Ala. Code § 16-13-145 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-145
Section 16-13-145 Authority to Borrow Funds Against Revenues of Current Year; Authority to Contract with T.v.a. to Obtain Funds to Improve Energy-Inefficient School Buildings with Approval of State Superintendent
Status: in_force

(a) Any local board of education shall have authority during any fiscal year upon the recommendation of the local superintendent of education, as the case may be, to borrow money in anticipation of the current revenues for that fiscal year and to pledge the current revenues for said fiscal year for the payment of such loan or loans if funds on hand are not sufficient to pay the salaries of teachers and to meet the current expenses when due; provided, that the party or parties making such loan or loans to a local board of education shall not be put upon inquiry as to the validity of such indebtedness because of this provision. The total amount of such loans a local board of education may have outstanding at any time during the fiscal year shall be determined as follows: From the total estimate of current revenue of that local board of education for that fiscal year, which estimate is approved by the State Superintendent of Education, deduct the sum of the current revenue already received for that fiscal year and the principal and interest due on school warrants during that fiscal year and unpaid at that time and the difference shall be the maximum amount of current loans said local board of education can have outstanding in anticipation of current revenue at any given time. All such current loans shall be due and payable not later than the close of the fiscal year for which the current revenue is pledged provided that if the State of Alabama makes the final apportionment of school funds for a fiscal year after the close of that fiscal year, such loans may be extended at the close of the fiscal year until such time as the state makes its final apportionment. If for any reason at the close of a fiscal year a local board of education does not have on hand sufficient funds to retire all current loans, the party or parties making such loans to the local board of education shall not be put upon inquiry as to the validity of such loan or loans due to any provision of this article and any such loans unpaid at the close of any fiscal year shall become a first lien on the current revenue of the succeeding fiscal year subject only to the prior lien of principal and interest due on school warrants if such warrants are outstanding. At no time shall loans be secured to meet the current expenses in any year which shall pledge the school revenues of any other fiscal year; provided, that expenditures for teachers’ salaries for services rendered and for transportation for the scholastic year, July 1 to June 30, inclusive, for any year, and expenditures for fuel and school classroom materials and supplies to be consumed in the scholastic year, July 1 to June 30, inclusive, for any year, shall be paid from cash on hand and if for any reason the local boards of education do not have on hand sufficient funds to pay such expenditures then the local boards of education shall have authority upon the recommendation of the local superintendent of education, as the case may be, to borrow money to pay for such expenditures and to pledge therefor the school revenue for the ensuing fiscal year; provided, that such loan must be repaid during that fiscal year for which the school revenue is pledged.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, Section 16-13-144, or any other provision of law, any local board of education upon the recommendation of the local superintendent of education shall have authority to contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority for the purpose of obtaining funds from the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Commercial and Industrial Energy Conservation Financing Plan or any similar plan developed by the Tennessee Valley Authority, in accordance with the terms and conditions established for such programs by the Tennessee Valley Authority, to assist said local board of education in modifying any school buildings as may be determined to be energy-inefficient in order to improve the energy efficiency of such buildings. No contract authorized by this subsection shall be effective until approved by the State Superintendent of Education.
Ala. Code § 16-37-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 37 / Section 16-37-9
Section 16-37-9 Use of Facilities for Career Technical Classes
Status: in_force

(a) Any provision of the State Building Code, as adopted by the Division of Construction Management of the Department of Finance, or other applicable state or local building code to the contrary notwithstanding, a local board of education may use any available facility for conducting career technical classes upon a finding by the board that the available facility is better suited for career technical classroom instruction than the facilities then being used.

(b) A determination of whether an available facility is better suited for career technical classroom instruction shall be based on the type of instruction to be provided and not whether the available facility has air conditioning.
Ala. Code § 16-30-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 30 / Section 16-30-1
Section 16-30-1 Immunization or Testing for Certain Diseases
Status: in_force

The State Health Officer is authorized, subject to the approval of the State Board of Health, to designate diseases against which children must be immunized or for which they must be tested prior to, or, in certain instances after entry into the schools of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 16-8-43 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 8 / Section 16-8-43
Section 16-8-43 Sanitary Rest Rooms
Status: in_force

The county board of education shall provide sanitary, hygienic, suitable and convenient rest rooms for the children of the public schools under its jurisdiction, not less than two for each school or building when both sexes are in attendance, with separate means of access to each. It shall be the duty of said boards to make provisions for keeping the said rest rooms in a clean, comfortable, sanitary and hygienic condition.
Ala. Code § 16-62-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 62 / Section 16-62-3
Section 16-62-3 General Purpose
Status: in_force

The general purposes of this chapter are to provide for the obtaining, preserving and holding for circulation in a repository at the Stillman College source materials on Afro-American history and culture which shall be used for research and other educational and cultural purposes, and which shall thereby encourage the development of inspiration and positive self-concepts on the part of black Americans and provide a basis for whites to gain greater respect for the black race.
Ala. Code § 16-53-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 53 / Section 16-53-4
Section 16-53-4 Board of Trustees - Meetings
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Trustees of The University of West Alabama shall hold its regular annual meeting each year at the institution on the first Monday in June, unless the board shall in regular session determine to hold its meeting at some other time and place. Thereafter, the board shall hold quarterly meetings on the first Monday of each third month after the annual meeting, unless the board shall in regular session determine to hold its quarterly meeting at some other time or 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 special meetings, the Governor shall mail a written notice to each trustee at least 10 days in advance of the date of the meetings.

(2) Upon the application in writing of any eight 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. Special meetings shall not be held on a date less than 10 days subsequent to the notice from the Governor.

(b)(1) Members of the board may participate in a meeting of the board or any committee of the board by 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 these electronic means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for all purposes, including the establishment of a quorum; provided that at least one board member is physically present at the location noticed and called for the meeting.

(2) The telephone or video conference or similar communications equipment shall also allow members of the public the opportunity to simultaneously listen to or observe the meetings.

(3) Except as specifically provided otherwise by this section, meetings using communications equipment as authorized by this section shall be conducted in compliance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act.

(c) The executive committee of the board and other committees of the board shall hold meetings at times and on dates as the board of trustees may provide.
Ala. Code § 16-3-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-3
Section 16-3-3 Qualifications of Members
Status: in_force

The members of the board shall be qualified electors of the State of Alabama, and each member shall be a qualified elector in the district which he represents. No person who is an employee of the board or who is or has been engaged as a professional educator within five years next preceding the date of the election shall be eligible for membership on the board. For the purposes of this section the term “professional educator” shall include teacher, supervisor or principal of any public or private school; instructor, professor or president of any public or private university, college or junior college or trade school; any state, county or city superintendent of education; or other person engaged in an administrative capacity in the field of education.
Ala. Code § 16-17A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17A / Section 16-17A-6
Section 16-17A-6 Board of Directors
Status: in_force

(a) Each authority shall have a board of directors composed of the number of directors provided in the articles of incorporation.

(b) All powers of an authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization.

(c) Except for ex-officio directors specified in the articles of incorporation, all directors of an authority shall be elected or appointed by the sponsoring university. The articles of incorporation may provide that specified officers or employees of the sponsoring university shall be ex-officio directors of an authority, so long as a majority of the directors are elected or appointed by the sponsoring university.

(d) The articles of incorporation may provide that a governmental entity, a public corporation, or a nonprofit organization may nominate one or more directors of an authority, provided that the number of directors elected or appointed by the sponsoring university without nomination may never be less than a majority of the directors, and the sponsoring university shall not be required to elect or appoint any such nominee. If the sponsoring university does not elect or appoint a nominee, the nominating entity shall provide an alternate nominee for consideration by the sponsoring university.

(e) The appointed membership of the board of an authority shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, and economic diversity of the state.

(f) Unless the articles of incorporation provide the method for removing directors, all directors may be removed by the sponsoring university at any time, with or without cause.

(g) If, at the expiration of any term of office of any director, a successor has not been elected or appointed as provided in the articles of incorporation, then the director whose term of office has expired shall continue to hold office until his or her successor is elected or appointed.

(h) Each director shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred by him or her in connection with the performance of his or her duties.

(i) A majority of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of the board, and any meeting of the board may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of the directors present. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the board.

(j) The board shall adopt and maintain bylaws, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or the authority’s articles of incorporation, for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and the operation of the authority. The bylaws of the board may provide for such committees as the board deems necessary or desirable, including without limitation an executive committee that is empowered to act on behalf of the board. The bylaws may authorize telephonic or video conference meetings of the board or any committee of the board.

(k) The board shall hold regular meetings at such times as may be provided in the bylaws of the authority, and may hold other meetings at any time and from time to time upon such notice as may be required by the bylaws of the authority.

(l) All resolutions adopted by the board shall constitute actions of the authority, and all proceedings of the board shall be reduced to writing, shall be signed by the secretary of the authority, and shall be recorded in permanent physical or electronic storage. Copies of the proceedings, when certified by the secretary of an authority, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified.

(m) The composition of the board of directors of an authority shall be presumed valid absent a final determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that the board is not constituted in good faith by the sponsoring university.
Ala. Code § 16-22-1.1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 22 / Section 16-22-1.1
Section 16-22-1.1 Police Officers at State Colleges and Universities or Institute for Deaf and Blind -- Employment of Reserve Police Officers
Status: in_force

(a) The president or chief executive officer of any public institution of higher education in the state that employs police officers pursuant to Section 16-22-1, Section 16-22-2, or another law, may employ one or more reserve police officers, with or without compensation, to assist or aid those full-time or part-time police officers. Reserve police officers employed pursuant to this section shall serve at the pleasure of the president or chief executive officer of the employing institution.

(b) Any individual desiring employment as a reserve police officer shall submit a written application to the president or chief executive officer of the institution certifying that he or she is 19 years of age or older, of good moral character and reputation, and that he or she has never been convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving force, violence, or moral turpitude. The applicant shall also consent in writing to a fingerprint and criminal history background check.

(c) The functions of a reserve police officer employed pursuant to this section shall be confined to the following:

(1) Patrol operation performed for the purpose of detection, prevention, and suppression of crime or enforcement of the traffic or highway laws of the state, provided the reserve police officer shall only perform these duties under the direct control and supervision of a police officer employed by the same institution.

(2) Traffic direction and control, without direct supervision, provided supervisory control is exercised by a police officer employed by the same institution whose total span of control would be considered within reasonable limits.

(3) Crowd control assistance at public gatherings or campus functions as directed by the president or chief executive officer of the institution, provided supervisory control is exercised by a police officer employed by the same institution whose span of control would be considered within reasonable limits.

(d) No reserve police officer may exercise any power of arrest unless he or she has completed and maintains current certification from the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission as set out in Article 3, Chapter 21, Title 36.

(e) No reserve police officer may carry any firearm while on duty, unless the president or chief executive officer of the employing institution has approved his or her use of the firearm. Reserve police officers may use approved firearms only to the extent permitted by properly adopted policies of the institution.
Ala. Code § 16-6I-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6I / Section 16-6I-6
Section 16-6I-6 Funding; Compliance; Rulemaking Authority
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature shall annually appropriate to the department an amount sufficient to cover the actual costs of developing and implementing the program including, but not limited to, the awarding of stipends and grants and the hiring of additional staff as necessary. Any appropriations shall be subject to the provisions, terms, conditions, and limitations of the Budget and Financial Control Act, the Budget Management Act of 1976, and this chapter.

(b) The department shall provide technical assistance to local boards of education as necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter.

(c) The board may adopt rules as necessary to implement and enforce this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-61A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 61A / Section 16-61A-6
Section 16-61A-6 Duties of Governing Board
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2008-276, p. 434, §1, effective January 1, 2009.
Ala. Code § 16-46A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 46A / Section 16-46A-4
Section 16-46A-4 Legislative Task Force
Status: in_force

(a) A legislative task force representing local school superintendents, local school board members, administrators, teachers, and technology practitioners is established to review and make recommendations for realigning the funding, structure, and curriculum of the ACCESS program and to aid in the implementation of this article . The task force shall consist of all of the following:

(1) Four members, with two appointed by the Chair of the Senate Education and Youth Affairs Committee and two appointed by the Chair of the House of Representatives Education Policy Committee.

(2) Two members, with one appointed by the Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee and one appointed by the Chair of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Education Committee.

(3) Two members appointed by the Governor.

(4) Two members appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.

(5) One representative from each of the following: The Alabama Association of School Boards, the School Superintendents of Alabama, the Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools, the Alabama Educational Technology Association, and the Office of Educational Technology of the State Department of Education.

(b) The membership of the task force shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state.

(c) At the organizational meeting of the committee, the members shall select a chair and a vice chair. The chair of the committee may create advisory subcommittees and appoint members thereto, which may include members of the committee, representatives from governmental agencies, and members of the public with interest and expertise in the objectives of the committee.

(d) The committee shall thereafter meet at the call of the chair or any majority of the members thereof; provided, that the committee shall meet at least once each four months. The committee may meet, act, and conduct its business at any place within this state during the sessions of the Legislature or any recess thereof and in the interim period between sessions. Each legislative member of the committee or any subcommittee, if created, shall be entitled to his or her legislative compensation, per diem, and travel as provided in Amendment 871 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.

(e) The task force shall report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature on or before the 2016 Regular Session, and then shall meet as needed to fulfill the purposes of this article.
Ala. Code § 16-6G-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6G / Section 16-6G-7
Section 16-6G-7 Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading
Status: in_force

(a) The State Superintendent of Education shall establish the Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading. The committee shall consist of four members appointed from each State Board of Education district. The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall each appoint one member from each district. The appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments so that diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas is reflective of the makeup of this state.

(b) Each member of the committee shall be a parent or legal guardian of a state K-12 public school student, a practicing teacher, a retired teacher, or employed in the field of education.

(c) On or before June 30, 2020, the committee shall revise the 2011 Alabama Action Plan for Literacy Birth Through Grade 12 in consultation with the Campaign for Grade Level Reading group, which shall be presented to the Governor, the State Superintendent of Education, the State Board of Education, and the Chairs of the House Education Policy Committee and the Senate Education Policy Committee.

(d) The committee shall provide recommendations to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Chairs of the House Education Policy Committee and the Senate Education Policy Committee on implementing this chapter and shall provide standing oversight over the quality of professional learning and program quality. The committee shall provide recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Chairs of the House Education Policy Committee and the Senate Education Policy Committee on adopting innovative strategies and programming to improve the effectiveness of this chapter.

(e) Each member of the committee shall receive the same travel expense allowance as is paid to state employees for travel in the service of the committee, subject to available appropriations.
Ala. Code § 16-60-219 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-219
Section 16-60-219 Rules and Regulations for Control of School
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 16-15-12 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Section 16-15-12
Section 16-15-12 Payment of Bonds
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 16-18B-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 18B / Section 16-18B-6
Section 16-18B-6 Powers of Authority
Status: in_force

The corporation shall have the following powers:

(1) To have succession by its corporate name without time limit;

(2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend, at law or in equity, in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties;

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

(4) To acquire, provide, construct, improve, renovate, equip, and maintain, or transfer to public institutions in the state, forensic sciences laboratories and educational facilities for the provision of instruction and research in the field of forensic sciences;

(5) To receive, take and hold by sale, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, real and personal estate of every description, and to manage the same;

(6) To acquire by purchase, gift, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or any other lawful means, and to transfer, convey or cause to be conveyed to the state, any real, personal or mixed property necessary or convenient in connection with the acquiring, providing, constructing, improving, renovating, equipping and maintenance of, or transfer to public institutions in the state, forensic sciences laboratories and educational facilities for the provision of instruction and research in the field of forensic sciences;

(7) To exercise the right of eminent domain as freely and completely as, and in the same manner as, the state is empowered to exercise such right;

(8) To sell and issue for the state bonds and refunding bonds as provided in this article;

(9) To appoint and employ such attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, underwriters, trustees, depositories, registrars and other advisors, agents and independent contractors as the business of the corporation may require; and

(10) To enter into contracts with municipalities, counties, state agencies or institutions, or political subdivisions of the state or any other state, private persons, firms, corporations and any branch of the federal government, in furtherance of its public purposes and objects either relative to work done or to be done.
Ala. Code § 16-57-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 57 / Section 16-57-5
Section 16-57-5 Funding from Education Trust Fund
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that Tuskegee University has a unique relationship to the State of Alabama. The Legislature further finds that due to the unique nature of the circumstances related to the establishment and development of Tuskegee Institute which differs from that of private schools and colleges receiving funds from the state and from the state’s public colleges and universities, the institution should be afforded a unique treatment relative to funding from the Education Trust Fund. Tuskegee Institute was established by an act of the Legislature in 1881 and separately incorporated by an act of the Legislature in 1892; the Governor appoints five commissioners who serve as voting members on the Tuskegee Board; and the State Superintendent of Education serves as an ex officio voting commissioner on the Tuskegee Board. Tuskegee has received appropriations from the Legislature since 1881. Being a private institution as well as a state related and supported institution, the Legislature deems that Tuskegee University should be funded accordingly and not as the private schools and colleges nor as the state public colleges and universities are funded.
Ala. Code § 16-56-11 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 56 / Section 16-56-11
Section 16-56-11 Grant or Gift Not to Fail for Informality; Default, Etc., of Trustees Not to Work Forfeiture
Status: in_force

No grant or gift of any property, real or personal, by will or otherwise, shall fail by reason of any misnomer or informality, when the intent of the grantor or donor can be determined; nor shall any default, malfeasance, or non-use on the part of the trustees or other officers or agents of the corporation work a forfeiture of any of its rights, privileges, powers, or franchises.
Ala. Code § 16-6G-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6G / Section 16-6G-4
Section 16-6G-4 Use of Funds in Support of Alabama Reading Initiative; Literacy and Reading Specialists
Status: in_force

(a) Funds appropriated by the Legislature in support of the Alabama Reading Initiative shall be allocated to support and implement, in accordance with this chapter, the following:

(1) Local education agencies to support local reading specialists.

(2) The Alabama Summer Achievement Program.

(3) Regional literacy specialists.

(4) Preservice and inservice teacher professional learning activities for elementary school teachers in reading.

(5) Curricula to support student interventions.

(6) State administration.

(b) Funds dedicated to the Alabama Reading Initiative shall be expended on local and regional reading specialists, professional learning activities, and administrative activities that support all of the following activities for kindergarten through third grade students in public K-12 schools; continued funding shall be contingent on measurable performance growth, as determined by the Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading created pursuant to Section 16-6G-7:

(1) Administration and analysis of reading screening, formative, and diagnostic assessments to guide instruction.

(2) Scientifically based reading instruction, multisensory language instruction, including oral language development, phonological awareness, phonics instruction that includes decoding and encoding, fluency, writing, vocabulary, and comprehension, and the Alabama course of study, English Language Arts.

(3) Explicit and systematic instruction with more detailed explanations, more extensive opportunities for guided practice, and more opportunities for error correction and feedback.

(4) Differentiated reading instruction and intensive intervention based on student need, including students exhibiting the characteristics of dyslexia.

(c) Alabama Reading Initiative regional literacy specialists shall provide support to local education agencies through a gradual release model, whereby the regional reading specialist shall support a struggling school until that school has improved core instruction to the extent that it is no longer among the lowest performing five percent in reading of elementary schools in reading proficiency, as determined by annual results of the state summative assessment for federal and statewide accountability.

(1) Regional literacy specialists shall provide intensive support for elementary schools that are among the lowest performing five percent in reading of elementary schools. Each school among the lowest performing five percent in reading elementary schools shall be assigned a regional literacy specialist who shall serve as a resource for professional development throughout the school to improve literacy instruction and student achievement. A regional literacy specialist who is assigned to a school shall primarily serve only that school.

(2) Elementary schools that are not among the lowest performing five percent in reading schools shall receive limited literacy support from an Alabama Reading Initiative regional literacy specialist, who shall be assigned to multiple schools. All other regional literacy specialists shall be assigned to serve multiple elementary schools and shall provide ongoing professional development for teachers in analyzing students’ reading data to impact instruction, administering and analyzing instructional assessments, differentiating instruction and intensive intervention, and monitoring the reading progress of all students a minimum of three times per year, and make instruction adjustment recommendations according to student specific need. Distance and need shall be considered by local superintendents of education when selecting the schools where a regional literacy specialist shall serve. There shall be two levels of limited literacy support provided by a regional literacy specialist. The local superintendent of education of a local education agency subject to this subdivision shall determine the level of limited support that each regional literacy specialist shall provide.

a. Limited support 1. An Alabama Reading Initiative regional literacy specialist shall make monthly onsite visits to the school and shall monitor the reading progress of all students a minimum of three times per year and adjust instruction according to student specific need.

b. Limited support 2. An Alabama Reading Initiative regional literacy specialist shall make quarterly onsite visits to the school and shall monitor the reading progress of all students a minimum of three times per year and make instruction adjustment recommendations according to student specific need.

(3) An Alabama Reading Initiative regional literacy specialist shall have all of the following minimum qualifications:

a. The required Alabama Professional Educator Certificate.

b. A bachelor’s degree and advanced coursework or professional development in the science of reading, multisensory language instruction, such as Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling, or a comparable alternative training approved by the State Board of Education.

c. A minimum of four years of experience as a successful elementary or literacy teacher.

d. A knowledge of scientifically based reading research, special expertise in quality reading instruction and intervention, dyslexia specific interventions, and data analysis.

e. A strong knowledge base in the science of learning to read and the science of early childhood education.

f. Excellent communication skills with outstanding presentation, interpersonal, and time management skills.

(d) An Alabama Reading Initiative local reading specialist shall be assigned to provide intensive, targeted professional development for elementary school teachers at one school.

(1) An Alabama Reading Initiative local reading specialist shall have all of the following minimum qualifications:

a. The required Alabama Professional Educator Certificate.

b. A bachelor’s degree and advanced coursework or professional development in the science of reading, such as multisensory language instruction, or comparable alternative training approved by the State Board of Education.

c. A minimum of two years of experience as a successful elementary or literacy teacher.

d. A knowledge of scientifically based reading research, special expertise in quality reading instruction and intervention, dyslexia specific interventions, and data analysis.

e. A strong knowledge base in the science of learning to read and the science of early childhood education.

f. Excellent communication skills with outstanding presentation, interpersonal, and time management skills.

(2) The duties and responsibilities of an Alabama Reading Initiative local reading specialist shall include all of the following:

a. Collaborating with the principal to create a strategic plan for coaching.

b. Facilitating schoolwide professional development and study groups.

c. Modeling effective reading instructional strategies for teachers.

d. Coaching and mentoring teachers daily.

e. Facilitating data analysis discussions and supporting teachers by using data to differentiate instruction according to the needs of students.

f. Fostering multiple areas of teacher professional learning, including exceptional student education and content area knowledge.

g. Prioritizing time for those teachers, activities, and roles that will have the greatest impact on student reading achievement, such as coaching and mentoring in classrooms.

h. Monitoring the reading progress of all students a minimum of three times per year and making recommendations for adjustment of instruction according to student specific need.

(3) An Alabama Reading Initiative local reading specialist may not perform administrative functions such as serving as an evaluator, substitute teacher, assessment coordinator, or school administrator.

(e) The State Superintendent of Education and local education agencies shall monitor the implementation and effectiveness of the Alabama Reading Initiative regional literacy specialist and local reading specialist model, and the State Superintendent of Education and each local education agency being served by a regional literacy specialist or a local reading specialist shall maintain communication among the district, school administration, and the Alabama Reading Initiative state administration staff throughout the academic year.

(1) The State Superintendent of Education, or his or her designee, shall certify that each Alabama Reading Initiative regional literacy specialist or local reading specialist satisfies the minimum qualifications provided by this chapter before coaches are hired with funds appropriated by the Legislature to support the Alabama Reading Initiative.

(2) The State Superintendent of Education shall develop an evidence-based accountability reporting system for the Alabama Reading Initiative that shall measure student growth and proficiency towards teacher professional learning goals and student performance on state-approved formative and summative assessments and shall specify the number of teachers, administrators, and other personnel at each school and local education agency who have started or completed an approved training program in the science of reading, and the name of the training program.

(3) The State Superintendent of Education shall submit a report to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Chairs of the House Ways and Means Education Committee, Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee, House Education Policy Committee, Senate Education Policy Committee, the task force, and the Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading created pursuant to Section 16-6G-7, no later than December 31, annually, on the status of teacher professional learning, student growth and proficiency against grade level standards in K-3 reading.
Ala. Code § 16-44A-12 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 44A / Section 16-44A-12
Section 16-44A-12 Adoption of Plan of Educational Work Which Furthers Purposes of Compact; Plan Objectives; Programs and Activities Under Plan
Status: in_force

(a) The board of directors shall consider recommendations of advisory committees and may hold hearings, review, revise, and adopt a plan of educational work which furthers the purposes of the compact and the leadership goals of the Commission on the Future of the South and which are designed to complement or augment, but not duplicate, existing programs and services offered in service areas by individual compact members or other non-profit entities.

(b) The plan shall focus on meeting three objectives:

(1) Increasing leadership and citizenship programs for youth.

(2) Extending community and other leadership programs to rural and under-served areas.

(3) Serve as a network and resource to enhance communications and idea and information exchange among community and youth leadership programs and other interested parties.

(c) Pursuant to the plan the compact shall provide programs itself and support for programs offered by others, all of which enhance leadership and citizenship education in Alabama.

(d) Under the plan the compact may: Develop supplementary instructional materials and make them available to schools and non-profit educational entities; serve as a resource, reference, and referral center; provide a demonstration classroom, exhibition, and education facility/program; encourage and enter into voluntary cooperative agreements with and among agencies and institutions to encourage cooperation and collaboration in high quality leadership and citizenship programs and experiences; affiliate with entities engaged in similar purposes in other states which are in the Southern Growth Policies Board region in a voluntary compact, subject to adoption by joint legislative resolution, and to domicile and administer the same; and provide technical, educational, or other support and assistance and make available facilities, where available and practicable, to and where requested by compact entities, for the support of community and youth leadership educational programs.
Ala. Code § 16-25C-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25C / Section 16-25C-8
Section 16-25C-8 Administrative Cost
Status: in_force

The administrative cost for the operation of the fund shall be provided through investment earnings or contributions to the fund. No additional state funds may be used to administer this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-18B-12 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 18B / Section 16-18B-12
Section 16-18B-12 Use of Proceeds from Bonds
Status: in_force

Upon order of the board of directors of the corporation, all expenses incurred in connection with the authorization, preparation, sale, and issuance of bonds authorized herein and by the amendment shall be paid out of the proceeds thereof. The proceeds thereof remaining after payment of such expenses, together with the income derived from the investment and reinvestment of such proceeds (including income derived from the investment and reinvestment of previously derived income) shall be disbursed from time to time on the order of said corporation upon the approval of the Director of Finance; provided however, such disbursements shall be used solely for the purpose of acquiring, providing, constructing, improving, renovating, equipping and maintenance of forensic sciences laboratories and educational facilities for the provision of instruction and research in the field of forensic sciences.
Ala. Code § 16-54-18 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 54 / Section 16-54-18
Section 16-54-18 Fund Previously Generated by Proceeds from Lands Dedicated to University to Be Deposited in Restricted Endowment Fund; Provisions for Payment of Remaining Principal Over Five-Year-Period; Interest to Be Paid
Status: in_force

On May 19, 1980, the Treasurer of the state shall pay to the Treasurer of the University of Montevallo the whole amount of the fund in the Treasury generated by proceeds from both federally granted and other lands dedicated to the benefit of the University of Montevallo. These funds shall be deposited into the University of Montevallo Restricted Endowment Fund.

On October 1, 1996, and on October 1 of each of the next four fiscal years, the State Treasurer shall pay to the Treasurer of the University of Montevallo one-fifth of the remaining principal sum of proceeds not heretofore transferred, which were derived and generated from the sales of federal lands granted by the United States Congress to the State of Alabama for the express support of the University of Montevallo, together with a sum of accumulated deferred interest as specified below. Within 90 days of May 5, 1993, the Governor, Director of Finance, and State Treasurer shall certify and determine the principal sum of all proceeds from sales of the federal and other lands, and the remaining principal sum not heretofore transferred and upon which the state has been and is paying interest at the rate of six percent per annum. They shall also determine and certify the sum of accumulated deferred interest, being the net difference arising from interest paid by the State Treasury to the university on the principal sum of all proceeds from sale of federal and other lands and the total interest which would have been paid at a rate equal to the highest rate paid to any public institution of higher education in Alabama upon endowments created from land sales and held by the State Treasury. The sums transferred shall be deposited in the University of Montevallo Restricted Endowment Fund, and there held inviolate, it being the purpose and intent of the State of Alabama to execute in good faith the trust reposed in it by the United States Congress when granting lands to the state for the benefit of the institution.

Upon the remaining principal sum not heretofore transferred and on the accumulated deferred interest, there shall be paid interest at a rate equal to the highest rate paid to any public institution of higher education in Alabama upon endowments created from land sales and held by the State Treasury, not to exceed eight percent per annum. Interest payments on the amounts transferred under this section shall be computed and paid and shall cease upon the transfer of the amounts to the University of Montevallo Restricted Endowment Fund.
Ala. Code § 16-13-147 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-147
Section 16-13-147 Payment of Teachers’ Salaries When Due
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of county and city boards of education to pay teachers’ salaries promptly when due and, if funds on hand are insufficient, to secure such current loans as are necessary to pay teachers’ salaries and other current expenses when due in accordance with the provisions of Section 16-13-145. If any board of education fails to pay the salaries of its teachers in its employ for any month within 10 days after such salaries are due, the county or city superintendent of education, as the case may be, must on the eleventh day of such delinquency make a full and complete report to the State Superintendent of Education of the reasons for such delinquency. No county or city board of education shall have the authority to issue certificates of indebtedness to teachers or to other creditors of the board, but if current funds on hand are insufficient to pay teachers’ salaries and other current expenses when due, the board shall secure current loans and pay its teachers and other current expenses on time as authorized in Section 16-13-145.
Ala. Code § 16-28-41 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28 / Section 16-28-41
Section 16-28-41 Written Guidelines to Be Provided
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education shall distribute written guidelines to each school system for developing a written school policy in accordance with this article that outlines the definitions of “circumstances beyond the control” of any person subject to denial or revocation of the privilege of a driver’s license or learner’s license to operate a motor vehicle and outlines the appeal process available to the person. The school system shall give adequate written information to each student concerning these guidelines and the sanctions and rights provided for in this article.
Ala. Code § 16-23-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Section 16-23-1
Section 16-23-1 Certain Public School Employees Must Hold Certificate
Status: in_force

No person shall be employed in the public schools of the state as county superintendent of education, city superintendent of schools, assistant superintendent, supervisor, principal, teacher or attendance officer unless such person shall hold a certificate issued by the State Superintendent of Education.
Ala. Code § 16-44-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 44 / Section 16-44-1
Section 16-44-1 Governor Authorized to Enter into Compact; Form of Compact
Status: in_force

The Governor of the State of Alabama is hereby authorized to enter into the compact for education in the form substantially as follows:

A. It is the purpose of this compact to:

1. Establish and maintain close cooperation and understanding among executive, legislative, professional education and lay leadership on a nationwide basis at the state and local levels.

2. Provide a forum for the discussion, development, crystallization and recommendation of public policy alternatives in the field of education.

3. Provide a clearinghouse of information on matters relating to educational problems and how they are being met in different places throughout the nation.

4. Facilitate the improvement of state and local educational systems.

B. It is the policy of this compact to encourage and promote local and state initiative in the development, maintenance, improvement and administration of educational systems and institutions.

C. The party states recognize that each of them has an interest in the quality and quantity of education furnished in each of the other states, as well as in the excellence of its own educational systems and institutions.

As used in this compact, “state” means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

A. The Education Commission of the States, hereinafter called “the commission,” is hereby established. The commission shall consist of seven members representing each party state. One of such members shall be the governor; two shall be members of the state legislature selected by its respective houses and serving in such manner as the legislature may determine; and four shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor. The guiding principle for the composition of the membership on the commission from each party state shall be that the members representing such state shall, by virtue of their training, experience, knowledge or affiliations, be in a position collectively to reflect broadly the interests of the state government, higher education, the state education system, local education, lay and professional, public and nonpublic educational leadership. Of those appointees, one shall be the head of a state agency or institution, designated by the governor, having responsibility for one or more programs of public education. In addition to the members of the commission representing the party states, there may be not to exceed ten nonvoting commissioners selected by the steering committee for terms of one year. Such commissioners shall represent leading national organizations of professional educators or persons concerned with educational administration.

B. The members of the commission shall be entitled to one vote each on the commission. No action of the commission shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which a majority of the total number of votes on the commission shall be only at a meeting at which a majority of the commissioners are present. The commission shall meet at least once a year. In its bylaws, and subject to such directions and limitations as may be contained therein, the commission may delegate the exercise of any of its powers to the steering committee or the executive director, except for the power to approve budgets or requests for appropriations, the power to make policy recommendations pursuant to Article IV and adoption of the annual report pursuant to Article III J.

C. The commission shall have a seal.

D. The commission shall elect annually, from among its members, a chairman, who shall be a governor, a vice-chairman and a treasurer. The commission shall provide for the appointment of an executive director. Such executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the commission, and together with the treasurer and such other personnel as the commission may deem appropriate shall be bonded in such amount as the commission shall determine, the executive director shall be secretary.

E. Irrespective of the civil service, personnel or other merit system laws of any of the party states, the executive director subject to the approval of the steering committee shall appoint, remove or discharge such personnel as may be necessary for the performance of the functions of the commission, and shall fix the duties and compensation of such personnel. The commission in its bylaws shall provide for the personnel policies and programs of the commission.

F. The commission may borrow, accept or contract for the services of personnel from any party jurisdiction, the United States, or any subdivision or agency of the aforementioned governments, or from any agency of two or more of the party jurisdictions or their subdivisions.

G. The commission may accept for any of its purposes and functions under this compact any and all donations, and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials and services, conditional or otherwise, from any state, the United States, or any other governmental agency, or from any person, firm, association, foundation, or corporation, and may receive, utilize and dispose of the same. Any donation or grant accepted by the commission pursuant to this paragraph or services borrowed pursuant to paragraph F of this article shall be reported in the annual report of the commission. Such report shall include the nature, amount and conditions, if any, of the donation, grant, or services borrowed, and the identity of the donor or lender.

H. The commission may establish and maintain such facilities as may be necessary for the transacting of its business. The commission may acquire, hold, and convey real and personal property and any interest therein.

I. The commission shall adopt bylaws for the conduct of its business and shall have the power to amend and rescind these bylaws. The commission shall publish its bylaws in convenient form and shall file a copy thereof and a copy of any amendment thereto, with the appropriate agency or officer in each of the party states.

J. The commission annually shall make to the governor and legislature of each party state a report covering the activities of the commission for the preceding year. The commission may make such additional reports as it may deem desirable.

In addition to authority conferred on the commission by other provisions of the compact, the commission shall have authority to:

1. Collect, correlate, analyze and interpret information and data concerning educational needs and resources.

2. Encourage and foster research in all aspects of education, but with special reference to the desirable scope of instruction, organization, administration, and instructional methods and standards employed or suitable for employment in public educational systems.

3. Develop proposals for adequate financing of education as a whole and at each of its many levels.

4. Conduct or participate in research of the types referred to in this article in any instance where the commission finds that such research is necessary for the advancement of the purposes and policies of this compact, utilizing fully the resources of national associations, regional compact organizations for higher education, and other agencies and institutions, both public and private.

5. Formulate suggested policies and plans for the improvement of public education as a whole, or for any segment thereof, and make recommendations with respect thereto available to the appropriate governmental units, agencies and public officials.

6. Do such other things as may be necessary or incidental to the administration of any of its authority or functions pursuant to this compact.

A. If the laws of the United States specifically so provide, or if administrative provision is made therefor within the federal government, the United States may be represented on the commission by not to exceed ten representatives. Any such representative or representatives of the United States shall be appointed and serve in such manner as may be provided by or pursuant to federal law, and may be drawn from any one or more branches of the federal government, but no such representative shall have a vote on the commission.

B. The commission may provide information and make recommendations to any executive or legislative agency or officer of the federal government concerning the common educational policies of the states, and may advise with any such agencies or officers concerning any matter of mutual interest.

A. To assist in the expeditious conduct of its business when the full commission is not meeting, the commission shall elect a steering committee of thirty-two members which, subject to the provisions of this compact and consistent with the policies of the commission, shall be constituted and function as provided in the bylaws of the commission. One fourth of the voting membership of the steering committee shall consist of governors, one fourth shall consist of legislators, and the remainder shall consist of other members of the commission. A federal representative on the commission may serve with the steering committee, but without vote. The voting members of the steering committee shall serve for terms of two years, except that members elected to the first steering committee of the commission shall be elected as follows: sixteen for one year and sixteen for two years. The chairman, vice-chairman, and treasurer of the commission shall be members of the steering committee and, anything in this paragraph to the contrary notwithstanding, shall serve during their continuance in these offices. Vacancies in the steering committee shall not affect its authority to act, but the commission at its next regularly ensuing meeting following the occurrence of any vacancy shall fill it for the unexpired term. No person shall serve more than two terms as a member of the steering committee; provided that service for a partial term of one year or less shall not be counted toward the two-term limitation.

B. The commission may establish advisory and technical committees composed of state, local, and federal officials, and private persons to advise it with respect to any one or more of its functions. Any advisory or technical committee may, on request of the states concerned, be established to consider any matter of special concern to two or more of the party states.

C. The commission may establish such additional committees as its bylaws may provide.

A. The commission shall advise the governor or designated officer or officers of each party state of its budget and estimated expenditures for such period as may be required by the laws of that party state. Each of the commission’s budgets of estimated expenditures shall contain specific recommendations of the amount or amounts to be appropriated by each of the party states.

B. The total amount of appropriation requests under any budget shall be apportioned among the party states. In making such apportionment, the commission shall devise and employ a formula which takes equitable account of the populations and per capita income levels of the party states.

C. The commission shall not pledge the credit of any party states. The commission may meet any of its obligations in whole or in part with funds available to it pursuant to Article III G of this compact, provided that the commission takes specific action setting aside such funds prior to incurring an obligation to be met in whole or in part in such manner. Except where the commission makes use of funds available to it pursuant to Article III G thereof, the commission shall not incur any obligation prior to the allotment of funds by the party states adequate to meet the same.

D. The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established by its bylaws. However, all receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the commission shall be audited yearly by a qualified public accountant, and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual reports of the commission.

E. The accounts of the commission shall be open at any reasonable time for inspection by duly constituted officers of the party states and by any persons authorized by the commission.

F. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent commission compliance with laws relating to audit or inspection of accounts by or on behalf of any government contributing to the support of the commission.

A. This compact shall have as eligible parties all states, territories, and possessions of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. In respect of any such jurisdiction, not having a governor, the term “governor,” as used in this compact, shall mean the closest equivalent official of such jurisdiction.

B. Any state or other eligible jurisdiction may enter into this compact and it shall become binding thereon when it has adopted the same: Provided that in order to enter into initial effect, adoption by at least ten eligible party jurisdictions shall be required.

C. Adoption of the compact may be either by enactment thereof or by adherence thereto by the governor; provided that in the absence of enactment, adherence by the governor shall be sufficient to make his state a party only until December 31, 1967. During any period when a state is participating in this compact through gubernatorial action, the governor shall appoint those persons who, in addition to himself, shall serve as the members of the commission from his state, and shall provide to the commission an equitable share of the financial support of the commission from any source available to him.

D. Except for a withdrawal effective on December 31, 1967, in accordance with paragraph C of this article, any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall take effect until one year after the governor of the withdrawing state has given notice in writing of the withdrawal to the governors of all other party states. No withdrawal shall affect any liability already incurred by or chargeable to a party state prior to the time of such withdrawal.

This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any state or of the United States, or the application thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state participating therein, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
Ala. Code § 16-1-56 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-56
Section 16-1-56 Forms of Payment for Admission to Certain School-Sponsored Events
Status: in_force

(a) A public K-12 school or a local board of education shall accept cash as a form of payment along with any other form of payment of its choosing for admission to school-sponsored sporting events that are open to the public.

(b) All events that are open to the public, feature at least one team from any public K-12 school, and are held at a public school or on university property shall accept cash as a form of payment along with any other form of payment of the event organizer’s choosing for admission to the event.
Ala. Code § 16-27A-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 27A / Section 16-27A-9
Section 16-27A-9 Exception When Identity of Owner Cannot Be Reliably Established
Status: in_force

In the event the evidence produced by an automated device does not produce an image or video of the license plate with sufficient clarity for a law enforcement officer or trained technician to determine the identity of the owner, and if the identity cannot otherwise be reliably established, then no notice of violation may be issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-32-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 32 / Section 16-32-1
Section 16-32-1 Establishment; Purpose
Status: in_force

There is hereby created and established the Alabama Stonewall Jackson Memorial Fund, which fund is to be composed of the money hereinafter appropriated in this chapter, together with any accruals from the income from the fund or repayments thereto.

The purpose of this fund is to memorialize that great American and Confederate general, “Stonewall” Jackson, through a program of education initiated by Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Incorporated, including both essay contests and scholarships. The benefits of this fund shall accrue only to Alabamians.
Ala. Code § 16-18A-10 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 18A / Section 16-18A-10
Section 16-18A-10 Venue and Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

The authority’s legal situs or residence for the purpose of this chapter shall be Montgomery County. Any action to protect or enforce any rights under the provisions of this chapter, including the validation of obligations issued by the authority as herein permitted, shall be brought in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama, and said court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all such actions.
Ala. Code § 16-8-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 8 / Section 16-8-6
Section 16-8-6 Vacancies
Status: in_force

In the event a vacancy occurs in the office of members of the county board of education, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining members of the county board of education, and the appointee shall hold for the unexpired term. In the event the vacancy is not filled by the remaining members of the county board within 30 days, the State Superintendent of Education shall fill such vacancy by appointment. The county superintendent of education shall notify the State Superintendent of Education when a vacancy in the office of a member of the county board of education has not been filled within 30 days.
Ala. Code § 16-33A-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 33A / Section 16-33A-7
Section 16-33A-7 Nonsectarian Use of Funds Required
Status: in_force

(a) In the case of a student enrolled in an institution which has a religious or denominational affiliation, the ACHE shall devise and implement rules, regulations and procedures to insure that the maximum amount of assistance available to a student at a given institution under the program does not exceed the per student operating expenditures of the institution for nonsectarian, secular educational purposes.

(b) Under no circumstances shall any funds paid pursuant to this chapter be utilized by an institution for religious, sectarian or denominational purposes, and the ACHE shall devise and implement such regulations and procedures as may be appropriate to insure that such funds are used solely for nonsectarian, secular educational purposes. Any institution receiving grant funds on behalf of and to the credit of eligible students shall segregate such funds in a special revenue account and shall identify nonsectarian expenditures of such funds in its budget. Each institution shall maintain documentation acceptable to ACHE of its expenditure of grant funds to permit verification by ACHE, the chief examiner of public accounts or the state auditor.

(c) Under no circumstances shall this chapter be construed as authorizing money raised for the support of public schools in the State of Alabama to be appropriated or used for the support of any sectarian or denominational school. All grants permitted by this chapter are strictly limited to eligible students enrolled or accepted for enrollment in an approved institution as defined in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-65-10 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 65 / Section 16-65-10
Section 16-65-10 Investment in Bonds
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer may invest any idle or surplus moneys of the state in bonds of the authority. The governing body of any county or municipality is authorized in its discretion to invest any idle or surplus money held in its treasury in bonds of the authority. Such bonds shall be legal investments for executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries, unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction of the fiduciary relation or by the document that is the source of the fiduciary’s authority, and for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of the state.
Ala. Code § 16-55-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 55 / Section 16-55-3
Section 16-55-3 Board of Trustees - Rights, Privileges and Authority
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees of the University of South Alabama shall have all the rights, privileges and authority necessary to promote the purpose of its creation, which is to establish and provide for the maintenance and operation of a state university in Mobile County. The board may hold, 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, as to it may seem best for the purposes of the institution, and sales of property, real or personal, may be made at any time by the trustees.
Ala. Code § 16-60-351 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-351
Section 16-60-351 Credit for Qualifying Education Expenses
Status: in_force

(a)(1) For tax years commencing January 1, 2015, and thereafter, a taxpayer who files a state income tax return and is not a dependent of another taxpayer may claim a tax credit for a contribution made to the Department of Postsecondary Education for qualifying educational expenses directly associated with the Career-Technical Dual Enrollment Program as defined by State Board of Education policy.

(2) The tax credit may be claimed by the taxpayer in an amount equal to 50 percent of the total contribution or contributions made to the Department of Postsecondary Education during the taxable year for which the credit is claimed, but such credit is not to exceed an amount greater than 50 percent of the taxpayer’s total Alabama income tax liability, and in no case more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for any given tax year.

(3) The cumulative amount of tax credits issued pursuant this article shall not exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000) annually. The Department of Revenue, in conjunction with the Department of Postsecondary Education, shall develop procedures to ensure that this cap is not exceeded, shall also prescribe the various methods by which these credits are to be issued, and shall develop procedures to notify taxpayers at such points in time when the five million dollar ($5,000,000) annual limitation has been reached for the tax credit pursuant to this article.

(4) A taxpayer may carry forward all or part of a tax credit granted to the taxpayer under this article for a period of up to three years.

(b)(1) The Department of Revenue shall adopt rules and procedures consistent with this section as necessary to implement the provisions of this article.

(2) The Department of Revenue shall provide a standardized format for a receipt to be issued by the Department of Postsecondary Education to a taxpayer to indicate the value of a contribution received. The Department of Revenue shall require the taxpayer to provide a copy of the receipt when claiming the tax credit pursuant to this article.

(c) The tax credit provided in this section may be first claimed for the 2015 tax year and may not be claimed for any tax year prior to the 2015 tax year.
Ala. Code § 16-40-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 40 / Section 16-40-8
Section 16-40-8 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Status: in_force

(a) Each local board of education that operates a public school with grades nine through 12 shall include instruction in both of the following as a requirement within existing health education courses:

(1) Techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

(2) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).

(b) The State Board of Education shall administer the CPR instruction program and be responsible for the training of personnel, and shall provide proper CPR training for teacher personnel .

(1) CPR training programs for instructors shall continue in order to provide for refresher courses and updates about new techniques and information , as determined by the board . Specific personnel within local school districts are required to receive training and be certified prior to providing classroom instruction.

(2) Teaching materials and training courses provided by the American Heart Association and similar organizations may be utilized.

(c) All individuals providing instruction in CPR shall be certified as CPR instructors by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.

(d) (1) Standards utilized in the instruction required by subsection (a) shall be those prescribed by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.

(2) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the instruction required by subsection (a) shall include the psychomotor skills necessary to perform CPR and use an AED. For the purposes of this section, the term “psychomotor skills” means the use of hands-on practicing to support cognitive learning. This term does not include cognitive-only training.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require students to become certified in CPR or the use of an AED.

(e) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to implement this Section.
Ala. Code § 16-33C-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 33C / Section 16-33C-9
Section 16-33C-9 Dissolution of Pact Program
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2010-725, p. 1800, §10, effective April 30, 2010.
Ala. Code § 16-54-16 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 54 / Section 16-54-16
Section 16-54-16 Lease or Disposal of Lands, Including Lands Received by Federal Grant; Proceeds to Be Paid into Restricted Endowment
Status: in_force

The lands now owned by the University of Montevallo or granted by the United States or by the Congress of the United States to the State of Alabama for the use of this institution, shall be leased, sold, conveyed or disposed of only by the board of trustees; provided, that the board of trustees may delegate to its executive committee of three or more of its members the right and power to lease or sell any of said lands, and when any lease or sale shall have been made as herein provided, the Governor, upon request of the board of trustees, or its executive committee, as the case may be, shall execute contracts of lease or deeds of conveyance as may have been agreed on between the board or its executive committee and the lessee or purchaser. All the proceeds arising from the sale, rental or lease of federally granted lands, or any of the rights thereunto pertaining shall be paid into the University of Montevallo restricted endowment, it being the purpose and intent of the university to preserve the principal amount generated by these lands. Any income generated by the University of Montevallo restricted endowment shall be used for the support and maintenance of the university.
Ala. Code § 16-25C-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25C / Section 16-25C-6
Section 16-25C-6 Participation
Status: in_force

(a) Participation in this fund shall be voluntary under regulations adopted by the board and in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code.

(b) Any person who becomes ineligible for participation in the fund due to the termination of his or her employment with an eligible employer, or due to other reasons, may leave his or her vested accumulations on account with the fund. In that event, no further contributions may be accepted on the account of the person unless the person is reemployed by an eligible employer or again becomes eligible.
Ala. Code § 16-13-101 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-101
Section 16-13-101 Redemption of Warrants Prior to Maturity
Status: in_force

Any board of education issuing warrants hereunder may, if such action shall be deemed advisable by the issuing board, retain in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such warrants an option to redeem prior to maturity all or any part thereof, as may be specified in such proceedings, at such price or prices and after such notice or notices and on such terms and conditions as may be set forth in such proceedings and as may be briefly recited in the face of such warrants; provided, that the redemption price for any warrant redeemed prior to maturity shall not exceed the par value of that warrant plus accrued interest thereon to the date fixed for redemption and plus a premium not exceeding 12 months’ interest on such warrant computed at the rate it would by its terms bear on the date fixed for redemption if it had not been called for redemption. Notice of the call for redemption prior to maturity of any warrant issued hereunder shall be given by publication at least once, at least 30 days before the date fixed for redemption, in a newspaper published or circulated in the county and also in a daily newspaper published in Montgomery or Birmingham.
Ala. Code § 16-22-4.1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 22 / Section 16-22-4.1
Section 16-22-4.1 Education Employee Liability Insurance; Self-Insurance
Status: in_force

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

(1) CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL. Full-time teachers, principals, and other education employees employed by a local board of education and required to hold a certificate issued by the State Superintendent of Education.

(2) LOCAL BOARD OF EDUCATION. A city or county board of education, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Alabama Youth Services Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Youth Services School District, the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, and the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science.

(3) STUDENT TEACHER. A college or university student in an education degree program who, as part of the degree program, is assigned to teach in a local public school classroom, is providing instruction to students, and is being mentored by a teacher.

(4) SUPPORT PERSONNEL or SUPPORT EMPLOYEE. Full-time maids, custodians, adult bus drivers, lunchroom or cafeteria workers, secretaries, clerks, clerical assistants, maintenance workers, or other non-certificated employees.

(b) The Department of Finance, in consultation with the State Department of Education, shall establish a program of self-insurance or purchase or provide a policy or policies of education employee liability insurance from appropriations to the State Department of Education insuring certificated personnel and support personnel who are employed by a local board of education and student teachers. Such policy or policies shall protect against damages for claims arising out of the performance of their duties or in any way connected therewith. The amount of the insurance and the appropriate coverage shall be in the discretion of the Director of Finance. Appropriations by the Legislature to fund the program shall be included in the annual Education Trust Fund Appropriations Act. An insurance carrier providing any portion of the education employee liability coverage under the program shall be selected by a competitive process. Any amount of the appropriation for purchase of liability insurance remaining after liability insurance is provided shall not revert to the Education Trust Fund, but shall be retained to cover the costs of this program and is to be accounted for in future appropriations.

(c) Insurance coverage provided by this section shall automatically cover all full-time and part-time certificated personnel and support personnel who are employed by a local board of education, and student teachers who are assigned to a classroom under the purview of a local board of education, and shall be at no cost to the certificated personnel, support personnel, or student teachers.

(d) The program of insurance established by this section shall be administered by the Department of Finance. The State Department of Education shall be the administrator of this program for the school systems and in furtherance of that duty shall pay the annual cost of the program to the Department of Finance upon receipt of a statement of that cost, and require the school systems to provide such information as the Finance Director may specify to determine the costs of the program and to adjust and defend claims.

(e) The administrators and all personnel of the local school systems shall participate in the program in accordance with the policies, procedures and rules established by the Department of Finance.

(f) The program of insurance shall be effective for insurance coverage of certificated personnel, support personnel, and student teachers not later than July 1, 2013.
Ala. Code § 16-46C-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 46C / Section 16-46C-5
Section 16-46C-5 Elective Credit Toward Graduation Requirements; Adoption of Policy; Approved Entities; Certificate of Completion and Credit
Status: in_force

(a) An extended learning opportunity shall count as elective credit toward graduation requirements and the achievement of applicable state standards for students, upon approval of the extended learning opportunity by the State Board of Education, a local board of education, or public charter school. To receive credit, a student shall submit a written request for credit and proof of successful completion of the approved extended learning opportunity to the designated administrator of the school he or she is attending. The State Board of Education shall adopt, and each local board of education and public charter school shall distribute and implement, an extended learning opportunities policy that provides all of the following:

(1) An application process for accepting and approving extended learning opportunities offered for credit by outside entities.

(2) A list of entities that are eligible to submit applications for offering extended learning opportunities. Eligible entities shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

a. Nonprofit organizations.

b. Businesses with established locations in the state.

c. Trade associations.

d. Any of the Armed Forces of the United States, subject to applicable age requirements.

(3) A process for students to follow for requesting credit.

(4) Criteria the local board of education or public charter school shall use to determine whether a proposed extended learning opportunity shall be approved to count toward credit.

(5) Criteria the local board of education or public charter school shall use to award a student a certificate of completion and credit for completing an approved extended learning opportunity. The criteria shall include, but not be limited to, allowing a student to demonstrate competencies through performance-based assessments and other methods independent of instructional time and credit hours.

(b) An entity approved by the State Board of Education to offer an extended learning opportunity shall be automatically qualified to offer that extended learning opportunity for all local boards of education and public charter schools in the state.

(c) A student who successfully completes an approved extended learning opportunity, and satisfies criteria established for the award of a certificate of completion and credit pursuant to subdivision (a)(5), shall be considered to have completed all of the required coursework for the particular course. If an approved extended learning opportunity satisfies all required coursework for a high school course, the student shall also be considered to have satisfied the equivalent number of credits toward his or her graduation requirements.
Ala. Code § 16-41-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 41 / Section 16-41-2
Section 16-41-2 “Drug” Defined
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the term “drug” shall include barbiturates, central nervous system stimulants, hallucinogenics, and all other drugs to which the narcotic and drug abuse laws of the United States apply. It shall also include alcoholic and intoxicating liquor and beverages and tobacco.
Ala. Code § 16-5-8.1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-8.1
Section 16-5-8.1 Computation of Grades Earned at Another Institution
Status: in_force

Nothing in subsection (e) of Section 16-5-8 shall be deemed to require a public institution to include any grades earned at another institution in the computation of a student’s grade point average at that institution. However, if any public institution includes freshman and sophomore level course grades earned at any other public institution in the computation of a student’s grade point average, all freshman and sophomore level course grades earned at all public institutions shall be included in the computation.
Ala. Code § 16-36-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 36 / Section 16-36-3
Section 16-36-3 State Textbook Committee - Meetings; Election of Chairman and Secretary; Compensation and Expenses of Members
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
Ala. Code § 16-22-14 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 22 / Section 16-22-14
Section 16-22-14 Personnel Records of Education Employees
Status: in_force

(a) Definitions. When used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) EMPLOYEE. Any person employed by a school board.

(2) EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The superintendent of any public county or city school system; the President of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the president of any two-year school or college under the auspices of the State Board of Education; the Superintendent of the Department of Youth Services School District; the Executive Director of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; and the Executive Director of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science.

(3) LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY PERSONNEL SYSTEM (LEAPS). The data base established and maintained by the Alabama Department of Education for record keeping of all data related to certificated and non-certificated personnel at each board of education.

(4) PERSONNEL AND ENROLLMENT REPORTING SYSTEM (PERS). The data base established and maintained by the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education for record keeping of all data related to personnel and enrollment at postsecondary institutions.

(5) PERSONNEL RECORD. All records, information, data, or materials pertaining to an employee kept by the executive officer of the school board or other employees of the school board in any form or retrieval system whatsoever.

(6) SCHOOL BOARD or BOARD OF EDUCATION or BOARD. As applied to employees in the public schools, grade kindergarten through grade 12, any county or city board of education; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the Alabama Youth Services Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Youth Services School District; the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Board of Directors of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science; and, as applied to two-year postsecondary education institutions only, the State Board of Education.

(b) Establishment and maintenance of records. Each board shall establish and maintain a personnel file on each employee. It shall be the responsibility of the executive officer of each school board to supervise the maintenance of personnel files and to maintain updated, complete, and accurate records.

(c) Employee access and response. The employee, or any person designated in writing by the employee, may, upon request, review all of the contents in his or her personnel file and receive copies of any documents contained in the file. No document shall be withheld from the employee or his or her representative. A representative of the employee may accompany him or her during the personnel file review. The employee may answer or object in writing to any material in his or her file and the answer or objection shall be attached to the appropriate material.

(d) Public access. This section is supplemental to the statutes which apply to the public’s access to government records. Public access to school personnel files is affirmed subject to the privacy rights rulings of the various federal and state courts.

(e) Work performance records. Any materials pertaining directly to work performance may be placed in the record of the employee and a copy of the materials shall be provided to the employee. Statements, reports, and comments relating to work performance, disciplinary action against the employee, suspension of the employee, or dismissal of the employee shall be reduced to writing and signed by a person reasonably competent to know the facts or make a judgment as to the accuracy of the subject information. Additional information related to the written materials previously placed in the personnel file may be attached to the material to clarify or amplify them as needed. A copy of all materials to be placed in an employee’s record which may tend to diminish the employee’s professional or work status or reflect adversely on the employee’s record of performance or character shall be provided to the employee.

(f) Anonymous materials. Any anonymous complaint or material received by a school official shall be immediately transmitted to the executive officer. If the material is deemed worthy of an investigation by the executive officer, it may be investigated. The results of the investigation shall be reduced to writing, signed by the executive officer, principal, or other designated official in charge of the complaint, dated, attached to the material in question, and placed in the personnel file of the employee. Any anonymous complaint which is not investigated within 30 calendar days of its receipt by the executive officer shall not be retained, but shall be destroyed.

(g) Transfer of information. Notwithstanding any other provision in this section to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply:

(1) The transfer of the personnel file or any parts, summation, or copies of the personnel file of the employee shall be effectuated upon the written request of the employee.

(2) The employer may transfer an employee’s personnel file or copies or parts thereof to another employer or prospective employer.

(3) The provisions contained in Section 16-22-6 shall remain in effect. Payroll deductions which the employee has authorized shall continue effective.

(4) Any documents which may be lawfully contained in the personnel file of an employee shall be made available to a lawfully authorized hearing officer or panel conducting an investigation into the competency or performance of the employee, and to all appropriate law enforcement officials. Statistical information on employees and former employees may be transmitted to the Department of Archives and History and to the State Department of Education for historical research and information.

(h) Policies. Written policies established by a school board pertaining to personnel files which are not inconsistent with this section may remain in effect, consistent with Section 16-1-30.

(i) This section shall be implemented by each school board no later than September 1, 1998.
Ala. Code § 16-3-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-9
Section 16-3-9 Expense Allowance for Members
Status: in_force

(a) Each member of the State Board of Education shall be entitled to an expense allowance of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per month which shall be in addition to the per diem compensation and actual traveling and other necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings and transacting business of the board, as provided in Section 16-3-8. The provisions of Sections 36-7-20 to 36-7-23, inclusive, regulating payment of expenses of state officers and employees traveling on state business, shall not be applicable to members of the State Board of Education. It is expressly understood that this amount of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) is paid for travel and other business expenses incurred by the board members which are not covered by the per diem and mileage allowance authorized to be paid to the board members.

(b) The expense allowance herein provided shall be paid out of the Education Trust Fund in the same manner as other expenses of the State Board of Education are paid.
Ala. Code § 16-22A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 22A / Section 16-22A-5
Section 16-22A-5 Agencies Required to Conduct Criminal History Background Information Checks
Status: in_force

(a) A criminal history background information check shall be conducted on all applicants seeking positions with, and on all current employees under review employed by any local employing board, and any State Department of Education personnel as determined by the State Superintendent of Education, who have unsupervised access to and provide education, training, instruction, or supervision for children in an educational setting.

(b) A criminal history background information check shall be conducted on all applicants seeking positions with, and on all current employees and current employees under review employed by any nonpublic school, who have unsupervised access to or who provide education, training, instruction, or supervision for children in an educational setting.

(c) No institution listed in subsection (a) or subsection (b) shall hire an individual who may have unsupervised access to a child without first obtaining a criminal history background information check, except on a temporary emergency basis. In the event that this exception is used and a position is filled by the employer due to exigent circumstances, the applicant so employed may be placed on payroll until such time as a criminal history background information check on the employee is completed.

(d) Nationwide criminal history background information reports for applicants for certification, certified applicants for public employment, noncertified applicants for public employment, and public current employees under review shall be sent directly from the Department of Public Safety to the State Department of Education within a reasonable time from the receipt of the report from the Alabama Bureau of Investigation.

(e) Nationwide criminal history background information reports for nonpublic school applicants for employment, current employees, and current employees under review shall be sent directly from the Department of Public Safety to the State Department of Education within a reasonable time from the receipt of the report from the Alabama Bureau of Investigation. Thereafter, the State Superintendent of Education shall review the criminal history background information report and determine whether the applicant for employment, current employee, or current employee under review satisfies the suitability criteria for nonpublic employment. The State Superintendent of Education shall issue a suitability determination to the chief executive officer of the nonpublic school requesting the determination.

(f) Mandatory criminal history background information checks shall be performed by the Department of Public Safety upon request by any public entity authorized to make a request and shall be forwarded to the State Department of Education. The Department of Public Safety shall provide an Alabama Bureau of Investigation criminal history background information check within a reasonable time of the receipt of such request. Criminal history background information checks shall be requested by the Department of Public Safety from the Federal Bureau of Investigation within a reasonable time of receipt of such request.

(g) The Department of Public Safety, upon receipt of the criminal history background information report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall forward such report to the State Department of Education within a reasonable time of the receipt of the report by certified mail. The fee charged for mandatory criminal history background information checks shall not exceed the statutory and regulatory amounts set under existing guidelines nor shall additional administrative fees of any kind, except for the cost of mailings, be charged which would increase the cost of the criminal history background information check. An applicant for employment and an applicant for certification are responsible for the cost of their criminal history background information check. The employer is responsible for the cost of the criminal history background information check on a current employee under review. The State Department of Education is responsible for the cost of the criminal history background information check on a nonpublic current employee, unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines that public funds may not be used for this purpose, then the employer or employee shall pay the cost. If a noncertified applicant for employment is determined by the chief executive officer of the prospective employer to be financially unable to pay the costs of a criminal history background information check, the prospective employer may pay the fee associated with the criminal history background information check.

(h) The following persons shall obtain a signed and dated written consent to obtain criminal history background information checks for applicants, nonpublic current employees, and current employees under review who have or seek to have unsupervised access to children in an educational setting as provided in subsections (a) and (b):

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

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

(3) Persons designated by any other nonpublic school.

(i) Refusal by an applicant for certification, applicant for employment, nonpublic current employee, or current employee under review 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 employment or certification of the applicant for certification or applicant for employment, or the continued employment or certification in a position requiring unsupervised access to children of the nonpublic current employee or current employee under review, until such time as written permission has been given to the local employing board, State Department of Education, or other appropriate chief executive officer to conduct the criminal history background information check.

(j)(1) No current employee under review shall be subjected to a criminal history background information check for political or personal reasons. A review of a current employee under review, which may be conducted at any time, irrespective of whether a prior criminal history background information check has been conducted on the employee, shall be based upon reasonable suspicion.

(2) A current employee under review shall be apprised in writing of the reasons supporting a request for a criminal history background information check, including the grounds supporting reasonable suspicion, and shall be provided the opportunity to supply additional information on his or her behalf to the employer. Any personnel action taken against the current employee under review shall be in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws as well as any adopted applicable local policies or procedures.
Ala. Code § 16-46D-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 46D / Section 16-46D-5
Section 16-46D-5 Duties of Local Boards of Education
Status: in_force

(a) No later than April 1 of each year, each local board of education shall provide general information about the program, including the appropriate forms, to all middle school, 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students in the district. The state board shall make the appropriate forms and guidelines available to all local boards of education and eligible institutions. (b) Each local board of education shall also provide counseling services in accordance with the counseling guidelines to its students and their parents or guardians before a student may enroll in the program. Prior to participating in the program, a student and his or her parent or guardian shall sign the form provided by the local board of education, or by an eligible institution, stating that they have received the counseling specified in this subsection and that they understand the responsibilities that shall be assumed in participating in the program.

(b) Each local board of education shall also provide counseling services in accordance with the counseling guidelines to its students and their parents or guardians before a student may enroll in the program. Prior to participating in the program, a student and his or her parent or guardian shall sign the form provided by the local board of education, or by an eligible institution, stating that they have received the counseling specified in this subsection and that they understand the responsibilities that shall be assumed in participating in the program.
Ala. Code § 16-55-23 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 55 / Section 16-55-23
Section 16-55-23 Eligibility Criteria
Status: reserved

REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
Ala. Code § 16-47-125 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-125
Section 16-47-125 Repayment Obligation May Begin Immediately Upon Discontinuation of Medical Education
Status: in_force

Any recipient who fails for any reason to continue his or her medical education may, at the discretion of the board, be required to repay all loan amounts immediately with simple interest of eight percent annually from the date of his or her departure or removal from medical school.
Ala. Code § 16-4-11 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-11
Section 16-4-11 Administration of Department; Supervision and Nomination of Employees of Department
Status: in_force

The State Superintendent of Education, acting under the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, shall be responsible for the administration of the Department of Education and shall have general supervision of all the professional and clerical assistants of the department. He shall nominate to the State Board of Education all the professional and clerical assistants of the department.
Ala. Code § 16-6J-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6J / Section 16-6J-9
Section 16-6J-9 Intervention Permitted in Defense of Program
Status: in_force

If any part of this chapter is challenged as violating either the state or federal constitutions, parents of eligible students and participating students shall be permitted to intervene as of right in the lawsuit for the purposes of defending the constitutionality of the program.
Ala. Code § 16-60-52 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-52
Section 16-60-52 Date of Commencement of Operations of College; Selecting Location
Status: in_force

The junior college hereby authorized shall be established and ready for operation not later than September 1, 1963. The board of trustees, with the advice and consent of the State Superintendent of Education, shall decide exactly where in the above named counties the college shall be located. The board of trustees, for the purpose of ascertaining the most advantageous location for the college, may make such surveys as in its opinion are needed.
Ala. Code § 16-16A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 16A / Section 16-16A-5
Section 16-16A-5 Calculation; Criteria and Procedures
Status: in_force

The City of Huntsville Federal Building Authority is hereby authorized to calculate the amount of BRAC Distribution that is due to each county or city school system and the Public School and College Authority shall specify criteria and procedures for the application, approval, and monitoring of the benefits under this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-61C-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 61C / Section 16-61C-1
Section 16-61C-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Alabama Science in Motion Act of 1995.”
Ala. Code § 16-26E-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 26E / Section 16-26E-8
Section 16-26E-8 Funding
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as to prohibit or prevent the board of trustees from accepting federal funds or monies from any corporation or other private contributor for use in operating the school or providing of programs by the school.
Ala. Code § 16-18-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 18 / Section 16-18-5
Section 16-18-5 Board of Directors
Status: in_force

Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The board shall consist of three directors elected, as soon as may be practicable after the organization of the authority, by the governing body of the determining municipality for staggered terms as follows: The first term of one director shall begin immediately upon his election and shall end at noon on the second Monday of November of the next succeeding odd-numbered calendar year following his election; the first term of another director shall begin immediately upon his election and shall end at noon on the second Monday of November of the second succeeding odd-numbered calendar year following his election; and the first term of the remaining director shall begin immediately upon his election and shall end at noon on the second Monday of November of the third succeeding odd-numbered calendar year following his election. Thereafter, the term of office of each director shall be six years, commencing at noon on the second Monday of November when the term of the immediate predecessor director ended. If at any time there should be a vacancy on the board, a successor director to serve for the unexpired term applicable to such vacancy shall be elected by the governing body of the determining municipality. Each election of a director subsequent to the selection of the initial directors, whether for a full six-year term or to complete an unexpired term, shall be made not earlier than 30 days prior to the date on which such director is to take office as such. No officer of the state or of any county or municipality shall, during his tenure as such officer, be eligible to serve as a director. Each director must be a qualified elector and the owner of real property in the determining municipality. Directors shall be eligible for reelection. Each director shall serve without compensation, except that he may be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred by him in and about the performance of his duties. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all of the powers and duties of the authority. Any director of the authority may be impeached and removed from office in the same manner and on the same grounds provided by Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in said Section 175. All proceedings of the board shall be reduced to writing by the secretary of the authority and recorded in a well-bound book. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the authority under the seal of the authority, shall be received in all courts as evidence of the matters therein certified.
Ala. Code § 16-60-334 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-334
Section 16-60-334 Location; Military Programs and Curricula Retained
Status: in_force

(a) The institute shall be located in Marion, Alabama.

(b) The Chancellor shall not fundamentally alter or change the military programs or curricula such that the values-based education inherent in the military model is lost or weakened.
Ala. Code § 16-53-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 53 / Section 16-53-7
Section 16-53-7 Board of Trustees - Transfer of Jurisdiction; Additional Powers
Status: in_force

After July 1, 2006, the board of trustees created by this chapter for The University of West Alabama shall have exclusive jurisdiction, supervision, and control of The University of West Alabama; and the State Board of Education is thereafter divested of all jurisdiction, power, and authority with regard to the supervision, management, and control of such university except as otherwise herein provided. In addition to the powers, duties, and authority hereinabove vested in the board of trustees, such board shall have and exercise all power, authority, and duties heretofore conferred on, vested in, or required of the State Board of Education under any laws of this state with regard to the supervision, management, and control of such university except as otherwise herein provided. The Board of Trustees of The University of West Alabama retains control of all supplies, funds, books, documents, records, and other property or effects of the university transferred to the board by the State Board of Education on September 7, 1967.
Ala. Code § 16-40-12 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 40 / Section 16-40-12
Section 16-40-12 Instruction in Personal Financial Literacy and Money Management
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning with public school students entering ninth grade in the 2024-2025 school year, each student shall complete a course in personal financial literacy and money management before graduation from high school. This instruction shall include discussion of or instruction in all of the following:

(1) Types of bank accounts offered, opening and managing a bank account, and assessing the quality of services provided by a depository institution.

(2) Balancing a checking account.

(3) Basic principles of money management including, but not limited to, spending, credit, credit scores, and managing debt, including retail and credit card debt.

(4) Evaluating types of loans.

(5) Basic principles of personal insurance policies.

(6) Understanding percentages as relating to taxation.

(7) Computing interest rates by various mechanisms.

(8) Simple contracts.

(9) Types of savings and investments.

(b)(1) Before June 30, 2024, and in accordance with Section 16-35-4, the State Department of Education shall identify approved financial literacy courses that may fulfill one unit of academic credit for any mathematics course for high school graduation.

(2) No later than June 30, 2024, the State Department of Education shall create an examination that focuses on the standards of the approved financial literacy course. The examination shall be provided to local education agencies and shall be administered to each student upon completion of the approved financial literacy course. A summary of examination results, by local school system, shall be recorded and reported annually to the State Department of Education.

(c) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Ala. Code § 16-1-31 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-31
Section 16-1-31 Elective Course Credit for Participation in Ymca Youth and Government Programs
Status: in_force

(a) Each public local board of education may provide that a high school student who participates in YMCA Youth and Government programs may earn elective course credit for participation providing that Section 16-28-5, which requires 140 days of instruction by a certified teacher, is adhered to.

(b) The amount of elective course credit granted for participation in YMCA Youth and Government programs shall be determined by the local board of education, but the credit shall not exceed one credit unit.

(c) Participation by a student in YMCA Youth and Government programs shall be certified by the local YMCA official responsible for the program.

(d) YMCA Youth and Government programs eligible for credit pursuant to this section shall be approved by local boards of education.

(e) Local boards of education may adopt minimum standards for any program pursuant to this section including minimum standards for the curriculum and participation in order to qualify for credit.
Ala. Code § 16-47-220 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-220
Section 16-47-220 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) AREA OF CRITICAL NEED. An area with a critical need for more physician’s assistants, as determined by the board, where participants may work to repay loans received under the program.

(2) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Medical Scholarship Awards created in Section 16-47-121.

(3) PARTICIPANT. Any person awarded a loan under the program.

(4) PROGRAM. The Alabama Physician’s Assistants Service Program.
Ala. Code § 16-65A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 65A / Section 16-65A-1
Section 16-65A-1 Program Created
Status: reserved

REPEALED BY ACT 2024-444, EFFECTIVE MAY 17, 2024. There is created the Distressed Institutions of Higher Education Revolving Loan Program to be administered by the State Treasurer.
Ala. Code § 16-25A-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25A / Section 16-25A-2
Section 16-25A-2 Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Board; Membership, Compensation, Oath of Office, Officers, Staff, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) The Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Board shall consist of the members of the Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama;

(b) Board members shall serve without compensation for their services as board members, but shall be reimbursed from the fund established in subsection (f) of Section 16-25A-8 for all necessary expenses that they may incur through service on the board;

(c) Each board member shall, within 10 days after his appointment or election to the Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System, take an oath of office that, so far as it devolves on him, he will diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the board herein established, and that he will not knowingly violate, or willingly permit to be violated, any of the provisions of law applicable to the Public Employees’ Health Insurance Plan. Such oath shall be subscribed to by the member making it, certified by the officer before whom it is taken, and immediately filed in the office of the Secretary of State;

(d) Each board member shall be entitled to one vote in matters concerning the board. Six votes shall be necessary for a decision at any meeting of said board. In case of a tie vote, the decision shall fail;

(e) The chairman and vice-chairman of the board shall be the chairman and vice-chairman of the Teachers’ Retirement System Board of Control. The Secretary-Treasurer of the Teachers’ Retirement System shall serve as chief executive officer of the Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Plan. In addition thereto, the board may engage such actuarial, administrative, legal, and other special services as shall be deemed necessary to transact the business of the insurance plan. The compensation and expenses for these special services shall be paid at such rates and in such amounts as the board shall approve. All other employees not in these categories of employment shall be employed under the provisions of the Merit System Act;

(f) The board shall keep in convenient form such data as shall be necessary for actuarial valuation of the funds of the insurance plan and for checking the experience of the plan.
Ala. Code § 16-13-107 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-107
Section 16-13-107 Exclusiveness of Article
Status: in_force

No warrants payable in any fiscal year later than the fiscal year in which they were issued shall be issued except in accordance with the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 16-25-120 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-120
Section 16-25-120 Cost-of-Living Increase in Pension Benefits to Members and Beneficiaries of Teachers’ Retirement System
Status: in_force

Commencing October 1, 1998, there is provided to each person currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 1998, 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, 1998, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System, a cost-of-living increase of not less than thirty dollars ($30) per month and the increase shall be more if determined as follows:

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

(2) Two dollars ($2) per month for each year of service attained by the retiree for each retiree selecting the maximum retirement allowance or option one.

(3) Two dollars ($2) per month for each year of service attained by the retiree reduced by the retiree’s option election factor for each retiree selecting option two, three, or four unless the beneficiary under the option selected is deceased on July 1, 1998, in which case the increase shall not be reduced.

(4) Two dollars ($2) 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.
Ala. Code § 16-24-15 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 24 / Section 16-24-15
Section 16-24-15 Major Suspensions of Teachers - Procedure; Hearings
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
Ala. Code § 16-24-38 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 24 / Section 16-24-38
Section 16-24-38 Finality of Action of State Tenure Commission; Review
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §3, effective July 1, 2004.
Ala. Code § 16-27A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 27A / Section 16-27A-4
Section 16-27A-4 Notice of Violation; Destruction of Images and Information
Status: in_force

(a) After review of the violation by a law enforcement officer or trained technician, the governing body or contractor shall send the owner of a vehicle that has been detected by the device as being involved in a school bus violation a notice of violation by U. S. mail. A notice of violation shall be mailed no later than 14 days after being reviewed by law enforcement. In the event there is more than one owner, the notice may be issued to the first person listed on the title or other evidence of ownership, or jointly to all listed owners.

(b) The notice of violation shall include at a minimum each of the following items of information:

(1) The name and address of the person alleged to be liable as the owner of the motor vehicle involved in the violation.

(2) The license tag number of the vehicle.

(3) The violation charged.

(4) The date, time, and location where the violation occurred.

(5) The photographic images and the online video of the vehicle that are captured by the automated device. The image or video shall be reviewed by a law enforcement officer or trained technician who shall electronically certify the notice of violation. The image or video may not contain images of the face of the driver or passengers in the vehicle.

(6) The amount of the civil fine along with the time, place, and manner for payment of the fine which shall include the option to pay the fine by electronic means.

(7) The procedure under which the notice of violation may be contested, or the procedure and conditions under which responsibility for payment of the civil fine may be transferred to another individual who was operating the vehicle at the time of the violation.

(8) The date by which the local governing body must receive payment of the civil fine, receive notice by the owner that responsibility is being transferred to another, or receive notice by the owner that the notice of violation is being contested, shall be clearly and prominently stated on the notice of violation. The time may not be less than 30 days after the notice of violation is mailed.

(c) All recorded video images and other photographic information obtained through the use of school bus violation detection monitoring systems authorized in this chapter that do not identify a violation shall be destroyed by any city, town, school system or contractor within 90 days of the date the image was recorded, unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. All photographic and other recorded information that identifies a violation shall be destroyed within 30 days of final disposition of proceedings related to the enforcement or defense of a violation, unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(d) All photographic evidence regardless of whether it is a still photograph or video shall remain the sole property of the board and shall be available to a third party, other than the alleged violator, pursuant only to a valid court order.

(e) Except as expressly provided, all civil actions based on evidence produced by a school bus violation detection monitoring system shall follow the procedures set out in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-1A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1A / Section 16-1A-6
Section 16-1A-6 Notice of Injury; Injury Report; Decision of Review Board or Hearing Officer; Appeals
Status: in_force

(a) An employer shall complete an injury report upon timely notice of an injury in accordance with this chapter. An employer who refuses to complete and submit an injury report form after timely notice of an injury by an employee pursuant to this chapter shall provide notice in writing of its findings of fact that support its decision. An employee may challenge the employer’s decision pursuant to the dispute resolution provisions of this section.

(b)(1) The employer’s executive officer or the board shall refer any dispute that arises under this chapter between an employee and employer or between an employee and a TPA contracted with or established under this chapter to the review board.

(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (1), if an employee, employer, or TPA requests a hearing officer, the dispute shall be referred to and adjudicated by a hearing officer appointed from the panel of neutrals maintained by the Executive Director of the Alabama State Bar Association pursuant to subdivision (3). The hearing officer shall be selected using the process provided in subdivision (3).

(3) The Alabama State Bar shall create and maintain a roster of attorneys with significant experience in workers’ compensation disputes. Upon a request pursuant to subdivision (2), the Executive Director of the Alabama State Bar, on a random and rotating basis, shall select a panel of five from the roster and send the names to the parties. The parties may select a hearing officer from the panel. If the parties cannot agree, the parties shall select the hearing officer by a process of alternating strikes in which the employee shall be provided the first strike and the employer the last strike. No deference is to be provided to either party and the Alabama Rules of Evidence shall apply in hearings before the hearing officer.

(4) The decision of the hearing officer may be appealed to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County. The court shall review any decision pursuant to Section 41-22-20. Review by the court shall be limited to the record on appeal and shall not include a trial de novo. In reviewing pure findings of fact, the finding of the hearing officer shall not be reversed if that finding is supported by substantial evidence. The cost of transcript preparation shall initially be paid by the appealing party; such cost shall thereafter be taxed against the losing party in the circuit court.

(5) The statute of limitations for a dispute under this subsection is two years from the date of the injury, the date of last diagnosis for occupational disease, or the date of the last temporary total disability payment.

(c) The decision of the review board or hearing officer shall be based on a preponderance of the evidence as contained in the record of the hearing except in cases involving injuries which have resulted from gradual deterioration or cumulative physical stress disorders, which shall be deemed compensable only upon a finding of clear and convincing proof that the injuries arose out of and in the course of the employee’s employment. For the purposes of this subsection, “clear and convincing” means evidence that, when weighed against evidence in opposition, will produce in the mind of the trier of fact a firm conviction as to each essential element of the claim and a high probability as to the correctness of the conclusion. Proof by clear and convincing evidence requires a level of proof greater than a preponderance of the evidence or the substantial weight of the evidence, but less than beyond a reasonable doubt.

(d) The Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure shall govern the methods of discovery before a hearing officer, except that the following limitations to pre-hearing discovery shall apply:

(1) Two depositions for each side shall be permitted without leave of the hearing officer. No additional depositions shall be permitted except with leave of court for good cause shown, including, but not limited to, a claim by the employee for permanent total disability.

(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (1), each party may take the deposition of every other party.

(3) No more than 25 interrogatories, with each subpart to be considered a question, shall be permitted without leave of the hearing officer for good cause shown. (4) Copies of records obtained by one party shall be furnished to the other party by digital or electronic means not less than 21 days prior to the hearing, unless the party offering the records can establish unusual circumstances justifying admission of the records. (5) The party not offering the records of treatment by a physician or other medical provider shall have the right to depose the physician or medical provider whose records of treatment are to be offered by any other party. (e) The review board or hearing officer may award a legal fee of up to 15 percent of the compensation awarded in a contested case. This amount is discretionary and will only be awarded if requested by legal counsel for the employee and agreed to by the employee. The award shall be deducted from compensation otherwise payable to the employee pursuant to rules adopted by the board.

(4) Copies of records obtained by one party shall be furnished to the other party by digital or electronic means not less than 21 days prior to the hearing, unless the party offering the records can establish unusual circumstances justifying admission of the records.

(5) The party not offering the records of treatment by a physician or other medical provider shall have the right to depose the physician or medical provider whose records of treatment are to be offered by any other party.

(e) The review board or hearing officer may award a legal fee of up to 15 percent of the compensation awarded in a contested case. This amount is discretionary and will only be awarded if requested by legal counsel for the employee and agreed to by the employee. The award shall be deducted from compensation otherwise payable to the employee pursuant to rules adopted by the board.
Ala. Code § 16-55-22 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 55 / Section 16-55-22
Section 16-55-22 Selection of Participants
Status: reserved

REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
Ala. Code § 16-12-13 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 16-12-13
Section 16-12-13 Quadrennial Census for City Schools
Status: in_force

The city superintendent of schools shall direct the taking of the quadrennial census provided for in this title. He shall cause the census to be retaken in whole or in part when directed to do so by the State Superintendent of Education. The city superintendent of schools shall require the enumerators to make their report to him not later than August 5, following the date of taking the census; and, on or before August 15 following, the city superintendent of schools shall make his report of such census to the county superintendent of education. Where the census of a city is retaken in whole or in part by direction of the State Superintendent of Education, the enumerators shall make their report to the city superintendent of schools within such time as directed by the State Superintendent of Education, and the city superintendent of schools shall make a report to the county superintendent of education within 24 hours from the time of the report to him by the enumerators. He shall retain a duplicate of the same for the files in his own office.
Ala. Code § 16-25-122 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-122
Section 16-25-122 Adjustment of Survivor Allowance
Status: in_force

The survivor allowance shall be adjusted as provided in Sections 16-25-120 and 16-25-121 for those eligible retirees who have selected a monthly survivor allowance payable to a designated beneficiary upon the death of the retiree.
Ala. Code § 16-30A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 30A / Section 16-30A-5
Section 16-30A-5 Appropriate Care for Students Under Individual Health Plan; Availability of Nurse or Medication Assistant
Status: in_force

(a) The local board of education shall ensure that each student in the school or system with a diabetic condition or an adrenal insufficiency receives appropriate care as specified in his or her Individual Health Plan.

(b) The school nurse or a trained unlicensed medication assistant, to the extent required by the student’s Individual Health Plan, shall be on site and available to provide care to each student with diabetes or an adrenal insufficiency during regular school hours and school-sponsored before school and after school care programs, during field trips, extended off-site excursions, extracurricular activities in which the student is a direct participant, and on buses when the bus driver is not a trained unlicensed medication assistant.
Ala. Code § 16-13-183 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-183
Section 16-13-183 Election Notice
Status: in_force

The sheriff must give notice at least 30 days before any election to be held under this article, by publication in some newspaper in the county, if any is published therein, and if not, by writing posted at the courthouse door and at three other public places in the county of the time of holding, and when any election is to be held for a special tax for school purposes in any rural or city school tax district, written notices shall be posted in three public places within said district 30 days prior to said election. Said publications, both for special county and school tax district elections for school purposes, shall show the rate of such proposed tax, the time it is proposed to be continued, the purpose for which the levy is proposed to be made and a description of the boundaries of the proposed school tax district.
Ala. Code § 16-33A-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 33A / Section 16-33A-9
Section 16-33A-9 Proration of Funds When Funds Insufficient to Provide Full Grants
Status: in_force

Should funds appropriated to the Alabama Student Grant Program be insufficient to provide each eligible student with a full grant for the term or terms requested, each eligible student shall receive a pro rata grant share of the available funds.
Ala. Code § 16-13-72 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-72
Section 16-13-72 Refunding Warrants
Status: in_force

Any county board of education and any city board of education may from time to time sell and issue refunding warrants for the purpose of refunding the principal of warrants then outstanding that were issued by the said board of education under the provisions of either this article or any other act or statute, and the interest accrued on the warrants to be refunded, whether or not the principal of the said outstanding warrants shall have matured at the time of the issuance of the refunding warrants and regardless of the date on which the warrants to be refunded shall have a stated maturity or shall be subject to redemption or cancellation. Any premium necessary to redeem or retire the warrants to be so refunded may be paid out of the proceeds from the refunding warrants; and the total principal amount of the refunding warrants shall not exceed the sum of (i) the principal of the warrants to be refunded, (ii) the interest accrued and unpaid thereon plus the interest to mature thereon until the date on which they are to be redeemed or paid and (iii) the amount of any such redemption premium. Except for the fact that refunding warrants are issued for refunding purposes rather than any of the purposes referred to in Section 16-13-70, all the provisions of this article relating to warrants generally shall be applicable to refunding warrants issued hereunder.
Ala. Code § 16-25A-12 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25A / Section 16-25A-12
Section 16-25A-12 Employees May Elect Not to Participate; Full State Funding; Subsequent Election to Participate
Status: in_force

(a) Any board of education, institution, or other employer with employees as defined by Section 16-25A-1, may, upon a majority vote of its employees, elect not to participate in the basic medical plan authorized by the provisions of this article; provided, however, that for any fiscal year ending September 30 the Legislature appropriates the full amount certified pursuant to Section 16-25A-8(b), the board shall declare the plan of insurance coverage to be fully state-funded whereupon all employees of any board of education, institution, or other employer as defined hereinabove shall for that fiscal year and all subsequent fiscal years be declared members of the Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Plan.

(b) Any employer electing not to participate in the basic medical plan shall certify to the board the names of their employees otherwise electing hospital/medical coverage. The board shall disburse monthly to each employer so electing, the amount appropriated per individual by the Legislature so certified in accordance with such rules and regulations as the board shall adopt; such amount shall be used to purchase plan(s) as approved by election of the majority of the participating employees; provided, however, any funds not so used in the fiscal year shall revert to the fund.

(c) Once an employer has elected not to participate in the basic medical plan authorized by this article, such employer may subsequently elect, under such rules and regulations and at such times as the board shall prescribe, to participate in the basic medical plan authorized by this article; participation, once elected, is irrevocable.
Ala. Code § 16-22A-16 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 22A / Section 16-22A-16
Section 16-22A-16 Construction
Status: in_force

Except as expressly specified in this chapter pertaining to criminal history background information checks of applicants for nonpublic employment, nonpublic current employees, and nonpublic current employees under review, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to establish state control over curriculum or the selection of personnel in private or parochial/church schools, nor is this chapter intended to establish additional regulatory authority over private or parochial/church schools.
Ala. Code § 16-3-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-5
Section 16-3-5 Vacancies
Status: in_force

As vacancies occur on the board for any cause they shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term subject to confirmation by the Senate at the next succeeding session of the Legislature.
Ala. Code § 16-49-21 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 49 / Section 16-49-21
Section 16-49-21 Body Corporate; Name
Status: in_force

The Governor, by virtue of his or her office, and the trustees appointed from the several congressional districts of the state and the nation at large, pursuant to Section 16-49-20, and their successors in office are constituted a body corporate under the name of Board of Trustees for Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University.
Ala. Code § 16-5-72 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-72
Section 16-5-72 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education.

(2) DIVISION. The Workforce Development Division of the Department of Commerce that administers or oversees the state’s workforce programs, state job board, or any type of workforce program that receives funding from the United States Department of Labor.
Ala. Code § 16-28B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28B / Section 16-28B-1
Section 16-28B-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Jamari Terrell Williams Student Bullying Prevention Act.
Ala. Code § 16-25A-19 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25A / Section 16-25A-19
Section 16-25A-19 Maintenance of Records; Annual Report
Status: in_force

The board shall maintain records in sufficient detail to accurately determine the total health insurance costs and the contributions toward health insurance premiums by employees and retirees, separately and in composite form. Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year the board shall prepare a written report that contains a calculation of the total cost of health insurance premiums for such fiscal year and the amount of contributions by employees and retirees to the cost of such health insurance premiums and the cost of such coverage that shall be paid by the employer for the next fiscal year and the total savings to the state realized by the enactment of Act 2004-646, Act 2004-647, Act 2004-648, Act 2004-649, and Act 2004-650 in the First Special Session of 2004. Such report shall contain sufficient detail to determine the total cost of health insurance premiums for each class of employees or retirees and the amount of contributions by each class of employees or retirees. Such report shall be prepared or verified by an independent firm employed by the board with skill and experience in reporting for such matters.
Ala. Code § 16-44A-53 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 44A / Section 16-44A-53
Section 16-44A-53 Adoption and Administration of Master Plan
Status: in_force

In addition to such powers conferred on it by Section 16-44A-32, the governing board of the Citizenship Trust shall adopt, subject to consultation and review as provided in Section 16-44A-56, and administer a master plan for the Alabama Veterans Living Legacy to fulfill the vital public purposes provided in Section 16-44A-52, organized in these core public components:

(1) The National Veterans Shrine and Interpretive Gateway shall consist of property, open spaces, and memorial areas, educational, exhibition, and other visitor facilities and programs to remember, respect, thank, and honor our nation’s veterans, with special emphasis on those from Alabama. The plans shall include a means to record and present for public recognition by individual name, biographical sketch, photograph or photographs, stories, and records, as many Alabama veterans as possible, both living and dead, with respect to the privacy rights of those not wishing to participate. The plans shall also include a distinct facility to receive with respect and in privacy the families of deceased veterans, where such families may be extended expressions of the condolences and gratitude of the Governor, Legislature, and people of Alabama.

(2) The educational offerings of the American Village statewide classroom and laboratory center and institute shall be designed, organized, and administered in ways to complement, augment, and enhance classroom teaching in the areas of American History, civics, and government, and having an essential purpose to teach the vital lessons of liberty, as a preparation for good citizenship, and as a living legacy to prominently honor United States veterans and their service and sacrifice.

(3) Such other initiatives as deemed appropriate that promote broader knowledge, skills, and practices of good citizenship, and a better appreciation of our veterans and their legacy of American liberty and self-government.
Ala. Code § 16-39-32 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 39 / Section 16-39-32
Section 16-39-32 Use of Funds
Status: in_force

All funds appropriated as a result of this article and funds obtained through donations, bequests, other forms of financial assistance, and accrued interest in the investment of all funds that are to be used to fund services for exceptional children with disabilities. All unencumbered funds remaining in the Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education at the end of each fiscal year shall carry-over to the next succeeding fiscal year for use in the Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education.
Ala. Code § 16-6G-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6G / Section 16-6G-5
Section 16-6G-5 Reading and Intervention Programs; Individual Reading Improvement Plan; Summer Reading Camps; Alabama Summer Achievement Program; Retention of Students; Reporting Requirements
Status: in_force

(a) Commencing with the 2022-2023 school year, to ensure that public school students are able to read at or above grade level by the end of third grade, each local education agency shall offer an approved comprehensive core reading program to all students based on the science of reading which develops foundational reading skills. In addition, no school district may use any curriculum for public K-3 students that does not have instructional time included.

(b) Based on the results of the reading assessment in Section 16-6G-3, each K-3 student who exhibits a reading deficiency, or the characteristics of dyslexia, shall be provided an appropriate reading intervention program to address his or her specific deficiencies. Additionally, students shall be evaluated after every grading period and, if a student is determined to have a reading deficiency, the school shall provide the student with additional tutorial support. The task force shall recommend a list of vetted and approved comprehensive reading and intervention programs. The intervention program shall be provided in addition to the comprehensive core reading instruction that is provided to all students in the general education classroom. Dyslexia specific intervention, as defined by rule of the State Board of Education, shall be provided to students who have the characteristics of dyslexia and all struggling readers. The reading intervention program shall do all of the following:

(1) Provide explicit, direct instruction that is systematic, sequential, and cumulative in language development, phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, as applicable.

(2) Provide daily targeted small group reading interventions based on student need in phonological awareness, phonics including decoding and encoding, sight words, vocabulary, or comprehension.

(3) Be implemented during regular school hours.

(c) The parent or legal guardian of any K-3 student who exhibits a consistent deficiency in letter naming fluency, letter sound fluency, nonsense word reading, sight words, oral reading accuracy, vocabulary, or comprehension at any time during the school year shall be notified in writing no later than 15 school days after the identification. In addition to the requirement that the Literacy Task Force consider and minimize the impact on instructional time when recommending an assessment system for approval by the State Superintendent of Education pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 16-6G-3, the State Superintendent of Education and each local education agency shall minimize the impact on instructional time and teacher paperwork required to comply with the written notification requirements of this subsection. The written notification shall include all of the following:

(1) A statement that the student has been identified as having a deficiency in reading or exhibits the characteristics of dyslexia, and that a reading improvement plan shall be developed by the teacher, principal, other pertinent school personnel, and the parent or legal guardian.

(2) A description of the current services that are provided to the student.

(3) A description of the proposed evidence-based reading interventions and supplemental instructional services and supports that shall be proposed for discussion while establishing the student’s reading improvement plan as provided in subsection (d).

(4) Notification that the parent or legal guardian shall be informed in writing at least monthly of the progress of the student towards grade level reading.

(5) Strategies and resources for the parent or legal guardian to use at home to help the student succeed in reading.

(6) A statement that if the reading deficiency of the student is not addressed by the end of third grade, the student will not be promoted to fourth grade unless a good cause exemption is satisfied.

(7) A statement that while the statewide reading assessment is the initial determinant for promotion, the assessment is not the sole determiner at the end of third grade. Additionally, students shall be provided with a test-based student portfolio option and a supplemental reading assessment option to demonstrate sufficient reading skills for promotion to fourth grade.

(d) Any K-3 student who exhibits a reading deficiency at any time, as provided in subsection (b), shall receive an individual reading improvement plan no later than 30 days after the identification of the reading deficiency.

(1) The reading improvement plan shall be created by the teacher, principal, other pertinent school personnel, and the parent or legal guardian of the student, and shall describe the evidence-based reading intervention services, including dyslexia specific intervention services, that the student shall receive to improve the reading deficit.

(2) Each identified student shall receive intensive reading intervention until the student no longer has a deficiency in reading, as determined by a State Board of Education approved reading assessment.

(3) Funds allocated to procuring curricula for student interventions pursuant to subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of Section 16-6G-4 shall be divided, based on a per pupil allocation determined by the number of students of each local education agency who are not proficient on a state approved reading assessment during the prior academic year, and distributed by the State Superintendent of Education.

(e) Each local education agency shall provide summer reading camps to all K-3 students identified with a reading deficiency as described in subsection (b).

(1) Summer reading camps shall be staffed with highly effective teachers of reading as demonstrated by student reading performance data, completion of multisensory structured language education, and teacher performance evaluations.

(2) The highly effective teacher of reading shall provide direct, explicit, and systematic reading intervention services and supports to improve any identified area of reading deficiency.

(3) Summer reading camps, at a minimum, shall include at least 60 hours of time in scientifically based reading instruction and intervention.

(4) A State Board of Education approved reading assessment system shall be administered at the beginning and end of the summer reading camp to measure student progress.

(5) Summer reading camps may be held in conjunction with existing summer programs in the school district or in partnership with community-based summer programs, designated as effective by the State Superintendent of Education and the task force.

(f) The Alabama Summer Achievement Program is established and shall be available to all K-3 students in public elementary schools that are among the lowest performing five percent in reading of elementary schools.

(1) The program shall be administered and funded by the allocation provided in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of Section 16-6G-4.

(2) Funds allocated to the program in excess of the amount needed to fully fund summer programs in public elementary schools that are among the lowest performing five percent in reading schools shall be divided, based on a per pupil allocation, and distributed by the State Superintendent of Education, to support high quality summer camps at elementary schools that are not among the lowest performing five percent in reading elementary schools. The State Superintendent of Education shall award the funds to each local education agency based on the number of students who scored deficient, as determined by the task force, on a state-approved reading assessment used to determine reading proficiency during the administration of the assessment during the preceding academic year.

(3) The State Superintendent of Education shall provide guidelines for the administration of the Alabama Summer Achievement Program, and shall oversee all of the following:

a. The administration of the Alabama Summer Achievement Program in the lowest performing five percent in reading elementary schools.

b. The response to instruction process in the lowest performing five percent in reading elementary schools.

c. The Alabama Reading Initiative regional literacy specialists and local reading specialists.

d. All other aspects of implementation of this chapter including, but not limited to, collaboration among State Department of Education staff and the task force to improve the reading proficiency of public K-3 students and implementation of rules adopted by the State Board of Education.

e. The implementation of rules adopted by the State Board of Education pertaining to dyslexia.

f. Collaboration with the Alabama Reading Initiative state staff and the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education for appropriate professional learning recommended by the Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading created pursuant to Section 16-6G-7.

g. The development of guidelines for identifying the characteristics of dyslexia.

(g) Any incoming third grade student identified with a reading deficiency shall be provided more intensified reading interventions to improve his or her specific reading deficiency. Reading intervention services shall include effective instructional strategies to accelerate student progress. Each local education agency shall conduct a review of student reading improvement plans for all incoming third grade students identified with a reading deficiency. The review shall address additional supports and services, as described in this section, necessary to improve any identified area of reading deficiency. The local education agency shall provide all of the following services for third grade students identified with a reading deficiency, and those services may be funded with funds received through the allocation provided in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of Section 16-6G-4:

(1) An effective or highly effective teacher of reading as demonstrated by student reading performance data and teacher performance evaluations.

(2) Reading intervention services and supports to improve any identified area of reading deficiency including, but not limited to, all of the following:

a. Additional instructional time devoted to scientifically based and evidence based reading instruction and intervention.

b. The use of evidence based reading strategies or programs, or both, that have been vetted and approved by the State Superintendent of Education and the task force, that have demonstrated proven results in accelerating student reading achievement within the same school year.

c. Daily targeted small group reading intervention based on student need.

d. Explicit and systematic instruction with more detailed explanations, more extensive opportunities for guided practice, and more opportunities for error correction and feedback.

e. Frequent monitoring of the progress of the reading skills of each student throughout the school year and adjusting instruction according to student need.

(3) Before school or after school, or both, supplemental evidence-based reading intervention delivered by a teacher or tutor with specialized reading training.

(4) A read at home plan, including participation in parent training workshops or regular parent guided home reading activities.

(h) Commencing with the 2023-2024 school year, third grade students shall demonstrate sufficient reading skills for promotion to fourth grade. Students shall be provided all of the following options to demonstrate sufficient reading skills for promotion to fourth grade, and the State Superintendent of Education shall provide guidelines for the implementation of this subsection:

(1) Scoring above the cut score, as determined by rule of the State Board of Education, on a board-approved assessment in reading as provided in Section 16-6G-3.

(2) Earning an acceptable score on a supplemental standardized reading assessment as determined and approved by the State Board of Education.

(3) Demonstrating mastery of third grade minimum essential state reading standards as evidenced by a student reading portfolio. The State Superintendent of Education and the task force shall establish criteria for minimum essential standards and the student reading portfolios and a definition of what constitutes mastery of all third grade state reading standards.

(i) If a student does not demonstrate sufficient reading skills on one of the three options listed in subsection (h) and does not qualify for a good cause exemption, the student may not be promoted to fourth grade. Students with disabilities whose Individualized Education Plan indicates that participation in the statewide assessment program is not appropriate, consistent with state law, are automatically exempt from demonstrating sufficient reading skills outlined in this chapter in order to achieve promotion.

(j) A local education agency may only exempt students from mandatory retention, as provided in subsection (i), for good cause. A student who is promoted to fourth grade with a good cause exemption shall continue to receive intensive reading intervention that includes specific reading strategies prescribed in the individual reading improvement plan of the student until the deficiency is improved. The local education agency shall assist schools and teachers with the implementation of reading strategies that research has shown to be successful in improving reading among students with reading difficulties. Good cause exemptions shall be limited to the following:

(1) Students identified as English language learners who have had less than three years of instruction in English as a second language.

(2) Students with disabilities who participate in the statewide English language arts reading assessment and who have an Individual Education Plan or a Section 504 plan that reflects that the student has received intensive reading intervention for more than two years and who still demonstrates a deficiency in reading or was previously retained in kindergarten, first grade, second grade, or third grade.

(3) Students who have received intensive reading intervention for two or more years and who still demonstrate a deficiency in reading and who were previously retained in kindergarten, first grade, or second grade for a total of two years. No student shall be retained more than once in the third grade.

(k) No student shall be retained more than twice in kindergarten through third grade.

(l) A request to exempt a student from the mandatory retention requirement using one of the good cause exemptions listed in subsection (j) shall be made consistent with the following:

(1) Documentation shall be submitted to the school principal from the teacher of the student that indicates that the promotion of the student is appropriate. Documentation shall include a statement identifying which good cause exemption is requested, as well as the existing reading improvement plan or Individual Education Plan of the student, as applicable.

(2) The school principal shall review the recommendation of the teacher, determine if the student meets one of the good cause exemptions, and shall make his or her determination in writing to the local superintendent of education. The local superintendent of education, in writing, shall approve or reject the recommendation of the school principal.

(3) The local education agency shall assist schools under its jurisdiction in providing written notification to the parent of any student who is retained in third grade for not achieving the reading level required for promotion. Notice shall clearly state the reasons why the student is not eligible for a good cause exemption and shall include a description of the proposed interventions and supports that shall be provided to the student to improve any identified area of reading deficiency during the retained year.

(4) There shall be established at each school, as applicable, an intensive acceleration for any student retained in third grade. In addition to the criteria established in subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of subsection (g), the intensive acceleration shall be taught by a highly effective teacher of reading who has received training in the science of reading and multisensory language instruction, as demonstrated by student reading performance data and teacher performance evaluations; shall have a reduced teacher-student ratio; and shall provide explicit and systematic reading instruction and intervention for the majority of student contact time each day.

(m) Annually, on or before September 30, each local education agency shall report in writing to the State Superintendent of Education the following information on the previous school year:

(1) By grade, the number and percentage of all K-3 students identified with a reading deficiency on a State Department of Education approved reading assessment.

(2) By grade, the number and percentage of students screened for dyslexia characteristics, the number and percentage of students identified as demonstrating the characteristics of dyslexia and receiving dyslexia specific intervention, and the name of the dyslexia specific intervention being provided.

(3) By grade, the number and percentage of all K-3 students performing on grade level or above on a State Board of Education approved reading assessment.

(4) The total number and percentage of students starting third grade with a reading deficiency, which shall include the specific area of reading deficiency.

(5) The total number and percentage of third grade students who started third grade with a reading deficiency but completed third grade on grade level as determined by the third grade state standardized assessment in reading.

(6) By grade, the total number and percentage of eligible K-3 students who attended the Alabama Summer Achievement Program or other mandatory summer reading camp.

(7) By grade, pre- and post-Alabama Summer Achievement Program reading assessment scores and other mandatory summer camp data.

(8) By grade, the number and percentage of all students retained in grades K-3.

(9) The total number and percentage of students in third grade who demonstrated sufficient reading skills for promotion on the alternative reading assessment.

(10) The total number and percentage of students in third grade who were promoted for good cause, by each category of good cause specified in subsection (j).

(11) In succeeding years, the performance of students promoted with a good cause on the state standardized assessment in reading.

(12) By school, the number of teachers who are participating in or have completed professional development in the science of reading and who hold advanced certifications in those areas.

(13) By school, the number of teachers who have completed training in dyslexia awareness, multisensory strategies, and satisfy the definition of a dyslexia interventionist as defined by rule of the State Board of Education.

(n) The State Superintendent of Education shall establish a uniform format for local school systems to use in reporting the information required by subsection (m). The format shall be developed with input from local education agencies and shall be provided to each local education agency no later than 90 days before the annual due date. Annually, on or before December 1, the State Superintendent of Education shall compile the information received from the local education agencies into state level summary information and report the information to the State Board of Education, the public, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chairs of the House Ways and Means Education Committee and Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee, the task force, and the Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading created pursuant to Section 16-6G-7.

(1) The Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading created pursuant to Section 16-6G-7 shall recommend annual reading growth and proficiency targets based on the information required to be reported to the superintendent in subsection (m).

(2) Of the funds allocated to the Alabama Reading Initiative pursuant to subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of Section 16-6G-4 for state administration, the State Superintendent of Education may allocate such sums as he or she deems appropriate to establish an Alabama Reading Initiative Incentive Program that shall distribute monetary incentives to schools based on a formula, approved by the State Superintendent of Education with the Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading created in Section 16-6G-7, that shall factor the size and geography of the school, reading growth and proficiency, and the composition of student subgroups.
Ala. Code § 16-27-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 27 / Section 16-27-2
Section 16-27-2 Transportation of Community, Junior and Technical College, Etc., Students on Public School Buses
Status: in_force

(a) A student attending a state community, junior and technical college, technical institute or trade school shall be entitled to receive transportation on a public school bus; provided, that no community, junior and technical college, technical institute and trade school bus service is available to such student, such student lives along a route usually served by a public school bus and there is space available in such public school bus for the safe transportation of additional students.

(b) The county boards of education whose school buses are being used shall adopt such rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions and intent of this section.
Ala. Code § 16-16A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 16A / Section 16-16A-4
Section 16-16A-4 Distribution Considerations
Status: in_force

The Authority shall distribute the BRAC Distribution to a local school district based upon the percentage of BRAC Impacted Area employees living in a city or county served by that school district, in accordance with the following:

(1) Prior to the distribution of any bond proceeds authorized by this chapter, the City of Huntsville Federal Building Authority shall obtain from the Garrison the number of employees at Redstone Arsenal and the location of their residence based upon the Zip Codes of the employees.

(2) The Authority shall allocate the portion of the BRAC Distributions to each city or county school district where the employees reside based on the percentage calculated by the City of Huntsville Federal Building Authority using the information referred to in subdivision (1). If an employee resides in a city, any bond proceeds shall be allocated to the school district of the city of residence. If an employee does not reside in a city, any bond proceeds shall be allocated to the county school district in which the employee resides.
Ala. Code § 16-68-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 68 / Section 16-68-2
Section 16-68-2 Definitions
Status: reserved

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words have the following meanings:

(1) BENEFIT. Recognition, registration, the use of facilities of a public institution of higher education for meetings or speaking purposes, the use of channels of communications, and funding sources that are available to student organizations at the public institution of higher education.

(2) CAMPUS COMMUNITY. A public institution of higher education’s students, administrators, faculty, and staff, as well as the invited guests of the institution and the institution’s student organizations, administrators, faculty, and staff.

(3) FREE SPEECH ZONE. An area on campus of a public institution of higher education that is designated for the purpose of engaging in a protected expressive activity.

(4) HARASSMENT. Expression that is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies access to an educational opportunity or benefit provided by the public institution of higher education.

(5) MATERIALLY AND SUBSTANTIALLY DISRUPTS. A disruption that occurs when a person: a. Significantly hinders the protected expressive activity of another person or group, prevents the communication of a message of another person or group, or prevents the transaction of the business of a lawful meeting, gathering, or procession by engaging in fighting, violence, or other unlawful behavior; or b. Physically blocks or uses threats of violence to prevent any person from attending, listening to, viewing, or otherwise participating in a protected expressive activity. Conduct that materially and substantially disrupts does not include conduct that is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. Protected conduct includes, but is not limited to, lawful protests and counter-protests in the outdoor areas of campus generally accessible to members of the public, except during times when those areas have been reserved in advance for other events, or minor, brief, or fleeting nonviolent disruptions of events that are isolated and short in duration.

(6) OUTDOOR AREAS OF CAMPUS. The generally accessible outside areas of the campus of a public institution of higher education where members of the campus community are commonly allowed including, without limitation, grassy areas, walkways, and other similar common areas.

(7) PROTECTED EXPRESSIVE ACTIVITY. Speech and other conduct protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, to the extent that the activity is lawful and does not significantly and substantially disrupt the functioning of the institution or materially and substantially disrupt the rights of others to engage in or listen to the expressive activity, including all of the following:

a. Communication through any lawful verbal, written, or electronic means.

b. Participating in peaceful assembly.

c. Protesting.

d. Making speeches.

e. Distributing literature.

f. Making comments to the media.

g. Carrying signs or hanging posters.

h. Circulating petitions.

For purposes of this chapter, the term does not include expression that relates solely to the economic interests of the speaker and its audience and proposes an economic transaction.

(8) PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. As defined in Section 16-5-1.

(9) STUDENT. Any person who is enrolled in a class at a public institution of higher education.

(10) STUDENT ORGANIZATION. An officially recognized group at a public institution of higher education or a group seeking official recognition, composed of admitted students that receive or are seeking to receive benefits through the institution.
Ala. Code § 16-13-311 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-311
Section 16-13-311 Construction with Other Laws
Status: in_force

Insofar as the provisions of this article may be in conflict or inconsistent with any provisions of any other law concerning actions authorized by this article, the provisions of this article shall control and govern, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. Subject to the foregoing, this article does and shall be construed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to other laws.
Ala. Code § 16-28-14 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28 / Section 16-28-14
Section 16-28-14 Habitual Truant
Status: in_force

In case any child becomes an habitual truant, or because of irregular attendance or misconduct has become a menace to the best interest of the school which he is attending or should attend, and the parent, guardian or other person files a written statement in court as provided in Section 16-28-13, stating that he is unable to control such child, the attendance officer must file a complaint before the judge of the juvenile court of the county, alleging the facts, whereupon such child must be proceeded against in the juvenile court for the purpose of ascertaining whether such child is a dependent, neglected or delinquent child.
Ala. Code § 16-7-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 16-7-2
Section 16-7-2 Membership; Appointment; Terms; Vacancies; Per Diem and Expenses
Status: in_force

The commission shall consist of seven members, one from each of the congressional districts in the state as they are constituted on the 15th day of January, 1980. The members shall be residents and qualified electors of the State of Alabama. No member of the commission shall hold any other office of profit or trust under the United States, the State of Alabama or any political subdivision thereof. The five members of the commission serving on May 28, 1980, shall continue to serve as commissioners from their respective congressional districts for the remainder of the unexpired portions of their 10-year terms. The two additional commissioners shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, within 15 days after May 28, 1980; one of the commissioners is to be appointed from one of the congressional districts from which there is no commissioner on May 28, 1980 and the other is to be appointed from the other congressional district from which there is no commissioner on May 28, 1980. One of the two new commissioners shall be appointed originally for a term of eight years and the other for a term of six years. The successors of all commissioners shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for a term of 10 years. Commissioners shall be eligible for reappointment. If a vacancy occurs at a time when the Senate is in session, the Governor shall, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint another commissioner for the unexpired term. If such vacancy occurs when the Senate is not in session, the Governor shall appoint a commissioner who shall take office immediately, but his appointment shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate at the next session of the Legislature. If the appointment of such commissioner is confirmed by the Senate he shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term. Each member of the commission shall be entitled to receive $25.00 for each day actually engaged in the performance of his duties, not to exceed $1,200.00 in any one year, plus an allowance for expenses for official travel in the state, not to exceed $10.00 for each day he is entitled to compensation, and the actual cost of his transportation and no more. In the event a member uses a privately owned automobile for official travel, he shall be reimbursed for mileage actually traveled in attending meetings of the commission and in the performance of his official duties at the rate established by law for state officers and employees.
Ala. Code § 16-13-91 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-91
Section 16-13-91 Approval of Issuance
Status: in_force

Before issuing any warrants hereunder the county board of education or the city board of education, as the case may be, shall cause an application for approval of such issue to be filed with the State Superintendent of Education. Such application shall be in such form and shall contain such information as the State Superintendent of Education may prescribe, and he may require such further information as may be necessary relating to the proposed warrants or other financial or educational matters under the control of such board of education. He shall not approve the issue of any warrants which would jeopardize the state’s Foundation Program of education as prescribed by law and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education. He shall not approve the issue of any warrants hereunder when the principal or interest of any other warrants constituting a preferred claim against the same tax is overdue and unpaid, except warrants to refund the same. The written approval of the State Superintendent of Education of the amount and general purpose of the warrants shall be a sufficient approval of the issue, but he may at his discretion approve any of the terms and provisions of the warrants which in such event shall not be issued otherwise. He shall not approve the issuance of any refunding warrants unless evidence presented to him in his judgment shows:

(1) That an interest saving will thereby be affected without extending the date of payment of the warrants desired to be refunded; or

(2) That payment of warrants desired to be refunded will prevent the issuing board of education from operating schools the customary term in their jurisdiction; or

(3) That an extension of the time of payment of the warrants desired to be refunded is necessary to prevent the state’s Foundation Program from being jeopardized; or

(4) That the proceeds of the tax pledged for payment of the warrants to be refunded are not or will not be sufficient for the payment of the principal of and the interest on such warrants.

The state superintendent’s approval of the issue of any warrants hereunder shall be a conclusive determination that all necessary evidence has been presented to him. The written approval of the State Superintendent of Education of the issue of any warrants hereunder shall be a conclusive determination in favor of the validity of such warrants that all of the requirements of Section 16-13-120 and this section have been complied with. The State Superintendent of Education may also determine conclusively for all purposes relating to the validity of any warrants issued hereunder whether any other warrants constitute a preferred claim against the same tax proceeds. In all matters connected with his approval of warrants the State Superintendent of Education shall comply with any regulations or instructions of the State Board of Education, but his failure to do so shall not affect the validity of warrants approved by him.
Ala. Code § 16-60-131 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-131
Section 16-60-131 Operation as Other Like Institutions
Status: in_force

Upon the acceptance of Southern Union College as a state educational institution, as provided in Section 16-60-130, the college shall be operated, managed, controlled, maintained and regulated thereafter as other like institutions.
Ala. Code § 16-20-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 20 / Section 16-20-4
Section 16-20-4 Notes Placed with Attorney General for Collection
Status: in_force

All notes for school lands held by or deposited with the State Superintendent of Education, if not paid within six months after maturity, must be placed with the Attorney General for collection; but this section shall not be so construed as to prevent the State Superintendent of Education from ordering an action on notes at any time after maturity, when so ordered by the sureties on the notes.
Ala. Code § 16-30D-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 30D / Section 16-30D-6
Section 16-30D-6 Removal of Student Athlete Exhibiting Certain Identifiable Symptoms
Status: in_force

(a) An athletic trainer, coach, or other responsible party may remove any student athlete who, during any athletic activity, exhibits any symptoms identifiable by the required training if the trainer, coach, or other responsible party reasonably believes that the student athlete’s symptoms are cardiac related. If a student athlete is removed from an athletic activity for the reason described in this subsection, an athletic trainer, coach, or other responsible party who observed the student athlete exhibit the symptoms shall attempt to notify the student athlete’s parent or guardian of those symptoms.

(b) A student athlete who is removed from participation in an athletic activity pursuant to this section may not be permitted to return to play until he or she has been evaluated by a licensed physician and receives written clearance to return to play from the licensed physician.
Ala. Code § 16-18-19 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 18 / Section 16-18-19
Section 16-18-19 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 § 16-5-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-2
Section 16-5-2 Composition; Appointment; Qualifications of Members; Duties
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall consist of 12 members. Ten of these members shall be appointed by the Governor, one shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, and one shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. One person shall be appointed from each United States Congressional District in Alabama and shall reside or maintain an office or place of business within the congressional district from which he is appointed, and the remaining members shall be appointed from the state at large with no more than two in number of the total 12 members being from the same congressional district.

(b) The 12 members shall be citizens of the state and shall be selected, as far as may be practicable, on the basis of their interest in higher education. Appointees shall be selected without regard to political affiliation and appointments shall be of a nature as to aid the work of the commission and to inspire the highest degree of cooperation and confidence. No member of the commission shall be on the governing boards, be employed by or directly connected with any institution of higher education in the state, the State Department of Education or any county or other local board of education. No member of the commission shall serve past June 30th following his seventieth birthday. All members of the commission shall be deemed members at large charged with the responsibility of serving the best interest of the entire system of higher education in the state. No member shall act as the representative of any particular region or of any particular institution of higher education. New appointments to the commission shall be made so that the total membership of the commission is broadly representative of the total population of the State of Alabama.

(c) The commission shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Legislature and the Governor of this state in respect to all matters pertaining to state funds for the operation and the allocation of funds for capital improvements of state supported institutions of higher education. The initial membership of the commission and the term of each initial member is as follows in Section 16-5-3.
Ala. Code § 16-6H-14 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6H / Section 16-6H-14
Section 16-6H-14 K-5 Mathematics Coach Endorsement Program; Incentive Program
Status: in_force

(a) On or before June 30, 2024, the State Superintendent of Education shall develop and submit to the State Board of Education for approval, recommendations for the creation of a K-5 mathematics coach endorsement for teachers who hold a valid Alabama professional educator certificate in early childhood education, elementary education, or special education and have at least three years of teaching experience.

(b) The K-5 mathematics coach endorsement shall be offered only as a post baccalaureate program and may not be included within an initial educator preparation program.

(c) The K-5 mathematics coach endorsement preparation program described in program planning forms, catalogs, and syllabi shall require field experience and a minimum of the following four courses:

(1) One course focused on grades K-2 content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge.

(2) One course focused on grades 3-5 content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge.

(3) One course focused on coaching principles.

(4) One course focused on literacy in mathematics education to include analyzing student work for instructional decisions.

(d) The K-5 mathematics coach endorsement program shall prepare candidates who demonstrate conceptual understanding and procedural fluency regarding major concepts of mathematics appropriate for grades K-5. Candidates shall satisfy all of the following:

(1) Demonstrate coaching principles including: Goals, principles, and approaches in the Alabama Coaching Framework.

(2) Understand adult learning principles that support collaboration with the ultimate goal of improved student performance.

(3) Possess leadership experience.

(4) Understand the roles of school-based mathematics coaches.

(5) Understand current research on the science of learning.

(6) Be able to translate research findings into effective instruction.

(7) Know what engages students in learning at various stages of growth and development.

(8) Understand the developmental nature of mathematics and the interconnections among mathematical concepts.

(9) Demonstrate knowledge of the phases students move through in developing fluency.

(10) Demonstrate knowledge of common errors and misconceptions about the operations and how to help students learn.

(11) Demonstrate knowledge of the basic structures and problem types of word problems for all operations and proper sequencing to support student understanding of the meaning of the operations.

(12) Demonstrate understanding of teaching mathematics through problem solving.

(13) Demonstrate understanding of algebra as an established content strand in grades K-5 that supports algebraic thinking in middle school and high school.

(14) Demonstrate understanding of measurement as a continuous quantity with numerical value and its importance to the mathematically literate citizen.

(15) Understand the importance of spatial sense in students and the connection to academic success in STEM fields.

(16) Understand how to use a variety of mental computation techniques.

(17) Model, explain, and develop a variety of computational algorithms.

(18) Describe and represent mathematical relationships.

(19) Practice coaching cycles.

(20) Demonstrate ability to work with adults in an educational setting.

(21) Demonstrate ability to work with school administrators in disaggregating data and developing strategies.

(22) Demonstrate ability to effectively present complex information to and engage with various stakeholders.

(e) The K-5 mathematics coach endorsement program shall prepare candidates to do all of the following:

(1) Have knowledge of historical developments in mathematics, including the contributions of underrepresented groups and diverse cultures.

(2) Use their knowledge of student diversity to affirm and support full participation and continued study of mathematics by all students. Student diversity includes gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, language, special needs, and mathematical learning styles.

(3) Use appropriate technology to support the learning of mathematics.

(4) Use appropriate formative and summative assessment methods to assess student learning and program effectiveness.

(5) Use formative assessments to monitor student learning and to adjust instructional strategies and activities.

(6) Use summative assessments to determine student achievement and to evaluate the mathematics program.

(7) Know when and how to use student groupings such as collaborative groups, cooperative learning, and peer teaching.

(8) Use instructional strategies based on current research.

(9) Work on an interdisciplinary team and in an interdisciplinary environment.

(10) Participate actively in the professional learning community of mathematics educators.

(11) Analyze and organize data for interpretation and application.

(f) Subject to legislative appropriation, the State Superintendent of Education may establish an incentive program to provide a minimum two thousand five hundred dollar ($2,500) annual stipend for any mathematics coach who has earned a K-5 mathematics coach endorsement.
Ala. Code § 16-20-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 20 / Section 16-20-5
Section 16-20-5 State Pledged to Pay Interest on School Land Funds
Status: in_force

All funds now in the Treasury derived from the sale of sixteenth section or other school lands, or which may hereafter accrue from sale of such lands, together with the redemption money of other lands in which former accumulations have been invested under an act approved March 1, 1881, entitled “An act to authorize the compromise and settlement of claims for school lands in this state,” are covered into the Treasury and made available for general purposes, and the faith and credit of the state is pledged for the payment of the interest on such fund to the public schools of the state, at the rate of six percent per annum.
Ala. Code § 16-36-19 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 36 / Section 16-36-19
Section 16-36-19 Special Textbooks
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
Ala. Code § 16-20-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 20 / Section 16-20-9
Section 16-20-9 Sale of Land Deeded to State for School Purposes - Disposition of Proceeds
Status: in_force

The proceeds of any sale of lands made under Section 16-20-8 shall be paid by the State Superintendent of Education to the county custodian of school funds where such land is situated.
Ala. Code § 16-60-116 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-116
Section 16-60-116 Alabama Aviation College
Status: in_force

(a) The Alabama Aviation College, formerly known as the Alabama Institution of Aviation Technology, is established as an independent institution within the Alabama Community College System responsible for providing aviation education and training statewide. The Alabama Aviation College shall be responsible directly to the Chancellor, who shall provide an annual budget that adequately funds the statewide mission of the college. The mission of the college shall include preparing and training maintenance, service, and new build assembly technicians for the aviation industry.

(b) To ensure that programs and curriculum provided by the college are aligned with the needs of the aviation industry, the Chancellor shall appoint an Aviation Commission to advise and make recommendations to the Chancellor to ensure that curriculum content is appropriate, aviation programs offered are marketed to the fullest extent, and partnerships with business and industry are established, and other duties as designated by the Chancellor. In no event shall the college be combined or consolidated with another community or technical college within the Alabama Community College System to form a regional institution. Nothing in this article shall preclude the Chancellor from establishing a site or branch, whether permanent or temporary, to fulfill the statewide aviation education mission of the Alabama Community College System.
Ala. Code § 16-46D-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 46D / Section 16-46D-4
Section 16-46D-4 Development and Adoption of Program Rules
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided, the state board shall consult with the Board of Trustees of ACCS and the Alabama Commission on Higher Education’s Council of Presidents in developing and adopting rules regarding the program, including, but not limited to:

(1) Eligibility criteria for program participation, including applicable state and federal testing requirements for eligible students participating in the program; and

(2) The development of appropriate forms and counseling guidelines for the program.
Ala. Code § 16-57-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 57 / Section 16-57-3
Section 16-57-3 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 Tuskegee Institute and shall have met the requirements for professional nursing education as determined by the Tuskegee Institute School of Nursing. Applications for scholarships shall be made to Tuskegee Institute School of Nursing.
Ala. Code § 16-60-173 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-173
Section 16-60-173 Transfer of Property and Buildings Thereon to Board of Education; Reversion of Property and Buildings to Board of Corrections
Status: in_force

(a) The property described in this subsection and all buildings thereon shall be transferred to the State Board of Education. The land description is as follows:

In Elmore County, beginning at the NE corner of the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of S. 32, T 19, R 17 and thence West 637.5 feet; thence South 385 feet; proceeding from that point East 500 feet; from that point East 551 feet; from that point 530 feet to the point of beginning.

(b) The State Board of Education and the state Board of Corrections shall proceed forthwith to transfer the property and buildings thereon as described in subsection (a) of this section. In the event this school ceases to give priority to the training of inmates, all of the property and buildings thereon as described in subsection (a) of this section shall revert to the Board of Corrections of the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 16-33-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 33 / Section 16-33-3
Section 16-33-3 Purpose of Chapter; Liberal Construction
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to provide educational benefits in institutions of higher learning in Alabama for children from families in which the head of the family is blind and whose family income is insufficient to provide such educational benefits. The terms of this chapter shall be liberally construed in order to accomplish such objective.
Ala. Code § 16-6C-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6C / Section 16-6C-2
Section 16-6C-2 School Grading System
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other labels or designations assigned to public schools and public school districts pursuant to a federal, state, school, district, or other assessment or accountability system, the State Superintendent of Education, consistent with this chapter, shall develop a school grading system reflective of school and district performance. The grading system shall utilize the traditional A, B, C, D, or F framework.

(1) Schools receiving a grade of “A” are making excellent progress.

(2) Schools receiving a grade of “B” are making above average progress.

(3) Schools receiving a grade of “C” are making satisfactory progress.

(4) Schools receiving a grade of “D” are making less than satisfactory progress.

(5) Schools receiving a grade of “F” are failing to make adequate progress.

(b) In developing this school grading system, the State Superintendent of Education shall seek input from parents, teachers, school administrators, existing State Department of Education advisory groups or task forces, and other education stakeholders on how the system can properly reflect not only the overall academic proficiency of each public school but also the academic improvements made by each public school, along with other key performance indicators that give a total profile of the school or the school system, or both.

(c) The State Superintendent of Education shall prescribe the design and content of the school grading system by not later than December 31, 2012. It is the intent of the Legislature that the system be in place by no later than the 2013-2014 school year. The system may not be utilized by the State Superintendent of Education or the State Department of Education until sufficient rules have been adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.

(d) Using an easy to understand grading scale, the school grading system shall describe achievement in the state, each district, and each school. Additionally, the State Superintendent of Education shall not be precluded from also assigning grades to school feeder patterns or grades that reflect the fiscal health and fiscal efficiency of a school or school system.

(e) The State Superintendent of Education shall make these grades available to the general public and shall post these grades on the website of the State Department of Education as soon as the grades are available. Additionally, appropriate grade information shall be delivered to the parent or guardian of each public school student at least once annually in the same manner that student report cards are currently delivered.

(f)(1) Using state-authorized assessments and other key performance indicators that give a total profile of the school or the school system, or both, a school’s grade, at a minimum, shall be based on a combination of student achievement scores, achievement gap, college and career readiness, learning gains, and other indicators as determined by the State Superintendent of Education to impact student learning and success.

(2) a. Commencing with the 2021-2022 school year, the academic achievement of each student identified as an English language learner who has not shown proficiency on ACCESS for EL, or other state-approved English proficiency assessment, may not be considered in assigning an academic achievement grade to a school or school system for the first five years of enrollment of the student. The educational progress of each of these students shall continue to be measured in the academic growth category and the progress in English language proficiency category , and, at the end of the five-year period for the student, his or her proficiency shall again be considered in assigning an academic achievement grade to a school or school system on the state A-F school grading system.

b. Commencing with the 2024-2025 school year, the academic achievement of each student identified as a transfer student from a nonpublic school may not be considered in assigning an academic achievement grade to a school or school system for the first three years of enrollment of the transfer student. The educational progress of each of these transfer students shall continue to be measured in the academic growth category, and, beginning with the fourth year of enrollment of the transfer student, his or her academic achievement shall be considered in assigning an academic achievement grade to a school or school system on the state A-F school grading system.

(3) The State Superintendent of Education may not amend the state Every Student Succeeds Act option for including test scores of English language learners enrolled in United States schools. The option provides as follows: For the first year of enrollment, the test scores shall be reported, but the results on both the reading/language arts and math tests shall be excluded from the federal accountability system; for the second year of enrollment, a measure of student growth on both tests shall be included in the federal accountability system; and for the third year of enrollment, proficiency on both tests shall be included in the federal accountability system. Additionally, the option requires English language learners who have successfully left the English language learner subgroup by attaining English proficiency to be included in that subgroup for accountability purposes for four years.

(g) The A-F school grading system shall be consistently applied so that grades of one school or system may be compared to the grades of any other school or system.
Ala. Code § 16-11-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Section 16-11-6
Section 16-11-6 Designation and Duties of Treasurer
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2006-196, p. 275, §5, effective June 1, 2006.
Ala. Code § 16-13-210 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-210
Section 16-13-210 Definitions
Status: in_force

Whenever used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms shall be given the following respective meanings:

(1) BOARD OF EDUCATION. Any county board of education and any city board of education.

(2) NOTES. The warrant anticipation notes authorized to be issued under this article.

(3) WARRANTS. The interest-bearing tax anticipation warrants authorized to be issued by a board of education under Article 4 of this chapter and the capital outlay warrants authorized to be issued by a board of education under Article 5 of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-7A-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7A / Section 16-7A-3
Section 16-7A-3 Election of Officers; Meetings
Status: in_force

The members of the authority shall elect officers from among themselves and shall meet at the call of the president or upon the call of four or more members.
Ala. Code § 16-1-22 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-22
Section 16-1-22 Audit of Certain Institutions
Status: in_force

The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and empowered to audit the records of the Marion Military Institute, the Lyman Ward Military Academy, the Talladega College, the Walker County Junior College, the Tuskegee University, the Sylacauga Nurses Training School, and the Coosa Valley Medical Center School of Nursing to the same extent, degree, and scope as its audits of public educational institutions, and said institutions shall submit to the Legislature each year before any subsequent appropriation requests may be considered by the Legislature, a full accounting of their receipts, disbursements, assets, liabilities, and other resources as of the date of the close of their immediately preceding academic year.
Ala. Code § 16-61C-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 61C / Section 16-61C-6
Section 16-61C-6 Superintendent to Allocate Grant Funds; Recoupment of Replaced State Funds
Status: in_force

In the event that in any fiscal year prior to the complete expansion of the ASIM Program, grant funds are received as funding support for the ASIM Program, the State Superintendent of Education shall allocate the grant funds in an equitable manner among the several ASIM Program networks to replace a like amount of state funds. The state superintendent shall also recoup the replaced state funds previously allocated among the networks and deposit the state funds to the credit of the Education Technology Fund, to be expended at the recommendation of the superintendent upon the approval of the State Board of Education for further expansion of the ASIM Program, according to the approved schedule.

In the event that grant funds are received after the expansion of the ASIM Program is completed, the recouped state funds shall be deposited to the credit of the Education Technology Fund to be expended at the recommendation of the state superintendent upon approval of the State Board of Education for any purpose stated within an approved statewide plan for the acquisition and use of advanced technology in the public schools.