Ala. Code § 16-13-306 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-306
Section 16-13-306 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.
Ala. Code § 16-13-214 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-214
Section 16-13-214 Notes Sold at Public or Private Sale
Status: in_force

Any notes issued pursuant to the provisions of this article may be sold either at public or private sale as the board of education issuing such notes shall determine and the State Superintendent of Education shall approve.
Ala. Code § 16-1-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-6
Section 16-1-6 Association of School Board Members
Status: in_force

The Alabama Association of School Board Members is hereby recognized as the organization and representative agency of the members of the school boards of Alabama.

The State Superintendent of Education, the State Department of Education and the boards of education of the county and city systems are hereby empowered and authorized to cooperate with the Alabama Association of School Board Members in its in-service training program for school board members and in encouraging and fostering cooperation among the school boards affiliated with the Alabama Association of School Board Members.

Members of the state, county and city boards of education are authorized to pay dues to and also may incur reasonable traveling and subsistence expenses in attending meetings of the Alabama Association of School Board Members with which it is affiliated. Such dues and expenses may be paid as other expenses are paid by such boards of education.
Ala. Code § 16-28-12 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28 / Section 16-28-12
Section 16-28-12 Person in Loco Parentis Responsible for Child’s School Attendance and Behavior; Noncompliance; Local Boards to Promulgate Written Behavior Policy, Contents, Annual Distribution, Receipt to Be Documented; School Officials Required to Report Noncompliance; Failure to Report Suspected Violation; District Attorneys Vigorously to Enforce Provisions
Status: in_force

(a) Each parent, guardian, or other person having control or custody of any child required to attend school or receive regular instruction by a private tutor who fails to have the child enrolled in school or who fails to send the child to school, or have him or her instructed by a private tutor during the time the child is required to attend a public school, private school, church school, denominational school, or parochial school, or be instructed by a private tutor, or fails to require the child to regularly attend the school or tutor, or fails to compel the child to properly conduct himself or herself as a pupil in any public school in accordance with the written policy on school behavior adopted by the local board of education pursuant to this section and documented by the appropriate school official which conduct may result in the suspension of the pupil, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100) and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than 90 days. The absence of a child without the consent of the principal teacher of the public school he or she attends or should attend, or of the tutor who instructs or should instruct the child, shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this section.

(b) Each local public board of education shall adopt a written policy for its standards on school behavior. Each local public school superintendent shall provide at the commencement of each academic year a copy of the written policy on school behavior to each parent, guardian, or other person having care or control of a child who is enrolled. Included in the written policy shall be a copy of this section. The signature of the student and the parent, guardian, or other person having control or custody of the child shall document receipt of the policy.

(c) Any parent, guardian, or other person having control or custody of any child enrolled in public school who fails to require the child to regularly attend the school or tutor, or fails to compel the child to properly conduct himself or herself as a pupil in accordance with the written policy on school behavior adopted by the local board of education and documented by the appropriate school official which conduct may result in the suspension of the pupil, shall be reported by the principal to the superintendent of education of the school system in which the suspected violation occurred. The superintendent of education or his or her designee shall report suspected violations to the district attorney within 10 days. Any principal or superintendent of education or his or her designee intentionally failing to report a suspected violation shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. The district attorney shall vigorously enforce this section to ensure proper conduct and required attendance by any child enrolled in public school.
Ala. Code § 16-13A-10 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13A / Section 16-13A-10
Section 16-13A-10 Penalties for Failing to Comply with Chapter
Status: in_force

If an employee or official of a local board of education deliberately, willfully, or wantonly fails to provide the local board of education, the State Department of Education, the State Superintendent of Education, or the Chief Education Financial Officer with accurate information required pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to regulations of the State Department of Education or the State Board of Education, or if the employee knowingly, willfully, or wantonly provides inaccurate information, the employee is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 16-60-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-4
Section 16-60-4 Athens State University; Powers Generally
Status: in_force

The school established at Athens, Alabama, known as and called Athens State College, is and shall remain a body corporate under the corporate name of Athens State University, and by that name may have and exercise all powers previously enjoyed by Athens State College and shall succeed to all the rights, privileges, obligations, liabilities, emoluments, benefits, interests, and titles at any time vested in the institution in its respective names. None of the powers, authority, obligations, liabilities, or functions of the institution 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, laws, rules, or regulations of this state, or any instrumentality of this state, by any one of the respective names by which it has been known, the same shall be considered to refer to Athens State University.
Ala. Code § 16-3-24 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-24
Section 16-3-24 Oaths of Agents; Examination of Witnesses
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education by its presiding officer, or its committees by their chairmen, the State Superintendent of Education and any of its duly appointed agents shall have authority to administer oaths and to examine under oath, in any part of the state, witnesses in any matter pertaining to schools and to cause the examination to be reduced to writing.
Ala. Code § 16-18B-14 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 18B / Section 16-18B-14
Section 16-18B-14 Exemption from Taxes; Use of Bonds as Security; Investment of Funds
Status: in_force

All bonds (including refunding bonds) issued pursuant hereto, and the income therefrom (including the interest income thereon) shall be free from all taxation by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision or instrumentality of the state, excepting inheritance, estate, and gift taxes. Any bonds issued by the corporation may be used by the holder thereof as security for any funds belonging to the state or to any instrumentality or agency of the state in any instance where security for such deposits may be required by law. Unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction thereof, or by the document that is the source of authority, a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, or one acting in any other fiduciary capacity may, in addition to any other investment powers conferred by law and with the exercise of reasonable business prudence, invest trust and other fiduciary funds in bonds of the corporation.
Ala. Code § 16-52-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 52 / Section 16-52-4
Section 16-52-4 Board of Trustees - Meetings
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees of Jacksonville State University shall hold its regular annual meeting each year at the university on the third Monday in October, unless the board shall, in regular session, determine to hold its meeting at some other time and place. Special meetings of the board may be assembled by either one of the two methods outlined as follows:

(1) Special meetings of the board may be called by the Governor. In calling such special meetings the Governor shall mail a written notice to each trustee at least 10 days in advance of the date of such meetings.

(2) Upon the application in writing of any three members of the board, the Governor shall call a special meeting, naming the time and place thereof and causing notices to be issued in writing to the several members of the board. Such meeting shall not be held on a date less than 10 days subsequent to the notice from the Governor.

(3) An emergency meeting of the board may be called when circumstances exist that are deemed by the Governor, by the president pro tempore of the board, or by three members of the board to present a risk to personal health, safety, or property or to the operation of the university. The three board members shall communicate their request for an emergency meeting to the Governor or to the president pro tempore of the board by the most expedient means available to them. Notice of an emergency meeting shall be given at least 72 hours before the time the meeting is to commence, unless the circumstances of the emergency are such that the meeting is required to convene sooner.
Ala. Code § 16-5-8.4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-8.4
Section 16-5-8.4 Reports to Legislature
Status: in_force

Pursuant to Sections 16-5-7 and 16-5-8, the Alabama Commission on Higher Education shall make regular reports to the Legislature regarding the implementation of subsection (e) of Section 16-5-8.
Ala. Code § 16-17-17 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Section 16-17-17
Section 16-17-17 Investments in Bonds of Authority
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction thereof or by the document that is the source of authority, a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian or one acting in any other fiduciary capacity may, in addition to any other investment powers conferred by law and with the exercise of reasonable business prudence, invest trust and other fiduciary funds in bonds of the authority.
Ala. Code § 16-38-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 38 / Section 16-38-7
Section 16-38-7 Institutions and Boards May Cooperate in Rehabilitation Work
Status: in_force

The board of education of any county, city or incorporated town having control of its own public school system or any state institution of higher learning having its own board of control may cooperate with the State Board of Education in the establishment of schools or classes giving instruction in the training of disabled persons and may use any money raised by public taxation in the same manner as moneys for other school purposes are used for the maintenance and support of public schools.
Ala. Code § 16-1-45 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-45
Section 16-1-45 Automated External Defibrillator Requirements
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the term automated external defibrillator is given the same definition as provided in subsection (c) of Section 6-5-332.3.

(b) An automated external defibrillator shall be placed in each public K-12 school in Alabama. The superintendent of each local board of education shall designate at least one employee at each school to be trained in the use of an automated external defibrillator.

(c) The State Department of Education shall implement and administer this section and shall adopt such rules as are necessary.
Ala. Code § 16-13-307 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-307
Section 16-13-307 Tax Exemption
Status: in_force

All warrants and interest accruing thereon issued hereunder shall forever be exempt from all state, county, municipal, and other taxation under the laws of the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 16-25-113 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-113
Section 16-25-113 Recipients of Medicaid Benefits
Status: in_force

Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid program and whose eligibility for the benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article shall not be entitled to receive the increase. Any person who shall subsequently apply for benefits under the Medicaid program and who would have his or her eligibility to receive benefits impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article, shall not be entitled to receive the increase after the date that the member files application for benefits under the Medicaid program.
Ala. Code § 16-38-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 38 / Section 16-38-1
Section 16-38-1 Acceptance of Provisions of Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Act
Status: in_force

The State of Alabama hereby accepts all of the provisions and benefits of an act passed by the United States Congress, entitled “an act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment” (29 U.S.C.A., §§31 through 41).
Ala. Code § 16-17-12 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Section 16-17-12
Section 16-17-12 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 § 16-13-334 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-334
Section 16-13-334 Preliminary or Advanced Contract. (Amended by Act 2026-283)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-283, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) A participating teacher shall be offered a preliminary or advanced contract under the provisions of this article.

(b) 1. A participating teacher not meeting the criteria for an advanced contract as provided in subsection (c) shall be offered a preliminary contract if this is his or her initial contract in the TEAMS program. The preliminary one-year contract may be extended from year to year for a maximum of three total years until the teacher qualifies for an advanced contract which may be up to three years as provided by this section, or is nonrenewed or terminated under this article. Each preliminary contract shall include a provision to ensure a participating teacher’s adequate progress toward advanced contract qualification.

2. Notwithstanding subparagraph 1., a participating teacher with insufficient experience to obtain the specialized certification or credential provided by subsection (c) may have his or her preliminary contract extended from year to year for a maximum of six total years.

3. Subject to limited waivers approved by the department, a participating teacher shall only be eligible for preliminary contracts for his or her maximum period of three or six years. A superintendent, on behalf of a participating teacher, may request additional program opt-in waivers for the teacher’s failure to timely qualify for an advanced contract due to limited status exemptions approved by the department, including but not limited to health conditions, family emergency, or change in county of residence.

(c) To be eligible for an advanced contract, of up to three years, a participating teacher shall hold a valid specialized certification or credential provided by subsection (d).

(d) A participating teacher shall have obtained a specialized certification or credential issued by one of the following within three years of admission to the program:

1. The National Institute for STEM Education.

2. The National Board of Professional Teacher Standards - Early Adolescence or Early Adolescence and Young Adulthood Math or Science.

3. The department.

4. Any other criteria established by the department.

(e) A participating teacher with over 20 years of service that satisfies the advanced contract criteria shall be offered a contract for a period of five years.

(f) Each contract shall require a participating teacher to complete at least four days of annual high quality professional development administered, sponsored, or approved by the department.

(g) Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, individuals employed in this program shall be employed by a local board utilizing contracts as provided by this article.

1. Any teacher who has attained continuing service status with his or her local board, and elects participation in the program under the same local board, shall be deemed to have voluntarily relinquished his or her status and protections under the Students First Act of 2011, Chapter 24C.

2. Notwithstanding subparagraph 1., any teacher who has attained continuing service status with his or her local board as of June 30, 2021, and elects participation in the program under the same local board and maintains adequate progress toward the advanced contract qualifications, but fails to obtain the credential or certification shall have one-time reversion rights to the previous service status at the end of his or her preliminary contract period or periods.

3. Nothing in this article shall be construed to confer continuing service status on any participating teacher. The contract term for a participating teacher shall not count toward accrual of continuing service status.
Ala. Code § 16-33C-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 33C / Section 16-33C-8
Section 16-33C-8 Additional Pact Duties of Board
Status: in_force

In addition to any other requirements of this chapter, the PACT board shall:

(1) Make available summary information on the financial condition of the PACT Program to all purchasers of PACT contracts.

(2) Prepare, or cause to be prepared, an annual report of the PACT Program, including details regarding the actuarial soundness of the program, and transmit a copy of same to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Such report shall be submitted not later than the fifth legislative day of the regular legislative session. Additionally, such report shall be presented during annual legislative budget hearings.

(3) Make all necessary and appropriate arrangements with colleges and universities in order to fulfill its obligations under PACT contracts.

(4) Submit, before any PACT-related investment or administrative contract is duly executed, a request for proposals (RFP).

(5) Require, before any PACT-related investment or administrative contract is duly executed, such contract to be approved by a majority vote of the PACT board.

(6) Prepare, or cause to be prepared, a quarterly report detailing the current projected funding status of the PACT Program, with a copy of such report transmitted to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(7) Establish specific investment guidelines that include failsafe measures designed to limit future susceptibility of PACT investments to extreme market fluctuations.
Ala. Code § 16-60-63 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-63
Section 16-60-63 Accounts of Officers
Status: in_force

The secretary, the treasurer and all other officers, agents or servants of the college who are required to keep, use or dispose of any property of the college shall keep accounts of transactions relative thereto in books to be furnished them by the board of trustees, which shall at all reasonable times be open to the inspection and examination of the president, the board of trustees or anyone appointed by the board of trustees to inspect such books. Any person withholding such book or books belonging to the college from the inspection of any officer entitled to examine the same shall be immediately removed from his office or employment by the president or the board of trustees.
Ala. Code § 16-37-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 37 / Section 16-37-4
Section 16-37-4 Authority of State Board as to Vocational Education
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall have all necessary authority to cooperate with the federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare in the administration of the act of Congress accepted in Section 16-37-1; to administer any legislation pursuant thereto enacted by the State of Alabama and to administer the funds provided by the federal government and the State of Alabama, under the provisions of this chapter, for the promotion of vocational education in agricultural subjects, trade and industrial subjects and home economics subjects. It shall have full authority to formulate plans for the promotion of vocational education in such subjects as an essential and integral part of the public school system of education in the State of Alabama and to provide for the preparation of teachers of such subjects. It shall have authority to fix the compensation of such officials and assistants as may be necessary to administer the federal act and this chapter for the State of Alabama, and to pay such compensation and other necessary expenses of administration from funds appropriated in this chapter. It shall have authority to make studies and investigations relating to vocational education in such subjects; to promote and aid in the establishment by local communities of schools, departments or classes giving training in such subjects; to cooperate with local communities in the maintenance of such schools, departments or classes; to prescribe qualifications for the teachers, directors and supervisors of such subjects, and to have full authority to provide for the certification of such teachers, directors and supervisors; to cooperate in the maintenance of classes supported and controlled by the public for the preparation of teachers, directors and supervisors of such subjects or to maintain such classes under its own direction and control; to establish and determine by general regulations the qualifications to be possessed by persons engaged in the training of vocational teachers.
Ala. Code § 16-25-13 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-13
Section 16-25-13 Credit for Service as Elected Official of State or Department Head; Payment of Employee’s Contribution; Applicability of Provisions of Section
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who, as of September 5, 1973, is presently covered or is eligible to be covered under the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama and who, prior to such coverage or eligibility for coverage, served as an elective official of the state government or a department head authorized to exercise sovereign power of the state shall have credited to him one year of creditable service for each year served as such elected official or department head, not to exceed eight years; provided, that such person shall pay into the retirement system the employee’s part of the cost or contribution based on the salary paid to such person during the time of his service as an elected official or department head, with such cost or contribution to be calculated at the percent or rate in effect on September 5, 1973.

(b) This section shall apply only to those persons who, at the time of their retirement, have sufficient creditable years of service under the Teachers’ Retirement System to equal 10 years inclusive of the years earned as an elected official or department head.

(c) The employee’s contribution for the years of service as an elected official or department head shall be paid by such employee within 60 days after he shall have completed the necessary years of employment as set out in subsection (b) of this section; except, that should said employee have completed the necessary years of service as set out in subsection (b) of this section, he then shall pay said contribution within 60 days after September 5, 1973.
Ala. Code § 16-13-231.2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-231.2
Section 16-13-231.2 State Salary Matrix Renamed
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Chapter 6B and other provisions of this chapter, and notwithstanding Section 16-13-231.1, the “State Salary Matrix” is hereby renamed the “State Minimum Salary Schedule.” This provision shall take effect on October 1, 1998.
Ala. Code § 16-8-31 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 8 / Section 16-8-31
Section 16-8-31 Quadrennial School Census
Status: in_force

The county board of education, subject to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, shall cause to be taken, under the direction of the county superintendent of education, a quadrennial school census of the children in the county between the ages of six and 19, inclusive. The school census shall be taken in July of 1946, and thereafter every four years, and the county superintendent of education, upon the direction at any time of the State Superintendent of Education, shall cause the whole or any part of any school census in his county to be retaken.
Ala. Code § 16-49-23 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 49 / Section 16-49-23
Section 16-49-23 Responsibilities of Board; Appointment and Duties of President
Status: in_force

The board shall not engage in activity that interferes with the day-to-day operation of the university. The primary responsibility of the board of trustees is to set policy for the university and prescribe rates of tuition and fees. The board also has the power to organize the university by appointing a president, whose salary shall be fixed by the board. The president shall appoint a corps of instructors who shall be styled the faculty and such other instructors and officers as the interest of the university may require, remove any instructors or officers, fix their salaries or compensation, and define the authority or duty of such instructors or officers. The president may regulate, alter, and modify the organization of the university, subject to review and concurrence of the board. The president shall prescribe courses of instruction within academic programs that have been approved by the board. The president may confer academic degrees and such honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of similar character upon the recommendation of the faculty.
Ala. Code § 16-13-195 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-195
Section 16-13-195 School Tax District - Consolidation - City District with Other Territory
Status: in_force

When it shall seem desirable to consolidate with a city school tax district having a city board of education, either a county school tax district or territory adjacent to such city school tax district which does not lie within the corporate limits of the city, so as to vest the control of educational matters of such proposed consolidated school tax district in said city board of education, the county board of education and city board of education shall agree upon the terms of consolidation and concurrently request the county commission to call an election in all the territory proposed to be consolidated to determine whether such school tax district or territory adjacent to said city school tax district should be consolidated with the city school tax district and the educational affairs of all the territory proposed to be consolidated placed under the control of the city board of education of such city, and whether or not a special tax for a uniform rate and time shall be voted for such proposed school tax district. In the event of such consolidation, the rate and time of the three-mill district tax, if levied, shall be for such time as prescribed in the agreement between the boards; provided, that the rate and time shall not be less than the maximum rate and the maximum time of any such district or territory included in said consolidation.
Ala. Code § 16-44-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 44 / Section 16-44-2
Section 16-44-2 Alabama Education Council
Status: in_force

There is hereby established the Alabama Education Council composed of the members of the Education Commission of the States representing the State of Alabama, appointed by the Governor and to serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Governor shall be chairman of said council. The council shall meet on the call of its chairman or at the request of the majority of its members. The council may consider any and all matters relating to education of the states and the activities of the members in representing the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 16-1-49 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-49
Section 16-1-49 Information on Influenza and It Vaccine to Be Provided to Parents and Guardians of Students
Status: in_force

(a) If a local board of education provides information on immunizations, infectious diseases, medications, or other school health issues to parents and guardians of students in grades K through 12, then all of the following information about influenza disease and its vaccine shall be included:

(1) A description of causes, symptoms, and means of transmission.

(2) A list of sources for additional information.

(3) Related recommendations issued by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(b) The Department of Education, in cooperation with the Department of Public Health, shall develop and make available the information about influenza disease and its vaccine to local school systems as required under subsection (a) in an efficient manner that may include posting the information on its website.

(c) A board, board member, or an employee of a local board of education shall be immune from civil liability for acts or omissions in the implementation of this section in accordance with Section 36-1-12.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to establish a standard of care for hospitals or physicians or otherwise modify, amend, or supersede any provision of the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1987 or the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1996, or any amendment thereto, or any judicial interpretation thereof. The information developed, or made available, under this section shall not constitute a standard for the practice of medicine.
Ala. Code § 16-61B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 61B / Section 16-61B-1
Section 16-61B-1 Legislative Intent
Status: in_force

There is hereby created within the State Treasury a fund, designated the Education Technology Fund, hereinafter referred to as the fund. The State Superintendent of Education shall authorize the expenditure of monies within the fund, upon the approval of the State Board of Education. Receipts to the fund shall include, but shall not be limited to the following: 1) appropriations made at the discretion of the Legislature; 2) grant funds; 3) donations and contributions; 4) federal funds; and 5) appropriations made by local governments. At the end of any fiscal year, unexpended monies remaining in the fund shall not revert but shall remain available for appropriation. The expenditure of monies in the fund shall be subject to appropriation by the Legislature and subject to the provisions of the Budget Management Act, Sections 41-19-1 through 41-19-12. The State Board of Education shall ensure that expenditures made from the Education Technology Fund shall be based on educational need and shall be made in an equitable manner.
Ala. Code § 16-27-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 27 / Section 16-27-1
Section 16-27-1 State Board of Education to Prescribe Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall prescribe rules and regulations:

(1) Requiring all local boards of education which provide transportation services for pupils going to and from public elementary and secondary schools of Alabama or in school-related activities, and the presidents of all state community, junior and technical colleges and directors of all state technical institutes and trade schools which provide transportation services for pupils going to and from said technical institutes and trade schools or community, junior and technical colleges to employ a competent supervisor or manager of such transportation services, whether such transportation services are provided in publicly owned or privately owned buses;

(2) Requiring periodic safety inspection of all vehicles used for transporting pupils, whether such vehicles are publicly or privately owned;

(3) Requiring and providing for special training and licensing of drivers of all vehicles used to transport pupils to and from school and in all school-related activities, whether such vehicles are publicly owned and operated or operated under contract with a private owner.
Ala. Code § 16-18B-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 18B / Section 16-18B-5
Section 16-18B-5 Members; Officers; Quorum; Vacancies; Salaries; Record of Proceedings
Status: in_force

The applicants named in the application and their respective successors in office shall constitute the members of the corporation. The Governor shall be the president of the corporation and the Director of Finance shall be the secretary of the corporation. The State Treasurer shall be the treasurer of the corporation and shall act as custodian of its funds. The members of the corporation shall constitute all the members of the board of directors of the corporation, and any three members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Should any of said officials of the state die or should his term of office as Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Director of Finance, or State Treasurer expire or should he resign therefrom, his successor in office shall take his place as a member, officer and director of the corporation, as the case may be. No member, officer or director of the corporation shall draw any salary, in addition to that now authorized by law, for any service he may render or any duty he may perform in connection with the corporation. All proceedings had and done by the board of directors shall be reduced to writing by the secretary of the corporation and recorded in a substantially bound book. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the corporation under the seal of the corporation, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified.
Ala. Code § 16-26C-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 26C / Section 16-26C-4
Section 16-26C-4 Certificate of Incorporation
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2014-372, §2, effective April 9, 2014.
Ala. Code § 16-41-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 41 / Section 16-41-9
Section 16-41-9 Combining of Funds from Various Sources
Status: in_force

In implementing this chapter, every effort shall be made to combine funds appropriated for this purpose with funds available from all other sources, federal, state, local or private, in order to achieve maximum benefits for improving drug abuse education.
Ala. Code § 16-25A-47 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25A / Section 16-25A-47
Section 16-25A-47 Payroll Deduction of Contributions; Applicability to Local School Boards
Status: in_force

Employee premium contributions shall be deducted from payroll by all employers on a pretax basis as permitted under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. All employers must offer a flexible benefit plan to all employees by October 1, 2005. Local school boards which are deemed by this article to be an employer retain the right to extend contracts or agreements related to plans in existence as of October 1, 2005, or to change companies offering the same plan benefits.
Ala. Code § 16-61A-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 61A / Section 16-61A-3
Section 16-61A-3 Appropriation of Expenditures
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2008-276, p. 434, §1, effective January 1, 2009.
Ala. Code § 16-5-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-9
Section 16-5-9 Budget Proposals; Open Hearings; Unified Budget Report; Recommendations
Status: in_force

(a) The governing boards of the public institutions of higher education shall submit to the commission through their appropriate administrative officers, not later than 90 days prior to each legislative session, its budget proposals for the operation and capital needs of the institution under its governance or supervision.

(b) The commission shall receive, evaluate and coordinate budget requests for the public institutions of higher education of this state, shall hold open hearings on the budget requests of the separate institutions and shall present to each institution and to the Governor and the Legislature, a single unified budget report containing budget recommendations for separate appropriations to each of the institutions. The consolidated budget and analysis of the commission shall be accompanied by the original requests and their justifications as submitted by each institution. The recommendations of the commission shall be derived directly from its assessment of the actual funding needs of each of the universities, as presented to it by the presidents, which assessment may include, but shall not be limited to, derived conclusions that may be based upon standard techniques of objective measurement, need and unit cost figures arrived at through the use of comparative and verified data secured from the various institutions, applied in an impartial and objective manner, and comparison shall be made not only between similar functions of institutions in Alabama but also between Alabama institutions and similar functions of institutions located in other states, provided that nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit any institutions of higher education in this state from submitting any matter pertaining to the financial operation and needs of said institution to the Legislature or to the Governor at any time.
Ala. Code § 16-8-32 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 8 / Section 16-8-32
Section 16-8-32 Census Enumerators
Status: in_force

The county board of education, upon the recommendation of the county superintendent of education, shall appoint a sufficient number of enumerators to take the census of the county during the month of July or at such other time as the State Superintendent of Education shall cause the whole or any part of any school census in a county to be retaken. The county board of education, upon the recommendation of the county superintendent of education, shall fix the compensation of the enumerators taking any school census and shall order them paid out of the treasury of the county. The report of the enumerators shall be made under oath to the county superintendent of education not later than the fifteenth day of August next succeeding for the census taken during the month of July, and not later than seven days after the direction of the State Superintendent of Education where the census or part thereof has been caused by the State Superintendent of Education to be retaken.
Ala. Code § 16-11-27 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Section 16-11-27
Section 16-11-27 Boards of Education of Certain Cities May Insure School Buildings, Property, Etc., in Fund
Status: in_force

Any city board of education of a city whose population does not exceed 60,000 according to the most recent federal census may insure against loss by fire or tornado all school buildings and property, equipment, furniture or supplies belonging to such buildings or stored therein which are used or held in trust by such board for school purposes in the State Insurance Fund under the same terms and upon the same conditions as properties of county school systems are insured.
Ala. Code § 16-13-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-8
Section 16-13-8 Bonding of Persons Handling Public School Funds Generally - Authority to Require
Status: in_force

County and city boards of education are hereby authorized to require county and city public school principals and such other persons as may be charged with the custody and responsibility for handling public school funds to give bond in an amount to be fixed by the county or city board of education, as the case may be, in a reputable surety company authorized to do business in Alabama, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of their office and upon the accounting and paying over to the proper authority of all such public school funds coming into their hands.
Ala. Code § 16-6B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6B / Section 16-6B-1
Section 16-6B-1 Student Achievement
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds that the people of Alabama desire two basic things from their public schools:

(1) High achievement for students.

(2) A safe and orderly environment in which to learn.

(b) The Legislature encourages the State Board of Education to assist local boards of education in the development of a strong disciplinary policy and directs the State Board of Education to develop a program to closely monitor student achievement.

(1) The State Board of Education shall require implementation of an assessment program for the public schools of Alabama. The assessment program may include nationally normed tests or criterion referenced tests, or both. These tests may be used to assist in the assessment of student achievement. The State Board of Education may also require the use of other tests and assessments as the board may deem necessary.

(2) In grades 11 and 12, the State Board of Education shall implement an assessment and remediation program to monitor and promote the academic achievement of students in those grades and prepare them for successfully completing the graduation examination.

(c) There is no legislative intent to interfere with the provisions of Section 16-3-18.3, and it is the intent of the Legislature that the development of the total assessment program for student performance, exclusive of the requirements of student performance herein, shall be the function of the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education is instructed to develop courses of study to provide Alabama students with the content and information to enter the workforce, to compete nationally and internationally with other students, and to successfully compete at the postsecondary level. This shall include the content necessary to successfully achieve on nationally normed tests and any other tests that may be required by the State Board of Education.
Ala. Code § 16-46D-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 46D / Section 16-46D-9
Section 16-46D-9 Payment for Coursework of Eligible Student
Status: in_force

An eligible institution may not charge an eligible student for coursework taken pursuant to this program and shall accept the payment made pursuant to Section 16-46D-7 as full payment for the eligible student.
Ala. Code § 16-24-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 24 / Section 16-24-7
Section 16-24-7 Transfer of Teacher - Review
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
Ala. Code § 16-12-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 16-12-9
Section 16-12-9 Courses of Study for City Schools
Status: in_force

The city superintendent of schools, subject to the provisions of this title, shall prepare courses of study for the schools of the city and shall submit the same for approval and adoption by the city board of education. Printed copies of the courses of study shall be supplied every teacher and every interested citizen of the city or town.
Ala. Code § 16-13-102 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-102
Section 16-13-102 Exchange and Delivery of Refunding Warrants
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 16-13-96 and 16-13-97, refunding warrants issued hereunder may without advertisement be exchanged for a like amount of the warrants being refunded. If part of an authorized issue is so exchanged, the officers authorized to effect such exchange may select from the total authorized issue the particular refunding warrants to be so delivered, and the maturities of the refunding warrants at any time outstanding need not meet the requirements of this article as to equal annual instalments of principal and interest. Refunding warrants may be delivered to a bank designated by the issuing board to be held in escrow pending delivery pursuant to an order of the issuing board for the delivery or exchange of such refunding warrants, all or any part of which warrants held in escrow may be issued and sold or exchanged as other refunding warrants issued under the terms of this article.
Ala. Code § 16-8-36 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 8 / Section 16-8-36
Section 16-8-36 Grades Included in Public Schools
Status: in_force

The public schools of the county shall include elementary schools, that is, grades one to six, inclusive; junior high schools, that is, grades seven to nine, inclusive; and senior high schools, that is, grades 10 to 12, inclusive, except as otherwise authorized by the State Board of Education.
Ala. Code § 16-18-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 18 / Section 16-18-2
Section 16-18-2 Legislative Intent
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of the Legislature by this chapter to authorize the incorporation of educational building authorities as public corporations and as political subdivisions of the state for the purpose of providing ancillary improvements for use in connection with educational institutions in this state and to invest each authority organized hereunder with all power that may be necessary or appropriate to enable it to accomplish such purpose, including but without limitation to the power to lease its properties and to issue interest-bearing revenue bonds. This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intent.
Ala. Code § 16-50-21 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 50 / Section 16-50-21
Section 16-50-21 Body Corporate; Name
Status: in_force

The Governor, by virtue of his office, and the trustees appointed from the several congressional districts of the state pursuant to Section 16-50-20 and their successors in office are constituted a body corporate under the name of “Board of Trustees for Alabama State University.”
Ala. Code § 16-47A-11 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47A / Section 16-47A-11
Section 16-47A-11 President of the University; Rights of Full-Time Employees
Status: in_force

(a) The president of the university shall be appointed by the board and shall do all of the following:

(1) Appoint a corps of instructors who shall be styled the faculty of the university.

(2) Appoint such other instructors and officers as the interest of the university may require.

(3) Remove any instructors or officers.

(4) Fix the salaries or compensation of the instructors or officers.

(5) Define the authority or duty of the instructors or officers.

(6) Regulate, alter, and modify the organization of the university, subject to the review and concurrence of the board.

(7) Prescribe courses of instruction within academic programs that have been approved by the board.

(b) Full-time employees, whether tenured, nontenured, nonprobationary, or probationary, who are employed on October 1, 2012, by the university, shall retain any and all rights and privileges as provided in Chapter 24C of this title.

(c) The president of the university, upon the recommendation of the faculty, may confer academic degrees and such honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of similar character.
Ala. Code § 16-1-23 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-23
Section 16-1-23 Hazing Prohibited; Penalty
Status: in_force

(a) Hazing is defined as follows:

(1) Any willful action taken or situation created, whether on or off any school, college, university, or other educational premises, which recklessly or intentionally endangers the mental or physical health of any student, or

(2) Any willful act on or off any school, college, university, or other educational premises by any person alone or acting with others in striking, beating, bruising, or maiming; or seriously offering, threatening, or attempting to strike, beat, bruise, or maim, or to do or seriously offer, threaten, or attempt to do physical violence to any student of any such educational institution or any assault upon any such students made for the purpose of committing any of the acts, or producing any of the results to such student as defined in this section.

(3) The term hazing as defined in this section does not include customary athletic events or similar contests or competitions, and is limited to those actions taken and situations created in connection with initiation into or affiliation with any organization. The term hazing does not include corporal punishment administered by officials or employees of public schools when in accordance with policies adopted by local boards of education.

(b) No person shall engage in what is commonly known and recognized as hazing, or encourage, aid, or assist any other person thus offending.

(c) No person shall knowingly permit, encourage, aid, or assist any person in committing the offense of hazing, or willfully acquiesce in the commission of such offense, or fail to report promptly his knowledge or any reasonable information within his knowledge of the presence and practice of hazing in this state to the chief executive officer of the appropriate school, college, university, or other educational institution in this state. Any act of omission or commission shall be deemed hazing under the provisions of this section.

(d) Any person who shall commit the offense of hazing shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor as defined by Title 13A.

(e) Any person who participates in the hazing of another, or any organization associated with a school, college, university, or other educational institution in this state which knowingly permits hazing to be conducted by its members or by others subject to its direction or control, shall forfeit any entitlement to public funds, scholarships, or awards which are enjoyed by him or by it and shall be deprived of any sanction or approval granted by the school, college, university, or other educational institution.

(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed as in any manner affecting or repealing any law of this state respecting homicide, or murder, manslaughter, assault with intent to murder, or aggravated assault.
Ala. Code § 16-3-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-6
Section 16-3-6 Oath of Office
Status: in_force

Before exercising any authority or performing any duty, each member of the board shall qualify as such by taking and subscribing to the oath of office prescribed by Article XVI of the state constitution, the certificate whereof shall be filed with the records of the board.
Ala. Code § 16-5-12 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-12
Section 16-5-12 Evaluation of Commission Effectiveness; Survey Report and Recommendations
Status: in_force

During the last year of each gubernatorial term, the commission shall conduct a survey of members of the education community, the Legislature, the Executive Branch of the state, and business and industry to evaluate the effectiveness of the work of the commission. A report detailing the results of the survey and any recommended changes shall be submitted to the Governor, the Legislature, the presidents and governing boards of the public institutions of higher education of this state, and the public.
Ala. Code § 16-13-94 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-94
Section 16-13-94 Maturity; Payment Generally
Status: in_force

Capital outlay warrants issued hereunder shall be payable within the period of usefulness of the improvement or property for which the warrants are issued as estimated by the county or city board of education, which estimate shall be conclusive. In no event shall any warrant issued hereunder be made payable on or after the first of October upon which the special tax pledged for the payment of the warrants last becomes due and payable. All warrants issued hereunder shall be made payable in substantially equal annual instalments of principal and interest beginning in the next fiscal year after their date; provided, that if other warrants issued hereunder or any other law shall be then outstanding constituting a preferred claim against the same tax, all or any part of the maturities of such outstanding warrants may be taken together with the maturities of the new warrants to provide substantially equal instalments of principal and interest; and provided further, that the requirements contained in this sentence shall be directory only and shall not affect the validity of any warrants issued under this article.
Ala. Code § 16-13-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-4
Section 16-13-4 Diversion of Funds; Payment of Debt Obligations
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any official in the State of Alabama having the custody of, or in any manner connected with the handling or having the authority to direct the use of any of the public school funds arising under the provisions of Sections 257, 258, 259 and 260 of the Constitution of Alabama to knowingly or intentionally divert or permit to be diverted or to use or permit the use of these funds or any part thereof for any purpose whatsoever except for the uses and purposes as set out in these sections of the constitution, and such official violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and the Attorney General may also institute impeachment proceedings against such official.

(b) Nothing contained in this section shall be so construed as to affect any appropriation heretofore made or which may hereafter be made by the Legislature of Alabama, under the powers granted by the constitution for the support and maintenance of the public schools or other schools in the State of Alabama.

(c) For any debt obligation requiring the approval of the State Superintendent of Education, a local board of education may, in accordance with the rules of the State Board of Education, enter into a binding agreement to authorize and direct the state Comptroller to direct any other state funds allocated to the local board of education from funds appropriated by the Legislature of the State of Alabama for the support and maintenance of public schools to the satisfaction of the debt payment that is due and unpaid. The local board of education shall replace the funds withheld to satisfy the debt payment by providing funds legally available for replacement.

(d) The state Comptroller may not direct any state funds pursuant to this section without having received prior written approval of the incurrence of the debt obligation by the State Department of Education in one of the following forms:

(1) An approved School Warrant Form 1, or such successor form as the State Department of Education may hereafter promulgate, with respect to any debt obligation having a maturity of greater than one year.

(2) Such other written approval as the State Department of Education may provide with respect to any debt obligation having a maturity of one year or less.
Ala. Code § 16-1-2.2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-2.2
Section 16-1-2.2 New Construction at Public Two-Year and Four-Year Institutions of Higher Education to Include Approved Safe Space or Hallway
Status: in_force

(a) Commencing on August 1, 2012, any new contract awarded for the construction of a new building, containing classrooms or dorm rooms, on the grounds of a public two-year or four-year institution of higher education shall include a Division of Construction Management approved safe space or hallway rated for tornadoes.

(b) The State Department of Postsecondary Education and the separate boards of trustees of the four-year institutions of higher education in the state shall coordinate with the Division of Construction Management to develop, adopt, and enforce any rules necessary for the implementation of this section.
Ala. Code § 16-40-10 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 40 / Section 16-40-10
Section 16-40-10 Completion of Required Government Course to Include Civics Test Component
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning in the 2018-2019 school year, as a required component for completing the government course required in the high school course of study, a student shall correctly answer at least 60 of the 100 questions listed on a civics test, which shall be made available in multiple choice format. For the purposes of this section, civics test means the 100 questions that, as of February 1, 2017, officers of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services use as the basis for selecting the questions posed on applications for naturalization. The civics test shall be completed as part of a required course in government. The school shall document on the transcript of the student that he or she has successfully completed the civics test as required by this subsection.

(b) The local board of education may determine the method and manner in which to administer the civics test to students. A student who does not obtain a passing score on the civics test may retake the test until he or she obtains a passing score.

(c) A special education student who is at least 18 years of age is not required to achieve a passing score on the civics test in order to graduate from high school unless he or she is learning at a level appropriate for his or her grade level in a specific academic area and unless a passing score on the civics test is specifically required in a specific academic area by the individualized education program of the student.

(d) The enforcement of this section shall comply with Section 16-1-11.1.

(e) The requirements of this section may be waived by the chief school administrator for good cause for any student in the graduating class. Having taken and failed the civics test two times and otherwise having a passing grade in the course in government shall be considered good cause.
Ala. Code § 16-24-11 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 24 / Section 16-24-11
Section 16-24-11 Cancellation of Contracts - by Teacher
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
Ala. Code § 16-61-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 61 / Section 16-61-2
Section 16-61-2 Establishment; Administration; Funding
Status: in_force

There is hereby established the Alabama Trust Fund for Eminent Scholars to provide challenge grants to the public state universities in Alabama named in Section 16-61-1. The trust fund shall be administered by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education in accordance with the guidelines as set forth in this chapter. The Legislature shall designate funds to be transferred to the trust fund from the Education Trust Fund. All appropriated funds deposited into the trust fund shall be invested by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education pursuant to the provisions of Section 16-13-2. Interest income accruing to that portion of the trust fund not matched shall increase the total funds available for challenge grants.
Ala. Code § 16-26-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 26 / Section 16-26-3
Section 16-26-3 Elementary and High School May Be Placed Under Same Principal
Status: in_force

Subject to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, where economy of organization and administration seems to justify it, county boards of education may place the elementary, junior and senior high schools of any district or districts under one and the same principal, or may use any other plan of organization approved by the county board of education.
Ala. Code § 16-33B-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 33B / Section 16-33B-6
Section 16-33B-6 False Statements or Misrepresentations
Status: in_force

Any person who knowingly makes or furnishes any false statement or misrepresentation, or who accepts such false statement or misrepresentation knowing the same to be false, for the purpose of enabling an individual or institution to wrongfully obtain moneys under this program, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine or to imprisonment, or to both, as such misdemeanor is defined in Title 13A.
Ala. Code § 16-46A-10 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 46A / Section 16-46A-10
Section 16-46A-10
Status: in_force

(a) Commencing with the 2025-2026 school year, and subject to the availability of funds, any virtual school or program operating in this state may administer state required assessments in a virtual setting that aligns with the regular academic instruction of the student, subject to all of the following conditions:

(1) The assessment is administered to the student on an assigned date and at an assigned time.

(2) The student attends a synchronous assessment session initiated and managed by personnel designated by the virtual school or program.

(3) The assessment is administered to the student through a device that permits the assessment proctor to monitor the student by video for the entire duration of the assessment administration.

(4) If the assessment platform does not allow integrated camera proctoring, the student uses two devices for the entire duration of the assessment administration: one device on which the student takes the assessment and a second device which allows the assessment proctor to monitor the student via a camera. If the assessment platform allows for the assessment proctor to view the student and background, a second device is not required.

(5) The virtual school or program maintains a student assessment taker to assessment proctor ratio of 10 to one or lower.

(6) The student does not exit the assessment administration area until instructed to do so by the assigned assessment proctor.

(7) Submission of the assessment is verified by the assessment proctor.

(b) This section shall not apply to either of the following:

(1) Public institutions of higher education.

(2) College readiness or workforce readiness assessments provided by a national college and career readiness assessment provider until those assessments are available via remote access.

(c) Any individual who administers an assessment or serves as an assessment proctor pursuant to this section shall be a teacher who holds a valid Alabama professional education certificate.
Ala. Code § 16-25D-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25D / Section 16-25D-7
Section 16-25D-7 Source of Funding; Use of Assets; Amendment or Modification of Trust Fund; Tax Exemption; Annual Financial Statements
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The sources of funding to the trust fund may consist of all of the following:

a. Investment income.

b. Proceeds of any gifts, grants, or contributions.

c. Revenue sources as directed by the Legislature.

d. Revenue sources other than direct appropriations by the Legislature.

(2) The sources of funding to the trust fund may not consist of Education Trust Fund revenue and those revenues are expressly prohibited from that use. The trust fund shall be funded from sources other than the Education Trust Fund.

(b) The agreements creating the trust fund shall be irrevocable and the assets of the trust fund may not be expended, disbursed, loaned, or transferred, or used for any purpose other than to acquire permitted investments, pay administrative expenses, and provide periodic bonus checks to or for retired employees and their beneficiaries. The Legislature may not appropriate the assets of the trust fund.

(c) Upon certification from the actuary of the Teachers’ Retirement System that the assets of the trust fund are above and beyond the minimum trust fund balance of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) and sufficient to fund periodic bonus checks as provided for by legislation granting the periodic bonus checks, the trustees shall transfer the amount of assets certified by the board of control to the Teachers’ Retirement System to fund those bonuses or increases.

(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the trustees may amend or modify the trust fund, consistent with the legislative intent of this chapter, in any of the following circumstances:

(1) If, in the opinion of counsel for the trustees, it is necessary or advisable to obtain any material tax advantage or avoid any material adverse tax result.

(2) If, in the opinion of an independent accountant for the trustees, it is necessary or advisable to cause the trust fund to be considered a post-employment benefits trust fund in accordance with generally accepted governmental accounting principles as prescribed by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, or its successor.

(3) If, in response to a petition of the trustees requesting that the trust fund be amended, a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the amendment is necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

(e) All assets and income of the trust fund shall be exempt from taxation by the state or any political subdivision thereof. The assets of the trust fund are not subject to the claims of creditors of the state, the board of control, trustees, plan administrators, employees, retired employees, or beneficiaries, and are not subject to execution, attachment, garnishment, the operation of bankruptcy, insolvency laws, or any other process whatsoever, and no assignment thereof shall be enforceable in any court.

(f) The trustees shall prepare the annual financial statements of the trust fund in accordance with generally accepted governmental accounting principles and shall provide for an audit of those financial statements for each fiscal year to be conducted by a qualified independent certified accounting firm in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
Ala. Code § 16-33C-11 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 33C / Section 16-33C-11
Section 16-33C-11 Aces Savings Agreements
Status: in_force

(a) Each savings agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following terms and provisions:

(1) The maximum and minimum annual contributions and maximum account balance allowed on behalf of a designated beneficiary.

(2) Provisions for withdrawals, refunds, transfers, returns of excess contributions and any penalties.

(3) The terms and conditions for remitting contributions, including, but not limited to, that contributions may be made in cash only.

(4) The name, address, date of birth, and Social Security number of the designated beneficiary on whose behalf the ABLE or ACES savings account is opened.

(5) Terms and conditions for designation of a substitute beneficiary.

(6) Terms and conditions for termination of the account, including any transfers to the state upon the death of the qualified beneficiary, if applicable, refunds, withdrawals, transfers, applicable penalties, the name of the person entitled to any refund due as a result of termination, and the name of the person entitled to terminate the account.

(7) The time period during which the designated beneficiary is required to use benefits from the ABLE Program or ACES Program.

(8) All other rights and obligations of the contributor and the ABLE Program or ACES Program.

(9) Any other terms and conditions which the Savings Board deems necessary or appropriate, including those necessary to conform the ACES and ABLE Programs and savings agreements with the requirements of Sections 529 and 529A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other applicable federal law.

(10) If, after the specified time period determined by the Savings Board under which the designated beneficiary is required to use benefits from the ABLE Program or ACES Program, the savings agreement has not been terminated nor the designated beneficiary’s rights exercised, the Savings Board, after making reasonable effort to contact the contributor, shall presume the savings account monies unclaimed and abandoned property, and thereafter administered in accordance with the Alabama Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, Article 2 of Chapter 12 of Title 35.

(11) Participation in the ACES Program does not guarantee that sufficient funds will be available to cover qualified higher education expenses of a designated beneficiary.

(12) Notwithstanding any provision of any law to the contrary, money in the ABLE Program or ACES Program shall be exempt from creditor process and shall not be liable to attachment, garnishment, or other process, nor shall it be seized, taken, appropriated, or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law to pay any debt or liability of any contributor or beneficiary, provided, however, that the state of residency of the designated beneficiary of an ABLE savings account shall be a creditor of such account in the event of the death of the designated beneficiary.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall make any provisions or warranties except as provided in savings agreements, including that a person shall be admitted to, allowed to continue in, graduated from a college or university, or conferred Alabama resident status.

(c) The state or any state agency, county, municipality, or any other employer in the state is hereby authorized, by contract, or otherwise, to agree with any employee to remit contributions through payroll deduction made by the appropriate official of the state, state agency, political subdivision, or other employer under the terms of a savings agreement.
Ala. Code § 16-25-80 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-80
Section 16-25-80 Cost-of-Living Increase Provided for Certain Retirees and Beneficiaries Retiring Before October 1, 1992
Status: in_force

There is provided to each person currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 1992, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees currently receiving survivor benefits, if the effective date of retirement or death for the deceased retirees or deceased member was prior to October 1, 1992, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System, a cost-of-living increase as follows:

(1) 1.28 percent of the current gross benefit paid to the retiree and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees.

(2) One dollar and twenty-eight cents ($1.28) per month for each year of service attained by the retiree for each retiree selecting the maximum retirement allowance or option one.

(3) One dollar and twenty-eight cents ($1.28) per month for each year of service attained by the retiree reduced by the retiree’s option election factor for each retiree selecting options two, three, or four.

(4) One dollar and twenty-eight cents ($1.28) per month for each year of service attained by the deceased member or deceased retiree reduced by the survivor’s option factor for each beneficiary receiving monthly benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System.

(5) One dollar and twenty-eight cents ($1.28) per month for each year of retirement attained by the retiree for each retiree selecting the maximum retirement allowance or option one.

(6) One dollar and twenty-eight cents ($1.28) per month for each year of retirement attained by the retiree reduced by the retiree’s option election factor for each retiree selecting options two, three, or four.

(7) One dollar and twenty-eight cents ($1.28) per month for each year of retirement attained by the deceased member or deceased retiree reduced by the survivor’s option factor for each beneficiary receiving monthly benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System.
Ala. Code § 16-57-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 57 / Section 16-57-1
Section 16-57-1 Board of Commissioners; Appropriations; Bond of Treasurer
Status: in_force

Appropriations made to Tuskegee Institute by the Alabama Legislature to be used for the purpose of maintaining a graduate school in agriculture, a graduate school in home economics and a graduate school in veterinary medicine, or such other areas as are deemed feasible and wise in accordance with felt need, shall be paid to the Treasurer of Tuskegee Institute, on warrant of the State Treasurer, and said Treasurer of Tuskegee Institute shall make a surety bond in the sum of $25,000.00, payable to the State of Alabama, to insure the safekeeping of such appropriations. The said bond shall be approved by the Secretary of State and the same shall be filed in his office. The premium on said bond shall be paid by warrant of the State Treasurer out of the General Fund. The said appropriation shall be under the control of the Board of Trustees of Tuskegee Institute, and the same shall be applied in such manner as it deems best to carry out the purpose of the appropriation. The commissioners hereinafter provided for shall be residents of the State of Alabama and shall be members of the board of trustees with the same rights and powers as the other trustees, except as to filling vacancies on the Board of Trustees of Tuskegee Institute, in which they shall have no voice.

There shall be appointed by the Governor five commissioners who shall hold office for a term of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified; should a vacancy occur on the board of commissioners appointed by the Governor by death, resignation, refusal to serve or by becoming otherwise disqualified, then such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Governor. The Superintendent of Education of the State of Alabama shall be an ex officio member of said board of commissioners. The commissioners appointed by the Governor, as herein provided, shall make an annual written report to the Superintendent of Education of the State of Alabama of the conditions and progress of graduate instruction hereinabove referred to.
Ala. Code § 16-9-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Section 16-9-2
Section 16-9-2 Qualifications of Superintendent
Status: in_force

(a) The county superintendent of education shall be chosen for his general fitness and character and shall be a person of recognized ability as a school administrator. No person shall be eligible for appointment by any county board of education or for any political party nomination, or for election to the office of county superintendent of education unless such person:

(1) Holds an Alabama certificate in administration and supervision based upon requirements established by the State Board of Education for such certificate;

(2) Has had not less than five years of experience in public school work at the time he assumes office;

(3) Submits proof to the State Superintendent of Education of three years of successful educational experience as a teacher, principal, supervisor, superintendent, educational administrator or instructor in school administration during the five years next preceding his appointment or election;

(4) Submits proof to the county board of education that he holds a degree from a recognized four-year college or university; and

(5) If such person is to be appointed by the county board of education, submits proof to the county board that he is knowledgeable in school administration.

(b) A county superintendent of education, whether elected or appointed, need not be a resident or qualified elector of the county in which he is to serve. In every county where the county superintendent of education is elected by popular vote, he shall be nominated and elected in the same manner as other county officers are nominated and elected under the state election laws.
Ala. Code § 16-3-29 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-29
Section 16-3-29 Donations Held for Schools
Status: in_force

Property, money or other thing of value may be donated for the benefit of the public schools of this state to be held in trust and administered for the use of such schools.
Ala. Code § 16-30D-21 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 30D / Section 16-30D-21
Section 16-30D-21 Development and Implementation of Cardiac Emergency Response Plans
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each local board of education and governing body of a nonpublic school shall develop and implement both of the following:

(1) A cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the appropriate use of personnel to respond to incidents of sudden cardiac arrest or other similar life-threatening emergencies that occur on school property.

(2) If the local board of education or the governing body of a nonpublic school oversees a school with an athletic department or organized athletic program, a cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the appropriate use of personnel to respond to incidents of sudden cardiac arrest or other similar life-threatening emergencies that occur while an individual attends or participates in any athletic activity on school property.

(b) Each cardiac emergency response plan shall include, but not be limited to, each of the following:

(1) Recommendations relating to the development of a cardiac emergency response plan by the American Heart Association or another entity that provides nationally recognized and evidence-based guidelines based on emergency cardiovascular care.

(2) The establishment of a cardiac emergency response team.

(3) The implementation and maintenance of ongoing staff training related to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of an AED, as provided in subsection (c).

(4) Procedures related to the activation of the cardiac emergency response team in response to an incident of sudden cardiac arrest.

(5)a. Appropriate AED placement on school property in accordance with the guidelines set by the American Heart Association or another entity that provides nationally recognized and evidence-based guidelines based on emergency cardiovascular care, including routine maintenance.

b. AED placement at sporting events and sporting venues, as required by subsection (d).

(6) Procedures to disseminate the cardiac emergency response plan on school property.

(7) The creation of requirements relating to the practice of an emergency response, including drills.

(8) Procedures and standards for the ongoing annual review and evaluation of the cardiac emergency response plan.

(c) Appropriate school staff shall be trained in first aid, CPR, and the use of an AED according to the guidelines set forth by the American Heart Association or another entity that provides nationally recognized and evidence-based guidelines based on emergency cardiovascular care. The term “appropriate school staff” shall be defined in each cardiac emergency response plan and shall include, but not be limited to, licensed coaches, school nurses, and athletic trainers.

(d) An AED shall be clearly marked and easily accessible to anyone at:

(1) Each athletic event space on school property, including, but not limited to, stadiums, athletic fields, gymnasiums, practice fields, and weight rooms when students, athletes, or staff are present; and

(2) Any school-sponsored athletic event or athletic practice in which students are participating.

(e) Each local board of education and governing body of a nonpublic school shall work directly with local emergency services providers to develop the cardiac emergency response plan and integrate it into the community’s emergency medical services responder protocols.
Ala. Code § 16-25-100 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-100
Section 16-25-100 Cost-of-Living Increase in Pension Benefits to Members and Beneficiaries of Teachers’ Retirement System
Status: in_force

Commencing October 1, 1994, there is provided to each person currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 1994, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees currently receiving survivor benefits, if the effective date of retirement or death for the deceased retirees or deceased member was prior to October 1, 1994, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System, a cost-of-living increase as follows:

(1) Two and one-half percent of the current gross benefit paid to the retiree and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees.

(2) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per month for each year of service attained by the retiree for each retiree selecting the maximum retirement allowance or option one.

(3) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per month for each year of service attained by the retiree reduced by the retiree’s option election factor for each retiree selecting options two, three, or four unless the beneficiary under the option selected is deceased on October 1, 1994, in which case the increase shall not be reduced.

(4) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per month for each year of service attained by the deceased member or deceased retiree reduced by the survivor’s option factor for each beneficiary receiving monthly benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System.

(5) One dollar ($1) per month for each year of retirement attained by the retiree for each retiree selecting the maximum retirement allowance or option one.

(6) One dollar ($1) per month for each year of retirement attained by the retiree reduced by the retiree’s option election factor for each retiree selecting options two, three, or four unless the beneficiary under the option selected is deceased on October 1, 1994, in which case the increase shall not be reduced.

(7) One dollar ($1) per month for each year of retirement attained by the deceased member or deceased retiree reduced by the survivor’s option factor for each beneficiary receiving monthly benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System.
Ala. Code § 16-27A-10 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 27A / Section 16-27A-10
Section 16-27A-10 Nonpayment of Civil Fine
Status: in_force

(a) No person may be arrested or incarcerated for nonpayment of a civil fine.

(b) A governing body may contract with a collection service for the purpose of collecting any unpaid civil fine authorized by this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-25-42 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-42
Section 16-25-42 Persons in the Employees’ Retirement System Whose Date of Retirement Is Prior to October 1, 1987 or Beneficiaries of Deceased Members or Retirees Entitled to Cost-of-Living Increases
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby provided, commencing October 1, 1988 to certain persons identified in subsection (b) herein, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1987 and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees, provided the effective date of retirement or death for such deceased retiree or deceased member for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System was prior to October 1, 1987 and who is receiving a monthly allowance from the Employees’ Retirement System a cost-of-living increase as follows:

(1) One dollar per month for each year of service attained by said retiree for each retiree selecting the maximum retirement allowance or Option 1.

(2) One dollar per month for each year of service attained by said retiree reduced by the retiree’s option election factor for each retiree selecting Options 2, 3 or 4.

(3) One dollar per month for each year of service attained by said deceased member or deceased retiree reduced by the survivor’s option factor for each beneficiary receiving monthly benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System.

(b) The benefits provided in this section are limited to those retirees and beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees whose participation in the Employees’ Retirement System was based on Section 36-27-6, and whose employer at the time of retirement was a local board of education or a state supported institution of higher education. The benefits granted herein shall not apply to any other participants in the Employees’ Retirement System.
Ala. Code § 16-47-31 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-31
Section 16-47-31 Quorum; Majority Vote; President Pro Tempore
Status: in_force

Five members of the board of trustees, exclusive of the ex officio members, shall constitute a quorum. Every member present shall be required to vote, and a majority of those present shall govern. At their first meeting, the board shall elect one of its number president pro tempore, who shall preside in the absence of the Governor and shall hold the position until the next annual or special meeting, when another president pro tempore shall be elected.
Ala. Code § 16-5-15 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-15
Section 16-5-15 Submission of Facilities Master Plans by Public Institutions of Higher Education; Review by Commission; Freeze on Construction and Acquisitions; Prioritization of Capital Budget Requests; Exemption of Facilities on Military Reservation
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Each public two-year and four-year institution of higher education shall submit to the commission a facilities master plan. The commission shall review the master plans of each institution and shall make known any concerns and/or recommendations that it may have concerning four-year institutions to its respective board of trustees or, concerning two-year institutions, to the State Board of Education. This plan shall include the five-year plan of the institution regarding new facility construction and acquisition.

(2) The initial facilities master plan shall be filed with the commission prior to January 1, 1997. The plan shall be updated by the institution annually if changes are desired by the institution.

(b) The commission, in consultation with the Council of College and University Presidents and the State Board of Education shall adopt a standard, uniform method of reporting the five-year master plans. This process shall require the commission to notify the institution, the respective boards of trustees and the State Board of Education, within 60 weeks the findings of its review.

(c)(1) A freeze, effective January 1, 1997, for a period of one year on all new facilities construction and acquisitions of existing facilities shall be imposed on public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education, with the exception of those facilities mandated by the Knight, et al. v. State of Alabama consent decree and court order. Any available or budgeted capital funds may be used to renovate, replace, or restore existing facilities. Any facilities already approved by the appropriate governing board prior to January 1, 1997 are exempt from this subsection.

(2) All capital budget requests made by a public institution of higher education to the commission shall be prioritized. Such requests shall also be accompanied by a needs assessment and be included as part of each institution’s master plan.

(3) Colleges and universities conducting off-campus facilities on military reservations are exempt from the commission’s regulatory review and approval authority for those facilities on the military reservation.
Ala. Code § 16-49-24 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 49 / Section 16-49-24
Section 16-49-24 Exclusive Jurisdiction, Powers, Etc
Status: in_force

The board of trustees created by this chapter for Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University shall have exclusive jurisdiction, power and authority with regard to the supervision, management and control of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University; and the State Board of Education is divested of all jurisdiction, power and authority with regard to the supervision, management and control of such university except as otherwise herein provided. In addition to the powers and duties 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 except as otherwise herein provided. The State Board of Education shall transfer to the Board of Trustees of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University all supplies, funds, books, documents, records and other property or effects of such university.
Ala. Code § 16-60-240 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-240
Section 16-60-240 “Displaced Homemaker” Defined
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the term “displaced homemaker” shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

An individual who:

(1) Has worked in the home for a substantial number of years providing unpaid household services for family members;

(2) Is unemployed or underemployed;

(3) Has had or reasonably is expected to have difficulty in securing employment; and

(4) Has been dependent on the income of another family member, but is no longer supported by such income, or has been dependent on government assistance, but is no longer eligible for such assistance, or is supported by benefits of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program.
Ala. Code § 16-60-62 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-62
Section 16-60-62 Treasurer - Removal; Temporary Custodian for Funds
Status: in_force

Whenever the funds in the hands of the treasurer or funds about to be received by him are in danger of being lost, the board of trustees or the president may remove the treasurer from office and take from him all funds and choses in action belonging to the college or any student therein, and may, in the event, appoint a temporary custodian with bond or security to hold such funds.
Ala. Code § 16-6H-15 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6H / Section 16-6H-15
Section 16-6H-15 Alabama Instructional Leadership Framework
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning October 1, 2022, the State Superintendent of Education shall convene a working group to create the Alabama Instructional Leadership Framework, applicable to all K-5 administrators. The State Superintendent of Education shall utilize an external partner to facilitate the working group. Implementation of the Alabama Instructional Leadership Framework shall begin August 1, 2023. The State Superintendent of Education shall ensure the working group membership is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state.

(b) The framework shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) Establishing a clear and shared vision for teaching and learning, including all of the following:

a. Measuring success to include continually monitoring the vision.

b. Providing feedback for school-based academic coaches in meeting the vision and support for quality professional learning.

c. Implementing a multi-tiered system of supports to improve student achievement.

(2) Establishing norms for participation and collaboration in coaching cycles and professional learning to strengthen teacher practices.

(3) Identifying and supporting evidence-based teaching practices for all content areas.

(4) Developing the ability to identify effective instructional practices in early childhood and elementary classrooms.
Ala. Code § 16-6F-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6F / Section 16-6F-2
Section 16-6F-2 Legislative Intent
Status: in_force

(a) Public charter schools may be established in Alabama in accordance with this chapter. All public charter schools in the state established under this chapter are public schools and are part of the public education system of the state.

(b) This chapter shall be interpreted to support the findings and purposes of this chapter and to advance the continued commitment of the state to the mission and goals of public education.

(c) No private or nonpublic school may establish a public charter school pursuant to this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-28A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28A / Section 16-28A-1
Section 16-28A-1 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

It is the finding of the Alabama Legislature that the people of Alabama have two basic expectations of their public schools: (1) that students be allowed to learn in a safe classroom setting where order and discipline are maintained; and (2) that students learn at the level of their capabilities and achieve accordingly. The Legislature finds further that every child in Alabama is entitled to have access to a program of instruction which gives him or her the right to learn in a non-disruptive environment. No student has a right to be unruly in his or her classroom to the extent that such disruption denies fellow students of their right to learn. The teacher in each classroom is expected to maintain order and discipline. Teachers are hereby given the authority and responsibility to use appropriate means of discipline up to and including corporal punishment as may be prescribed by the local board of education. So long as teachers follow approved policy in the exercise of their responsibility to maintain discipline in their classroom, such teacher shall be immune from civil or criminal liability. It shall be the responsibility of the local boards of education and the administrators employed by them to provide legal support to each teacher exercising his or her authority and responsibility to maintain order and discipline in his or her classroom as long as the teacher follows the local board of education’s policy. Such support for the teacher shall include, but not be limited to, providing appropriate legal representation to defend the teacher against charges, filing of a written report pursuant to Section 16-1-24, seeking the issuance of a warrant or warrants for any person or persons threatening or assaulting a teacher, and the timely assistance and cooperation with the appropriate authorities in the prosecution of any person or persons threatening or assaulting a teacher. Local school board authorities and school administrators providing such support shall be absolutely immune from civil and criminal liability for actions authorized or required by this section.
Ala. Code § 16-28-15 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28 / Section 16-28-15
Section 16-28-15 Absence Must Be Explained
Status: in_force

Every parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of any child required to attend public school, private school, or church school, shall as soon as practical explain the cause of any absence of the child under his control or charge which was without permission of the teacher, and a failure to furnish such explanation shall be admissible as evidence of such child being a truant with the consent and connivance of the person in control or charge of said child, unless such person can show to the reasonable satisfaction of the court that he had no knowledge of such absence and that he has been diligent in his efforts to secure the attendance of such child.
Ala. Code § 16-60-305 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-305
Section 16-60-305 Purpose of the Center
Status: in_force

The purpose of the center is to promote the community that the center serves through funding of programs in all of the following areas:

(1) Housing.

(2) Economic development.

(3) Neighborhood revitalization.

(4) Infrastructure.

(5) Health care.

(6) Job training.

(7) Education.

(8) Crime prevention.

(9) Community planning.

(10) Recreation.

(11) Day care.
Ala. Code § 16-63-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 63 / Section 16-63-1
Section 16-63-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Community Schools Act.”
Ala. Code § 16-60-190 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-190
Section 16-60-190 Short Title
Status: in_force

This article shall be known as the Regional Vocational and Trade Schools Act.
Ala. Code § 16-38-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 38 / Section 16-38-6
Section 16-38-6 State Board of Education’s Authority to Cooperate with Federal Rehabilitation Agency
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall have all necessary authority to cooperate with the Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Agency in the administration of said act of Congress. It shall cooperate with the state agency in charge of the Workers’ Compensation Law. The state board shall administer any legislation which may hereafter be enacted by the Legislature of the State of Alabama and shall administer the funds provided by the federal government and the State of Alabama for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment. It shall have full authority to formulate plans for the promotion of the training of such persons in such subjects essential to their rehabilitation. It shall have authority to fix the compensation of officials and assistants as may be necessary to administer the federal act and this chapter, and to pay such compensation and other necessary expenses of administration from funds appropriated by the state. It shall have authority to make studies and investigations relating to the rehabilitation of disabled persons; to promote and aid in the establishment of schools, departments or classes giving such necessary training; to cooperate with local boards of education, organizations and communities in the maintenance of such schools, departments or classes; to prescribe qualifications for the teachers, directors and supervisors of such subjects and to have full authority to provide for the certification of teachers, directors and supervisors.
Ala. Code § 16-23-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Section 16-23-6
Section 16-23-6 Placement Bureau for Teachers
Status: in_force

The State Superintendent of Education shall make known to county superintendents of education and city superintendents of schools or other interested parties the names of teachers who are unemployed and who are seeking positions. In order that this service may be effective, a placement bureau shall be organized in the State Department of Education.
Ala. Code § 16-24-8.1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 24 / Section 16-24-8.1
Section 16-24-8.1 Cancellation of Contracts - Conviction Resulting in Revocation of Teaching Certificate
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
Ala. Code § 16-55-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 55 / Section 16-55-4
Section 16-55-4 Board of Trustees - Powers as to Organization and Administration
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall have the power to organize the institution by appointment of instructors and faculty members and such executive and administrative officers and employees as may be necessary to operate the university; the trustees may remove any officers, faculty members or employees of the institution in their discretion and shall have the power and authority to fix salaries or compensation, increase or reduce the same at their discretion, to regulate, alter or modify the government of the institution as they may consider advisable. The trustees may prescribe courses of instruction, rates of tuition and fees, confer such academic and honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of like character; and they may do whatever else they may consider in the best interest of the institution.
Ala. Code § 16-60-192 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-192
Section 16-60-192 When Schools to Be Established; Supervision of State Building Commission
Status: in_force

At least one school, which shall be similar to the Alabama School of Trades at Gadsden, shall be established, or the construction thereof commenced, during each of the fiscal years 1947-48, 1948-49, 1949-50 and 1950-51. Any construction shall be under the supervision of the state Building Commission, subject to the provisions of Section 16-60-193.
Ala. Code § 16-3-17 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-17
Section 16-3-17 Educational Needs Investigated
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall conduct investigations relating to the educational needs of the state and the means of improving educational conditions. It may employ additional expert assistance for such investigations if needed and appoint such agents for special investigations.
Ala. Code § 16-11-22 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Section 16-11-22
Section 16-11-22 Reports of City Board to State Board of Education; Audit of Accounts
Status: in_force

The city board of education shall make all reports required by the State Board of Education at such time, and upon such items and in such form, and on such blanks as may be prescribed by the State Board of Education. The business and financial transactions of the city board of education and the records and accounts of its treasurer shall be kept in a manner approved by the State Superintendent of Education and shall be audited as early as possible after July first of each year, and may be published.
Ala. Code § 16-66-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 66 / Section 16-66-4
Section 16-66-4 Meetings
Status: in_force

This section was amended and renumbered by Act 2015-450, effective June 11, 2015. It is now Section 41-29-293.
Ala. Code § 16-3-20 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-20
Section 16-3-20 Supervision of Educational Work of Special Institutions
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall have general supervision of the educational work of all charitable, penal, reformatory and child-caring institutions, maintained in whole or in part by the state, through its executive officer, who shall be a member of the governing board or boards which have charge of such.
Ala. Code § 16-13-302 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-302
Section 16-13-302 Issuance Authorized; Purposes; Refunding Warrants; Powers of the Boards; Mandamus for Payment
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other notes, obligations, warrants, and other forms or types of indebtedness which any board shall have the power to issue pursuant to laws other than this article, each board shall have full and continuing power from time to time to issue and sell warrants for educational and public school purposes, including, without limitation, the following:

(1) For the purpose of paying the costs of public school facilities.

(2) For the purpose of paying or refunding all or any portion (principal or interest or premium) of any refundable debt then outstanding, whether such refunding shall occur before, at, or after the maturity of the refundable debt to be refunded.

(3) For the payment of extraordinary, nonrecurring items that are not customarily payable from current revenues, including, without limitation, casualty losses, legal judgments, and payments due upon early termination of contractual agreements or prepayment of indebtedness.

(4) For the purpose of providing any money or moneys deemed necessary by the board to provide for the administration and operation of the board to the expiration of the then current fiscal year.

(5) For such other purposes for which a board is authorized by law to expend money.

(b) A board may issue refunding warrants in exchange for the instruments evidencing the refundable debt to be refunded, or a board may issue and sell refunding warrants and apply the proceeds thereof to the purchase, redemption, or payment of refundable debt. Refunding warrants may be issued in such principal amount as shall be determined by the board, including, without limitation: (i) the outstanding principal amount of the refundable debt to be refunded, (ii) the interest accrued or to accrue on the instruments evidencing the refundable debt to be refunded until the respective maturities thereof, or if any of the instruments evidencing the refundable debt to be refunded are to be called for redemption (either on the earliest date on which under their terms they may be redeemed or some later date or dates), the interest accrued or to accrue thereon until the date or dates on which they are to be called for redemption, (iii) the amount of any redemption premium required, by the terms of the instruments evidencing the refundable debt, to be paid as a condition to their redemption prior to their respective maturities, and (iv) the amount of any costs (as described in Section 16-13-304(d)(2)) incurred in connection with such refunding.

(c) Each board shall have the power to enter into and perform all agreements and contracts for the services of paying agents and trustees with respect to warrants issued under this article, for the purchase of warrants issued under this article, and for the guarantee or insurance, pursuant to standby letters of credit, municipal bond insurance policies, or similar instruments or credit facilities, of the payment, when due, of the principal of, premium (if any) on, and interest on, warrants issued under this article, to the extent that such board determines, in its discretion, that any of such agreements and contracts are necessary and desirable.

(d) Any court having jurisdiction shall issue mandamus for the payment of the principal of and interest on warrants issued under this article, when and as the same becomes due and payable, upon proper proof of nonpayment thereof, or noncompliance with the provisions of law with respect thereto, being furnished by or on behalf of any owner of any warrant issued under this article.
Ala. Code § 16-26E-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 26E / Section 16-26E-6
Section 16-26E-6 Schedules; Enrollment
Status: in_force

(a) The school, at the discretion of the board of trustees, shall operate on the same school year basis as all other public schools in the state. Full-time students shall be enrolled for the entire school year and may enroll in the summer program.

(b) A summer program may be offered for full-time students and for students who qualify to attend the school during that period.

(c) The school may also offer short courses, workshops, seminars, weekend instructional programs, and other innovative programs, which may be used to offer instruction to students not enrolled as full-time students in the school.

(d) The school, at the discretion of the board of trustees, may provide extension courses and campuses on the campuses of other schools, colleges, and universities within the state.
Ala. Code § 16-5-11 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-11
Section 16-5-11 Commission Responsible for Certain Functions
Status: in_force

(a) The commission is designated the agency responsible for those functions under the Southern Regional Compact for Education (Act 227, HJR 42, 1949; Act 40, HJR 21, 1955) and those functions in Sections 16-3-32 through 16-3-35, heretofore assigned to the State Board of Education with funds that may be appropriated to it by the Legislature for that purpose.

(b) In addition to the function of the commission pursuant to subsection (a) and supplemental thereto, the commission may designate a portion of funds available for chiropractic scholarships for advanced education in health-related advanced education courses at the postdoctoral level at public or private nonprofit colleges and universities within this state.
Ala. Code § 16-8-14 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 8 / Section 16-8-14
Section 16-8-14 Consolidation of Schools - in Two Counties - Authority
Status: in_force

The county boards of two or more adjoining counties shall have the power, by resolution spread upon the minutes of such county boards of education in the counties so adjoining, to form a consolidated school to be composed of the territory bounded by the limits set out for each county by the county boards of education in the aforesaid resolution.
Ala. Code § 16-25A-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25A / Section 16-25A-9
Section 16-25A-9 Eligible Employees Covered
Status: in_force

(a) All employees and, under certain conditions, retired employees as defined in Section 16-25A-1 at the time of adoption and execution by the board of a contract or other arrangement providing for group health insurance plans and who are eligible for coverage under the provisions of this article and the rules and regulations of the board adopted pursuant thereto shall have the option to be included in such coverage of the plan and shall have an option as to whether they will subscribe to such coverage for their dependents, such option to be exercised in the manner and within the time limitation prescribed by the board.

(b) All persons who become employees, as defined by the terms of this article and the rules and regulations promulgated by the board pursuant thereto, shall become eligible for membership in the group health insurance plan offered by their employing board and shall have an option as to whether they will subscribe to such coverage for their dependents; provided, that such coverage may be deferred during any reasonable waiting period provided in the contract or contracts.
Ala. Code § 16-9-20 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Section 16-9-20
Section 16-9-20 Plans for Consolidated Schools
Status: in_force

The county superintendent of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall work out plans for the consolidation of schools and for the grounds, buildings and equipment of such consolidated schools, and shall submit the same for approval and adoption by the county board of education.
Ala. Code § 16-13-76 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-76
Section 16-13-76 Moneys Allocated Under Article or Chapter Not to Be Pledged
Status: in_force

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize any local board of education to pledge, for the benefit of any warrants issued hereunder, any portion of the Foundation Program Fund moneys paid, apportioned or allocated to it under the provisions of this chapter, nor any portion of public school fund moneys paid, apportioned or allocated to it under the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 16-25-23 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-23
Section 16-25-23 Exemptions from Execution; Recovery Actions
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the right of an individual to a pension; an annuity, or a retirement allowance; to the return of contributions; the pension, annuity, or retirement allowance itself; any optional benefit or any other right accrued or accruing to any individual under this chapter; and the monies in the various funds created by this chapter are exempt from any state or municipal tax and exempt from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment, or any other process whatsoever, and shall be unassignable except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

(b)(1) Restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or any other financial obligations in a criminal case ordered by a circuit or district court judge in this state are not subject to the exemption set out in subsection (a), provided both of the following are satisfied:

a. The amount of the restitution ordered is in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or greater.

b. The individual subject to the order is a retiree or beneficiary who is currently receiving benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System.

(2) If the requirements of subdivision (1) are met, and upon a motion filed by the district attorney, the circuit or district court judge may order that the Teachers’ Retirement System pay to the circuit clerk of the court no more than 25 percent of the retiree’s or beneficiary’s gross monthly benefit less any deductions for child support or health insurance for any dependents, to be applied to the balance of the restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or other financial obligations ordered in the criminal case.

(3) An order under subdivision (2) shall set out all of the following:

a. The individual’s name, date of birth, and Social Security number.

b. The amount of restitution ordered is in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or greater.

c. The amounts of restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or any other financial obligations owed, detailed individually.

d. The relevant case numbers.

e. The county in which the case was brought.

f. The circuit clerk’s name and mailing address.

g. That the restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or other financial obligations are payable as a result of a criminal disposition.

h. The amount or the percentage of funds to be paid.

(4) The district attorney shall notify the court whenever the restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or other financial obligations are paid in full. Thereafter, the court shall issue an order to stop the diversion of the individual’s funds. Any payment received by the circuit clerk in an amount over what was owed shall be paid back to the Teachers’ Retirement System within 60 days with the specific identifying information as to the retiree or the beneficiary to whom it is owed.
Ala. Code § 16-49-22 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 49 / Section 16-49-22
Section 16-49-22 Powers and Duties Generally
Status: in_force

Such corporation shall have all the rights, privileges and franchises necessary to the promotion of the ends of its creation and shall be charged with all corresponding duties, liabilities and responsibilities. Such corporation may hold and may lease, sell or in any other manner not inconsistent with the object or terms of the grant or grants under which it holds, dispose of any property, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein remaining of any grant by any governmental unit or by any person, accruing to the corporation from any source, as it may deem best for the purposes of the university.
Ala. Code § 16-22A-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 22A / Section 16-22A-7
Section 16-22A-7 Responsibilities of Individuals to Provide Information
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for certification, applicant for public employment, or public current employee under review with the State Department of Education or local employing board, who has or will have unsupervised access to a child or children in an educational setting, shall, upon request, submit the following items to the State Department of Education:

(1) Two functional acceptable fingerprint cards, bearing the fingerprints of the individual, properly executed by a criminal justice agency or other individual properly trained in fingerprinting techniques.

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

(3) Acknowledgment that the applicant for certification, applicant for public employment, or public current employee under review 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 applicant, current employee under review, and local employing board.

(4) A nonrefundable fee in the amount and manner specified by the Department of Public Safety. Any fee required in conjunction with a criminal history background information check of a public current employee under review shall be paid by the requesting employing entity.

(b) An applicant for nonpublic employment, nonpublic current employee, or nonpublic current employee under review, who has or will have unsupervised access to a child or children in an educational setting, shall, upon request, submit the following items to the chief executive officer of the nonpublic school who shall forward such information to the Department of Public Safety:

(1) Two functional acceptable fingerprint cards, bearing the fingerprints of the individual, properly executed by a criminal justice agency or other individual properly trained in fingerprinting techniques.

(2) Written consent authorizing the release of any criminal history background information to the State Superintendent of Education.

(3) Acknowledgment that the applicant for nonpublic employment, nonpublic current employee, or nonpublic current employee under review received notice that the State Superintendent of Education will provide a suitability determination based upon the Alabama Bureau of Investigation and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history information reports and the suitability criteria for nonpublic employment defined herein to the chief executive officer of the nonpublic school.

(4) A nonrefundable fee in the amount and manner specified by the Department of Public Safety. Any fee required in conjunction with a criminal history background information check of a nonpublic current employee under review shall be paid by the requesting employing entity. Any fee required in conjunction with a criminal history background information check of a nonpublic current employee shall be paid by the State Department of Education, unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines that public funds may not be used for this purpose, then the fee shall be paid by the employer or the employee.

(c) The State Department of Education, local employing board, or other authorized public educational employer, may only request a criminal history background information check on a current employee or a current employee under review, who has unsupervised access to a child or children in an educational setting, through the chief executive officer.

(d) A nonpublic school employer may only request a criminal history background information check on a current employee or a current employee under review, who has unsupervised access to a child or children in an educational setting, through the chief executive officer of the nonpublic school employer.
Ala. Code § 16-28-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28 / Section 16-28-7
Section 16-28-7 Report of Enrollment
Status: in_force

At the end of the fifth day from the opening of the public school, the principal teacher of each public school, private school, and each private tutor, but not church school, shall report on forms prescribed by the State Superintendent of Education to the county superintendent of education, in the event the school is operated in territory under the control and supervision of the county board of education, or to the city superintendent of schools, in the event the school is operated in territory under the control and supervision of a city board of education, the names and addresses of all children of mandatory school attendance age who have enrolled in such schools; and thereafter, throughout the compulsory attendance period, the principal teacher of each school and private tutor shall report at least weekly the names and addresses of all children of mandatory school attendance age who enroll in the school or who, having enrolled, were absent without being excused, or whose absence was not satisfactorily explained by the parent, guardian, or other person having control of the child. The enrollment and attendance of a child in a church school shall be filed with the local public school superintendent by the parent, guardian, or other person in charge or control of the child on a form provided by the superintendent or his or her agent which shall be countersigned by the administrator of the church school and returned to the public school superintendent by the parent. Should the child cease attendance at a church school, the parent, guardian, or other person in charge or control of the child shall by prior consent at the time of enrollment direct the church school to notify the local public school superintendent or his or her agent that the child no longer is in attendance at a church school. This section may not be interpreted or construed as authorizing the Department of Education, the State Board of Education, or the State Superintendent of Education to license or regulate any private, nonpublic, or church school offering instruction in grades K-12, or any combination thereof.
Ala. Code § 16-22A-31 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 22A / Section 16-22A-31
Section 16-22A-31 Written Consent; Additional Check
Status: in_force

(a) The following persons shall obtain a signed and dated written consent to obtain criminal history background information checks for current public certified employees and current public noncertified employees who have or seek to have unsupervised access to children in an educational setting:

(1) Persons designated by the public local employing board.

(2) Persons designated by the State Department of Education.

(b) Refusal by a current public certified employee and current public noncertified employee to sign and date a consent to obtain a criminal history background information check and to provide two acceptable sets of fingerprints shall result in the preclusion of continued employment or certification of the employee in a position requiring unsupervised access to children, until such time as written permission has been given to the local employing board to conduct the criminal history background information check.

(c) If a current public certified employee or current public noncertified employee has completed a criminal history background information check pursuant to this chapter after July 1, 1999, he or she shall not be subject to an additional criminal history background information check pursuant to this chapter based only upon his or her status as a current public certified employee or current public noncertified employee. Such an employee may be subject to an additional criminal history background information check pursuant to this chapter if the employee has the status of current employee under review.
Ala. Code § 16-55-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 55 / Section 16-55-8
Section 16-55-8 Scholarships to School of Nursing - Who Eligible
Status: in_force

To be eligible to receive a scholarship provided by this chapter, 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 South Alabama and shall have met the requirements for professional nursing education as determined by the School of Nursing of the University of South Alabama.
Ala. Code § 16-60-172 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-172
Section 16-60-172 Funds for Construction of Buildings and Preparation of Building Sites; Supervision of Construction
Status: in_force

For the purpose of constructing buildings and preparing building sites for the trade or technical school provided for by this article, there is hereby authorized the use of any bond issues, appropriations, grants, gifts or any other funds which may be made available to the board of education from any source whatsoever. All buildings to be constructed for the purpose of providing the physical facilities for such trade school shall be under the supervision and direction of the Building Commission, or any agency designated by the Legislature as its successor, and no funds shall be expended for such purpose without approval of the Building Commission.
Ala. Code § 16-60-111.13 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-111.13
Section 16-60-111.13 Legislative Recommendations
Status: in_force

The board shall consider the educational needs of the state and on and with the advice of the Chancellor shall recommend to the Governor and to the Legislature such additional legislation or changes in the existing legislation as may be deemed desirable. Recommendations may be in the form of prepared bills and shall be submitted to the Governor and the Legislature.
Ala. Code § 16-27A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 27A / Section 16-27A-6
Section 16-27A-6 Transfer of Responsibility for Payment of Fine
Status: in_force

(a) The owner shall not be responsible for payment of the civil fine resulting from a notice of violation if each of the following conditions apply:

(1) The vehicle was operated at the time of the violation by a person who was not the owner or an agent or employee of the owner.

(2) The owner signs and timely transmits to the governing body on the form provided with the notice of violation and in accordance with the procedure set out on the notice of violation a statement that he or she was not operating the vehicle at the time of the violation, and that the person who was operating the vehicle was not the agent or employee of the owner.

(3) The owner timely transmits to the governing body on the form provided with the notice of violation and in accordance with the procedure set out on the notice of violation the name and mailing address of the person who was operating the vehicle.

(4) The civil fine is paid by any person, unless there is adjudication that no violation occurred or there is otherwise a lawful determination that no civil penalty shall be imposed.

(b) Whenever a county or municipality timely receives the information required from the owner to transfer responsibility, the county, municipality, or its contractor shall issue a new notice of violation to the person to whom the owner transferred responsibility with an explanation as to why the person is receiving the notice of violation, in the same manner as if the person were the owner of the vehicle. The person shall be responsible for payment of the civil fine unless the person either:

(1) Timely returns a signed statement on a form provided with the notice of violation that he or she was not the operator and declining responsibility, in which case responsibility shall fall back to the owner.

(2) Admits to being the operator but denies committing a violation, in which case the person may contest the notice of violation in the same manner as the owner may contest the notice of violation.

(c) In cases in which a person other than the owner denies he or she was the operator and declines responsibility, a new notice shall be issued to the owner stating that the other person declined responsibility and giving the owner the option of paying the civil fine or contesting the violation by a stated date that shall be not less than 20 days from the mailing of the new notice. The owner may not attempt to transfer responsibility more than one time using this procedure. If the owner chooses to contest the notice of violation after the owner has unsuccessfully attempted to transfer responsibility using this procedure, and the owner claims in defense that another person was the operator of the vehicle, the court may take appropriate action to cause the owner and the other person to appear at the same hearing to determine responsibility.
Ala. Code § 16-5-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-5
Section 16-5-5 Commission to Analyze and Evaluate Education Needs; Advisory and Consultant Groups; Council of Presidents
Status: in_force

The commission, in consultation with the agencies and institutions concerned with higher education in this state, shall analyze and evaluate on a continuing basis the present and future needs for instruction, research and public service in postsecondary education in the state, including facilities, and assess the present and future capabilities. The use of advisory groups and consultants, as deemed desirable, may be used to meet these needs in order to provide the highest possible quality of collegiate and university education to all persons in the state able and willing to participate. One such advisory committee shall be the Council of Presidents, consisting of the president of each public four-year institution of higher education and Athens State University, the Chancellor of Postsecondary Education, and the presidents of three public two-year institutions of higher education, to be selected by the chancellor.
Ala. Code § 16-60-302 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-302
Section 16-60-302 Certificate of Incorporation
Status: in_force

(a) When the application has been made, filed, and recorded as provided in this article, the applicants shall constitute a corporation under the name of the Community Outreach Partnership Center at Jefferson State Community College.

(b) The Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation, under the Great Seal of the State, and shall record the certificate with the application.

(c) No fees shall be paid to the Secretary of State for any work in connection with the incorporation of the corporation, which is hereinafter sometimes referred to as “the center.”
Ala. Code § 16-60-21 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-21
Section 16-60-21 Board of Trustees - Organization; Initial Officers; Vice-President; Meetings; Terms of Members; Compensation and Expenses
Status: in_force

The Governor shall be ex officio chairman of the board; and he shall call a meeting of such board within 60 days after September 8, 1961. At this meeting the board shall organize itself, make provision for the preparation and adoption of bylaws and rules and regulations to govern it and elect a vice-president and a secretary-treasurer. The vice-president elected at the organizational meeting of the board shall hold office for a term of two years and until his successor has been elected. Successors to the vice-president elected at the organizational meeting of the board shall hold office for such time as is prescribed in the bylaws and rules adopted by the board. The secretary-treasurer elected at the organizational meeting of the board shall serve until a president and a treasurer for the college have been elected and employed. Thereafter the president of the college and the treasurer of the college shall be ex officio the secretary and the treasurer, respectively, of the board of trustees.

The board may prescribe the number of regular meetings to be held each year and may provide that during the biennium immediately following September 8, 1961, the board shall meet more frequently than thereafter; however, the board shall meet at least once each quarter in every year. Special meetings may be called at any time by the chairman or by any six members thereof.

All ex officio members of the board of trustees shall serve as such members so long as they hold the office of which membership on this board of trustees is an ex officio duty; and the members appointed by the Governor shall serve for a term concurrent with the term of the Governor appointing them or until the expiration of the term of the municipal office which they held when appointed, whichever occurs last. Successors to the appointed members of the board of trustees shall be appointed by the Governor in like manner and for like terms as the first members appointed to the board.

Board members shall receive no compensation for serving on such board of trustees; however, they may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses actually incurred in attending meetings of the board and performing the duties hereby imposed upon them relative to the establishment, maintenance and operation of the proposed junior college.
Ala. Code § 16-47-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-7
Section 16-47-7 Books May Be Furnished Law Department
Status: in_force

The justices of the Supreme Court are authorized from time to time to set apart and turn over to the law department of the university copies of such secondhand or superseded law books, known as textbooks, as they may deem expedient, the marshal and librarian taking proper receipts therefor.
Ala. Code § 16-5-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-4
Section 16-5-4 Organization; Chairperson; Meetings, Quorum, Agenda, Etc.; Expenses; Executive Director and Employees; Retirement System
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall elect annually from its own members a chairperson and such other officers as it deems desirable and shall adopt rules for its organization in the conduct of its business.

(b) The commission shall hold regular meetings at such times as are specified in its rules. Special or additional meetings may be held on call of the chairperson, or upon a call signed by at least six members, or upon call of the Governor. The commission is encouraged to meet as often as seems desirable on the campuses of institutions of higher education in the state. The commission shall meet at least once every three months. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum at all its meetings but the approval of a new unit or program of instruction, or a new public institution of higher education, or the recommendation for a new unit of research or public service as provided in Section 16-5-8, shall require the concurrence of a majority of all the members of the commission. An agenda for the meetings in sufficient detail to indicate the terms on which final action is contemplated shall be mailed to the chairperson of each governing board and to the chief administrative officer of each public institution of higher education at least two weeks prior to the meeting. Any public institution of postsecondary education or the State Board of Education may place an item for discussion on the agenda of the next commission meeting by informing the executive director of the commission, in writing, of such request at least three weeks prior to the meeting.

(c) Members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(d) The commission may appoint a highly qualified person as its executive director who shall, with the consent and approval of the commission, select and supervise the commission’s staff and perform such other duties as may be delegated to the executive director by the commission, within the amounts made available for the operation of the commission. The appointment of the executive director shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate. Failure of the Senate to confirm the executive director shall result in his or her dismissal within 90 days thereafter.

(e) The executive director shall, with the consent and approval of the commission, employ professional and clerical staff and other assistants, including specialists and consultants, upon a full-time or part-time basis as are necessary to assist the commission and the executive director in performing the duties assigned 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.

(f) All full-time employees of the commission shall be eligible to participate in the state Teachers’ Retirement System.
Ala. Code § 16-25-45 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-45
Section 16-25-45 Appropriations; Funding for Benefits
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby appropriated from the Education Trust Fund to the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama $7,276,740 for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1988, or such amounts as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section as it relates to the Teachers’ Retirement System.

(b) There is hereby appropriated from the Education Trust Fund to the Employees’ Retirement System $22,500 for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1988, or such amounts as are necessary to carry out the provisions 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 of the members required to be paid the retirement system. Each employer of members of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama shall pay on account of the increases 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 increases provided in this article shall be distributed from all funds in proportion to the salaries paid therefrom for active members.
Ala. Code § 16-18-18 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 18 / Section 16-18-18
Section 16-18-18 Earnings of Authority
Status: in_force

The authority shall be a nonprofit corporation, and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, association or corporation, except, that in the event the board of directors of the authority shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, bonds and other obligations of the authority, then any net earnings thereafter accruing shall be paid to the determining municipality.
Ala. Code § 16-49-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 49 / Section 16-49-2
Section 16-49-2 Existing Policies, Procedures, Etc., Relative to Faculty, Students, Etc
Status: in_force

The personnel policies and procedures and statement of academic freedom and tenure for the faculty, other officers and professional and operating staff of the university, and the statement of rights and responsibilities of students of the university in force on September 5, 1975, shall be read, construed and have effect as if they were prescribed by the board of trustees created in this chapter; provided, that the board shall prescribe such amendments as it deems necessary and proper and that no person shall be deprived of any right or benefit earned prior to September 5, 1975.
Ala. Code § 16-56-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 56 / Section 16-56-7
Section 16-56-7 Board of Trustees - Transfer of Jurisdiction, Etc., to Board of Trustees
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees of Troy University shall have the exclusive jurisdiction, supervision, and control of Troy University. The board may promulgate any rules of procedure as it deems necessary and appropriate. In addition to the powers, duties, and authority vested in the board of trustees, the board shall have and exercise all power, authority, and duties previously conferred on, vested in, or required of the Board of Trustees of Troy State University, as was transferred to the board from the State Board of Education on September 7, 1967.
Ala. Code § 16-33C-12 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 33C / Section 16-33C-12
Section 16-33C-12 Additional Duties of Savings Board
Status: in_force

In addition to any other requirements of this chapter, the Savings Board shall:

(1) Make available summary information on the ABLE Program and ACES Program to all contributors to savings agreements.

(2) Prepare, or cause to be prepared, an annual accounting of the ABLE Program and ACES Program and transmit a copy of same to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(3) Make all necessary and appropriate arrangements with colleges and universities in order to fulfill its obligations under savings agreements.
Ala. Code § 16-6J-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6J / Section 16-6J-6
Section 16-6J-6 Availability of Educational Savings Accounts; Administration of Program; Rulemaking Authority
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that educational savings accounts be made available to parents of participating students beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year.

(b) The department shall administer the program with respect to parents of eligible students by doing all of the following:

(1) Create and disseminate a standard application form for parents seeking to participate in the program.

(2) Establish and publicize a deadline by which application forms must be submitted to the department.

(3) Receive applications and approve applications for parents of eligible students to whom the department has awarded a tax credit under Section 16-6J-3 and who meet the requirements of Section 16-6J-4(a).

(4) Create an ESA for the parent of the participating student and make deposits of the amount of any tax credits awarded under Section 16-6J-3.

(5) Establish a system by which a parent of a participating student can make periodic payments from ESAs to an education service provider or participating school, including by electronic or online fund transfer. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the payment of program funds directly to a participating student or his or her parent.

(6) Provide to parents of participating students a written explanation of qualifying expenses, their responsibilities under the program, the duties and responsibilities of the department, and the provisions of this chapter related to misuse of program funds.

(7) At the expiration of an academic year, remit any unused ESA funds to the CHOOSE Act Fund established pursuant to Section 16-6J-8.

(8) Comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g.

(c) The department shall administer the program with respect to participating schools and education service providers by doing all of the following:

(1) Create and disseminate a standard application form for a person or entity to establish eligibility as a participating school or education service provider.

(2) Establish and publicize a deadline by which application forms must be submitted to the department.

(3) Receive applications and approve applications for participating schools and education service providers that meet the requirements of Section 16-6J-5(a) or (b).

(4) Provide to education service providers and participating schools a written explanation of qualifying expenses, their responsibilities under the program, and the duties and responsibilities of the department.

(5) Maintain and routinely update the list of approved participating schools and education service providers on the department’s website.

(d) The department shall make available on its website aggregate information regarding the number and amount of credits claimed each tax year pursuant to this chapter.

(e) The department shall adopt and enforce rules necessary to implement this chapter, subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 22, Title 41. Notwithstanding the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, the department shall adopt emergency rules necessary to promptly and effectively begin administration of the program. Any rule necessary for initial implementation of the program may be adopted as an emergency rule, which shall remain effective for as long as necessary to facilitate initial implementation of the program.

(f) The department may enter into contracts for the implementation of all or part of this chapter. Any procurement necessary for the initial implementation of the program shall be considered a special procurement under Section 41-4-137.

(g) For purposes of administering the program, the department may seek federal verification of an individual’s immigration status with the federal government pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1373(c). The department shall not attempt to independently make a final determination of whether any individual is lawfully present in the United States.
Ala. Code § 16-33C-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 33C / Section 16-33C-5
Section 16-33C-5 Powers of Board
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers granted by any other provision of this chapter, the Savings Board and PACT board shall have, as agents of the State of Alabama, the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, to develop and implement the ABLE Program, ACES Program and the PACT Program, and the powers delegated by any other law of the state or any executive order thereof including, but not limited to, the following express powers:

(1) To adopt and amend bylaws.

(2) To adopt the rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter either with or without compliance with the state Administrative Procedure Act.

(3) To invest as they deem appropriate any funds in the plan in any instrument, obligation, security, or property that constitutes legal investments for public funds in the state, including legal investments for the State Treasurer and the Alabama Trust Fund, and to name and use depositories for its investments and holdings.

(4) To contract with a purchaser under the PACT Program.

(5) To enter into savings agreements under the ABLE Program and ACES Program.

(6) To enter into and execute contracts and other instruments for necessary goods and services, to employ necessary personnel, and to engage the services of qualified persons and entities for administrative and technical assistance in carrying out the responsibilities of the plan, under terms and conditions that the PACT board or Savings Board deems reasonable and appropriate. All such contracts awarded by the PACT board or Savings Board may be for periods not exceeding five years, except that professional services contracts awarded by the Savings Board may be for periods not exceeding ten years.

(7) To contract with other states to participate under the rules of another state’s qualified ABLE Program or to authorize the participation of a contracting state in the Alabama ABLE Program.

(8) To apply for, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from public or private sources to enable it to carry out its objectives and the purposes of this chapter.

(9) To define the terms and conditions of and enter into PACT contracts and savings agreements.

(10) To delegate to the State Treasurer the responsibilities of the day-to-day administration of the plan.

(11) To establish other policies, procedures, and criteria necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this chapter.

(12) To authorize the State Treasurer to approve marketing material produced for the plan. Neither the state, the State Treasurer, the PACT board, nor the Savings Board is liable for misrepresentation by a marketing agent.
Ala. Code § 16-40-23 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 40 / Section 16-40-23
Section 16-40-23 Duty of Attorney General
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall defend any litigation filed against any local board of education in the state or any officer, employee, or agent thereof based upon the board’s actions in implementing this article without cost to the local board of education. Should any local board of education be ordered to pay any fine, court cost, or attorneys’ fees following such litigation, the Legislature shall appropriate funds for that purpose separate and apart from any other budget allocation.
Ala. Code § 16-25D-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25D / Section 16-25D-8
Section 16-25D-8 Investment of Funds; Operation of Trust Fund
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Teachers’ Retirement System invest the funds of the trust fund and the trustees operate the trust fund in compliance with the Internal Revenue Code in a manner that could allow the trust fund to maximize investment earnings while minimizing the costs to the trust fund. It is also the intent of the Legislature that the trust fund be operated in a manner that satisfies the definition of other post-employment benefits trusts under generally accepted governmental accounting principles.

(b) The trust fund is not subject to any law which conflicts with the intent of the Legislature as expressed in subsection (a) or prevents or unreasonably hinders the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-47-127 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-127
Section 16-47-127 Agreement by Recipients to Practice in Certain Areas; Immediate Liability Upon Default; Penalty Provisions; Proceedings for Recovery of Amount Due; Death, Disability May Excuse Repayment
Status: in_force

(a) Each recipient of a loan under this division shall enter into an agreement with the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards whereby the recipient agrees to practice in an area as defined in Section 16-47-126. In the event of a default or other breach of contract by the recipient of loans provided under this division, or other termination of contract prior to the completion of the period of medical education and training, the individual shall be liable for immediate repayment of the total principal loan amount plus interest at the rate of eight percent accruing from the date of default or termination and an additional penalty as specified:

(1) For default or termination of a loan for one scholastic year, a penalty equal to 20 percent of the total principal amount of the loan.

(2) For default or termination of a loan for two scholastic years, a penalty equal to 30 percent of the total principal amount of the loan.

(3) For default or termination of a loan for three scholastic years, a penalty equal to 40 percent of the total principal amount of the loan.

(4) For default or termination of a loan for four scholastic years, a penalty equal to 50 percent of the total principal amount of the loan.

(5) If default or termination occurs after the fourth year but prior to the completion of a residency training program accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education in a generalists specialty as determined by the board, a penalty equal to 100 percent of the total principal amount of the loan.

(6) If default or termination occurs after completion of a residency training program but prior to completion of the repayment obligation as set forth in Section 16-47-126, a penalty equal to 200 percent of the total principal amount of the loan.

(b) The Attorney General or any district attorney, upon request of the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards, shall institute proceedings in the name of the state for the purpose of recovering any amount due the state under this division. Any sums recovered under Section 16-47-125 or this section from loan recipients or paid by the recipients to the board shall be retained by the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards for funding of future scholarships.

(c) In the event of death of a recipient or upon the recipients’ becoming permanently disabled to an extent that he or she is no longer able to engage in the practice of medicine, repayment of the loan may be excused by the board.
Ala. Code § 16-18-21 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 18 / Section 16-18-21
Section 16-18-21 Dissolution of Authority and Vesting of Title to Its Properties
Status: in_force

At any time when the authority does not have any bonds outstanding and when there shall be no obligations assumed by the authority that are then outstanding, the board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of said resolution in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the authority’s original certificate of incorporation was filed, the authority shall thereupon stand dissolved, and in the event it owned any property at the time of its dissolution the title to all its property shall thereupon vest in the determining municipality. In the event the authority shall at any time have outstanding bonds issued hereunder payable out of the revenues from various ancillary improvements, then, as and when the principal of and the interest on all bonds payable, in whole or in part, from the revenues derived from any particular ancillary improvements shall have been paid in full, title to the ancillary improvements with respect to which the bonds so paid in full have been paid shall thereupon vest in the determining municipality, but such vesting of title in the determining municipality shall not affect the title of the authority to any other ancillary improvements the revenues from which are pledged for the payment of any other bonds then outstanding. The formation of one or more authorities under the provisions of this chapter shall not prevent the subsequent formation hereunder of other authorities with respect to the same determining municipality.
Ala. Code § 16-41-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 41 / Section 16-41-8
Section 16-41-8 Teaching of Sex Education Not Authorized
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize or require the teaching of sex education in any form.
Ala. Code § 16-3-39 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-39
Section 16-3-39 Indemnification of Members
Status: in_force

Members of the State Board of Education shall be indemnified for any loss incurred as a result of damage done in the performance of their duty as a member of the State Board of Education and for which the member is personally liable. The indemnification shall be made by including such members under the general liability insurance coverage of the General Liability Trust Fund in accordance with the provisions of Section 36-1-6.1.
Ala. Code § 16-10-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 10 / Section 16-10-5
Section 16-10-5 Dismissal of Pupils
Status: in_force

No teacher shall dismiss pupils during school hours or close the school during school hours, except in an emergency, without the consent of the board of school trustees or the county superintendent of education.
Ala. Code § 16-6I-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6I / Section 16-6I-7
Section 16-6I-7 Reporting Requirements
Status: in_force

(a) On or before the first legislative day of the 2025 Regular Session, the superintendent shall submit a report to the Legislature regarding the design and implementation status of the program. The report shall be submitted to the Chairs of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee, Senate Education Policy Committee, House Ways and Means Education Committee, and House Education Policy Committee.

(b) On or before the first legislative day of the 2026 Regular Session, the superintendent shall submit a report to the Chairs of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee, Senate Education Policy Committee, House Ways and Means Education Committee, and House Education Policy Committee that details all of the following:

(1) The method for identifying exemplary, high-quality principal mentors to participate in providing instruction through the program.

(2) The number of school administrators, by title, who attended the program during the immediately preceding year and the number of those school administrators who successfully completed the program.

(3) The number of school administrators, by title, expected to participate in the program during the immediately succeeding year.

(4) The number of principals who have met or exceeded their student growth goals as identified through the evaluation system.

(5) The manner in which the department expects to measure the success of the program, including measuring improved retention, improvements in school climate, and improved student outcomes.

(6) A recommendation concerning whether to continue the program, any recommended changes to the program, and the estimated cost of continuing the program.
Ala. Code § 16-4-15 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-15
Section 16-4-15 Census for Schools
Status: reserved

(a) 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 taking of a decennial school census of all children in the state between six and 16 years of age, also the forms and blanks to be employed in taking such census and in compiling the reports thereon. The next school census shall be taken in 2008 and every 10 years thereafter, and the State Superintendent of Education may cause the whole or any part of the school census of any county or of any city to be retaken at any time, if, in the judgment of the State Superintendent of Education, the whole or any part of the census has not been properly taken.

(b) Should a constitutional amendment removing the requirements of the school census be ratified by the people, the provisions of this section thereby shall be automatically repealed without further action required of the Legislature.
Ala. Code § 16-25-11.5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-11.5
Section 16-25-11.5 Purchase of Credit for Employment in Support Personnel Position
Status: in_force

(a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama shall be eligible to receive up to five years of creditable service for employment in a support personnel position in the State of Alabama, if the member claiming the credit has not less than 10 years of contributing membership service exclusive of military service credit under the Teachers’ Retirement System, and the member performs and complies with the conditions prescribed in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) A member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama eligible under subsection (a) of this section may receive credit as provided in subsection (a) if as a condition precedent to the receipt of the credit: (i) the member contributes prior to his or her date of retirement, to the Teachers’ Retirement System for each year of claimed service credit the full actuarially determined cost for each year of service credit as determined by the system’s actuary; (ii) the member shall claim, purchase and receive credit for support personnel service in increments of not less than one year unless the member’s total or balance of claimed service is less than one year in which event he or she shall claim and purchase credit for the entire period.

(c) Anything in this section to the contrary notwithstanding, a member shall not be eligible to purchase credit under this section for service for which he or she already has credit under the Teachers’ Retirement System or any other retirement or pension plan which is wholly or partly funded from public funds or other moneys of public institutions of this or any other state, provided that nothing herein shall be construed to apply to participation in the federal Social Security program. In the event of disqualification of service purchased under this section, contributions made on account of the disqualified service shall be refunded to the member.
Ala. Code § 16-15-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Section 16-15-6
Section 16-15-6 Members, Officers and Directors; Record of Proceedings
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 16-24-20 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 24 / Section 16-24-20
Section 16-24-20 Procedures Applicable to Tenure Disputes in General
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
Ala. Code § 16-9-17 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Section 16-9-17
Section 16-9-17 Building Program; Local Attendance District Boundaries
Status: in_force

(a) The county superintendent of education shall recommend a building program adequate to the present and future needs of the schools in the county, subject to the provisions of this title.

(b) He shall recommend a plan for the laying out of such local attendance district or districts as will best serve the interests of the entire county and shall submit the same for approval and adoption by the county board of education.
Ala. Code § 16-1-55 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-55
Section 16-1-55 Providing No Cost Feminine Hygiene Products to Students
Status: in_force

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

(1) FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS. Includes sanitary napkins and tampons.

(2) QUALIFYING SCHOOL. A public school that satisfies each of the following criteria:

a. Provides instruction in grades five through 12.

b. Receives Title I funds.

(b)(1) There is established a grant program to award funds to local boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products to students enrolled in qualifying schools at no cost to those students. The program shall be administered by the State Department of Education, and the department shall develop procedures for the administration of the program.

(2)a. The State Superintendent of Education, annually on or before September 1, shall certify the total funds available to be awarded under the program each school year and shall allocate grant awards to the applicable local board of education for each qualifying school on a pro rata basis based on the total number of female students enrolled in grades 5 through 12 at those schools.

b. The department shall annually reimburse each local board of education the actual cost of feminine hygiene products and dispensers purchased by the local board for distribution at each qualifying school, not to exceed the annual grant allocation for that school.

(3) The State Superintendent of Education shall annually notify the local superintendent of education for each qualifying school of the amount of grant funds allocated to each local board of education for the qualifying school, and the local superintendent shall also provide notice to the department regarding the intention of each school to participate in the program.

(4) Any qualifying school that accepts a grant award under this section shall provide feminine hygiene products to female students in grades 5 through 12 through a female school counselor, female nurse, or female teacher selected by the principal at no cost to students.

(5) Grants shall be awarded annually beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, and each school year thereafter.

(6) The grants provided by this section shall be contingent on the availability of funds. The Legislature may appropriate funds to the department for this program, and the department may accept funds from nongovernmental entities to be used for this program. Funds not expended in any fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain with the department for use in implementing this program.
Ala. Code § 16-25-13.1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-13.1
Section 16-25-13.1 Purchase of Credit for Service at Athens State University and State Junior Colleges; Procedure
Status: in_force

(a) All employees of state junior colleges and Athens State University who are participating in the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama on July 22, 1987, may elect to purchase credit for their total years of service rendered to such employer prior to the time said employer was covered by the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama, up to a maximum of five years.

(b) Any employee electing to purchase credit pursuant to subsection (a) shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer within one year after October 1, 1987, a lump sum payment equal to a percentage of his or her then earnable compensation; the applicable percentage shall be the sum of the prevailing percentage rates of employer and member contributions as required by the actuarial valuations during the years for which such person is purchasing prior service credit.
Ala. Code § 16-13-182 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-182
Section 16-13-182 When District Tax Cannot Be Levied
Status: in_force

No election in any rural or city school tax district shall be held for the purpose of levying and collecting a special school tax for school purposes unless the county in which said rural or city school tax district is located shall be levying and collecting special county taxes for school purposes of not less than $.30 on each $100.00 worth of taxable property in such county.
Ala. Code § 16-61-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 61 / Section 16-61-4
Section 16-61-4 Challenge Grant Money; Accounting Methods
Status: in_force

Such challenge grants shall be matched by the university’s foundation on a basis of $3.00 of contributions and accrued interest thereon, received by said university’s foundation for every $2.00 in challenge grant money from the Alabama Trust Fund for Eminent Scholars. Matching funds shall come from contributions, and accrued interest thereon, received by such university’s foundation after October 1, 1985, which are for the eminent scholars fund or from unpledged contributions, and accrued interest thereon, received by such university’s foundation. Each university’s foundation shall establish an Eminent Scholars Fund account for each grant, which shall serve as the depository for funds received pursuant to this chapter. State matching funds in the amount of $400,000.00 shall be transferred by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to a university’s foundation within 90 days of notification, by such university’s foundation to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, that such university’s foundation has received and deposited $600,000.00 in its Eminent Scholars Trust Fund account. But no matching funds shall be transferred by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education until the Alabama Commission on Higher Education has verification, in the form of a current bank statement, from the respective university’s foundation that such university’s foundation has a total of at least $600,000.00 in its eminent scholars fund.
Ala. Code § 16-34-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 34 / Section 16-34-2
Section 16-34-2 County and City Boards to Cooperate with State Board
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of county and city boards of education to cooperate with the State Board of Education in the removal of illiteracy in the territory under their respective jurisdictions, and to this end the said boards may appropriate from public school funds such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-4-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-6
Section 16-4-6 Execution of Educational Policy
Status: in_force

The State Superintendent of Education shall execute the educational policy of the State Board of Education. He shall call and conduct conferences of county or city boards of education, county superintendents of education, city superintendents of schools, supervisors, attendance officers, principals and teachers on matters relating to the condition, needs and improvements of the schools.
Ala. Code § 16-13-192 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-192
Section 16-13-192 School Tax District - Map - Required Generally; Duration of Boundaries
Status: in_force

The county board of education shall have a proper map of such school tax district made and recorded as herein provided.

The levy of the district school tax shall operate to fix the boundaries of such school tax district for the time of such special levy, except as hereinafter provided.
Ala. Code § 16-30D-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 30D / Section 16-30D-8
Section 16-30D-8 Availability of Automated External Defibrillator
Status: in_force

The Legislature encourages the availability of an automated external defibrillator (AED) within three minutes retrieval time at any athletic activity.
Ala. Code § 16-15-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Section 16-15-2
Section 16-15-2 Legislative Findings of Fact and Declaration of Intent
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 16-47-124 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-124
Section 16-47-124 Types of Awards
Status: in_force

There shall be two types of awards as follows:

(1) LOANS. A number of loans equal in number to 20 percent of the student body of the medical schools in the State of Alabama, each in an amount of up to the average cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses, as set forth in the current catalogs of the University of Alabama School of Medicine or the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, for the year of each enrollment. These loans shall be available to any resident of Alabama of good character who has been accepted for matriculation by one of the medical schools of Alabama preference being given to those applicants who can show an economic need, and who commit in writing to practice in a rural area in a generalists specialty as determined by the board. The board may, in its discretion, permit students to apply for a loan under this subdivision in any scholastic year and for any previously completed scholastic year of medical education. These loans shall be repaid following graduation, under the terms of a contract to practice clinical medicine in an area of Alabama identified by the board as medically underserved for a term of years, as hereinafter set forth.

(2) MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS. A number of merit scholarships equal in number to five percent of the student body of the medical schools in the State of Alabama, each in an amount not to exceed $5,000 (five thousand dollars) per annum or $20,000 (twenty thousand dollars) over a four-year period shall be granted to students with high scholastic achievement and excellent character who will attend one of the medical schools of the State of Alabama. The students to whom merit scholarships are granted shall not be obligated to repay the amount of the scholarship award.
Ala. Code § 16-24C-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 24C / Section 16-24C-2
Section 16-24C-2 Legislative Intent
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to improve the quality of public education in the State of Alabama by doing all of the following:

(1) Providing for fundamental fairness and due process to employees covered by this chapter.

(2) Restoring primary authority and responsibility for maintaining a competent educational workforce to employers covered by this chapter.

(3) Enhancing the ability of public educational agencies to increase student academic achievement and student performance through effective allocation of personnel resources.

(4) Investing employers covered by this chapter with the discretion and flexibility necessary to make the most effective use of limited educational resources.

(5) Eliminating costly, cumbersome, and counterproductive legal challenges to routine personnel decisions by simplifying administrative adjudication and review of contested personnel decisions.
Ala. Code § 16-25-170 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-170
Section 16-25-170 Increase in Benefits to Members and Beneficiaries
Status: in_force

(a) Commencing October 1, 2002, there is provided an increase in benefits to each person currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 2001, for purposes of receiving benefits, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees currently receiving survivor benefits, if the effective date of retirement or death for the deceased retiree or deceased member was prior to October 1, 2001, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System, a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of three percent of the current gross benefit, but not less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month.

(b) Commencing October 1, 2002, there is provided an increase in benefits to certain persons identified in this subsection who are currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 2001, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees who are currently receiving survivor benefits if the effective date of retirement or death for the deceased member or retiree was prior to October 1, 2001, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System shall receive a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of three percent of the current gross benefit. In no case shall the COLA be less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month. The benefits provided in this subsection are limited to those retirees whose participation in the Employees’ Retirement System was based on Section 36-27-6, and whose employer at the time of retirement was a local board of education or a state-supported institution of higher education. The benefits granted in this subsection shall not apply to any other participants in the Employees’ Retirement System.

(c) Any future survivor allowance shall be adjusted as provided in the members’ original option selection for those eligible retirees who have selected a monthly survivor allowance payable to a designated beneficiary upon the death of the retiree, or as otherwise provided by law in the case of a qualifying member who dies prior to October 1, 2002.

(d) Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid program and whose eligibility for the benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article shall not be entitled to receive the increase. Any person who shall subsequently apply for benefits under the Medicaid program and who would have his or her eligibility to receive benefits impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article, shall not be entitled to receive the increase after the date that the member files application for benefits under the Medicaid program.

(e) The Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System shall determine annually the amount required to pay the cost of the increased allowance provided under this section, and shall notify the chief fiscal officer of each employer of the per centum rates of earnable compensation of the members required to be paid to the retirement system. Each employer of members of the Teachers’ Retirement System shall pay on account of the increases provided in this section in the same manner and from the same source of funds as provided in Section 16-25-21, it being the intent of the Legislature that the cost of providing the increases in this section shall be distributed from all funds in proportion to the salaries paid therefrom for active members.
Ala. Code § 16-2-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 2 / Section 16-2-6
Section 16-2-6 Public Kindergarten Pilot Programs
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2000-757, §3, 2000 Regular Session, effective July 1, 2000.
Ala. Code § 16-55-6.1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 55 / Section 16-55-6.1
Section 16-55-6.1 Board of Trustees - Participation in Meetings by Electronic Communications
Status: in_force

Members of the Board of Trustees of the University of South Alabama may participate in a meeting of the board or committee by means of telephone conference, video conference, or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting may hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting for all purposes. However, a majority of a quorum of the members of the board of trustees, or, in the event of a meeting of only the executive committee, a majority of a quorum of the executive committee of the board of trustees must be physically present at the location noticed and called for the meeting in order to conduct any business or deliberation. Members of the board of trustees and any committees of the board of trustees may not utilize electronic communications except as in compliance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act. Notice of board meetings shall be provided in accordance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act, and telephone or video conference or similar communications equipment shall also allow members of the public the opportunity to simultaneously listen to or observe such meetings.
Ala. Code § 16-25-27 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-27
Section 16-25-27 Admissibility in Evidence of Photo-Reproduced Copies of Records or Documents Maintained by System
Status: in_force

Official copies of records or documents maintained on microfilm, microfiche or other photo reproductive material of archival quality by the Teachers’ Retirement System shall be admissible as primary evidence in any legal, judicial or administrative proceeding or action for the purpose of proving the truth of the contents of the photo-reproduced copies of such records or documents, regardless of any rule of evidence or law relating to the proof of such matters; provided, that the Secretary-Treasurer of the Retirement System of Alabama shall certify on such copies offered into evidence that the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama is not in possession of the original and that the copy is a true and correct representation of the original.
Ala. Code § 16-16-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-16-4
Section 16-16-4 Application for Incorporation
Status: in_force

(a) To become a corporation, the Governor, the State Superintendent of Education and the Director of Finance shall present to the Secretary of State of Alabama an application signed by them which shall set forth:

(1) The name, official designation and official residence of each of the applicants, together with a certified copy of the commission evidencing each applicant’s right to office;

(2) The date on which each applicant was inducted into office and the term of office of each of the applicants;

(3) The name of the proposed corporation, which shall be the Alabama Public School and College Authority;

(4) The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation; and

(5) Any other matter relating to the incorporation which the applicants may choose to insert and which is not inconsistent with this chapter or the laws of the State of Alabama.

(b) The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgments to deeds.

(c) The Secretary of State shall examine the application; and, if he finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this section, he shall receive and file it and record it in an appropriate book of records in his office.
Ala. Code § 16-30D-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 30D / Section 16-30D-2
Section 16-30D-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) AHSAA. The Alabama High School Athletic Association.

(2) AISA. The Alabama Independent School Association.

(3) ATHLETIC ACTIVITY.

a. This term includes any of the following activities:

1. Interscholastic athletics at any school.

2. Any athletic contest or competition other than interscholastic athletics that is sponsored by or associated with a school, including club-sponsored sports activities.

3. Competitive or noncompetitive cheerleading that is sponsored by or associated with a school.

4. Any practices, including interscholastic practices or scrimmages for any activities listed in this paragraph.

b. This term does not include any recreational sports activity that is not associated with a school, including a city or county recreational youth sports league.

(4) BOARD. The State Board of Education.

(5) SCHOOL. Any public or private K-12 school.

(6) STUDENT ATHLETE. A student who is enrolled in a K-12 school and participates in any athletic activity.
Ala. Code § 16-28-24 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28 / Section 16-28-24
Section 16-28-24 Church Schools May Waive Exemptions Specified in This Article
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding entitlement to the exemptions provided church schools under Sections 16-28-1, 16-1-11, 16-28-3, 16-28-7, 16-28-8, 16-28-15, 16-28-23 and 16-40-1 any church school as defined in Section 16-28-1(2) shall certify to the local public school superintendent on forms supplied by the superintendent to the requesting church school that the exemptions specified herein are waived.
Ala. Code § 16-1B-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1B / Section 16-1B-4
Section 16-1B-4 Internet Safety Policy
Status: in_force

(a) No later than July 1, 2025, each local board of education shall adopt an Internet safety policy that addresses student access to the Internet on devices owned by the local board of education.

(b) The policy shall do all of the following:

(1) Limit Internet access by students to only age-appropriate subject matters and materials deemed age-appropriate pursuant to the policy.

(2) Provide specific procedures and other protections that prioritize the safety and security of students when using email, chat rooms, and other forms of direct electronic communication.

(3) Prohibit access by students to unlawfully obtained data or information, including hacking, and other unlawful online activity by students.

(4) Prohibit access to websites, web applications, or software that exposes students to the disclosure, use, or dissemination of their personal information.

(5) Prohibit students from accessing social media platforms, except when expressly directed by a teacher solely for educational purposes.

(c) The principal shall be responsible for ensuring consistent compliance with the policy by school personnel.
Ala. Code § 16-25-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-4
Section 16-25-4 Transfer of Membership from the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama Generally
Status: in_force

(a) Any member of the Teachers’ Retirement System who, not more than one year prior to becoming a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System, was a member of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama may elect to transfer to the Teachers’ Retirement System his service credits in said Employees’ Retirement System, as herein provided.

(b) Any such member so desiring to transfer such service credits shall notify the Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System after he becomes a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of his election to transfer such service credits and shall authorize transfer of the amount of his accumulated contributions to his credit in said Employees’ Retirement System to the annuity savings fund of the Teachers’ Retirement System.

(c) The Board of Control of the Employees’ Retirement System shall thereupon certify to the Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System the period of membership service creditable to the member at the time of separation from the Employees’ Retirement System, the period of prior service, if any, on his prior service certificate at the time of separation from the Employees’ Retirement System and the value of the prior service contribution allowable for such prior service under the Employees’ Retirement System. The member shall be credited in the Teachers’ Retirement System with the service credits so certified; and, if he continues as a member until retirement, he shall receive in addition to the benefits allowable under the Teachers’ Retirement System benefits based on the service and contributions so certified.

(d) If a member retires under the Teachers’ Retirement System within five years after having elected to transfer such service credits from said Employees’ Retirement System, the pension benefits payable with respect to such service credits shall not be greater than the pension benefits which would have been payable with respect thereto had he remained in said Employees’ Retirement System.

(e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System on October 9, 1947, who was a member of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama not more than one year prior to becoming a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System may effect such a transfer of service credits from said Employees’ Retirement System in the manner hereinabove described; provided, that he deposits in the Annuity Savings Fund of the Teachers’ Retirement System prior to January 1, 1954, the amount of his accumulated contributions paid to him by said Employees’ Retirement System.

(f) Should any person who has retired from the Employees’ Retirement System and who is receiving retirement benefits for service as a state employee become a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System, his benefits shall cease and the reserves remaining for his pension and annuity and all his service credits shall be transferred to the Teachers’ Retirement System. The member shall be credited in the Teachers’ Retirement System with the transfers so certified, and if he continues as a member until retirement his retirement benefits shall be based on his service in both systems.
Ala. Code § 16-10-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 10 / Section 16-10-6
Section 16-10-6 Incidental Fees in Elementary Schools
Status: in_force

No fees of any kind shall be collected from children attending any of the first six grades during the school term supported by public taxation; provided, that any county or city board of education shall be authorized to permit any school subject to its supervision to solicit and receive from such children or their parents or guardians voluntary contributions to be used for school purposes by the school where such children are attending; provided further, that the provisions of this section shall in no way affect or restrict the right or power of a school board to fix and collect tuition fees or charges from pupils attending schools under the jurisdiction of such board but who live outside the territory over which such board has jurisdiction.
Ala. Code § 16-60-218 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-218
Section 16-60-218 Training of Students
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 16-26A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 26A / Section 16-26A-5
Section 16-26A-5 School Year Basis; Summer Program; Short Courses, Seminars, Etc.; Extension Courses and Campuses
Status: in_force

(a) The school shall, at the discretion of the board, operate on the same school year basis as all other public schools in Alabama. Full-time students shall be enrolled for the entire school year and may enroll in the summer program.

(b) A summer program shall be offered for full-time students and for students who qualify to attend the school during such period.

(c) The school shall also offer short courses, workshops, seminars, weekend instructional programs, and other innovative programs which can be used to offer instruction to students not enrolled as full-time students in the school.

(d) The school, at the discretion of its board of directors may provide extension courses and campuses on the campuses of other colleges and universities within the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 16-20-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 20 / Section 16-20-7
Section 16-20-7 Township Lines Abolished
Status: in_force

Township lines for school purposes are abolished; but the inhabitants of no township shall be deprived of the sixteenth section or any fund arising therefrom, or of selling and leasing such lands as provided by law.
Ala. Code § 16-47-81 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-81
Section 16-47-81 Localities in Need of Dentists
Status: in_force

Any incorporated or unincorporated municipality or locality in the state having a population of less than 100,000 desiring additional dentists and wishing to be designated as a locality needing additional dentists may apply to the Board of Dental Scholarship and Loan Awards to be placed on a list of localities in need of additional dentists, which shall be maintained by the board. The application may be made either by the municipal governing body or by a petition signed by at least one twentieth of the qualified electors of the municipality or locality. If the board determines that the locality is in need of dentists, it shall place the locality on the list of localities in need of dentists from which recipients of scholarships may upon graduation select an area in which to practice. In compiling and maintaining the list, the board may place any locality thereon which, in its opinion, needs additional dentists. A locality on the list shall qualify as a place where participants in the Alabama Dental Service Program may work to repay loans awarded by the program.
Ala. Code § 16-39-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 39 / Section 16-39-2
Section 16-39-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the following respective interpretations:

(1) EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN. Persons between the ages of six and 21 years who have been certified under regulations of the State Board of Education by a specialist as being unsuited for enrollment in regular classes of the public schools or who are unable to be educated or trained adequately in the regular programs including, but not limited to: the mildly and moderately to severely retarded, and also the profoundly retarded; the speech impaired; the hearing impaired, deaf, and partially hearing; the blind and vision impaired; the crippled and those having other physical handicaps not otherwise specifically mentioned herein; the emotionally conflicted; those with special learning disabilities; the multiple handicapped; and the intellectually gifted.

(2) HEREIN, HEREBY, HEREUNDER, HEREOF. Refer to this chapter as an entirety and not solely to the particular section or portion thereof in which any such word is used.

(3) PLACEMENT COMMITTEE. A committee designated and appointed by the superintendent for determining the eligibility of exceptional children for placement in special school programs or classes. The committee shall be composed of representatives from the fields of medicine, education, and psychology whenever practicable. The committee, after study of all data available on each exceptional child, shall make recommendations concerning each child’s admission to a school program or class or withdrawal from a school program or class.

(4) RETARDED. Having subaverage general intellectual functioning which:

a. Either originates during the developmental period or results from brain damage caused by disease or physical injury occurring subsequent to the developmental period; and

b. Is associated with impairment in adaptive behavior.

(5) SCHOOL BOARD. A county, municipal, or other board of education in the State of Alabama and the school district associated therewith.

(6) SPECIALIST. A physician, psychologist, psychometrist, or other professional personnel qualified pursuant to regulations established by the State Board of Education to examine children for the purpose of determining whether they are exceptional children.

(7) SPECIAL SERVICES. Services relating to instruction of exceptional children (but not including the instruction itself) including, but not limited to: administrative services; transportation; diagnostic and evaluation services; social services; physical and occupational therapy; job placement; orientation and mobility training; braillist services and materials; typists and readers for the blind; special materials and equipment; and such other similar personnel, services, materials, and equipment as may from time to time be approved by regulations adopted hereunder by the State Board of Education.

(8) SUPERINTENDENT. The superintendent of a school board.

The definitions set forth in this section shall be deemed applicable whether the words defined are used in the singular or plural.
Ala. Code § 16-13-92 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-92
Section 16-13-92 Execution
Status: in_force

All warrants issued hereunder shall be executed in the name of the issuing county or city board of education, as the case may be, by the president of such board, shall be sealed with the seal of such board and attested by the secretary of the board. Coupons attached to such warrants shall be executed with either the manual or the facsimile signature of the president of such board. All warrants and coupons attached thereto issued hereunder bearing the signatures of officers in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and binding obligations notwithstanding that before the delivery and payment thereof such officers whose signatures appear thereon shall have ceased to be officers of such board.
Ala. Code § 16-1-47 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-47
Section 16-1-47 Information on Meningococcal Meningitis Disease and Its Vaccine to Be Provided to Parents and Guardians of Students
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Jessica Elkins Act.

(b) If a local board of education provides information on immunizations, infectious diseases, medications, or other school health issues to parents and guardians of students in grades six through 12, then all of the following information about meningococcal meningitis disease and its vaccine shall be included:

(1) A description of causes, symptoms, and means of transmission.

(2) A list of sources for additional information.

(3) Related recommendations issued by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(c) The State Department of Education, in cooperation with the Department of Public Health, shall develop and make available the information about meningococcal meningitis disease and its vaccine to local school systems as required under subsection (b) in an efficient manner that may include posting the information on its website.
Ala. Code § 16-1-41 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-41
Section 16-1-41 Orientation and Training for Members of Local Board of Education
Status: in_force

Each local public board of education shall adopt a policy for the orientation and ongoing training of members of its local board of education.
Ala. Code § 16-47A-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47A / Section 16-47A-9
Section 16-47A-9 Depositories for School Funds; Report of Board Transactions
Status: in_force

(a) The board may designate one or more depositories for school funds.

(b) The board shall make or cause to be made to the Legislature, at the beginning of each regular session thereof, a full report of board transactions and the condition of the university, including an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the university by those charged with the administration of its finances.
Ala. Code § 16-24C-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 24C / Section 16-24C-8
Section 16-24C-8 Hearings
Status: in_force

Whenever this chapter affords an employee the right to be heard by the governing board or the president of a two-year institution under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education before a decision on the recommendation of the chief executive officer or chief personnel officer of the two-year institution is made, and such right to be heard is requested by the employee as provided herein, the merits of the recommended employment action shall not be deliberated or determined by the governing board or the president of the two-year institution before the hearing except as provided for herein.
Ala. Code § 16-34-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 34 / Section 16-34-3
Section 16-34-3 Authority to Cooperate with Federal Government
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education and county and city boards of education are hereby authorized to cooperate with the federal government in making effective any law enacted or that may be enacted by congress for the removal of illiteracy and for maintaining adult education programs and classes in Alabama and in the counties and cities thereof.
Ala. Code § 16-23-10 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Section 16-23-10
Section 16-23-10 Institutes - List of Persons Subject to Attendance
Status: in_force

At the beginning of the institute it shall be the duty of the county superintendent of education or city superintendent of schools, as the case may be, to furnish the conductor of the institute, appointed by the State Superintendent of Education, on forms provided by the Department of Education, duplicate lists of all persons employed in his jurisdiction subject to institute attendance. At the close of the institute, or as soon thereafter as possible, the conductor shall file with the county superintendent of education and with the city superintendent of schools a duplicate list of all persons employed in the county or city, as the case may be, who have met the legal requirements of institute attendance, or who have been excused in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The original of the list shall be filed in the office of the Department of Education.