parent or legal guardian completes and submits the board of education’s required enrollment forms and documentation, except that proof of residency shall not be required until the student physically transfers to this state, at which time the student shall be required to provide proof of residency prior to commencing attendance.

(b) If the enrolling student is transferring with a Section 504 plan, an individualized family service plan, or an individualized education plan, the local board of education shall take the necessary steps including, but not limited to, the transfer of records and any prior evaluations, the performance of reevaluations, if necessary, and meetings to ensure that comparable services are in place when the child arrives in this state. If a reevaluation is deemed necessary, the reevaluation shall occur within 30 calendar days after the date of arrival, subject to the informed parental consent of the parent or legal guardian as provided by rule of the State Board of Education.

(c) The local board of education shall make available to a student who registers to enroll pursuant to this section the same opportunities for school assignment , selection of courses , special education services, and sporting activities as those offered to resident students.
Ala. Code § 16-11-9.1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Section 16-11-9.1
Section 16-11-9.1 Authority to Enter into Cooperative Agreements, Programs, Etc
Status: in_force

In addition to all authority previously granted by statute, city boards of education may enter into cooperative agreements, projects and programs with the city council or commission, and may take such other actions as they deem necessary and appropriate for the proper management of the public schools; provided, however, that such agreements, projects, and programs shall not be in conflict with nor inconsistent with any law or policy of the State Board of Education and shall not conflict with the purposes for which the school system is established. Provided, further, that such authority shall not be used to deny any employee any legal or constitutional rights to which he or she is entitled, nor shall such authority be used in such a way that employees are denied any benefits established and required by law, nor shall such authority be construed as authorizing city boards of education to levy any taxes not otherwise authorized by law.
Ala. Code § 16-32-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 32 / Section 16-32-3
Section 16-32-3 Appropriation
Status: in_force

There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury the sum of $20,000.00. This appropriation shall be the sole appropriation to this fund, and nothing in this chapter shall be construed so as to make the appropriation an annual one.
Ala. Code § 16-47A-10 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47A / Section 16-47A-10
Section 16-47A-10 Validity of Grants or Gifts; Forfeiture of Rights, Privileges, Etc
Status: in_force

No grant or gift, by will or otherwise, shall fail on account of any misnomer or informality when the intent of the grantor or donor can be determined; nor shall any default, malfeasance, or nonuser on the part of the trustees or other officers or agents of such corporation work a forfeiture of any of its rights, privileges, powers, or franchises.
Ala. Code § 16-44C-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 44C / Section 16-44C-2
Section 16-44C-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall govern the terms herein:

(1) ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBER. Any individual with full-time duty status in the Armed Forces of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve.

(2) ADVERSE ACTION. Any limitation or restriction imposed by a member state’s licensing authority, such as revocation, suspension, reprimand, probation, or limitation on the licensee’s ability to work as a teacher.

(3) BYLAWS. Those bylaws established by the commission.

(4) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION LICENSE. A current, valid authorization issued by a member state’s licensing authority allowing an individual to serve as a teacher in P-12 public educational settings in a specific career and technical education area.

(5) CHARTER MEMBER STATES. A member state that has enacted legislation to adopt this compact where such legislation predates the initial meeting of the commission after the effective date of the compact.

(6) COMMISSION. The interstate administrative body which membership consists of delegates of all states that have enacted this compact, and which is known as the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact Commission.

(7) COMMISSIONER. The delegate of a member state.

(8) ELIGIBLE LICENSE. A license to engage in the teaching profession which requires at least a bachelor’s degree and the completion of a state approved program for teacher licensure.

(9) ELIGIBLE MILITARY SPOUSE. The spouse of any individual in full-time duty status in the active Armed Forces of the United States including members of the National Guard and Reserve moving as a result of a military mission or military career progression requirements or are on their terminal move as a result of separation or retirement (to include surviving spouses of deceased military members).

(10) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. A group of commissioners elected or appointed to act on behalf of, and within the powers granted to them by, the commission as provided for herein.

(11) LICENSING AUTHORITY. An official, agency, board, or other entity of a state that is responsible for the licensing and regulation of teachers authorized to teach in P-12 public educational settings.

(12) MEMBER STATE. Any state that has adopted this compact, including all agencies and officials of that state.

(13) RECEIVING STATE. Any state where a teacher has applied for licensure under this compact.

(14) RULE. Any regulation adopted by the commission under this compact, which shall have the force of law in each member state.

(15) STATE. A state, territory, or possession of the United States, and the District of Columbia.

(16) STATE PRACTICE LAWS. A member state’s laws, rules, and regulations that govern the teaching profession, define the scope of the profession, and create the methods and grounds for imposing discipline.

(17) STATE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS. A requirement for licensure covered in coursework or examination that includes content of unique interest to the state.

(18) TEACHER. An individual who currently holds an authorization from a member state that forms the basis for employment in the P-12 public schools of the state to provide instruction in a specific subject area, grade level, or student population.

(19) UNENCUMBERED LICENSE. A current, valid authorization issued by a member state’s licensing authority allowing an individual to serve as a teacher in P-12 public educational settings. An unencumbered license is not a restricted, probationary, provisional, substitute, or temporary credential.
Ala. Code § 16-25-32 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-32
Section 16-25-32 Admission of Employees and Members of State Employees’ Association, the Alabama Retired State Employees’ Association and the State Credit Union into Teachers’ Retirement System
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of the Alabama State Employees’ Association, the Alabama Retired State Employees’ Association and the State Employees’ Credit Union may, by resolution legally adopted to conform to the rules prescribed by the Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System, elect to have its executive officers and full-time employees, from whatever source and in whatever manner paid, become eligible to participate in the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama, subject to all rules, regulations and conditions thereof.

(b) The governing body of the Alabama State Employees’ Association, the Alabama Retired State Employees’ Association and the State Employees’ Credit Union having made an election through a resolution as provided in subsection (a) hereof, their employees and executive officers may participate in and be entitled to all benefits of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama, provided that where contributions are made from salaries paid by the Alabama State Employees’ Association, the Alabama Retired State Employees’ Association and the State Employees’ Credit Union the entities shall pay the employer costs as a percentage of the salaries of those employees, to be contributed as employer in accordance with Section 16-25-21. Such amounts shall be paid monthly and at the same time as the members’ contributions are made to the Teachers’ Retirement System.

(c) The governing body of the Alabama State Employees’ Association, the Alabama Retired State Employees’ Association or the State Employees’ Credit Union may provide in its resolution to the Teachers’ Retirement System Board of Control that all service rendered by an eligible employee or executive officer previous to the effective date of said group’s election to come under the Teachers’ Retirement System, shall be creditable service to such employee or executive officer; provided, that any such provision shall apply only to those employees and officers who were in the active service of the group on the effective date of said group’s election to be covered under the Teachers’ Retirement System; and provided further, that the said resolution also states that the Alabama State Employees’ Association, the Alabama Retired State Employees’ Association and the State Employees’ Credit Union shall assume and pay, as required, all costs necessary to fund the crediting of such previous service, such costs to be determined by the actuary employed by the Teachers’ Retirement System Board of Control.
Ala. Code § 16-9-21 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Section 16-9-21
Section 16-9-21 Courses of Study
Status: in_force

Subject to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, the county superintendent of education shall prescribe courses of study for the schools of the county and submit the same for approval and adoption by the county board of education. Printed copies of these courses of study shall be supplied to every teacher and interested citizen of the county.
Ala. Code § 16-1-42.1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-42.1
Section 16-1-42.1 High School Credits for Approved Dual Enrollment Courses Offered by Local Community Colleges and Universities
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE. A two-year community or technical college under the purview of the Alabama Community College System whose service area includes the area where the local high school or local education agency is located, as determined by the Alabama Community College System. (2) LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY. A county or city school system operating public K-12 schools. (3) UNIVERSITY. A four-year public institution of higher education. (b)(1) A local education agency, upon the request of a parent or legal guardian, shall permit an enrolled high school student to enroll in any dual enrollment course that is offered by a local community college or university and approved for dual credit by the State Department of Education. (2) The granting of permission does not obligate a local education agency to incorporate any dual enrollment course into its standard curriculum. The local education agency shall recognize and award high school credit to a student who passes approved dual enrollment courses. (c) To be eligible for enrollment in a dual enrollment course, a student shall meet with a counselor, career coach, or other appropriate employee designated by the local education agency. The counselor, career coach, or employee shall evaluate the dual enrollment courses selected by the student and shall determine the appropriateness of those courses based on the preferred college and career interests of the student. The student shall also consult with dual enrollment personnel employed by the applicable local community college or university regarding his or her course selections to ensure the relevancy of those courses. (d) Both the local education agency and the local community college or university shall agree, in writing, on the course selections of a student. Upon agreement and at the request of the local education agency, the local community college or university shall register the student for the selected and approved dual enrollment courses. (e) A local education agency is not financially responsible for any costs associated with the participation of a student in dual enrollment courses unless otherwise required by state or local law, policy, or agreement between the local education agency and the local community college or university. (f) The State Department of Education, with input from and in collaboration with the Alabama Community College System and universities, shall prepare and distribute to local education agencies guidelines for the implementation of this section.

(1) LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE. A two-year community or technical college under the purview of the Alabama Community College System whose service area includes the area where the local high school or local education agency is located, as determined by the Alabama Community College System.

(2) LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY. A county or city school system operating public K-12 schools.

(3) UNIVERSITY. A four-year public institution of higher education.

(b)(1) A local education agency, upon the request of a parent or legal guardian, shall permit an enrolled high school student to enroll in any dual enrollment course that is offered by a local community college or university and approved for dual credit by the State Department of Education.

(2) The granting of permission does not obligate a local education agency to incorporate any dual enrollment course into its standard curriculum. The local education agency shall recognize and award high school credit to a student who passes approved dual enrollment courses.

(c) To be eligible for enrollment in a dual enrollment course, a student shall meet with a counselor, career coach, or other appropriate employee designated by the local education agency. The counselor, career coach, or employee shall evaluate the dual enrollment courses selected by the student and shall determine the appropriateness of those courses based on the preferred college and career interests of the student. The student shall also consult with dual enrollment personnel employed by the applicable local community college or university regarding his or her course selections to ensure the relevancy of those courses.

(d) Both the local education agency and the local community college or university shall agree, in writing, on the course selections of a student. Upon agreement and at the request of the local education agency, the local community college or university shall register the student for the selected and approved dual enrollment courses.

(e) A local education agency is not financially responsible for any costs associated with the participation of a student in dual enrollment courses unless otherwise required by state or local law, policy, or agreement between the local education agency and the local community college or university.

(f) The State Department of Education, with input from and in collaboration with the Alabama Community College System and universities, shall prepare and distribute to local education agencies guidelines for the implementation of this section.
Ala. Code § 16-28B-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28B / Section 16-28B-6
Section 16-28B-6 Duties of Schools
Status: in_force

Each school shall do all of the following:

(1) Develop and implement evidence-based practices to promote a school environment that is free of harassment, intimidation, violence, and threats of violence.

(2) Develop and implement evidence-based practices to prevent harassment, intimidation, violence, and threats of violence based, as a minimum, on the criteria established by this chapter and local board policy, and to intervene when such incidents occur.

(3) Incorporate into civility, citizenship, and character education curricula awareness of and sensitivity to the prohibitions of this chapter and local board policy against harassment, intimidation, violence, and threats of violence.

(4) Report statistics to the local board of actual violence, submitted reports of threats of violence, and harassment. The local board shall provide the statistics of the school system and each school in the school system to the department for posting on the department website. The posted statistics shall be available to the public and any state or federal agency requiring the information. The identity of each student involved shall be protected and may not be posted on the department website.
Ala. Code § 16-47-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-4
Section 16-47-4 University Fund
Status: in_force

The fund designated as the University Fund consists of the sum of $36,000.00 per annum as interest on the funds of the University of Alabama, heretofore covered into the Treasury, for the maintenance and support of said institution, which said sum of $36,000.00 shall be paid to the duly authorized agent of the university as hereinafter provided; and the further sum of $25,000.00, annually, is added to and made a part of the University Fund.
Ala. Code § 16-49-51 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 49 / Section 16-49-51
Section 16-49-51 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) REPOSITORY. A place or depository on the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University campus.

(2) SOURCE MATERIALS. Any written or printed matter, memorabilia and artifacts.

(3) AFRO-AMERICAN. Any American person of African descent and who is identified with the black race.
Ala. Code § 16-23-13 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Section 16-23-13
Section 16-23-13 Training-in-Service Work
Status: in_force

In the conduct of institutes and group conferences as provided in this chapter, it is made the duty of the state-supported institutions of higher learning offering teacher-training courses to cooperate as far as practicable with the Department of Education in furthering training-in-service activities. The Department of Education in cooperation with the state-supported institutions of higher learning offering teacher-training courses shall arrange as far as may be practicable for extension courses as a part of or in lieu of group conferences hereinbefore provided. County superintendents of education and city superintendents of schools shall from time to time make known their training-in-service needs to the Department of Education, and the department through cooperation with teacher-training institutions shall endeavor to assist county and city superintendents in setting up and carrying into effect a training-in-service program.
Ala. Code § 16-6E-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6E / Section 16-6E-5
Section 16-6E-5 Regulations
Status: in_force

The State Superintendent of Education may develop and issue regulations to implement the requirements of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-11-17 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Section 16-11-17
Section 16-11-17 Establishment of Salaries; Dismissal of Employees
Status: in_force

The city board of education shall fix the salaries of all employees and may suspend or dismiss any principal or teacher or supervisor or attendance officer or other regular employee so appointed on the written recommendation of the city superintendent of schools for immorality, misconduct in office, incompetency, willful neglect of duty or when, in the opinion of the board, the best interests of the schools may require, subject to the provisions of Chapter 24 of this title.
Ala. Code § 16-15-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Section 16-15-7
Section 16-15-7 Powers Generally
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 16-6B-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6B / Section 16-6B-9
Section 16-6B-9 Salary Allocations
Status: in_force

No funds shall be transferred by any board of education from salary allocations to any other expenditure or for any other purpose. In times of proration, salaries shall not be subject to proration.
Ala. Code § 16-28-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28 / Section 16-28-1
Section 16-28-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, the following words, terms and phrases shall have the following respective meanings, unless clearly indicated otherwise:

(1) PRIVATE SCHOOL. Includes only such schools that are established, conducted, and supported by a nongovernmental entity or agency offering educational instruction in grades K-12, or any combination thereof, including preschool, through on-site or home programs.

(2) CHURCH SCHOOL. Includes only schools that offer instruction in grades K-12, or any combination thereof, including preschool, through on-site or home programs, and are operated as a ministry of a local church, group of churches, denomination, and/or association of churches which do not receive any state or federal funding.
Ala. Code § 16-43-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 43 / Section 16-43-1
Section 16-43-1 Display of Flags
Status: in_force

(a) Each school and educational institution located in this state, that is supported in whole or in part by public funds, shall display the United States Flag and the Alabama State Flag at all times when the school or educational institution is in session in accordance with appropriate flag display protocol. Both the United States Flag and the Alabama State Flag shall be displayed on a flag pole or flag poles located in front of the main building of the educational institution.

(b) Each local board of education building located in this state and each administrative building associated with an educational institution located in this state, that is supported in whole or in part by public funds, shall prominently display the Alabama State Flag at all times that the United States Flag is flown. The flags shall be flown in accordance with appropriate flag display protocol, on a flag pole or flag poles located near the main entrance of each building.

(c) Any municipality with a population of 1,000 or less, according to the most recent federal decennial census, shall be exempt from this section and Section 16-43-4 unless other flags are being flown in the municipality by the municipality.
Ala. Code § 16-25-11 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-11
Section 16-25-11 Creditable Service
Status: in_force

(a) Under such rules and regulations as the Board of Control shall adopt, each person who was a teacher prior to October 1, 1940, and who under the provisions of this chapter makes up contributions plus eight percent compound interest on such contributions for the time said teacher taught as a nonmember and who becomes a member prior to October 1, 1974, shall file a detailed statement of all service as a teacher rendered by him prior to October 1, 1940, for which he claims credit. The Board of Control shall fix and determine by appropriate rules and regulations how much service in any year is equivalent to one year of service, but in no case shall it allow any credit for a period of absence without pay for more than one month’s duration, nor shall more than one year of service be creditable for all service in one calendar year. Service rendered for a regular school year shall be equivalent to one year’s service. Subject to the above restrictions and to such other rules and regulations as the Board of Control may adopt, the Board of Control shall verify, as soon as practicable after the filing of such statements of service, the service therein claimed. Upon verification of the statements of service, the Board of Control shall issue prior service certificates certifying to each member the length of service rendered prior to October 1, 1940, with which he is credited on the basis of his statement of service. Any prior service certificate heretofore issued not providing for the maximum prior service to which the member is entitled shall be revised to include such credit. So long as membership continues, a prior service certificate shall be final and conclusive for retirement purposes as to such service, provided, that any member may request the Board of Control to modify or correct his prior service certificate. When membership ceases, a prior service certificate shall become void. Should a teacher again become a member, he shall enter the system as a teacher not entitled to prior service credit. Creditable service at retirement on which the retirement allowance of a member shall be based shall consist of the membership service rendered by him since he last became a member and also, if he has a prior service certificate, which is in full force and effect, the amount of the service certified on his prior service certificate.

(b) Any teacher, or retired teacher, who became a member of the retirement system before July 1, 1973, and who prior to said date had been ineligible to receive credit for services rendered as a teacher prior to September 1, 1941, for reasons other than having taught as a nonmember shall be eligible under the rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Control in accordance with the provisions of this chapter to receive credit for all service as a teacher rendered by him prior to October 1, 1940; provided, that such person has never waived his claim on the funds of the retirement system by withdrawing his accumulated contributions to said fund; and provided, that said member has not been absent from service more than five years in any period of six consecutive years after becoming a member of the retirement system.

(c) Any teacher who was a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System as of September 9, 1955 shall be eligible to receive credit for service rendered as a state employee on a full-time basis prior to October 1, 1945, under such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Board of Control in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(d) Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, any teacher who is now a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System or who becomes a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System at a future date, who had previously withdrawn his funds from either the Teachers’ Retirement System or the Employees’ Retirement System or whose account had been terminated due to a five year absence shall have restored to him all creditable service, provided, that said teacher completes two years of contributing membership service after he again becomes a member of the retirement system; and provided, that said teacher repays to the treasurer of the retirement system the amount previously returned to him including compounded interest of eight percent to the date of repayment, prior to the date of retirement of said member. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions any member who elects to purchase credit for withdrawn service shall be eligible to purchase such credit only to the extent that such member does not have credit established with any other public retirement system for such period of service. Should any member have established part credit with another public retirement system for any period of withdrawn service, then such member shall only be eligible to purchase that portion of such withdrawn service for which such member does not otherwise have credit. In determining credit with other public retirement systems coverage under the federal Social Security program shall not be considered.

(e) Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding any teacher who has been retired from service and who is now receiving a service retirement allowance or a disability retirement allowance, pursuant to Section 16-25-14, who had five years or more of contributing membership service in the Teachers’ Retirement System immediately prior to being retired and who had previously withdrawn his funds either from the Teachers’ Retirement System or the Employees’ Retirement System or whose account had been terminated due to five years’ absence shall have restored to him all creditable service; provided, that said retired teacher pays to the treasurer of the retirement system within one year after October 1, 1982, the amount previously returned to him including compound interest of eight percent to the date of repayment.
Ala. Code § 16-5-10 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-10
Section 16-5-10 Additional Powers and Duties of Commission
Status: in_force

The commission shall exercise the following powers and duties in addition to those otherwise specified in this article:

(1) To cause to be made such surveys and evaluations of higher education as are believed necessary for the purpose of providing appropriate information to carry out its powers and duties.

(2) To recommend to the Legislature of Alabama the enactment of such legislation as it deems necessary or desirable to insure the highest quality of higher education in this state taking into consideration the orderly development and maintenance of the state system of public higher education to meet trends in population and the change in social and technical requirements of the economy.

(3) To advise and counsel the Governor, at his request, regarding any area of, or matter pertaining to, postsecondary education.

(4) To establish definitions of a junior college, a community college, a technical college or institute, a senior college, a university and university system; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed as authorizing the commission to establish or create any university system, nor to alter any university system presently existing.

(5) To develop and publish criteria which may be used by the Legislature as a basis:

a. For changing the classification of any public institution of higher education; and

b. For determining the need for new public junior colleges, public senior colleges, universities or university systems.

Any proposed statute which would establish an additional institution of higher education may be submitted, either prior to introduction or by the standing committee considering same to the commission for its opinion as to the need for the state therefore, and the commission shall report its findings to the Governor and the Legislature.

(6) To cause studies to be made for the purpose of classifying and prescribing the role and scope for each public institution of higher education in Alabama and to recommend such changes in classification or role and scope for such institutions as it deems necessary and which may be agreed to by the governing board of the institution. In making studies and recommendations for the purpose of classifying and prescribing the role and scope of institutions, the commission shall do so without regard for race and traditional role of the institution, provided, however, that in the absence of compelling reasons to the contrary the commission shall give priority to institutions having seniority in years of operation in the service area. When making recommendations for the elimination of duplication of educationally unnecessary programs, absent justifiable reasons to the contrary, the commission shall recommend the replacement of such programs and/or services with programs and/or services that will strengthen and enhance the role of the institution affected.

(7) To hear applications from the institutions for changes in classification or role and scope and to recommend to the Legislature for clarification such classifications in role or scope which may not be agreed to by the governing board of any institution.

(8) To make continuing studies, on its own initiative or upon the request of the Governor or the Legislature, of the financial needs of public higher education and issue such reports to the Governor and the Legislature as may result from its studies.

(9) To submit to the Governor and the Legislature on or before the first day in January of each year a written report covering the activities of the commission and the state of higher education in Alabama. The report shall include:

a. Statements of the nature, progress or result of any studies undertaken or completed during the past fiscal year;

b. Comments upon major developments, trends, new policies, budgets and financial considerations which, in the judgment of the commission will be useful in planning a sound program of higher education; and

c. Recommendations respecting postsecondary education in this state as may be appropriate.

(10) To make rules and regulations for its meetings, procedures and execution of the powers and duties delegated to it by this article.

(11) To encourage the establishment and development of formal consortia for the advancement of higher education comprised of institutions of higher education in the state.

(12) To conduct a program of public information in order to inform citizens of the state of matters of importance to higher education in Alabama.

(13) To serve as the state agency for the administration of those titles of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-329) as amended for those programs requiring a single state agency for which the commission qualifies, unless otherwise designated by executive order.

(14) To authorize and regulate instructional programs or units offered by non-Alabama institutions of postsecondary education in the State of Alabama. No institution of postsecondary education located outside of Alabama may offer units or programs of instruction within Alabama without prior approval of the commission, except for those accredited units or programs approved by regional accrediting authorities or accredited degree granting entities located in states participating in reciprocity agreements entered into by the Governor or the commission. The commission under its rule-making authority shall establish criteria for the approval of such institutions and programs. The commission shall promulgate a schedule of programmatic review fees, commensurate with the cost of commission activities related to programmatic review, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per institution. Any programmatic review fee collected from a non-Alabama institution of postsecondary education shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the commission and funds collected are hereby appropriated to the commission.

(15) The powers and duties of the commission shall apply equally to all postsecondary institutions regardless of any authority that may be, or has been, conferred upon them by the constitution or by statutes.
Ala. Code § 16-33-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 33 / Section 16-33-4
Section 16-33-4 Certain Children May Attend State Institutions or Trade Schools Without Payment of Fees or Tuition; Provision of Textbooks
Status: in_force

(a) Any child in a family where the head of the household is blind and the family income is not greater than 1.3 times the current poverty income level, as determined by federal poverty guidelines based upon the number of family members, may, without paying any instructional fees or tuition whatsoever, do either of the following:

(1) Attend any Alabama state institution of higher learning, college, or university for a period of four standard academic years of nine months each, not to exceed 36 months total.

(2) Take a prescribed course in any Alabama state trade school or technical college, for the length of the prescribed course of study of his or her choosing.

(b) Training under this section shall:

(1) Be initiated within two years after high school graduation, but in no case after the twenty-third birthday of the child.

(2) Be completed within five years after its initiation, excluding any delays caused by military service.

(3) Not extend beyond the thirtieth birthday of the child.

(c) Any child benefiting from this section shall be provided with all necessary textbooks for the length of his or her prescribed course of study. All costs of such textbooks shall be borne by the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services, which shall be entitled to an appropriation from the Education Trust Fund to cover all costs of providing the textbooks.

(d) The Department of Rehabilitation Services shall promulgate and implement administrative rules and regulations as necessary to make textbooks conveniently available to children who qualify for textbook benefits under this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-4-13 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-13
Section 16-4-13 Rules for Protection of Health
Status: in_force

In cooperation with other authorized agencies, the State Superintendent of Education shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit for approval and adoption by the State Board of Education rules and regulations for the protection of the health, physical welfare and physical examination of the school children of the state.
Ala. Code § 16-13-161 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-161
Section 16-13-161 Election Notice
Status: in_force

There shall be made publication of the election in some newspaper within the county, which publication shall show the rate of such proposed tax, the time it is proposed to be continued and the purpose for which the levy is proposed to be made.
Ala. Code § 16-31-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 31 / Section 16-31-3
Section 16-31-3 Credit to Account of Beneficiary
Status: in_force

Any person, male or female, otherwise entitled to admission as a student or pupil in such institution of learning, and such only, and who presents to the proper authorities of same a certificate signed by the commander or president and countersigned by the chairman of the scholarship committee of such American Legion or American Legion Auxiliary of Alabama which had donated such $1,250.00 under the provisions of this chapter, granting to him or her a scholarship under the terms of this chapter, shall be entitled to be admitted at such institution as entitled to the benefits of this chapter. And when so admitted, he or she shall be given credit on the books of such institution for the sum of $100.00, to be applied to the end and purpose of defraying his or her board and such fees or other charges as that amount would cover over and above board, for the session during which or for which he or she applies for admission.
Ala. Code § 16-32-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 32 / Section 16-32-2
Section 16-32-2 Board of Trustees
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a board of trustees, who shall serve without pay or personal expenses, to administer the Alabama Stonewall Jackson Memorial Fund. The trustees shall be the Alabama State Superintendent of Education, the Director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History and the President of the Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Incorporated. This board of trustees shall be vested with the power to administer this chapter in its entirety and to prescribe the rules and regulations governing the essay contests and the awarding of scholarships from the Alabama Stonewall Jackson Memorial Fund. It is hereby directed to receive the appropriation hereinafter made, to designate a bank in Alabama as a depository for the fund and is further directed to invest said fund in such sound securities as it deems advisable in line with good business procedure; and it is expressly prohibited from spending any part of the principal of this fund, it being the intent of this chapter that only the income from said fund shall be used in carrying out the purposes of the chapter. The board of trustees shall require, insofar as possible, the repayment of all scholarship funds by the recipients thereof, under such terms as circumstances may justify, and any money so repaid shall become part of the principal of the fund.
Ala. Code § 16-24C-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 24C / Section 16-24C-4
Section 16-24C-4 Tenure of Teachers; Nonprobationary Status of Classified Employees
Status: in_force

No action may be proposed or approved based upon personal or political reasons on the part of the employer, chief executive officer, or governing board. A teacher shall attain tenure, and a classified employee shall attain nonprobationary status as follows:

(1) Except as otherwise provided by Section 16-23-3, a teacher who is not an employee of a two-year educational institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education, shall attain tenure upon the completion of three complete, consecutive school years of full-time employment as a teacher with the same employer unless the governing board approves and issues written notice of termination to the teacher on or before the last day of the teacher’s third consecutive, complete school year of employment. For purposes of this chapter, a probationary teacher whose employment or reemployment is effective prior to October 1 of the school year and who completes the school year shall be deemed to have served a complete school year. A teacher employed by a two-year educational institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education shall attain tenured status upon the completion of six consecutive semesters, excluding summer terms, at the same two-year institution, unless the president issues notice of termination to the teacher on or before 15 days prior to the end of the sixth consecutive semester of employment, excluding summer terms. No probationary teacher employed by a two-year educational institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education shall attain tenure during or at the completion of a summer term. For teachers who are required to hold a professional educator’s certificate, time in service without such a certificate shall not be credited toward the attainment of tenure.

(2) A probationary classified employee who is not an employee of a two-year educational institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education attains nonprobationary status upon the completion of three complete, consecutive school years of full-time employment with the same employer unless the governing body of the employer approves and issues written notice of termination to the employee on or before the fifteenth day of June immediately following the employee’s third consecutive complete school year of employment. In the first year of each legislative quadrennium, the written notice shall be provided on or before June 30. For purposes of this chapter, a probationary classified employee whose employment or reemployment is effective prior to October 1 of the school year and who completes the school year shall be deemed to have served a complete school year. A probationary classified employee of a two-year educational institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education shall attain nonprobationary status upon the completion of 36 consecutive months of employment at the same two-year institution, unless the president issues notice of termination to the classified employee on or before 15 days prior to the end of the thirty-sixth month of employment.

(3) All of the following additional terms, conditions, and limitations apply to the attainment and retention of tenure or nonprobationary status:

a. Only complete school years of service as defined in this chapter, including any leave that is credited to the employee for such purposes under board policy or applicable law, may be credited to the attainment of tenure or nonprobationary status.

b. Neither tenure nor nonprobationary status may be attained as a chief executive officer, a chief school financial officer, as a president or vice president of a two-year educational institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education, or in or by virtue of employment in temporary, part-time, substitute, summer school, occasional, seasonal, supplemental, irregular, or like forms of employment, or in positions that are created to serve experimental, pilot, temporary, or like special programs, projects, or purposes, the funding and duration of which are finite.

c. Except as expressly provided to the contrary elsewhere in this chapter, neither tenure nor nonprobationary status in this chapter creates or confers any enforceable right or protected interest in or to a specific position, rank, work site or location, assignment, title, or rate of compensation within those categories of employment.

d. Service performed as a teacher may not be converted to, recognized, or otherwise credited to the employee for the purpose of attaining nonprobationary status as a classified employee. Service performed in the capacity of a classified employee may not be converted to, recognized, or otherwise credited to the employee for the purpose of attaining tenure as a teacher, whether or not the classified employee holds a certificate issued by the State Department of Education.

e. Neither tenured status nor time in probationary service shall be transferable from one employer subject to this chapter to another such employer, except that employees whose employer changes by virtue of annexation, school district formation, consolidation, or a similar reorganization over which the employee has no control shall retain tenure or nonprobationary status and service credit attained by virtue of employment with the predecessor employer.
Ala. Code § 16-8-12 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 8 / Section 16-8-12
Section 16-8-12 Property Vested in County Board; Permissible Conveyance
Status: in_force

(a) All the property, estate, effects, money, funds, claims, and donations now or hereafter vested by law in the public school authorities of any county for the benefit of the public schools of any county are hereby transferred and vested in the county board of education, and their successors in office. Real and personal estate granted, conveyed, devised, or bequeathed for the use of any particular county, school district, or public school shall be held in trust by the county board of education for the benefit of any such county school district or school.

(b) A county board of education may convey property to a volunteer fire department in the county.
Ala. Code § 16-13A-13 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13A / Section 16-13A-13
Section 16-13A-13 Publication of Budget and Financial Information
Status: in_force

Budget and financial information used for public hearings on local district budgets shall be published on a form provided by the State Superintendent of Education. Such information shall contain financial information at both the school and school district levels.
Ala. Code § 16-6H-13 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6H / Section 16-6H-13
Section 16-6H-13 Postsecondary Mathematics Task Force; Annual Report; Educator Preparation Programs; Initial Licensure Requirements for Prospective Teachers; Review and Report
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning August 1, 2022, the State Superintendent of Education, through the Office of Mathematics Improvement, shall convene and oversee a Postsecondary Mathematics Task Force to develop guidelines for institutions of postsecondary education to train early childhood and elementary mathematics teachers based on current research. The guidelines shall include course structure and content based on the recommendations of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the Conference Board of the Mathematics Sciences, the United States Department of Education, and the Mathematics Sciences Research Institute. Guidelines shall go into effect on August 1, 2024. The membership of the Postsecondary Mathematics Task Force shall include all of the following:

(1) The Director of the Office of Mathematics Improvement.

(2) A certification administrator appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.

(3) Two instructors employed by a public four-year institution of higher education physically located within this state, who have experience teaching elementary mathematics methods, appointed by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education.

(4) One department head of elementary education employed by a public four-year institution of higher education physically located within this state, appointed by the Governor.

(5) One local superintendent of education, appointed by the School Superintendents of Alabama.

(6) One K-5 public school teacher with experience mentoring teacher interns, employed at a school containing grades K-5, appointed by the executive committee of the Alabama Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

(7) One K-5 public school special education teacher, with experience teaching elementary mathematics, appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.

(8) One public school principal employed at a school containing grades K-5, with experience with teacher interns, appointed by the Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools.

(9) Two K-5 school-based mathematics coaches, employed at a public school containing grades K-5, appointed by the Executive Director of the Alabama STEM Council.

(10) Two K-5 mathematics specialists, employed at a school containing grades K-5, appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.

(11) Three additional members, appointed by the Governor.

(b) The appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments to ensure the Postsecondary Mathematics Task Force membership is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state.

(c) No later than December 31, annually, the Alabama Commission on Higher Education shall submit to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Chair of the House Ways and Means Education Committee, the Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee, the Chair of the House Education Policy Committee, the Chair of the Senate Education Policy Committee, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the Senate a report on the status of the implementation and adoption of the mathematics education guidelines for postsecondary institutions, the number of subject matter college level semester hours earned, the status of partnerships between educator preparation faculty and mathematics faculty, and the percentage of passing scores on State Board of Education approved assessments for candidates seeking educator certification in mathematics at any grade level, as well as the mathematics section on State Board of Education approved assessments for those seeking certification in early childhood or elementary education. The report shall be conspicuously published on the website of the department.

(d) Educator preparation programs approved by the State Board of Education shall incorporate learning specific to the condition known as dyscalculia, including early warning signs, screening, and recommendations for interventions found to be successful.

(e) As a requirement of initial licensure candidates for early childhood or elementary mathematics certification, prospective teachers shall receive a passing score, as determined by the State Board of Education, on the appropriate foundational mathematics assessment for the grade band associated with each certificate.

(f) A comprehensive, independent review of the requirements of this section shall be conducted every four years by an external consultant at the direction of the State Superintendent of Education. A report summarizing that review shall be provided by the State Superintendent of Education to the Director of the Office of Mathematics Improvement. A summary of the report shall be conspicuously published on the website of the department.
Ala. Code § 16-44C-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 44C / Section 16-44C-1
Section 16-44C-1 Purpose
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of this compact is to facilitate the mobility of teachers across the member states, with the goal of supporting teachers through a new pathway to licensure. Through this compact, the member states seek to establish a collective regulatory framework that expedites and enhances the ability of teachers to move across state lines.

(b) This compact is intended to achieve all of the following objectives and should be interpreted accordingly. The member states hereby ratify the same intentions by subscribing hereto.

(1) Create a streamlined pathway to licensure mobility for teachers.

(2) Support the relocation of eligible military spouses.

(3) Facilitate and enhance the exchange of licensure, investigative, and disciplinary information between the member states.

(4) Enhance the power of state and district level education officials to hire qualified, competent teachers by removing barriers to the employment of out-of-state teachers.

(5) Support the retention of teachers in the profession by removing barriers to relicensure in a new state.

(6) Maintain state sovereignty in the regulation of the teaching profession.
Ala. Code § 16-6A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6A / Section 16-6A-6
Section 16-6A-6 Governor’s Educational Reform Commission - Chairperson; Meetings; Rules for Conducting Business; Expenses; Employment of Staff
Status: in_force

(a) The Governor shall designate one member of the commission as the chairperson. Such chairperson shall call the meetings of the commission.

(b) The commission may hold such meetings as it may deem necessary. The commission shall adopt rules for its organization in the conduct of its business. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum at all its meetings.

(c) Members of the commission shall receive the per diem and travel expenses allowed by law for state officers and employees while engaged in the performance of their duties.

(d) The commission is authorized to employ such staff as are necessary to assist the commission in performing the duties required by this chapter. The number of employees, their compensation and the other expenditures of the commission shall be within the limits and in compliance with the appropriation made therefor by the Legislature and within budgets that shall be approved from time to time by the commission.
Ala. Code § 16-49-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 49 / Section 16-49-1
Section 16-49-1 Degree of Autonomy; Recommendation of Programs to State Agencies in Order to Qualify for Federal, Etc., Funds
Status: in_force

It is the intention of the Legislature by passage of this chapter that Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University shall enjoy no less and no more autonomy than any other public university in the State of Alabama and shall offer to all citizens of the state an equal opportunity for quality education.

The board of trustees is hereby authorized to recommend, at such time as it deems necessary and proper, any program of instruction or service or any other action necessary to qualify the university for funds and/or services provided by any individual, philanthropic organization or agency of the federal government, to any state agency that is charged with the responsibility for statewide planning, coordination or budgeting for programs of instruction, research or public service in the public universities of the state. Such state agency shall accept or reject such recommendation and is hereby authorized to act in accordance with such recommendations in regard to Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University.
Ala. Code § 16-24-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 24 / Section 16-24-6
Section 16-24-6 Transfer of Teacher - Contesting; Hearing
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
Ala. Code § 16-28B-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28B / Section 16-28B-2
Section 16-28B-2 Legislative Intent
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the adoption of policies in public school systems to prevent the bullying of students. It is the further intent of the Legislature that this chapter apply only to student against student bullying, intimidation, violence, and threats of violence in the public schools of Alabama, and between students while not on school property, in grades prekindergarten through 12, and that the State Department of Education develop, and each local board of education adopt procedural policies to manage and possibly prevent these acts against any student by another student or students based on the characteristics of a student.

Additionally, it is the intent of the Legislature that the filing of a complaint of bullying be in writing and submitted by the affected student, or the parent or guardian of the affected student, and not by an education employee on behalf of an affected student or his or her parent or guardian.
Ala. Code § 16-28-17 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28 / Section 16-28-17
Section 16-28-17 When Child May Be Taken into Custody
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the attendance officer, probation officer or other officer authorized to execute writs of arrest to take into custody without warrant any child required to attend school or be instructed by a private tutor who is found away from home and not in the custody of the person having charge or control of such child during school hours and who has been reported by any person authorized to begin proceedings or prosecutions under the provisions of this article as a truant. Such child shall forthwith be delivered to the person having charge or control of said child or to the principal teacher of the school or the private tutor from whom said child is a truant. If such child is an habitual truant, he shall be brought before the juvenile court for such disposition as the judge of said court finds proper from the facts.
Ala. Code § 16-18-13 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 18 / Section 16-18-13
Section 16-18-13 Statutory Mortgage Lien
Status: in_force

Any resolution of the board or trust indenture under which bonds may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may contain provisions creating a statutory mortgage lien in favor of the holders of such bonds and of the interest coupons applicable thereto on the ancillary improvements or any part thereof (including any after-acquired property) out of the revenues from which such bonds are made payable. The said resolution of the board or the said trust indenture may provide for the filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of each county in which any part of such ancillary improvements may be located of a notice containing a brief description of such ancillary improvements and of the land relating thereto, a brief description of such bonds, and a declaration that the said statutory mortgage lien has been created upon such ancillary improvements (and upon such land as shall be made subject to the lien) for the benefit of the holders of such bonds and the interest coupons applicable thereto, including any additions thereto and extensions thereof. Each judge of probate shall receive, record and index any such notice filed for record in his office. The filing of such notice, as herein provided, shall operate as constructive notice of the contents thereof. Such lien shall be valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the authority, irrespective of whether the parties have actual notice thereof, from the time such notice is filed in the office of the judge of probate as herein provided.
Ala. Code § 16-60-111.17 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-111.17
Section 16-60-111.17 Employment of Certain Executive and Administrative Management Personnel on Contract Basis
Status: in_force

Any provision of the Students First Act of 2011 to the contrary notwithstanding, any executive and administrative management personnel hired on or after July 1, 2024, including a president, vice president, dean, executive director, director, deputy, or chief by a public two-year institution of higher education under the authority and control of the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System shall be employed on a contract basis as provided by rule of the board.
Ala. Code § 16-28-18 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28 / Section 16-28-18
Section 16-28-18 Record Kept by Attendance Officer
Status: in_force

The attendance officer whose appointment is by this article provided for shall keep an accurate record of all notices served, all cases prosecuted and all other services performed and shall make an annual report of the same to the county board of education or to the city board of education by whom he is employed.
Ala. Code § 16-54-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 54 / Section 16-54-2
Section 16-54-2 Board of Trustees
Status: in_force

The University of Montevallo shall be governed by a board of trustees composed of the Governor, who shall be president, ex officio, the State Superintendent of Education, ex officio, and 11 other trustees as follows: (i) one from each congressional district; (ii) up to one at-large trustee who is not a resident of this state; and (iii) until as otherwise herein provided, a number of trustees from the state-at-large sufficient to bring the number to or keep it at 11. Six members of the board shall constitute a quorum. Beginning January 1, 2027, trustees shall be appointed for a term of eight years. No trustee shall serve more than two terms on the board of trustees; provided, this provision shall not apply to any trustee appointed and confirmed on or before January 1, 2027. In case of the creation and establishment of an additional congressional district in the state, the state-at-large trustee most recently appointed shall cease automatically to be a trustee from the state-at-large and become for the remainder of the term trustee for the new district. Otherwise, all new appointees, except for a nonresident appointee and the state-at-large appointees, shall be at the time of their appointment, residents of the district for which they are appointed, respectively. All appointments of trustees shall be made by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. In case of a vacancy in the office of trustee, the Governor shall appoint a successor, who shall hold office until the next meeting of the Legislature, when the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a trustee, who shall hold office for the unexpired term. A trustee shall be ineligible to be elected by the board of trustees to or otherwise hold any office of the institution where compensation is provided. The trustees are entitled to receive payment of their actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as trustees.
Ala. Code § 16-47-151 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-151
Section 16-47-151 Scholarships to Division of Nursing - Who Eligible
Status: in_force

To be eligible to receive a scholarship provided by this article, a person must have been a resident of the State of Alabama for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the time of making application and must be a person of good character and shall have been accepted for matriculation by the authorities of the University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama and shall have met the requirements for professional nursing education as determined by the Division of Nursing of the University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama.
Ala. Code § 16-55-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 55 / Section 16-55-5
Section 16-55-5 Board of Trustees - Trustees Divided into Classes; Initial Terms
Status: in_force

The trustees of the University of South Alabama, other than the ex officio members of the board, shall be grouped into three classes as provided in Section 16-55-2. The members constituting the first class shall first be appointed for terms expiring September 30, 1965; the members of the second class shall be first appointed for terms expiring September 30, 1969; and the members of the third class shall be first appointed for terms expiring September 30, 1973. Their successors shall initially be appointed for terms of 12 years each. Commencing on June 1, 2014, successors shall be appointed for terms of six years each.
Ala. Code § 16-22-19 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 22 / Section 16-22-19
Section 16-22-19 Annual Stipend or Supplement for School Principals
Status: in_force

Commencing on January 1, 2013, any public elementary or secondary school principal who receives national board certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards shall receive the same annual stipend or supplement as is provided for public school teachers and public school counselors who have received certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Nothing in this section shall imply or be interpreted as a right to any additional compensation for any prior school year.
Ala. Code § 16-46B-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 46B / Section 16-46B-8
Section 16-46B-8 Incorporation of Computer Science into Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Loan Repayment Program
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to appropriations from the Legislature, the teaching field of computer science shall be added to the list of eligible subject areas identified within the Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Loan Repayment Program (AMSTEP), Article 3, commencing with Section 16-5-50, Chapter 5 of this title, with the following exceptions:

(1) Computer science recipients shall be eligible to receive a total of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per year or one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per semester worked.

(2) Computer science teachers are not eligible to receive the acute shortage area supplement, until such time as the Alabama Commission on Higher Education and the State Department of Education concur that there is sufficient need or resources, or both, available to allow its inclusion.

(b) The Alabama Commission on Higher Education may adopt any rules necessary for the incorporation of the teaching field of computer science into AMSTEP within the parameters provided by this section.
Ala. Code § 16-47-12 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-12
Section 16-47-12 School of Mines of Alabama
Status: in_force

The Department of Mining Engineering of the University of Alabama is declared to be the “School of Mines” of the State of Alabama. Alabama’s share of such federal aid as may hereafter be provided by Congress for the promotion or development of mines and mining and mining engineering in the several states through educational agencies shall be put at the exclusive disposal of the University of Alabama to be utilized in connection with or by that institution in such manner as the federal law and regulations may prescribe.
Ala. Code § 16-24-60 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 24 / Section 16-24-60
Section 16-24-60 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds it necessary to better address the needs and goals of students and a diverse teaching work force by expressly granting teachers the authority to contract with local boards of education to work less than full time, provided they receive commensurate pay based on their experience and educational attainment under the salary schedule as adopted by the Legislature.
Ala. Code § 16-61E-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 61E / Section 16-61E-1
Section 16-61E-1 Legislative Findings; Purpose
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that information technology is an area of rapid change in which specialized knowledge and equipment are often essential. The Legislature further recognizes that substantial savings may be realized by aggregating the purchasing power of educational institutions. The Legislature therefore desires to authorize the joint purchase of information technology and further recognizes that in an effort to truly have fair and competitive bidding as well as ensure quality vendors, any companies that have ISO-9001 certification or any companies or contractors whose affiliates, subdivisions, subsidiaries, or departments have ISO-9001 certification can bid on the information technology to be jointly purchased by educational institutions.
Ala. Code § 16-33-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 33 / Section 16-33-7
Section 16-33-7 Duties of State Department of Education and State Superintendent of Education
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education shall furnish, and assist in preparing and producing, all necessary blanks, forms and other matters necessary for children to obtain the benefits provided under this chapter. The State Superintendent of Education shall cause to be forwarded to the state institution of higher learning, college or university or state trade school of the applicant’s choice a certificate of eligibility and entitlement or other necessary proof for the child to obtain the benefits made available hereby.
Ala. Code § 16-16B-12 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 16B / Section 16-16B-12
Section 16-16B-12 (Implementation Conditioned on Separate Legislative Enactment.) Issuance Expenses; Contracts and Appointments
Status: in_force

The Authority is authorized to pay out of proceeds of any series of Bonds the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such Bonds, including without limitation legal and accounting fees and expenses, fees and expenses of any financial or fiscal advisor employed by the Authority, printing costs, rating agency fees, and premiums or charges for any credit enhancement or liquidity providers. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the 1965 Act, in appointing, employing, or contracting with attorneys, fiscal advisers, trustees, paying agents, investment bankers, banks and underwriters, the Authority may appoint, employ or contract with firms whose principal offices are located without or within Alabama. The Authority shall hire or contract with attorneys, fiscal advisors, trustees, paying agents, investment bankers, banks, and underwriters which reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of the state. The Authority shall issue Requests For Proposals for attorneys, fiscal advisors, trustees, paying agents, investment bankers, banks, and underwriters. The Authority shall evaluate each proposed bid publicly and award each contract publicly. Minutes of the Authority’s meeting shall record the reasons for awarding each contract.
Ala. Code § 16-12-18 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 16-12-18
Section 16-12-18 Employment of Attendance Officers; Enforcement of Attendance Laws
Status: in_force

The city superintendent of schools shall recommend the employment of one or more attendance officers, subject to the rules of the city board of education, and shall see to it that the provisions of law for school attendance are enforced.