Ala. Code § 16-1A-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1A / Section 16-1A-2
Section 16-1A-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Public Education Employee Injury Compensation Board. (2) EMPLOYEE. Any individual employed full-time as provided by law by those employers enumerated in this section and adult bus drivers. (3) EMPLOYER. All public city and county boards of education; all public charter schools; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind; the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering; and the Board of Trustees of the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences. (4) EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The superintendent of any public county school system or any public city school system; the principal of any public charter school; the President of the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind; the president of any two-year school or college under the auspices of the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System; the Executive Director of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Executive Director of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science; the President of the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering; the President of the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences; and the chief executive officer of any other employer. (5) FUND. The Public Education Employee Injury Compensation Trust Fund. (6) ON-THE-JOB INJURY. Any accident or injury to an employee arising out of and in the course of employment or occurring during the performance of duties. The term does not include a mental disorder or mental injury that has neither been produced nor proximately caused by some physical injury to the body. (7) PEEHIP. The Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Plan. (8) PROGRAM. The Public Education Employee Injury Compensation Program. (9) REVIEW BOARD. The Public Education Employee Injury Compensation Program Review Board, a panel composed of three persons designated by the board to hear and consider claims by employees who disagree with the determination by their employer or its agent or service company as to the employee’s entitlement to compensation and medical benefits under this program and to approve settlements, including lump sum settlements, as well as settlements closing some or all benefits, when agreed to by the parties and permitted by the program. No member or employee of the board may be a member of the review board. (10) TPA. Third-party administrator or adjuster.

(1) BOARD. The Public Education Employee Injury Compensation Board.

(2) EMPLOYEE. Any individual employed full-time as provided by law by those employers enumerated in this section and adult bus drivers.

(3) EMPLOYER. All public city and county boards of education; all public charter schools; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind; the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering; and the Board of Trustees of the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences.

(4) EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The superintendent of any public county school system or any public city school system; the principal of any public charter school; the President of the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind; the president of any two-year school or college under the auspices of the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System; the Executive Director of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Executive Director of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science; the President of the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering; the President of the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences; and the chief executive officer of any other employer.

(5) FUND. The Public Education Employee Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

(6) ON-THE-JOB INJURY. Any accident or injury to an employee arising out of and in the course of employment or occurring during the performance of duties. The term does not include a mental disorder or mental injury that has neither been produced nor proximately caused by some physical injury to the body.

(7) PEEHIP. The Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Plan.

(8) PROGRAM. The Public Education Employee Injury Compensation Program.

(9) REVIEW BOARD. The Public Education Employee Injury Compensation Program Review Board, a panel composed of three persons designated by the board to hear and consider claims by employees who disagree with the determination by their employer or its agent or service company as to the employee’s entitlement to compensation and medical benefits under this program and to approve settlements, including lump sum settlements, as well as settlements closing some or all benefits, when agreed to by the parties and permitted by the program. No member or employee of the board may be a member of the review board.
Ala. Code § 16-48-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 48 / Section 16-48-5
Section 16-48-5 Trustees Divided into Classes
Status: in_force

The trustees of the institute other than the Governor and State Superintendent of Education are divided into three classes, as follows: The trustees from the Fourth, Fifth and Seventh districts shall constitute the first class; those from the Second, Sixth and Eighth Districts shall constitute the second class; and those from the First, Third and Ninth Districts shall constitute the third class; and they shall hold office and their seats shall be vacated as prescribed by Section 266 of the constitution.
Ala. Code § 16-61A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 61A / Section 16-61A-5
Section 16-61A-5 Investment Options of Fiduciary
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2008-276, p. 434, §1, effective January 1, 2009.
Ala. Code § 16-30B-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 30B / Section 16-30B-3
Section 16-30B-3 Rulemaking Authority; School Nurse Requirements; Training Guidelines
Status: in_force

(a) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules regarding the administration of Palliative and End of Life Individual Health Plans in the school setting; provided, however, the board may not propose rules without approval from the task force created pursuant to Section 16-30B-6. For purposes of this subsection, approval requires an affirmative vote from at least three-fifths of the task force members. The rules shall include, but are not limited to, the contents of a plan and procedures for the execution and termination of a plan. The final rules shall be certified to the Legislative Services Agency not later than June 1, 2019.

(b) A Palliative and End of Life Individual Health Plan administered under this chapter shall be developed by the school nurse, in conjunction with the representative of the qualified minor.

(c) A plan shall include an Order for Pediatric Palliative and End of Life Care established pursuant to Chapter 8A of Title 22; provided, however, the only individual in a school setting subject to the requirements or restrictions of an Order for PPEL Care is a school nurse.

(d) The Department of Education, in consultation with the Alabama Board of Nursing and the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners, may develop guidelines for the training of school employees in the care needed for qualified minors who have an executed Palliative and End of Life Individual Health Plan in place.
Ala. Code § 16-47A-12 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47A / Section 16-47A-12
Section 16-47A-12 Police Officers
Status: in_force

(a) The president of the university may appoint and employ suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property and grounds of the university. Such persons shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers and may eject trespassers from the university buildings and grounds, and may, without a warrant, arrest any person guilty of disorderly conduct or of trespass upon the property of the university or of any public offense committed in their presence, and take them before the nearest district court, before which, upon proper affidavit charging the offense, any person so arrested may be tried and convicted as in cases of persons brought before him or her on his or her warrant. Such officers, with a warrant, may arrest any person found upon or near the premises of the university charged with any public offense and take them before any proper officer.

(b) The police officers provided for in this section shall cooperate with and, when requested, furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the City of Athens and Limestone County and their jurisdictions and authority shall be coextensive within the corporate limits of each municipality or county.
Ala. Code § 16-26B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 26B / Section 16-26B-1
Section 16-26B-1 Legislative Intent
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature to establish an independent, partially residential school in which to provide a more challenging educational experience for talented and gifted students to develop their full potential.
Ala. Code § 16-60-54 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-54
Section 16-60-54 Donations; Sale of Property of College
Status: in_force

The board of trustees is hereby invested with full and ample authority to receive and accept for the use and benefit of the college all gifts, donations, devises and bequests of any and all money and real and personal property necessary and useful in carrying into effect the objectives and purposes of this article. The board of trustees, in the name of such corporation, may sell and dispose of any such property when, in the judgment of such board, such sale or other disposition thereof may aid in carrying into effect the objectives of this article and the building up and sustaining of the college.
Ala. Code § 16-24-18 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 24 / Section 16-24-18
Section 16-24-18 Minor Suspensions of Teachers - Procedure; Hearings
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
Ala. Code § 16-47-133 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-133
Section 16-47-133 Appropriations Made Under Article Not to Adversely Affect Other Appropriations Made to University
Status: in_force

Since it is the purpose of this article to establish and maintain a collegiate school of nursing to be administered by the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, and since the said board of trustees in order to carry out that purpose, must necessarily continue to operate the University of Alabama as an institution accredited by the national and regional standardizing agencies, it is hereby expressly provided that appropriations made under this article, being set apart exclusively for the said school of nursing and for no other purpose, shall not adversely affect appropriations made to the university in support of its other schools, colleges, divisions and activities.
Ala. Code § 16-49-29 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 49 / Section 16-49-29
Section 16-49-29 Conflicts of Interest
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any member of the board to derive financial benefit in any form from a contract or transaction affecting the interest of the university; to procure, or to be a party in any way, to procuring the appointment of any relative to any position of financial trust or profit; or to influence the appointment or reappointment, retention, dismissal or compensation of any employee of the university except through the prescribed procedures for such purposes. The violation of this provision shall subject the member so offending to removal by the Governor or the board.
Ala. Code § 16-30A-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 30A / Section 16-30A-8
Section 16-30A-8 Other Medical Conditions Requiring Supervision or Specialized Services
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a student with a medical condition, other than or in addition to diabetes, requiring supervision or other specialized services may be assigned to a school in accordance with the student’s Individual Health Plan.
Ala. Code § 16-47-50 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-50
Section 16-47-50 Establishment
Status: in_force

There is hereby created and established a four-year school of dentistry in the State of Alabama to be under the sole management, ownership and control of the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, to be located at Birmingham, Alabama, as a part of the medical center, which shall be known as the Dental College of Alabama or such other name as the board of trustees and the advisory board shall hereafter designate.
Ala. Code § 16-7-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 16-7-6
Section 16-7-6 Contracts; Acceptance of Gifts
Status: in_force

The commission is hereby authorized to execute all contracts and other instruments necessary and convenient to carry out the mandates of this chapter. It may accept gifts or grants of money or property, real or personal, and voluntary and uncompensated services from any person, federal or other governmental agency, board of education, educational institution or commercial or industrial enterprise.
Ala. Code § 16-25-10.7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-10.7
Section 16-25-10.7 Officers and Employees of Community Action Agencies; Contributions; Creditable Service
Status: in_force

(a) Any governing body of any community action agency organized pursuant to Sections 11-80-4.1, 11-96-3 or 11-96-6 may by resolution legally adopted to conform to the rules prescribed by the Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System elect to have its executive officers and employees from whatever source and in whatever manner paid become eligible to participate in the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama subject to all rules, regulations and conditions thereof.

(b) The governing body of any community action agency eligible under subsection (a) of this section and having made an election by resolution as provided therein, its employees and executive officers may participate in and be entitled to all benefits of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama, provided that where contributions are made from salaries paid by a community action agency the agency shall pay the employer cost calculated as a percentage of the salaries of those employees to be contributed as employer cost in accordance with subdivisions (3) and (5) of Section 16-25-21. Such amounts shall be paid monthly and at the same time as the member’s contributions are made to the Teachers’ Retirement System.

(c) The governing body of a community action agency eligible under subsection (a) of this section may provide in its resolution to the Teachers’ Retirement System’s Board of Control that all service rendered by an eligible employee or executive officer to said agency previous to the effective date of said agency’s election to come under the Teachers’ Retirement System shall be creditable service to such employee or executive officer, provided that any such provision shall apply only to those employees and officers who were in the active service of the agency on the effective date of said agency’s election to be covered under the Teachers’ Retirement System, and provided further that the said resolution also states that the agency shall assume and pay as required all costs necessary to fund the crediting of such previous service, such costs to be determined by the actuary employed by the Teachers’ Retirement System’s Board of Control.
Ala. Code § 16-3-35 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-35
Section 16-3-35 Contracts with Tuskegee Institute and Meharry Medical College for Education of Alabama Students
Status: in_force

(a) The State Board of Education is hereby authorized to contract with the Tuskegee Institute for educational services for Alabama students including the following:

(1) Veterinary medicine;

(2) Engineering;

(3) Vocational agriculture;

(4) Vocational home economics;

(5) Chemistry;

(6) Nursing education; and

(7) Such other educational services which in the opinion of the board of education are in great enough demand to justify a contract.

(b) The state board is authorized to allocate to Tuskegee Institute any appropriation or any part of any appropriation to the State Board of Education for Tuskegee Institute.

(c) The State Board of Education is hereby authorized to contract with Meharry Medical College or the Board of Control for Southern Regional Education for medical and dental education of Alabama students in said college out of any appropriation that may be made available to the State Board of Education for regional education.

(d) It is the full intent of this section to appropriate tax money through the State Board of Education for the education of resident citizens of Alabama in each and every institution of higher learning to which or for which the State Board of Education may allocate any appropriations made to said board for regional education or for any specific institution.
Ala. Code § 16-28B-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28B / Section 16-28B-4
Section 16-28B-4 Prohibited Behavior; Complaints; School Plans or Programs
Status: in_force

(a) No student shall engage in or be subjected to bullying, intimidation, violence, or threats of violence on or off of school property, on a school bus, or at any school-sponsored function by any other student in his or her school system.

(b) No person shall engage in reprisal, retaliation, or false accusation against a victim, witness, or other person who has reliable information about an act of bullying, violence, or threat of violence.

(c) Any student, or parent or guardian of the student, who is the object of bullying may file a complaint outlining the details of the bullying, on a form authorized by the local board, and submit the form to the official designated by the local board to receive complaints at the school. A copy of the form shall be prominently posted and accessible on the website of each local board of education and school, shall be available at each school office, and shall be included in the student handbook that is distributed to each student at the beginning of each school year.

(d) Each school shall develop plans or programs, including, but not limited to, peer mediation teams, in an effort to encourage students to report and address incidents of bullying, violence, or threats of violence. At the beginning of each school year, each school shall programmatically address the issue of bullying and school violence with faculty and students. The program shall include a discussion of available resources and shall encourage the reporting of incidents of bullying. Each school shall also periodically convene a committee of faculty and students to review and discuss the issue of bullying and make recommendations to school administrators regarding school climate, safety, and bullying. The local superintendent of education may report any recommendations to the local board for its consideration.
Ala. Code § 16-36-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 36 / Section 16-36-5
Section 16-36-5 Local Textbook Selection Committee - Selection of Textbooks; Furnishing and Disposition of Samples; Use of Textbooks Not on State List
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
Ala. Code § 16-60-80 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-80
Section 16-60-80 Short Title
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act.
Ala. Code § 16-18-16 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 18 / Section 16-18-16
Section 16-18-16 Exemption from Taxation
Status: in_force

The authority, the property and income of the authority, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from such bonds, conveyances by or to the authority and leases, mortgages and deeds of trust by or to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. No license or excise tax may be imposed on any authority in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities authorized by this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-6A-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6A / Section 16-6A-9
Section 16-6A-9 Development of Plan for Improving Courses in Critical Needs Areas
Status: in_force

(a) The State Board of Education shall develop and establish a comprehensive plan for improving courses in science, mathematics, computer education and other critical needs areas. In developing such plan, the superintendent shall consult with teacher organizations, school personnel, legislative leaders, the Governor’s office, representatives from private industry, public and private higher education and from the fields of education, mathematics, science and computer education. Such program shall be divided into three phases with the first phase being introduced at the beginning of the 1985-1986 school year and another phase to begin each of the following two years. The entire program should be operative at the end of three years.

(b) The comprehensive plan shall provide a framework for the preparation and approval of programs, provide direction for program development and shall include the following provisions:

(1) Identification of curricular goals and expected outcomes;

(2) Preparation of instructional materials lists;

(3) Development of descriptions and cost estimates for providing curricular development, laboratories, equipment, supplies and facilities to implement programs for improvement in school systems or individual schools;

(4) Development of recommended course content to satisfy the new requirements for high school graduation. Consideration shall be given to student goals and needs;

(5) Development of a plan for continuous monitoring and evaluation of the programs, including classroom instructional needs as identified by teachers; and

(6) Solicitation of proposals and funding those programs that meet high standards of excellence.
Ala. Code § 16-19-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 19 / Section 16-19-2
Section 16-19-2 Counties and Municipalities Authorized to Make Appropriations and Donations to State Educational Institutions
Status: in_force

Any local subdivision shall have the power to make, from time to time, appropriations from any of its funds not required by law to be devoted to some other purpose, to any state educational institution for the purpose of paying all or any part of the costs of the acquisition, by construction or otherwise, of an educational facility to be owned and operated by such state educational institution; and any local subdivision shall have the power also to donate any of its properties that are not required by law to be used for some other purpose to any state educational institution for use as an educational facility to be owned and operated by such state educational institution, or as a part of such an educational facility.
Ala. Code § 16-13-106 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-106
Section 16-13-106 Records
Status: in_force

The county board of education or the city board of education, as the case may be, shall keep in its minutes a complete record of all warrants issued under the provisions of this article, which record shall show upon what authority the warrants are issued, the amounts in which issued, the persons to whom issued, the dates of issue, the purpose or purposes for which issued, the rate of interest to be paid and the time and place of payment of each installment of principal and interest. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of education to prepare in duplicate on the first day of October in each year, and whenever additional warrants are issued, a record showing all of the information required by this section as to all warrants then outstanding, and he shall deliver one copy of each such record to the custodian of county school funds or the treasurer of the city school funds, as the case may be.
Ala. Code § 16-52-12 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 52 / Section 16-52-12
Section 16-52-12 Police Officers - Powers and Duties
Status: in_force

The President of Jacksonville State University may appoint or employ one or more suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property and grounds of the university. Such persons shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers. The officer may eject trespassers from the university buildings and grounds. The officer, without a warrant, may arrest any persons who commit disorderly conduct or trespass on the property of the university, or in any circumstance in which an arrest by a police officer without a warrant is authorized by law, and carry them before the nearest district court or municipal court charged with the trial of such offense. Upon proper affidavit charging the offense, the person arrested may be tried by the court and convicted as in cases of persons brought before the court on a warrant. The officer may summon a posse comitatus.
Ala. Code § 16-27-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 27 / Section 16-27-5
Section 16-27-5 Monthly Safety Inspections
Status: in_force

All local boards of education, all presidents of state community, junior and technical colleges and all directors of state technical institutes and trade schools which provide transportation services for pupils or students going to and from public elementary and secondary schools, community, junior and technical colleges or technical institutes and trade schools, and in school or college related activities shall have safety inspections made of all vehicles used for such transportation at least once each month, whether such vehicles are publicly owned and operated or privately owned and operated under contract between the board of education, board of trustees or other governing body of a community, junior and technical college and the owner of vehicle. All safety inspections made hereunder shall be made by qualified mechanics in accordance with standards and rules established by the State Board of Education.
Ala. Code § 16-6-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-1
Section 16-6-1 Created; Membership; Appointment; Terms; Vacancies; Meetings; Compensation
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 16-56-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 56 / Section 16-56-6
Section 16-56-6 Board of Trustees - Chancellor; Powers as to Organization and Administration
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees shall appoint a chancellor who shall serve as the chief executive officer of the university and as secretary to the board and shall perform all services as may be required by the board. The compensation of the chancellor, including the emoluments and prerequisites necessary to carry out the functions of the office, shall be fixed by the board.

(b) The board of trustees may act as a body, or may delegate by resolution or bylaw to a committee of the board or to the chancellor, the authority to do any of the following:

(1) Appoint the faculty of the university and other professional and operating personnel as the interest of the university may require.

(2) Remove any instructors or other personnel.

(3) Fix, increase, or decrease the salaries or compensation of individual instructors and other personnel.

(4) Hire personnel, establish and implement personnel rules, and establish policies and practices for hiring, promoting, demoting, and terminating instructors, other personnel, and employees, or for taking any other action consistent with this section.

(c) The board of trustees, as a body of the whole, may do any of the following:

(1) Institute, regulate, alter, or modify the governance of the university, as the board may deem advisable.

(2) Prescribe courses of instruction, rates of tuition, and fees.

(3) Confer academic and honorary degrees.

(4) Do whatever else the board may deem best for promoting the interest of the university.
Ala. Code § 16-47-15 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-15
Section 16-47-15 Summer School for Teachers - Establishment
Status: in_force

The trustees of the University of Alabama may establish at that institution a school to be known as the summer school for teachers, at which during the summer months instruction shall be given in all the public school studies and in such other studies as may be necessary to better prepare teachers for efficient service in the public schools of this state.
Ala. Code § 16-26C-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 26C / Section 16-26C-7
Section 16-26C-7 Powers of the Foundation
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2014-372, §2, effective April 9, 2014.
Ala. Code § 16-18-17 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 18 / Section 16-18-17
Section 16-18-17 Freedom of Authority from State Supervision and Control
Status: in_force

This chapter is intended to aid the state in the execution of its duties by providing appropriate and independent instrumentalities of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill their functions. Except as in this chapter expressly otherwise provided, no proceeding, notice or approval shall be required for the incorporation of any authority or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, the acquisition of any property or ancillary improvements or the issuance of any bonds, mortgage and deed of trust, or trust indenture. Neither a public hearing nor the consent of the State Department of Finance shall be prerequisite to the issuance of bonds by the authority.
Ala. Code § 16-55-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 55 / Section 16-55-2
Section 16-55-2 Board of Trustees - Appointment; Terms; Vacancies; Compensation and Expenses
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees shall consist of three members from Mobile County, nine members from the state at-large, three members from the United States at-large, and the Governor, who shall be ex officio president of the board. The trustees shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the State Senate, and all appointees appointed on and after June 1, 2014, shall hold office for a term of six years, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. The board shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal as may be, so that one-third may be chosen as provided in Section 16-55-5. Vacancies occurring in the office of trustee from death or resignation and the vacancies regularly occurring by expiration of the term shall be filled by the Governor, and the appointee shall hold office until the next meeting of the Legislature. Successors to those trustees whose terms expire during an interim shall hold office for the full term unless they are rejected by the Senate. No trustee shall receive any pay or emolument other than his or her actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his or her duties as a trustee.

(b) As the terms of the trustees holding the seats for each of the following combinations of state senatorial districts expire, the Governor shall appoint successor trustees in accordance with subsection (a):

(1) The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Districts.

(2) The Nineteenth and Twentieth Districts.

(3) The Twenty-first District.

(4) The Twenty-third, Twenty-fifth, and Thirtieth Districts.

(5) The Thirty-fifth District.
Ala. Code § 16-8-12.1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 8 / Section 16-8-12.1
Section 16-8-12.1 Authority to Enter into Cooperative Agreements, Programs, Etc
Status: in_force

In addition to all authority previously granted by statute, county boards of education may enter into cooperative agreements, projects and programs with the county commission, and may take such other actions as they deem necessary and appropriate for the proper management of the public schools; provided, however, that such agreements, projects, and programs shall not be in conflict with nor inconsistent with any law or policy of the State Board of Education and shall not conflict with the purposes for which the school system is established. Provided, further, that such authority shall not be used to deny any employee any legal or constitutional rights to which he or she is entitled, nor shall such authority be used in such a way that employees are denied any benefits established and required by law, nor shall such authority be construed as authorizing county boards of education to levy any taxes not otherwise authorized by law.
Ala. Code § 16-22A-14 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 22A / Section 16-22A-14
Section 16-22A-14 Exceptions - Nonpublic Schools
Status: in_force

If a nonpublic school wishes not to do the fingerprinting procedure of their applicants, current employees, or current employees under review, they shall not be required to do so, then the applicant for nonpublic employment, nonpublic current employee, or nonpublic current employee under review shall request a criminal history background information check through the local employing board in the city or county in which the nonpublic school is located.
Ala. Code § 16-5-102 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-102
Section 16-5-102 Award of Loan Assistance to Eligible Applicants; Change of Status
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may award loan assistance from the program to eligible applicants.

(b) To be eligible for loan assistance of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per year worked or three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($3,750) per semester worked, for a maximum of four consecutive years, an applicant shall satisfy all of the following:

(1) Is a citizen or a lawful permanent resident of the United States.

(2) Holds an approved degree from an approved institution.

(3) Is licensed and in good standing with the Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers pursuant to Chapter 40 of Title 34.

(4) Provides an average of at least 20 hours of athletic training services per week at qualifying institutions throughout the year in this state.

(5) Has outstanding subsidized or unsubsidized federal student loans.

(6) Satisfies additional continuing eligibility criteria established by the commission in consultation with the Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers.

(7) Has not received, and does not intend to receive, a grant from the Athletic Trainer Secondary School Incentive Program.

(c) Loan assistance awards shall be distributed directly to eligible applicants in two disbursements during the applicable year with one disbursement being made after January 1 and the second disbursement being made after June 1.

(d) An eligible applicant shall notify the commission in writing of any change in status within 30 days after the change. Failure to notify the commission of a change in status shall affect future eligibility. A change in status includes all of the following:

(1) A change in name.

(2) A change in residence.

(3) A change in employment status.

(e) The commission shall inform an eligible applicant awarded loan assistance that loan assistance is considered income by the Internal Revenue Service.

(f)(1) The commission shall determine the necessary procedures for awarding loan assistance if an eligible applicants’ total awards exceed available funding.

(2) The commission shall prioritize loan assistance to eligible educators prior to awarding loan assistance to eligible licensed athletic trainers.
Ala. Code § 16-22A-15 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 22A / Section 16-22A-15
Section 16-22A-15 Exceptions - Church Officials
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any pastor, priest, rabbi, clergyman, or other church official except when acting in the capacity of a full-time regular classroom teacher.
Ala. Code § 16-7A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7A / Section 16-7A-6
Section 16-7A-6 Disposition of Assets Upon Dissolution
Status: in_force

In the event of dissolution, the residual assets of the authority shall be turned over to another public corporation or organization which is itself exempt from federal income tax as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) and Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended.
Ala. Code § 16-52-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 52 / Section 16-52-1
Section 16-52-1 Body Corporate
Status: in_force

The Governor and the State Superintendent of Education, by virtue of their respective offices and the trustees appointed pursuant to Section 16-52-3, and their successors in office, are constituted a body corporate under the name of Jacksonville State University.
Ala. Code § 16-36-36 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 36 / Section 16-36-36
Section 16-36-36 Interest in Contracts, Etc., Prohibited; Oath of Members of Boards of Education
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
Ala. Code § 16-38-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 38 / Section 16-38-5
Section 16-38-5 Duties of Superintendent as to Rehabilitation Work
Status: in_force

The State Superintendent of Education shall designate, by and with the advice and consent of the State Board of Education, such assistants as may be necessary to properly carry out the provisions of this chapter. The State Superintendent of Education shall also carry into effect such rules and regulations as the State Board of Education may adopt and shall prepare such reports concerning the conditions of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise as the State Board of Education may require.
Ala. Code § 16-13-37 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-37
Section 16-13-37 Use of County Sales and Use Tax Funds for General Educational Purposes
Status: in_force

(a) When approved at a referendum election held for such purposes in the manner hereinafter prescribed, any local board of education may divert any earmarked revenue derived by it from county sales and use taxes heretofore levied and imposed by local laws enacted by the Legislature of Alabama which exclusively earmarked such county sales and use taxes for capital outlay, construction and maintenance of public schools and use or spend the same for general educational purposes, including payment of teachers’ salaries, other current school expenses, and costs of school transportation, the provisions of any general, special or local law to the contrary notwithstanding.

(b) Upon the written request of the local board of education to the county commission, the referendum elections referred to in subsection (a) of this section may be called, held and conducted as nearly as may be in accordance with state law. In counties which apportion such sales and use taxes between county boards of education and city boards of education under local laws or by agreement between said county and city boards of education, upon the joint written request of such county and city boards of education to the county commission, such referendum elections may be consolidated into one countywide vote, and the result of such consolidated election shall govern the permissive use of such earmarked revenue thereafter by both the county and city boards of education.

(c) This section shall not be construed so as to permit or allow the diversion or use for general educational purposes of any earmarked or dedicated school revenue derived by any local board of education from county sales and use taxes which have heretofore been pledged by such local board of education or other governing body to the amortization, payment or retirement of any school bond issue, school loan or school contract of any kind which calls or provides for the payment thereof from said earmarked school revenues.
Ala. Code § 16-54-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 54 / Section 16-54-6
Section 16-54-6 Faculty and Staff
Status: in_force

The president, with the advice and consent of the trustees, shall appoint and fix the compensation for all faculty, including professors, associate professors, assistant professors, instructors and other necessary teachers, and all staff, including professional and nonprofessional staff. The president, academic vice-president, professors, associate professors, assistant professors and instructors shall compose the faculty of the institution. Policies and procedures governing the employment, dismissal, promotion and disciplining of university faculty and staff shall be determined by the trustees.
Ala. Code § 16-40-22 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 40 / Section 16-40-22
Section 16-40-22 Teachers May Decline to Teach Courses Under This Article
Status: in_force

No teacher shall be required to teach any course under this article and, any provision of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, no teacher shall be subject to any retaliation for declining to teach such a course, including, but not limited to, non-renewal of contract, termination, transfer, reassignment, loss of extracurricular activity assignments, reassignment of planning period, or reduction of evaluation score.
Ala. Code § 16-26E-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 26E / Section 16-26E-2
Section 16-26E-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Education.

(2) SCHOOL. The Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences.

(3) STATE BOARD. The State Board of Education.

(4) SUPERINTENDENT. The State Superintendent of Education.
Ala. Code § 16-25A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25A / Section 16-25A-5
Section 16-25A-5 Authorization for Health Insurance Plan; Election of Optional or Supplemental Coverage
Status: in_force

(a) The board is hereby empowered and authorized to establish a fully insured or self-insured health insurance plan for employees and, under certain conditions, retired employees and to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of such plan subject to such limitations as may be contained in this article. Such plan may provide for group hospitalization, surgical, medical, cancer, cash indemnity, and dental insurance against the financial costs of hospitalization, surgical, and medical treatment and care and may also include, among other things, prescribed drugs, medicines, prosthetic appliances, hospital inpatient and outpatient service benefits, and hospital/medical expenses indemnity benefits, including major medical benefits or such other coverage or benefits as may be deemed appropriate and desirable by the board, within the limits of such funds as may be available.

(b) Any member employee or, under certain conditions, retired employee may elect an optional or supplemental coverage provided by the board which shall include but is not limited to dental, cancer, or indemnity benefits. Such election shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations and at such times as the board shall prescribe. Election of an optional or supplemental coverage shall be in lieu of primary coverage under the basic medical plan, provided any individual covered under the basic medical plan may elect an optional coverage upon agreeing to pay the costs of such coverage. Any member employee or retired employee who does not elect an optional or supplemental coverage shall be deemed as a matter of law to have elected basic medical primary coverage.
Ala. Code § 16-13-166 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-166
Section 16-13-166 Collection of Tax
Status: in_force

The tax collector shall collect such special tax in the same manner and under the same requirements and laws as taxes of the state are collected, shall keep said amount separate and apart from all other funds, shall keep a clear and distinct account thereof and shall turn the same over to the custodian of county school funds whose duty it shall be to receipt therefor. The county board of education shall apportion the same to the various schools throughout the county in the same manner as the public school funds from the state are apportioned in said county.
Ala. Code § 16-30C-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 30C / Section 16-30C-4
Section 16-30C-4 Development of Training Guidelines for Care of Students with Medical Needs Relating to Seizure Disorders; Training Programs
Status: in_force

(a) The State Department of Education shall develop guidelines, subject to approval by the Alabama Board of Nursing, for the training of school employees regarding the care needed for a student with medical needs relating to seizure disorder according to the student’s seizure management and treatment plan, the medical authorizations of which are limited to permitting the administration of medications specific to his or her seizure disorder. These guidelines shall be developed in conjunction with the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Epilepsy Foundation or its successor, and any other appropriate published medical guidelines. Each local board of education shall ensure that epilepsy and seizure disorder training programs are provided for all school nurses and unlicensed medication assistants at schools under its jurisdiction.

(b) Training programs may be provided in-person or online and shall include instruction for school nurses regarding managing students with seizure disorders, information about seizure recognition, and related first aid. This information may be included in general student health training programs provided to all school personnel. A local board of education may approve an in-person or online course of instruction provided by a nonprofit national foundation that supports the welfare of individuals with epilepsy and seizure disorders. An in-person or online course of instruction approved by a local board of education shall be provided by the nonprofit entity free of charge.

(c)(1) Each local board of education shall ensure that the training outlined in this section is provided to unlicensed medication assistants. In consultation with the local school superintendent and in consideration of a student’s individual health plan related to his or her seizure disorder condition, the lead nurse of the school system may recommend the placement of a school nurse based on the overall health needs of that student.

(2) Each local board of education shall provide annually a list of the school employees trained to administer seizure disorder medications to each parent or guardian of a student with a seizure disorder, each student, and all other employees of the local board of education. The local board of education shall thereafter publish and maintain a list on the local board of education’s website.

(d) A school employee shall not be required to serve as an unlicensed medication assistant, nor be subject to any penalty or disciplinary action for refusing to serve as an unlicensed medication assistant. It shall be unlawful to consider a school employee’s decision to serve or not to serve as an unlicensed medication assistant in any employment decision including, but not limited to, termination, nonrenewal of contract, reduction in force, or transfer. No school administrator or supervisor shall threaten, harass, or otherwise coerce a school employee into serving as an unlicensed medication assistant.

(e) The Alabama Board of Nursing shall retain the sole authority to adopt rules to permit delegation of limited nursing tasks by licensed nurses to trained, unlicensed assistive personnel and to implement this chapter.

(f) The medical authorization allowed under this chapter shall be limited to permitting the use of medications specific to seizure disorders. Under no circumstance shall rectal or vaginal suppositories be administered by anyone other than a licensed nurse.
Ala. Code § 16-24-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 24 / Section 16-24-8
Section 16-24-8 Cancellation of Contracts - Grounds
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
Ala. Code § 16-6H-10 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6H / Section 16-6H-10
Section 16-6H-10 Training for Full Support and Limited Support Schools Under the Alabama Multi-Tiered System of Support Framework
Status: in_force

Beginning August 1, 2022, the State Superintendent of Education shall provide training to full support and limited support schools relating to the Alabama Multi-Tiered System of Support framework. The framework shall outline the evidence-based best practices of multi-tiered systems of support, which include response to intervention.
Ala. Code § 16-33-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 33 / Section 16-33-2
Section 16-33-2 “Tuition and Fees” Defined
Status: in_force

The phrase “tuition and fees” shall include and mean fees known and classed as instructional fees.
Ala. Code § 16-22B-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 22B / Section 16-22B-2
Section 16-22B-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) ALEA. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.

(2) BOARD. The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and the State Fire Marshal.

(3) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Education.

(4) SCHOOL. Any public K-12 school.

(5) SCHOOL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN. The plan adopted by each local board of education pursuant to Section 16-1-44.

(6) SCHOOL FACILITY. Any building operated in connection with a school, including, but not limited to, a building housing classrooms, administration, or athletic facilities.
Ala. Code § 16-60-55 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-55
Section 16-60-55 Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall have full, ample and sufficient power and authority to make, adopt and enforce all rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this state, which may be necessary for the management, control and conduct of the college and the business connected therewith.
Ala. Code § 16-13-70 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-70
Section 16-13-70 Issuance Authorized; Purposes; Source of Payment
Status: in_force

(a) Any county board of education and any city board of education may issue and sell interest-bearing tax anticipation warrants for the purpose of paying the costs of erecting, acquiring, providing, constructing, purchasing, altering, enlarging, improving, repairing and equipping school buildings, school playgrounds and buildings for housing and repairing school buses, and for the purpose of purchasing school buses, or for any one or more of such purposes.

(b) Warrants issued under the provisions of this article shall not be general obligations of the board of education issuing such warrants but shall be payable, as to both principal and interest, solely out of one of the following:

(1) The proceeds of any ad valorem tax voted under the constitution for the purpose of paying such warrants, or for school purposes generally, and paid, apportioned or allocated to or for the benefit of the board of education issuing such warrants;

(2) The proceeds of any ad valorem tax that may be paid, apportioned or allocated to or for the benefit of the board of education issuing such warrants; or

(3) The proceeds of any privilege, license or excise tax or taxes that may be paid, apportioned or allocated to or for the benefit of the board of education issuing such warrants.

(c) Any board of education issuing any warrants hereunder shall specify, in the proceedings authorizing such warrants, the tax proceeds out of which such warrants are to be payable and shall secure payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon by a pledge of so much as may be necessary therefor of such tax proceeds. If any such board of education makes more than one such pledge with respect to the proceeds from the same tax, then such pledges shall take precedence in the order in which they are made unless the proceedings making the pledge prior in time shall specifically provide that such pledge shall be on a parity with or subordinate to a subsequent pledge of the same tax proceeds.

(d) Warrants issued pursuant to the provisions of this article shall constitute preferred claims against the tax proceeds out of which they are payable, subject to prior pledges, and shall have preference over claims for salaries or other operating expenses or any other purpose.

(e) No board of education may issue under the provisions of this article warrants payable out of the proceeds of any ad valorem tax if the principal and interest maturing on such warrants in any fiscal year, when added to the principal and interest maturing in the same fiscal year on all warrants of such board of education then outstanding and constituting preferred claims against said ad valorem tax, would exceed 80 percent of the annual proceeds of said ad valorem tax, computed upon the basis of the last assessed valuation on which taxes were due and payable, of the county or the district, as the case may be, as certified by the county tax assessor; provided, that if an irrevocable trust fund consisting of cash or direct general obligations of the United States of America, or both, shall be established for retirement of all or part of the principal of or interest on any outstanding warrants of a board of education, then, to such extent as the retirement thereof shall be provided for by the said trust fund (including the cash therein and all sums due to be paid by the said United States under the terms of any of its direct general obligations forming a part of the said trust fund), the said principal and interest shall be excluded from any computation for the purposes of this subsection of the amount of principal and interest maturing with respect to outstanding warrants.
Ala. Code § 16-15-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Section 16-15-9
Section 16-15-9 Execution, Form, Terms and Conditions of Bonds; Sale; Refunding Bonds; Security for Payment; Bonds to Be Negotiable Instruments; Exemption from Taxation; Bonds Legal Investments
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 16-1-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-5
Section 16-1-5 Photographing or Microphotographing Records - Intent
Status: in_force

It is the intent of Sections 16-1-3 and 16-1-4 to permit the State Superintendent of Education and each of the several city and county superintendents of education to destroy, in the manner prescribed in Section 16-1-4, any records, documents, books or papers required by law to be kept or maintained by them in the event that photographic reproductions of such records, documents, books or papers are made and to give such photographic reproductions the same force and effect as the originals thereof.
Ala. Code § 16-6B-2.2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6B / Section 16-6B-2.2
Section 16-6B-2.2 Alabama Workforce Pathways Act
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Workforce Pathways Act.

(b)(1) The purpose of this section is to provide enhanced academic and skilled trades opportunities for Alabama students, and to facilitate the development of a career pathways diploma at the K-12 level that would enhance career and technical education opportunities for high school students who plan to enter the workforce immediately after graduation.

(2) The Legislature finds and declares that high school students need more than one pathway to earn a high school diploma in this state.

(c)(1) The State Board of Education shall establish a new Workforce Pathways diploma pathway at the K-12 level.

(2) Following the establishment of the Workforce Pathways diploma pathway, the State Department of Education shall develop the curriculum for this program within 120 days after its approval by the State Board of Education. The curriculum may include a listing of required credits, courses, competencies, and experiences necessary to earn a diploma though the workforce pathway.

(3) All K-12 students in this state shall earn the same high school diploma, regardless of which diploma pathway they follow; however, students enrolled in the Workforce Pathways diploma pathway shall only be required to complete two math credits and two science credits to earn their high school diploma instead of the four math credits and four science credits required of other students. The State Department of Education shall develop an identifying seal that is to be placed on any high school diploma earned by a student following the workforce pathway.

(4) In lieu of the math and science credits, students enrolled in the Workforce Pathways diploma pathway may earn credits that apply toward graduation by completing career and technical education courses, which help prepare those students to go directly into employment in their chosen field following high school graduation.

(d) The State Department of Education shall work with local boards of education throughout the state to implement the Workforce Pathways diploma pathway at the local level.

(e) Students who earn a diploma through the Workforce Pathway shall be eligible for admission to any postsecondary institution or public university in the state; provided, however, each institution and university shall maintain the ability to set its own admission requirements.

(f) When an alternative assessment is developed for students in the Workforce Pathways diploma pathway, that assessment may be considered in assigning an academic achievement grade to a school or school system.

(g) The State Board of Education may seek additional funding from the Legislature to construct, retrofit, or upgrade career and technical education centers throughout the state so that a career and technical education center is located within a reasonable distance from every high school in the state. While school systems with a larger population of students may need their own career and technical education center, school systems with smaller populations of students may share career and technical education centers.

(h) The Legislature may provide additional funding for the Alabama Short-Term Credential Program that provides scholarships to facilitate the participation of individuals in for-credit and non-credit courses provided through the Alabama Community College System offering training for in-demand careers in the region where the course is taught.
Ala. Code § 16-25-13.3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-13.3
Section 16-25-13.3 Purchase of Credit for Prior Service in Particular Nursing Program at Walker College
Status: in_force

(a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers’ Retirement System may claim and purchase credit in the system not to exceed seven years for prior service as a director of nursing in a nursing program at Walker College between January 1, 1981, and December 31, 1987, while the program was conducted jointly at the time between Walker College and Walker State Technical College. The certification of prior service claimed under this section shall conform to applicable administrative rules and procedures of the Teachers’ Retirement System. Members shall receive credit for the prior service when they remit to the system the contributions required by subsection (b). No member shall receive credit for any service that the member is already credited within the system or any other public retirement plan, with the exception of the federal Social Security program.

(b) Any member who is eligible to purchase service credit pursuant to subsection (a) shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer of the system, within one year from April 26, 2002, for the claimed service, the full actuarially determined cost for each year of claimed service as determined by the system’s actuary.
Ala. Code § 16-36-29.1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 36 / Section 16-36-29.1
Section 16-36-29.1 Adequate Textbooks, Support, Facilities and Supplies
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
Ala. Code § 16-60-110 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-110
Section 16-60-110 Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and determines all of the following:

(1) That it is necessary to the welfare of the state that it provide workforce development initiatives that are responsive to industry needs from highly specialized training programs that help prepare entry level employees to meet growing demands.

(2) That the needs of the citizens, businesses, and industries of the state are best served by a unified system of institutions and programs delivering excellence in academic education, adult education, and workforce development.

(3) That a unified system is best supported and supervised by a board of trustees devoted solely to providing the best possible facilities, teaching, and instruction through the Alabama Community College System.

(4) That high quality, affordable, local educational opportunities for students to obtain associate’s degrees and to prepare for continuing their education at four-year institutions have been a hallmark of Alabama’s two-year college system since its inception, that the board of trustees created by this article is charged with maintaining and building upon those options to ensure that a college education remains affordable for all Alabama families.

(b) For purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meaning ascribed to them by this section:

(1) ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM. The state-supported system of community and technical colleges formerly operating under the supervision of the State Board of Education, including individual institutions, system-wide programs, other related organizations, and central operations.

(2) BOARD. The Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System.

(3) CHANCELLOR. The chief executive officer of the Alabama Community College System.

(4) COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES. The publicly supported two-year schools established as community colleges, junior colleges, technical colleges, and trade schools previously under the authority of the State Board of Education.
Ala. Code § 16-13-13 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-13
Section 16-13-13 Fees for Courses
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that no fees shall be collected in the future in courses required for graduation. In courses not required for graduation, local school boards may set reasonable fees for courses requiring laboratory and shop materials and equipment, provided, however, that such fees shall be waived for students who cannot afford to pay the fee. Any funds collected in fees shall be spent on the course for which the fee was levied. This section shall not be construed to prohibit community groups or clubs from fundraising activities, provided, however, that students shall not be required to participate in such fundraising activities.
Ala. Code § 16-13A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13A / Section 16-13A-4
Section 16-13A-4 Appointment; Removal of Chief School Financial Officer; Qualifications
Status: in_force

(a) In consultation with the local superintendent of education, the local board of education shall appoint a chief school financial officer who shall be an employee of the board.

(b)(1) If the position of chief school financial officer is vacant for 30 days and the local board is not actively seeking to fill the position, the State Superintendent of Education may designate a chief school financial officer for a period of not more than one year, which may be extended from year to year, unless and until the local board appoints a person who meets the established qualifications. In addition, the State Superintendent of Education shall designate a chief school financial officer if the position has been vacant for more than 60 days.

(2) A person designated as chief school financial officer by the State Superintendent of Education may not be unilaterally removed from that position by the local board of education pursuant to subsection (c) without the prior approval of the State Superintendent of Education, but may be replaced after one year by a qualified person selected by the local board.

(c) Except as specified in subdivision (2) of subsection (b), a local board of education, upon a majority vote of its members, shall have unilateral authority to remove the chief school financial officer.

(d) A person designated as a chief school financial officer shall meet the minimum job qualifications established by the local board and the State Board of Education and shall possess or be eligible to possess certification required pursuant to regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
Ala. Code § 16-55-24 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 55 / Section 16-55-24
Section 16-55-24 Provision of Room and Board, Food, and Supplies; Transportation
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 § 16-30C-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 30C / Section 16-30C-6
Section 16-30C-6 Rulemaking Authority
Status: in_force

Not later than March 1, 2022, the State Department of Education and the State Board of Nursing shall adopt rules to implement and administer this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-11-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Section 16-11-1
Section 16-11-1 “City” Defined
Status: in_force

A “city” within the meaning of this title shall include all incorporated municipalities of 5,000 or more inhabitants, according to the last or any succeeding federal census, or according to the last or any succeeding census taken under the provisions of Sections 11-47-90 through 11-47-95.
Ala. Code § 16-6J-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6J / Section 16-6J-4
Section 16-6J-4 Requirements for Parents
Status: in_force

(a) To participate in the program, a parent of an eligible student must do all of the following:

(1) Submit to the department any information required by the department for implementation of the program, including the name of the eligible student.

(2) Agree to claim the credit only for qualified expenses to provide an education for an eligible student.

(3) Agree that, to the best of the parent’s knowledge, no other person is claiming a credit for the eligible student.

(4) Agree not to claim the credit for an eligible student who enrolls as a full-time student in a public school district unless the public school is a participating school within the meaning of this chapter and the public school charges tuition for the participating student.

(5) Agree to assume the full financial responsibility for the education of the participating student, including the balance of any expense incurred at an education service provider.

(6) Agree to comply with rules adopted by the department for the administration of the program.

(b) Fulfillment of the agreements made pursuant to subsection (a) is a requirement of continuing approval as a participating student. Failure to fulfill the agreements made pursuant to subsection (a) shall constitute grounds for the department to revoke, recover, suspend, or deny the credit otherwise made available pursuant to this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-53-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 53 / Section 16-53-9
Section 16-53-9 Board of Trustees - Payment of Expenses
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2006-576, p. 1513, §2, effective July 1, 2006.
Ala. Code § 16-40A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 40A / Section 16-40A-1
Section 16-40A-1 Legislative Findings; Purpose of Chapter
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds that:

(1) Pregnancy and childbirth among unmarried adolescents, particularly young adolescents, often results in severe adverse health, social, and economic consequences, including: a higher percentage of pregnancy and childbirth complications; a higher incidence of low birth weight babies; a higher frequency of developmental disabilities; higher infant mortality and morbidity; a decreased likelihood of completing school; a greater likelihood that an adolescent marriage will end in divorce; and higher risks of unemployment and welfare dependency.

(2) Drug and alcohol abuse diminish the strength and vitality of the young people of our nation and state; an increasing number of substances, both legal and illegal, are being abused by increasing numbers of school children, even at the grade school level; abuse of any substance causes human behavior that influences many forces, including school, family, church, community, media, and peer groups. Prevention and early intervention in such behavior requires cooperation and coordination involving strategies designed to respond to carefully defined problems in which the education system of the state can play an important role.

(b) The purposes of this chapter are:

(1) To find effective means, within the context of the school environment, of reaching adolescents before they become sexually active in order to maximize the guidance and support available to adolescents from teachers, parents, and other family members, and to promote self discipline and other prudent approaches to the problem of premarital sexual relations of adolescents, including adolescent pregnancy.

(2) To encourage the prevention of alcohol and drug abuse among children in the public schools; to stimulate the development of improved approaches to the prevention of alcohol and drug abuse; to demonstrate the use of such approaches in model educational programs and to evaluate the effectiveness thereof; to disseminate successful approaches and significant information for use in educational programs throughout the public schools; and to provide training programs for school administrators, teachers, and counselors.
Ala. Code § 16-39-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 39 / Section 16-39-5
Section 16-39-5 Responsibilities of State Board of Education
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations covering:

(1) The qualifications of specialists for each type of exceptionality and standards for certification of exceptional children;

(2) Minimum standards of instruction and special services to be provided for each type of exceptionality at each age or grade level;

(3) Reasonable qualifications for teachers, instructors, therapists and other personnel needed to work with exceptional children;

(4) Guidelines for suitable five-year incremental plans for implementation of the program set forth in this chapter for various types of typical situations likely to be encountered by school boards in the State of Alabama; and

(5) Such other rules and regulations as may be necessary or appropriate for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.

Said regulations may be amended from time to time, said amended regulations to be effective 90 days after written notice of said amendments has been transmitted to each school board in the State of Alabama.

The State Board of Education shall receive, review and approve or disapprove plans submitted by school boards hereunder and shall consult and advise with school boards whose plans are disapproved; provided, that disapproval of a plan or any amendments thereto shall be only because of failure of the plan to meet minimum standards set out in regulations of the state board adopted in accordance with this section, and any such disapproval must specify in detail the reasons for such disapproval. If an approval cannot be worked out satisfactorily, the State Board of Education shall provide a plan which shall be binding on the school board unless its enforcement is restrained as provided in Section 16-39-4.

The State Board of Education shall have the primary responsibility for enforcing compliance with such plans and with compliance of school boards with its regulations and the requirements of this chapter. If any local board fails or refuses to implement the plan provided for under this chapter, the Attorney General shall, upon request of the State Board of Education or upon the request of any private citizen, bring civil injunctive actions to enforce the implementation of such plan. If the state board fails or refuses to carry out any duties required of it by this chapter, the Attorney General shall, upon the request of any private citizen, bring civil actions in Montgomery County to require that such duties be performed.
Ala. Code § 16-26E-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 26E / Section 16-26E-7
Section 16-26E-7 Extracurricular Activities
Status: in_force

Whenever possible, the school may offer extracurricular activities as may be found in any public secondary school in the state.
Ala. Code § 16-37-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 37 / Section 16-37-3
Section 16-37-3 Superintendent in Charge of Vocational Education
Status: in_force

The State Superintendent of Education shall designate, by and with the advice and consent of the State Board of Education, such assistants as may be necessary to properly carry out the provisions of this chapter. The State Superintendent of Education shall also carry into effect such rules and regulations as the State Board of Education may adopt and shall prepare such reports concerning the condition of vocational education in the state as the State Board of Education may require.
Ala. Code § 16-68-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 68 / Section 16-68-4
Section 16-68-4 Report to Governor and Legislature Regarding Implementation of Chapter Requirements
Status: in_force

The boards of trustees of each public institution of higher education shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report that details both of the following:

(1) The course of action implemented to ensure compliance with the requirements of this chapter by September 29, 2020.

(2) Any changes or updates to the chosen course of action within 30 days after making the changes or updates.
Ala. Code § 16-40-43 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 40 / Section 16-40-43
Section 16-40-43 School District Requirements
Status: in_force

A school district that participates in the program under this article shall do both of the following:

(1) Maintain appropriate records in order to identify students who have earned a State Seal of Biliteracy.

(2) Affix the appropriate insignia to the diploma and transcript of each student who earns a State Seal of Biliteracy.
Ala. Code § 16-23-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Section 16-23-5
Section 16-23-5 Revocation of Certificates
Status: in_force

(a) The State Superintendent of Education may revoke any certificate issued under this chapter when the holder has been guilty of immoral conduct or unbecoming or indecent behavior. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, under the circumstances listed in subsection (b), the holder shall be immediately disenfranchised from certification and any other rights pursuant to Section 16-24-9.

(b) The State Superintendent of Education shall immediately revoke any certificate issued under this chapter when the holder is convicted of capital murder or any Class A felony, including, but not limited to, rape, murder, kidnapping, or robbery, or any of the following:

(1) Rape in the first or second degree, pursuant to Section 13A-6-61 or 13A-6-62.

(2) Sodomy in the first or second degree, pursuant to Section 13A-6-63 or 13A-6-64.

(3) Sexual torture, pursuant to Section 13A-6-65.1.

(4) Sexual abuse in the first or second degree, pursuant to Section 13A-6-66 or 13A-6-67.

(5) Enticing a child to enter a vehicle, room, house, office, or other place for immoral purposes, pursuant to Section 13A-6-69.

(6) Promoting prostitution in the first or second degree, pursuant to Section 13A-12-111 or 13A-12-112.

(7) Violation of the Alabama Child Pornography Act, pursuant to Section 13A-12-191, 13A-12-192, 13A-12-196, or 13A-12-197.

(8) Kidnapping a minor, except by a parent, in the first or second degree, pursuant to Section 13A-6-43 or 13A-6-44.

(9) Incest, pursuant to Section 13A-13-3, when the offender is an adult and the victim is a minor.

(10) Transmitting obscene material to a child by computer, pursuant to Section 13A-6-111.

(11) Facilitating solicitation of unlawful sexual conduct with a child, pursuant to Section 13A-6-121.

(12) Electronic solicitation of a child or facilitating the online solicitation of a child, pursuant to Section 13A-6-122 or 13A-6-123.

(13) Traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act or facilitating the travel of a child for an unlawful sex act, pursuant to Section 13A-6-124 or 13A-6-125.

(14) Any solicitation, attempt, or conspiracy to commit any of the offenses listed in subdivisions (1) to (13), inclusive.

(15) Any crime committed in any state or a federal, military, or foreign jurisdiction which, if committed in this state under the law existing at the time of the offense, would constitute an offense listed in subdivisions (1) to (13), inclusive.

(16) Any criminal sex offense in which the victim is a child under the age of 12 or any offense involving child pornography.

(17) Any crime committed in any jurisdiction which, regardless of the specific description or statutory elements, may be characterized or known as rape, sodomy, sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual abuse, sexual torture, solicitation of a child, enticing or luring a child, child pornography, lewd and lascivious conduct, taking indecent liberties with a child, or molestation of a child.

(18) Any crime not listed in this subsection involving endangerment to the health, safety, or welfare of a child that may be created on or after March 31, 2010.
Ala. Code § 16-4-10 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-10
Section 16-4-10 Rules for Construction of Buildings; Condemnation of Buildings
Status: in_force

The State Superintendent of Education shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit for approval to the State Board of Education rules and regulations for the hygienic, sanitary and protective construction of school buildings. He is empowered and directed to recommend for condemnation for school use by the State Board of Education all buildings used for school purposes that violate these rules and regulations.
Ala. Code § 16-47-137 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-137
Section 16-47-137 Scholarships - Amount and Conditions; Selection of Recipients
Status: in_force

Each scholarship provided for by this article shall be in the amount of $600.00 per year payable from funds appropriated to the University of Alabama School of Nursing for this purpose. A scholarship may either be renewed by the school of nursing for the same student or awarded to another applicant for the scholarship. Appropriate competitive examinations of aptitude and ability shall be administered to the applicants by the University of Alabama School of Nursing. The results of the examinations shall be used as guides in the selection of the recipients of the scholarship from the various geographical areas of the state. In case a scholarship student fails to complete the course prescribed for the baccalaureate degree in nursing, the student must repay the amount of scholarship funds used. Any funds thus collected may be used as scholarship assistance for other nursing students. A scholarship student must agree to practice professional nursing in the State of Alabama for at least one year after completing the course at the University of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 16-60-38 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-38
Section 16-60-38 Petition for Conversion to Trade School and Junior College; Authority of Board of Trustees If Petition Granted
Status: in_force

If the Board of Trustees of the Northwest Alabama Junior College, established pursuant to this article, determines that it is to the advantage of the college to convert it to a trade school and junior college which may be constructed, enlarged and equipped under Sections 16-60-80 through 16-60-96, it may petition the State Board of Education to consider designating such college as the location at which one of the trade schools and junior colleges authorized by such sections may be constructed and equipped. If the State Board of Education acts favorably on the petition and designates the Northwest Alabama Junior College as one of the institutions to be constructed and equipped under such sections, then the Board of Trustees of the Northwest Alabama Junior College is hereby authorized to execute such deeds and other contracts and conveyances to the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority as will enable such authority to proceed with construction and equipment of needed buildings to enable Northwest Alabama Junior College to operate efficiently to fill the needs of the area for which it is designated as a trade school and junior college. The board of trustees is also authorized to relinquish such authority and responsibility for the operation, management, control, supervision, maintenance, regulation, upkeep, improvement, equipment and enlargement of the Northwest Alabama Junior College to the State Board of Education as to give it the same authority and responsibility relative to Northwest Alabama Junior College that is vested by Sections 16-60-110 through 16-60-112, in said board of education relative to other educational institutions in the state of the types known as trade schools and junior colleges authorized by the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. However, the Board of Trustees of said Northwest Alabama Junior College shall continue to exist and shall serve as an advisory committee to advise and assist the State Board of Education in matters relative to the operation, supervision and control of Northwest Alabama Junior College.
Ala. Code § 16-47-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 47 / Section 16-47-2
Section 16-47-2 Corporate Powers Generally
Status: in_force

Such corporation shall have all the rights, powers and franchises necessary to or promotive of the end of its creation and shall be charged with all the corresponding duties, liabilities and responsibilities.
Ala. Code § 16-60-308 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-308
Section 16-60-308 Responsibilities of the Board
Status: in_force

The responsibilities of the board shall include all of the following:

(1) Evaluate grant proposals based on the purpose shown in Section 16-60-305.

(2) Monitor and ensure that expenditures of grant funds are in accordance with the associated grant proposal, this article, and relevant state laws.

(3) Upon finding that such grant expenditures are not in accordance with the aforementioned conditions, suspend the release of further grant funds and take action to recover the improperly expended grant funds.

(4) Design and distribute its grant proposal instrument.

(5) Maintain up-to-date records of all grants that are currently in effect.

(6) Maintain records, for a period of three full years, of all completed grants and grant proposals that were denied.

(7) Promulgate necessary reasonable rules to implement and enforce this article.
Ala. Code § 16-6H-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6H / Section 16-6H-6
Section 16-6H-6 Mathematics Intervention Services; Assessment of Students
Status: in_force

(a)(1) A kindergarten student or incoming grades 1-5 student identified with a mathematics deficiency, or who demonstrates the signs of dyscalculia, shall be provided intensive mathematics interventions recommended by the Elementary Mathematics Task Force to address his or her specific mathematics deficiency. Intensive interventions should be a part of the multi-tiered system of support of a school. A K-5 student who exhibits a mathematics deficiency based on an approved screener assessment, diagnostic assessment, benchmark assessment, or classroom formative assessment shall receive immediate mathematics intervention.

(2) The mathematics teacher of the student receiving mathematics intervention shall prepare reports that coincide with grading periods and a comprehensive end of year report detailing any mathematics intervention provided. Reports shall be provided to the parent or legal guardian of the student, and his or her mathematics teacher for the immediately succeeding school year, and shall include all of the following:

a. The name of the student.

b. The name of the teacher providing the intervention.

c. Mathematics deficiencies identified from a screener, diagnostic, or formative assessment, or any of them.

d. Student growth.

e. Mathematics strengths of the student.

(3) The information provided to the parent or legal guardian of a student, pursuant to subdivision (2), details the strengths, deficiencies, and progress of the student. A report from a screener, diagnostic, or formative assessment that includes all the information listed in subdivision (2) may be provided to the parent or legal guardian in lieu of a separate report.

(b) Each local education agency shall provide mathematics intervention services for grades K-5 students identified with mathematics deficiencies. Those services shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following:

(1) Working with an effective or highly effective teacher of mathematics, as demonstrated by student mathematics performance data and teacher performance evaluations.

(2) Effective instructional strategies to accelerate student progress provided by a highly qualified teacher who has training and experience in the implementation of teaching mathematics through problem solving; providing an environment for students to make sense of cognitively demanding tasks; providing justifications for strategies and solutions; making connections with the mathematics; and receiving feedback about mathematics ideas.

(3) Mathematics intervention services and supports to improve any identified area of mathematics deficiency including, but not limited to, any of the following:

a. Additional instructional time devoted to evidence-based mathematics instruction and interventions recommended by the Elementary Mathematics Task Force, including engaging, high quality, and rigorous supplemental sessions.

b. Providing daily targeted small group mathematics intervention based on student needs.

c. Providing supplemental, evidence-based mathematics interventions before or after school, or both, delivered by a highly qualified teacher of mathematics or trained tutor.

d. Frequently monitoring the progress of the mathematics skills of each student throughout the school year and adjusting instruction according to student need.

e. Incorporating material from a previous grade to link understanding to grade level curriculum.

f. Incorporating a concrete, semi-concrete, abstract approach.

g. Incorporating explicit systematic strategy instruction, including summarizing key points and reviewing vocabulary prior to the lesson.

h. Utilizing mathematics strategies or programs, grounded in the science of learning, that accelerate student mathematics achievement.

i. Attending to conceptual understanding as well as procedural fluency.

j. Providing a home based mathematics plan, including participation in family training workshops or regular family-guided home mathematics activities.

(c) Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year:

(1) Kindergarten students shall be assessed by November using an early numeracy screener recommended by the Elementary Mathematics Task Force to identify those students in need of support for key numeracy concepts. A kindergarten student identified by the screener as having a mathematics deficiency shall be assessed using the diagnostic assessment to identify student misconceptions and gaps in mathematical knowledge or skills.

(2) Incoming first and second grade students shall be assessed using an early numeracy screener recommended by the Elementary Mathematics Task Force a minimum of two times a year to identify those students in need of support for key numeracy concepts. A first or second grade student identified by the screener as having a mathematics deficiency shall be assessed using the diagnostic assessment to identify student misconceptions and gaps in mathematical knowledge or skills.

(3) Incoming fourth and fifth grade students shall be assessed using a fractional reasoning screener approved by the Elementary Mathematics Task Force a minimum of two times a year to identify those students in need of support for fractional reasoning. A fourth or fifth grade student identified by the screener as having a mathematics deficiency shall be assessed using the diagnostic assessment to identify student misconceptions and gaps in mathematical knowledge or skills.

(4) A K-5 student identified with a mathematics deficiency through screeners, diagnostics, or formative assessments shall be provided intensive mathematics interventions recommended by the Elementary Mathematics Task Force to address his or her specific needs.

(d) The Elementary Mathematics Task Force shall recommend to the Office of Mathematics Improvement a guide for developmental benchmark formative assessments to be used for determining appropriate mathematics progress for K-5 mathematics progression. The benchmarks shall include, but not be limited to, the following grade level progressions:

(1) The kindergarten level shall include all of the following:

a. Number sequence.

b. One-to-one correspondence.

c. Cardinality.

d. Oral and written names for numbers based on grade level standards.

e. Subitizing.

f. Number relationships.

g. Computational fluency with whole numbers based on grade level standards.

h. Addition and subtraction in word problems with a variety of problem types and structures based on grade level standards.

i. Spatial reasoning based on grade level standards.

(2) The first and second grade level shall include all of the following:

a. Counting and recognizing whole numbers.

b. Comparing and ordering numbers.

c. Composing and decomposing numbers.

d. Operations with whole numbers.

(3) Incoming third grade level shall include all of the following:

a. Operations of addition and subtraction.

b. Properties of operations.

c. Counting and recognizing numbers to 1,000.

d. Understanding models for addition and subtraction within 1,000.

e. Comparing and ordering numbers up to 1,000.

f. Composing and decomposing numbers up to 1,000.

g. Solving one-step and two-step word problems involving addition and subtraction within 100.

h. Using a variety of strategies and algorithms based on place value.

(4) Incoming fourth grade level shall include all of the following:

a. Representing unit fractions with area and length models.

b. Representing equivalent fractions using a variety of objects and pictorial models.

c. Understanding multiplication and division and strategies for multiplication and division within 100.

d. Understanding the meanings of multiplication and division of whole numbers involving equal-sized groups, arrays, and measurement quantities.

e. Solving one-step and two-step word problems involving addition and subtraction within 1,000 using a variety of strategies and algorithms based on place value.

f. Generating and solving problem situations for a given mathematical number sentence involving addition and subtraction of whole numbers using a variety of strategies and algorithms based on place value.

(5) Incoming fifth grade level shall include all of the following:

a. Comparing and ordering whole numbers up to 1,000,000.

b. Comparing and ordering fractions and decimals to hundredths.

c. Using place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic with whole numbers.

d. Illustrating and explaining the product of two factors using equations, rectangular arrays, and area models.

e. Adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with like denominators using fraction equivalence and properties of operations.

f. Understanding the relationship between addition and subtraction.

g. Multiplying a whole number and a fraction.
Ala. Code § 16-1-51.1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-51.1
Section 16-1-51.1 Comprehensive Model Policy for Supervision and Monitoring of Juvenile Sex Offender Students; Educational Placement of Juvenile Sex Offenders
Status: in_force

(a)(1) On or before January 1, 2019, the State Board of Education shall develop a comprehensive model policy for the supervision and monitoring of juvenile sex offender students, who have a low risk of re-offense and are enrolled, attending class, and participating in school activities with the general population of students. The purpose of the model policy is to provide a safe and secure environment for all students and staff. The model policy shall be adopted by each local board of education and implemented beginning with the 2020-2021 school year. The model policy, at a minimum, shall contain all of the following components:

a. Application to all school property and school-sponsored functions including, but not limited to, classroom instructional time, assemblies, athletic events, extracurricular activities, and school bus transportation.

b. An initial meeting of all parties immediately upon the enrollment of the low risk juvenile sex offender, and frequent meetings thereafter as necessary to provide for the continual monitoring of the student and a safe school environment for all. The principal and all appropriate school personnel who have received confidential notification pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of Section 15-20A-27, in consultation with juvenile probation professionals, shall meet with the student, and the parent or guardian of the student, to create and implement an individualized student safety plan. The principal shall determine other appropriate school personnel to be included in the meetings to assist in defining school expectations. Student safety plans shall outline the responsibilities of all parties in safely managing the behavior of the student and protecting all students. The plan shall be consistent with existing disciplinary policies and procedures, student conduct policies, and mandatory reporting policies. Student safety plans shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

1. An outline of conditions or limitations, or both, on the low risk juvenile sex offender concerning his or her interactions on school property and when participating in school activities.

2. An effective procedure, developed in conjunction with school staff in consultation with the parent or guardian of the student, for communicating concerns relating to the student.

3. Guidelines for expected intervention actions for high-risk behaviors and for reinforcing positive behaviors based on the needs of the student and the safety of all students and staff.

4. Procedures for the continual review of each plan by staff designated by the principal and for monitoring and changing the plan on an as-needed basis by school staff.

5. Safeguards for protecting confidential information.

c. Continuity of information and monitoring of low-risk juvenile sex offender students over time as the students change schools and as administrators and school personnel change.

d. Comprehensive training for school personnel to take appropriate action upon noticing an increase or escalation of those behaviors in a low risk juvenile sex offender student, both for the short and long-term safety of that student and all other students.

e. In addition to the mandatory reporting requirements pursuant to Section 26-14-3, school personnel shall report violations of plan expectations to the principal when they occur. Upon notification, the principal, as appropriate, shall follow the procedures and intervention actions detailed in the safety plan created pursuant to this section.

(2) When a low risk juvenile sex offender student changes schools, the principal shall notify local law enforcement and local law enforcement shall notify the principal of the new school and, where applicable, the local superintendent of education pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 15-20A-27. The principal of the prior school shall ensure that all records and safety plans pertaining to the low risk juvenile sex offender student follow the student to his or her new school. If the sex offender status or probation or parole status of the student changes, the principal shall notify the appropriate school staff as part of the safety planning of the school. The principal and school staff shall maintain confidentiality regarding these students as required by law. Any information received by a principal, school personnel, or local superintendent of education as a result of a notification is confidential and may not be further disseminated except as provided in Section 15-20A-27, and other state law and the Family Educational and Privacy Rights Act of 1994, 20 U.S.C. §1232g et seq. Any school district employee who releases information in compliance with state and federal law is immune from civil liability in accordance with Section 36-1-12.

(b)(1) The sentencing court shall have the discretion to determine whether a juvenile sex offender classified as having a moderate or high risk of reoffending should return to a public school. Upon making this determination, the court shall consult with a juvenile probation officer and the local superintendent of education to determine appropriate educational placement.

(2) Any alternative placement of a student with a disability who receives special education services shall be made in compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §1400 et seq., and its implementing regulations, 34 C.F.R. Part 300.
Ala. Code § 16-53-10 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 53 / Section 16-53-10
Section 16-53-10 Board of Trustees - Reports to Legislature
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make or cause to be made to the Legislature, at each session thereof, a full report of their transactions and of the condition of the university, embracing an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the university by those charged with the administration of its finances.
Ala. Code § 16-36-60 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 36 / Section 16-36-60
Section 16-36-60 State Textbook Committee
Status: in_force

(a) The State Textbook Committee is created. The committee shall consider the merit of textbooks offered for use in the public elementary and high schools of the state and make recommendations for approval or rejection, or both, to the State Board of Education as hereinafter provided. In making recommendations to the State Board of Education, the State Textbook Committee shall also consider any recommendations made by the State Courses of Study Committee or by the State Superintendent of Education.

(b) The State Textbook Committee shall be composed of 23 members. Four of the members shall be secondary school classroom teachers and four elementary school classroom teachers. One of these eight members shall be appointed from each of the eight State Board of Education districts, as constituted on June 1, 2022. Four members shall be appointed from the state at large, and these four members may be either classroom teachers or persons actively engaged in the supervisory or administrative capacity in the field of education. Two members of the committee shall be employees of state institutions of higher learning. These 14 members of the State Textbook Committee shall each be appointed by the State Board of Education, upon nominations made by the State Superintendent of Education. Nine members shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to the confirmation of the Senate by April 1 of each year, one from each of the eight State Board of Education districts, as constituted on June 1, 2022, and one appointed statewide who shall be a member of a local board of education at the time of appointment. Two of the members appointed from the State Board of Education districts shall be recommended by the State Superintendent of Education. These nine additional members shall have general knowledge of the subject area to be considered for textbook adoption, a demonstrated ability to read and write at a post high school level, and not be employed in education. All appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments to assure the committee membership is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state.

(c) All members of the State Textbook Committee shall be appointed for terms of one year, beginning at the call of the State Superintendent of Education. The committee shall be subject to recall by the State Superintendent of Education, thereby extending the length of the member’s term, until a new committee is appointed for consideration of the same subject area or areas or grade or grades or any combination thereof. Vacancies in the office of any of the committee members shall be filled by the original appointing authority, and the appointee shall hold office for the unexpired term and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.

(d) In order to qualify as a member of the State Textbook Committee, each person appointed shall prepare an affidavit to be filed with the State Board of Education within 10 days after notice of the member’s appointment stating each of the following:

(1) The member agrees to discharge faithfully all the duties imposed upon him or her as a member of the State Textbook Committee.

(2) The member has no interest, directly or indirectly, in any contract that may be made under this article.

(3) The member has no interest as author, as associate author, as publisher, or as a representative of the author or publisher of any textbook.

(4) The member has no pecuniary interest, directly or indirectly, in the business or profits of any person, firm, or corporation engaged in manufacturing, publishing, or selling textbooks.

(5) The member agrees not to accept any emolument or promise of future reward of any kind from any publisher of textbooks, the publisher’s agents, or anyone interested in or intending to bias the member’s judgment in any way in the selection of any textbook up for adoption.

(6) The member agrees not to reveal to anyone, except to the State Board of Education or the State Superintendent of Education, or both, the findings, ratings, or grading of the State Textbook Committee.

(e) It shall be a Class C misdemeanor for any member of the State Textbook Committee or the secretary of the committee, or for any other person, to disclose ratings and gradings of the committee to anyone except to the State Board of Education or the State Superintendent of Education, or both, until after the contracts are made. Nothing in this section shall prevent the State Board of Education from making an early disclosure of the ratings and gradings of the committee after the State Board of Education has approved the final textbook list.

(f) The organizational meeting of each State Textbook Committee shall be called by the State Superintendent of Education and the committee shall meet thereafter on call of the chair of the committee or of the State Superintendent of Education. At the organizational meeting, the State Textbook Committee shall elect one of its members to act as chair of the committee and one of its members as secretary of the committee. Other necessary meetings shall be held as determined by the State Textbook Committee or upon the call of the chair or the State Superintendent of Education. The State Superintendent of Education shall notify the members of the committee of each meeting prior to the time of the meeting.

(g) The members of the State Textbook Committee, at a minimum, shall be paid per diem expenses at the rate provided by state law during the time they are engaged in the work of the committee and in addition shall receive travel expenses at the rate provided by state law for each mile traveled from home to the place of meeting and return, to be paid out of appropriations made to the State Department of Education. Each member of the committee, before receiving per diem for expenses, shall submit to the State Superintendent of Education a notarized statement of the number of miles traveled and the number of days engaged in the work of the committee. No member shall be paid for more than 35 days in any school year.

(h) The criteria used by the State Textbook Committee shall be comprised of alignment with the courses of study, instructional planning and support, and other criteria, as determined by the State Superintendent of Education and the State Board of Education. Publishers shall be provided with standards alignment forms that list all of the standards in the course of study for the subject area being reviewed and shall provide specific evidence of how and where the standards are addressed in the textbook. The committees may use the standards alignment forms to determine the degree to which content found in each textbook is aligned in thoroughness and accuracy to the standards and may comment on content, accuracy, bias, price, or other concerns resulting from their reviews.

(i) The State Textbook Committee shall make textbook recommendations to the State Board of Education in writing, and both recommendations for approval or rejection, or both, and any dissents therefrom shall be filed with the State Board of Education and shall be made available for public inspection upon filing. The State Textbook Committee may recommend any material which has been properly bid pursuant to this article, which supports the Alabama course of study for the specific subject, and which is defined as a textbook as prescribed in the rules of the State Board of Education. Final ratings and reviews shall be made available to the public on the State Department of Education website.
Ala. Code § 16-6F-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6F / Section 16-6F-9
Section 16-6F-9 Legal Status and Powers of Public Charter Schools; Employees
Status: in_force

(a) Legal status of a public charter school.

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, to the extent that any provision of this chapter is inconsistent with any other state or local law, rule, or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall govern and be controlling.

(2) A public charter school shall be subject to all federal laws and authorities enumerated herein or arranged by charter contract with the school’s authorizer, where such contracting is consistent with applicable laws, rules, and regulations.

(3) Except as provided in this chapter, a public charter school shall not be subject to the state’s education statutes or any state or local rule, regulation, policy, or procedure relating to non-charter public schools within an applicable local school system regardless of whether such rule, regulation, policy, or procedure is established by the local school board, the State Board of Education, or the State Department of Education.

(4) A single governing board may hold one or more charter contracts. Each public charter school that is part of a charter contract shall be separate and distinct from any others.

(5) A start-up public charter school shall function as a local educational agency (LEA). A public charter school shall be responsible for meeting the requirements of LEAs under applicable federal, state, and local laws, including those relating to special education. LEA status shall not preclude a public charter school from developing partnerships with school systems for services, resources, and programs by mutual agreement or formal contract.

(6) A conversion public charter school shall remain a part of the LEA in which the non-charter public school existed prior to its conversion to a public charter school.

(7) A public charter school shall have primary responsibility for special education at the school, including identification and service provision. It shall be responsible for meeting the needs of enrolled students with disabilities. This does not preclude the public charter school from collaborating with the local school system to meet the needs of any special education student.

(8) The governing board of a public charter school shall hold meetings in the local school system in which the public charter school is located and at times convenient for parents to attend.

(9) All members of a governing board shall be subject to the State Ethics Law.

(b) Powers of public charter schools. A public charter school shall have all the powers necessary for carrying out the terms of its charter contract including the following powers:

(1) To receive and disburse funds for school purposes.

(2) To secure appropriate insurance and to enter into contracts and leases.

(3) To contract with an education service provider for the management and operation of the public charter school so long as the school’s governing board retains oversight authority over the school.

(4) To incur debt in reasonable anticipation of the receipt of public or private funds.

(5) To pledge, assign, or encumber its assets to be used as collateral for loans or extensions of credit.

(6) To solicit and accept any gifts or grants for school purposes subject to applicable laws and the terms of its charter contract.

(7) To acquire real property for use as its facility or facilities, from public or private sources.

(8) To sue and be sued in its own name.

(c) General requirements.

(1) A public charter school shall not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, disability, or national origin or any other category that would be unlawful if done by a non-charter public school.

(2) No public charter school may engage in any sectarian practices in its educational program, admissions or employment policies, or operations.

(3) A public charter school shall not discriminate against any student on the basis of national origin minority status or limited proficiency in English. Consistent with federal civil rights laws, public charter schools shall provide limited English proficient students with appropriate services designed to teach them English and the general curriculum.

(4) A public charter school shall not charge tuition and may only charge such fees as may be imposed on other students attending public schools in the state.

(5) The powers, obligations, and responsibilities set forth in the charter contract cannot be delegated or assigned by either party.

(d) Applicability of other laws, rules, and regulations.

(1) Public charter schools shall be subject to the same civil rights, health, and safety requirements, including, but not limited to, state and local public health and building codes, employee fingerprinting and criminal background checks applicable to other public schools in the state, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter.

(2) Public charter schools shall be subject to the statewide end-of-year annual standardized assessment as applicable to other public schools in the state, but nothing herein shall preclude a public charter school from establishing additional student assessment measures that go beyond state requirements if the school’s authorizer approves such measures.

(3) Public charter school governing boards shall be subject to and comply with the Alabama Open Meetings Act and public records laws.

(4) Any provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, public charter schools shall be subject to competitive bid laws in the same fashion as local boards of education.

(e) Public charter school employees.

(1) Public charter schools shall comply with applicable federal laws, rules, and regulations regarding the qualification of teachers and other instructional staff. In accordance with subsection (a), teachers in public charter schools shall be exempt from state teacher certification requirements.

(2) Start-up public charter schools may elect to participate in the Teachers’ Retirement System and Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Plan. Such election must take place prior to the execution of the charter contract and once made is irrevocable. Conversion charter schools shall participate in the Teachers’ Retirement System and Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Plan and shall provide compensation for teachers and school nurses that complies with the pro rata daily rate of pay as provided in the state minimum salary schedules for teachers and school nurses. Employees of participating start-up public charter schools and employees of conversion public charter schools shall participate in the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama as teachers defined in subdivision (3) of Section 16-25-1, and are eligible to participate in the Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Plan as employees defined in subdivision (1) of Section 16-25A-1.

(3) A public charter school may not interfere with laws and applicable rules protecting the rights of employees to organize and be free from discrimination.

(4) Public charter school employees, teachers, and other instructional staff shall be subject to the State Ethics Law, Chapter 25 of Title 36.

(f) Access to extracurricular and interscholastic activities. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a public charter school from forming an athletic team and participating in interscholastic athletics in the State of Alabama. If a public charter school elects for its students to participate in athletic contests or competitions, then the school shall pursue membership in the Alabama High School Athletic Association and shall adhere to all guidelines, rules, regulations, and bylaws as other member schools.
Ala. Code § 16-56-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 56 / Section 16-56-3
Section 16-56-3 Board of Trustees - Membership; Appointment; Terms
Status: in_force

Troy University shall be governed by a board of trustees. The board of trustees shall have representation from seven geographic areas of the state. Area one shall consist of the following counties: Mobile, Baldwin, Washington, Clarke, Choctaw, Marengo, and Sumter. Area two shall consist of the following counties: Escambia, Covington, Geneva, Houston, Conecuh, Coffee, Dale, Henry, Butler, Crenshaw, Pike, Wilcox, Monroe, and Barbour. Area three shall consist of the following counties: Bullock, Russell, Macon, Lee, Elmore, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Chambers, and Randolph. Area four shall consist of the following counties: Montgomery, Lowndes, Dallas, Perry, Autauga, Chilton, Tuscaloosa, Hale, Greene, and Bibb. Area five shall consist of the following counties: Talladega, Clay, St. Clair, Calhoun, Cleburne, and Shelby. Area six shall consist of the following county: Jefferson. Area seven shall consist of the following counties: Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Cullman, Winston, Marion, Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan, Colbert, Lauderdale, Pickens, Limestone, Madison, Jackson, Marshall, DeKalb, Blount, Etowah, and Cherokee. The board of trustees shall consist of two trustees from area two, two trustees from area four, and one trustee from each of the other five areas, two trustees at-large, who may or may not be residents of the state, and the Governor, who shall be ex officio president of the board. The board of trustees shall elect from its members, by a majority vote, a president pro tempore, who shall serve as chair of the board in the absence of the Governor. The trustees shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall hold office for terms of 12 years, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. The trustees serving on January 1, 2009, shall serve out the terms for which they had previously been appointed and confirmed. The State Superintendent of Education serving on January 1, 2009, shall continue to serve as a trustee on the board until the completion of his or her term of office as superintendent or until he or she vacates the position of State Superintendent of Education, whichever occurs first. No employee of Troy University shall be eligible to serve as a trustee.
Ala. Code § 16-49-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 49 / Section 16-49-3
Section 16-49-3 Grants or Gifts Not to Fail Because of Misnomer, Etc.; Default of Agents, Trustees, Etc
Status: in_force

No grant or gift, by will or otherwise, shall fail on account of any misnomer or informality, when the intent of the grantor or donor can be arrived at, nor shall any default, malfeasance or nonuser on the part of the trustees or other officers or agents of such corporation work a forfeiture of any of its rights, privileges, powers or franchises.
Ala. Code § 16-44A-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 44A / Section 16-44A-3
Section 16-44A-3 Frequency and Purpose of Membership Meetings
Status: in_force

(a) The compact membership shall meet annually for the purpose of transacting the following business:

(1) Hear reports and make recommendations to the board of directors regarding the compact and its progress in meeting its purposes.

(2) Set annual membership dues, and create additional associate, non-voting membership categories.

(3) Elect officers and a board of directors.

(4) Adopt necessary bylaws consistent with this article.

(5) Adopt modifications to this compact, which shall become effective only by consent of the Legislature by joint resolution.

(b) The first annual compact membership meeting for the transaction of the above business shall be held on Constitution Day, September 17, 1994, and annually thereafter on a date fixed by the compact membership. Special meetings of the compact may be called by the board of directors with notice as provided in the bylaws. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the member parties of the compact.
Ala. Code § 16-61-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 61 / Section 16-61-3
Section 16-61-3 Raising Funds; Allocation of Matching Funds
Status: in_force

The associated foundations that serve the respective universities shall solicit and receive contributions, from sources other than state appropriations, student fees, federal funds, research grants and any interest earned thereon, to provide funds to match the Alabama Trust Fund for Eminent Scholars challenge grants for the establishment of endowments for chairs within the universities. The amount appropriated to the Alabama Trust Fund for Eminent Scholars shall be allocated by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to each university on the basis of one $400,000.00 grant for each $600,000.00 raised by the respective university’s foundation, by contributions and accrued interest thereon, from sources other than the state appropriations, student fees, federal funds, research grants, and any interest earned thereon.
Ala. Code § 16-28C-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28C / Section 16-28C-4
Section 16-28C-4 Liability of Education Employees; Expenses for Legal Services
Status: in_force

(a) An education employee may not be held civilly or criminally liable for his or her actions while addressing student behavior that could lead to exclusion pursuant to Section 16-28C-3, if those actions are carried out in conformity with rules of the State Board of Education or policies of the local board of education where he or she is employed, except in the following cases:

(1) The education employee engages in excessive force or cruel and unusual punishment.

(2) The education employee acts willfully, maliciously, fraudulently, in bad faith, beyond his or her authority, or under a mistaken interpretation of the law.

(3) The education employee violates the United States Constitution, the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, or the laws of this state.

(b)(1) The Educators’ Liability Trust Fund may reimburse reasonable expenses for legal services for an education employee if he or she is charged with civil or criminal actions arising out of and in the course of the performance of his or her assigned duties and responsibilities under terms and conditions established by the Department of Finance consistent with this chapter.

(2) No later than the first legislative day of each regular session of the Legislature, the Educators’ Liability Trust Fund shall provide a report detailing expenditures made during the preceding year pursuant to this chapter, including a breakdown of expenditures by employing school district, to the State Superintendent of Education, the Chair of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Education Committee, and the Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee.

(c)(1) If an education employee charged with civil or criminal actions arising out of and in the course of the performance of his or her assigned duties and responsibilities under this chapter successfully defends himself or herself, the Educators’ Liability Trust Fund shall provide for reimbursement of reasonable expenses for his or her legal services under terms and conditions established by the Department of Finance consistent with this chapter.

(2) If the Educators’ Liability Trust Fund does not pay a claim for reimbursement pursuant to this subsection, reimbursement may be made by the employing local board of education at its sole discretion.

(d)(1) In cases in which a teacher faces legal action, disciplinary action, or professional sanctions for an action taken based on his or her classroom management plan that was approved by the school principal, there is a rebuttable presumption that the teacher was taking necessary actions to restore or maintain the safety or instructional atmosphere of his or her classroom.

(2) Principals shall review and act upon classroom management plans promptly. Each classroom management plan shall be approved by the principal before the tenth day of instruction for students during each academic year.

(e) This section shall not be construed to eliminate, alter, or otherwise modify any other immunity regarding officers, employees, or agents of the state established under the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, and the laws of this state.

(f) A teacher may not be reprimanded or otherwise be subjected to disciplinary action by his or her principal, a local board of education, or the State Board of Education for any action taken pursuant to this chapter if his or her actions are found to be legal and in conformance with the policy of the local board of education or the State Board of Education.
Ala. Code § 16-36-37 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 36 / Section 16-36-37
Section 16-36-37 Use of Other Than Contract Books in Public Schools
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
Ala. Code § 16-25A-45 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25A / Section 16-25A-45
Section 16-25A-45 Rules and Regulations; Contracts for Services
Status: in_force

The board shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the flexible benefits program, including, but not limited to, setting policies and requirements concerning the administration of employee payments, amounts deducted pursuant to salary reduction agreements, and advances from the Public Employees’ Health Insurance Plan and appropriations, if any. The board may contract for services with the Flexible Employees’ Benefit Board for the first year of operation of the plan regarding pretax deductions for the payment of employee health insurance premium payments authorized by the board and may contract for services with the Flexible Employees’ Benefit Board or other entities in subsequent years. The board may contract for necessary services to implement the flexible benefits program including, but not limited to, the administration of salary reduction agreements and non-health insurance premium components of the flexible benefits plan.
Ala. Code § 16-1-53 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-53
Section 16-1-53 Broadcast of Public K-12 School Sporting Events
Status: in_force

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

(1) BROADCAST. To transmit or exhibit video or audio in any medium or manner accessible by televisions, radios, computers, or other Internet enabled devices.

(2) COVER. To observe for reporting purposes and conduct broadcasts of the event being reported.

(3) MEDIA ORGANIZATION. A newspaper, news wire, radio station, television station, television network, website, or other organization that publishes or broadcasts, at regular intervals, print, digital, or audio media.

(b) No individual, firm, corporation, or association shall interfere with or restrict in any manner the ability of media organizations to cover or broadcast, in any form or format, regular season sporting events involving K-12 schools. Each school, grades K through 12, shall have the sole authority to determine which media organization or media organizations are permitted to cover or broadcast a regular season sporting event and to contract for the broadcast of regular season sporting events involving that school.
Ala. Code § 16-1B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1B / Section 16-1B-1
Section 16-1B-1 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares the following:

(1) Each student in an Alabama public K-12 school should be college-ready or career-ready upon high school graduation.

(2) Many high school teachers believe that cell phones and other electronic communication devices are distracting students in the classroom.

(3) Studies have shown that cell phones and other electronic communication devices are negatively impacting learning outcomes.

(4) Studies have shown that increased social media usage may negatively affect the mental health of school-aged children.
Ala. Code § 16-26D-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 26D / Section 16-26D-9
Section 16-26D-9 Relation to Other Programs
Status: in_force

It is not the intent of this Legislature to conflict with existing or future programs of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science, Chapter 26A of this title, or the Alabama School of Fine Arts, Chapter 26B of this title.
Ala. Code § 16-64-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 64 / Section 16-64-1
Section 16-64-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) MINOR. An individual who, because of age, lacks the capacity to contract under Alabama law. Under current law, this means a single individual under 19 years of age and a married individual under 18 years of age, but excludes an individual whose disabilities of nonage have been removed by a court of competent jurisdiction for a reason other than establishing a legal residence in Alabama. If current law changes, this definition shall change accordingly.

(2) RESIDENCE. The single location at which a person resides with the intent of remaining in that location indefinitely as evidenced by more substantial connections with that place than with any other place.

(3) RESIDENT. One whose residence is in the State of Alabama.

(4) RESIDENT/NONRESIDENT STUDENT. In determining resident or nonresident classification, the primary issue is one of intent. If a person is in Alabama primarily for the purpose of obtaining an education, that person shall be considered a nonresident student.

(5) SUPPORTING PERSON. Either or both of the parents of the student, if the parents are living together, or if the parents are divorced or living separately, then either the parent having legal custody or, if different, the parent providing the greater amount of financial support. If both parents are deceased or if neither has legal custody, supporting person shall mean, in the following order: the legal custodian of the student, the guardian, and the conservator.
Ala. Code § 16-25-46 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-46
Section 16-25-46 Persons Whose Eligibility Under Medicaid Program Would Be Impaired by Cost-of-Living Increase
Status: in_force

Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid program and whose eligibility for such benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided herein shall not be entitled to receive said increase. Any person who shall subsequently apply for benefits under the Medicaid program and such person’s eligibility to receive benefits is impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided herein, shall not be entitled to receive said increase subsequent to the date that the member files application for benefits under the Medicaid program.
Ala. Code § 16-25-11.17 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-11.17
Section 16-25-11.17 Purchase of Credit for Prior Service with Department of Industrial Relations
Status: in_force

(a) An active and contributing member of the Teachers’ Retirement System who has 10 years of creditable service in the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama may purchase up to four years service credit in the system for prior service rendered as a full-time employee with the Department of Industrial Relations under the federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act between October 1974 and November 1978.

(b) Any member eligible to claim and purchase credit for service under subsection (a) shall be awarded such credit under the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama provided that he or she pays to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Teachers’ Retirement System, prior to the earlier of the member’s date of retirement or October 1, 2001, a lump sum equal to the full actuarially determined cost for each year of service purchased as determined by the system’s actuary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no member of the Teachers’ Retirement System shall receive credit for any service that the member is already credited with in the system or in any other retirement plan, with the exception of the federal Social Security program.
Ala. Code § 16-27A-7 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 27A / Section 16-27A-7
Section 16-27A-7 Contesting a Notice of Violation; Adjudication
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall be responsible for payment of a civil fine for a notice of violation issued under this chapter if the operator of the vehicle that is the subject of the notice of violation is adjudicated to have not committed a violation or there is otherwise a lawful determination that no civil penalty may be imposed. Any person receiving a notice of violation pursuant to this chapter, in accordance with the procedure set out in this chapter and on the notice of violation, may contest the notice of violation by obtaining a hearing in the court.

(b) District and municipal courts of this state are vested with the power and jurisdiction to adjudicate a notice of violation issued pursuant to this chapter as a civil offense whenever the offense is alleged to have occurred within the geographic jurisdiction of the court.

(c) The following procedures shall apply to proceedings to contest a notice of violation issued pursuant to this chapter:

(1) Upon receipt of a timely notice that the person receiving the notice of violation is contesting the notice, the governing body shall cause the case to be docketed in court and shall issue notice of the hearing date.

(2) The issuance of a notice of violation shall be prima facie evidence that the person who received the notice of violation was operating the vehicle at the time of the violation.

(3) In the event there is a dispute between the owner and another as to which person was operating the vehicle at the time of the alleged violation, or a dispute between joint owners, it shall be presumed that the owner was operating the vehicle, and in the event there are joint owners, the presumption shall follow the order the owners are listed on the title or other evidence of ownership. However, a court may determine the identity of the operator of the vehicle based on any admitted evidence.

(4) The notice of violation, any evidence of the violation produced by a device, and evidence of ownership of a vehicle as shown by copies or summaries of official records shall be admissible into evidence without foundation.

(5) All other matters of evidence and procedure not specifically addressed in this chapter shall be subject to the rules of procedure as provided in this chapter. On any appeal in the circuit court the procedures shall be as for any civil case in circuit court.

(6) The court shall apply the preponderance of the evidence standard in adjudicating any notice of violation.

(7) Whenever payment of a civil fine is due, the amount of the civil fine may not be decreased and the liability may be satisfied only by payment.

(8) A civil fine in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300) shall be assessed for each offense, and court costs shall be assessed only in contested cases in the same manner and in the same amounts prescribed for a violation prosecuted as a misdemeanor under Section 32-5A-154. Court costs collected pursuant to this chapter shall be distributed in the same manner as prescribed by law for the distribution of court costs for misdemeanor violations. An additional fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be collected by the district or municipal court in connection with notices issued under this chapter to be paid to the State Bureau of Investigations and deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Criminal Justice Information System Automation Fund as compensation for record keeping and transaction processing with respect to violation notices issued under this chapter. Any civil fine assessed under this chapter and collected by the court shall be remitted pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 16-27A-3.
Ala. Code § 16-6F-4 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6F / Section 16-6F-4
Section 16-6F-4 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) APPLICANT. Any group with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status or that has submitted an application for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status that develops and submits an application for a public charter school to an authorizer.

(2) APPLICATION. A proposal from an applicant to an authorizer to enter into a charter contract whereby the proposed school obtains public charter school status.

(3) AT-RISK STUDENT. A student who has an economic or academic disadvantage that requires special services and assistance to succeed in educational programs. The term includes, but is not limited to, students who are members of economically disadvantaged families, students who are identified as having special education needs, students who are limited in English proficiency, students who are at risk of dropping out of high school, and students who do not meet minimum standards of academic proficiency.

(4) AUTHORIZER. An entity authorized under this chapter to review applications, approve or reject applications, enter into charter contracts with applicants, oversee public charter schools, and decide whether to renew, not renew, or revoke charter contracts.

(5) CHARTER CONTRACT. A fixed-term renewable contract between a public charter school and an authorizer that outlines the roles, powers, responsibilities, and quantitative and qualitative performance expectations for each party to the contract.

(6) COMMISSION. The Alabama Public Charter School Commission created in subsection (c) of Section 16-6F-6. The commission serves as an appellate body in specific circumstances outlined in subsection (a) of Section 16-6F-6.

(7) CONVERSION PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL. A public charter school that existed as a non-charter public school before becoming a public charter school. A conversion public charter school shall adopt and maintain a policy giving enrollment preference to students who reside within the former attendance zone of the public school.

(8) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Education.

(9) EDUCATION SERVICE PROVIDER. An entity with which a public charter school intends to contract with for educational design, implementation, or comprehensive management. This relationship shall be articulated in the public charter school application.

(10) GOVERNING BOARD. The independent board of a public charter school that is party to the charter contract with the authorizer. A governing board shall have at least 20 percent of its membership be parents of students who attend or have attended the public charter school for at least one academic year. Before the first day of instruction, the 20 percent membership requirement may be satisfied by parents who intend to have their students attend the public charter school.

(11) LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD. A city or county board of education exercising management and control of a city or county local school system pursuant to state law.

(12) LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM. A public agency that establishes and supervises one or more public schools within its geographical limits pursuant to state law. A local school system includes a city or county school system.

(13) NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AUTHORIZING STANDARDS. Standards for high quality public charter school authorizing collaboratively drafted and regularly updated by practitioners and policy makers from across the country who have experience and practice in the field of charter authorizing.

(14) NON-CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL. A public school other than a school formed pursuant to this chapter. A public school that is under the direct management, governance, and control of a local school board or the state.

(15) PARENT. A parent, guardian, or other person or entity having legal custody of a child.

(16) PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL. A public school formed pursuant to this chapter that satisfies all of the following:

a. Has autonomy over key decisions including, but not limited to, decisions concerning finance, personnel, scheduling, curriculum, instruction, and procurement.

b. Is governed by an independent governing board that is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. No member of a governing board shall have a financial relationship to an education service provider or the staff of the authorizer.

c. Is established and operated under the terms of a charter contract between the governing board and its authorizer, in accordance with this chapter.

d. Is a school to which parents choose to send their student.

e. Is a school that admits students on the basis of a random selection process if more students attempt to enroll for admission than can be accommodated.

f. Provides an educational program that satisfies all of the following:

1. Includes any grade or grades from prekindergarten to 12th grade.

2. May include a specific academic approach or theme including, but not limited to, vocational and technical training; visual and performing arts; liberal arts and classical education; or science, mathematics, and technology.

3. Operates in pursuit of a specific set of educational objectives as defined in its charter contract, such as college or career readiness, or both.

4. Operates under the oversight of its authorizer in accordance with its charter contract.

(17) START-UP PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL. A public charter school that did not exist as a non-charter public school prior to becoming a public charter school.

(18) STUDENT. Any child who is eligible for attendance in public schools in the state.
Ala. Code § 16-62-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 62 / Section 16-62-6
Section 16-62-6 Authority for Stillman College to Accept Funds, Grants and Services from Federal, State and Local Agencies
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, Stillman College has the authority to accept and receive funds, grants and services from the federal government or its agencies; from departments, agencies and instrumentalities of state, municipal or local government; or from private or civic sources.
Ala. Code § 16-25-64 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-64
Section 16-25-64 Construction of Article
Status: reserved

The provisions of this article are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating and providing for the payment of retirement benefits to the retired members of the Teachers’ Retirement System and certain members of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama; however, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent therewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Ala. Code § 16-1-44.3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-44.3
Section 16-1-44.3 Public Entities Authorized to Contract with Nonpublic K-12 Schools to Provide School Resource Officers
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “nonpublic school” means a private, church, parochial, or religious school offering educational instruction in grades K-12. The term includes home-schooling entities. (b)(1) A sheriff and county commission or a local chief of police and city council may contract with a nonpublic school to provide school resource officers, as defined in Section 16-1-44.1, Code of Alabama 1975. (2) No party may approve a contract pursuant to this subsection unless the services of a school resource officer are available to every public school system in the county or municipality where the contracted service would be provided. (3) A contract to provide school resource officers under this subsection shall only be valid as long as the services of school resource officers are available as required in subdivision (2). (c) Any contract created pursuant to subsection (b) shall provide that the nonpublic school must fully reimburse the county commission or city council for the full salary, benefits, and all other costs associated with each school resource officer made available through the contract. (d)(1) A nonpublic school shall provide proof of occurrence-based liability insurance, which shall be primary coverage, in an amount no less than, and with coverage consistent with, the liability insurance carried by the county commission or city council. (2) The insurance policy shall name the county commission, the sheriff, and his or her deputies or the municipality, the chief of police, and his or her officers as additional insureds. (3) If the nonpublic school fails to have the insurance coverage required by this subsection in full force during the entire term of the contract, the nonpublic school shall assume liability for all acts taken by a school resource officer within the line and scope of the private employment. (e) Nothing in this section shall have the effect of waiving any immunity or statutory cap on damages to which a county commission, city council, sheriff, chief of police, or deputy or officer are entitled. (f) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, an off-duty law enforcement officer, in his or her personal capacity, may contract with or be employed by a nonpublic school. (g) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, a sheriff or chief of police may provide security, traffic control, and other similar services on the campus or other property of a nonpublic school.

(b)(1) A sheriff and county commission or a local chief of police and city council may contract with a nonpublic school to provide school resource officers, as defined in Section 16-1-44.1, Code of Alabama 1975.

(2) No party may approve a contract pursuant to this subsection unless the services of a school resource officer are available to every public school system in the county or municipality where the contracted service would be provided.

(3) A contract to provide school resource officers under this subsection shall only be valid as long as the services of school resource officers are available as required in subdivision (2).

(c) Any contract created pursuant to subsection (b) shall provide that the nonpublic school must fully reimburse the county commission or city council for the full salary, benefits, and all other costs associated with each school resource officer made available through the contract.

(d)(1) A nonpublic school shall provide proof of occurrence-based liability insurance, which shall be primary coverage, in an amount no less than, and with coverage consistent with, the liability insurance carried by the county commission or city council.

(2) The insurance policy shall name the county commission, the sheriff, and his or her deputies or the municipality, the chief of police, and his or her officers as additional insureds.

(3) If the nonpublic school fails to have the insurance coverage required by this subsection in full force during the entire term of the contract, the nonpublic school shall assume liability for all acts taken by a school resource officer within the line and scope of the private employment.

(e) Nothing in this section shall have the effect of waiving any immunity or statutory cap on damages to which a county commission, city council, sheriff, chief of police, or deputy or officer are entitled.

(f) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, an off-duty law enforcement officer, in his or her personal capacity, may contract with or be employed by a nonpublic school.

(g) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, a sheriff or chief of police may provide security, traffic control, and other similar services on the campus or other property of a nonpublic school.
Ala. Code § 16-38-9 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 38 / Section 16-38-9
Section 16-38-9 Annual Report to Governor on Rehabilitation
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education in its annual report to the Governor shall set forth the conditions of vocational rehabilitation education in the State of Alabama, a list of the schools to which federal and state aid has been given, and a detailed statement of expenditures of federal funds and the state fund provided for the purposes of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-44A-17 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 44A / Section 16-44A-17
Section 16-44A-17 Distribution of Residual Assets in the Event of Dissolution of Compact
Status: in_force

In the event of dissolution of the compact, which may be accomplished only by legislative act, the residual assets shall be turned over to another public corporation or organization which is exempt from federal income tax as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Ala. Code § 16-24B-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 24B / Section 16-24B-3
Section 16-24B-3 Principals - Probationary and Contract Principals
Status: in_force

(a) Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, persons employed as principals in the public schools in Alabama on or after July 1, 2000, may, at the election of the employing board and upon the recommendation of the chief executive officer, be employed as probationary principals for up to one full contract year; provided, however, that if such person is being employed as a principal for the first time, such probationary period may be for up to two full contract years. After completion of such probationary period, the same employing board, upon the recommendation of the chief executive officer, shall either offer the probationary principal not less than a three-year contract pursuant to this section or terminate the probationary principal for any reason, or without a stated reason, as the case may be. In the case of a probationary principal who is terminated prior to the end of the school year, the probationary principal shall be entitled to the hearing process as described in this section. Any contract principal hired on or after July 1, 2000, to work in the capacity of a contract principal in a public school in the state shall be properly certified and shall be employed pursuant to a written contract for an initial period of not less than three years. The initial contract of not less than three years may only be canceled for cause as described in subdivision (1) of subsection (e). If the contract is cancelled for cause related to failure to perform duties in a satisfactory manner, as evidenced by an unsatisfactory evaluation, the chief executive officer and the employing board shall be subject to the review provisions described in subsection (j).

(b) Subject to the procedures described in subsection (c), in the case of a contract principal after the probationary term of the contract, the contract shall be renewed for a period not less than three years, and shall contain a provision for cancellation during the term of the contract only for just cause, described in subdivision (1) of subsection (e).

(c) Notwithstanding whether the contract is the initial contract or otherwise, should the chief executive officer make a recommendation to the employing board followed by a majority vote of the board not to offer a new, renewed, or extended contract to the contract principal, the vote of the employing board shall be made at least 90 days before the end of the existing contract. The recommendation shall contain written notice of the decision of the chief executive officer and the reasons for the decision to nonrenew the contract. Notice shall be provided to the contract principal either by personal service or by certified mail, return receipt requested, mailed to the last known address of the contract principal. The decision of the chief executive officer and the employing board may be based on any reason except personal or political reasons.

(d) Nothing in this section or chapter shall be construed to confer continuing service status or nonprobationary status on any contract or probationary principal.

(e)(1) An employing board may cancel the contract of a contract principal for cause at any time for any of the following reasons:

a. Immorality.

b. Insubordination.

c. Neglect of duty.

d. Conviction of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude.

e. Failure to fulfill the duties and responsibilities imposed upon principals by this code.

f. Willful failure to comply with board policy.

g. A justifiable decrease in the number of positions due to decreased enrollment or decreased funding.

h. Failure to maintain his or her certificate in a current status.

i. Other good and just cause.

j. Incompetency.

k. Failure to perform duties in a satisfactory manner.

(2) Within five days of the action of the employing board of canceling or nonrenewing the contract of the contract principal, the employing board shall provide written notice pursuant to subsection (c) to the contract principal with a statement of the reasons upon which such action was taken.

a. Within 10 days of the date of receipt of notice provided to a contract principal informing him or her of an action by the employing board to nonrenew the principal’s contract at the end of its current term, the contract principal, by filing written notice with the chief executive officer, may request a nonjury, expedited evidentiary hearing to demonstrate that the chief executive officer’s or supervisor’s recommendation to nonrenew the contract was impermissibly based upon a personal or political reason, or the recommendation was approved based upon personal or political reasons of the chief executive officer, supervisor, or the employing board, which shall be the sole issues at any such hearing. The contract principal shall bear the burden of proof by a preponderance of the evidence. The hearing shall be before the circuit court in the judicial circuit of the county in which the employing board sits. The expedited evidentiary hearing shall be binding on all parties. Promptly after delivering a written request for such a hearing, the contract principal or his or her designee shall file with the appropriate circuit court a request for an expedited hearing and shall provide a copy of the request to the chief executive officer.

b. In the case of a contract principal who is recommended for cancellation for cause pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, within 10 days of the date of receipt by the contract principal of the notice informing him or her of an action by the employing board to cancel the principal’s contract for cause as provided in subdivision (1) of this subsection, the principal may, by filing written notice with the chief executive officer, request a nonjury, expedited evidentiary hearing before the circuit court in the county in which the employing board sits. The chief executive officer shall provide notice to the circuit court promptly after receiving such notice, that the employing board requests the non-jury, expedited evidentiary hearing. At the hearing the employing board shall bear the burden to prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the cancellation is solely for cause pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection.

(3) All contract principals shall be entitled to an expedited evidentiary hearing process, which shall occur within 45 days of the chief executive officer’s or the contract principal’s request, as the case may be, for an expedited hearing pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection. If the circuit court determines that it is not able to complete the expedited evidentiary hearing within the 45-day period, the court shall refer the parties to a mediator to conduct the expedited evidentiary hearing within 45 days of the chief executive officer’s or the contract principal’s request for the expedited hearing. The written decision of the mediator shall be binding on the parties.

(4) The contract principal may request reinstatement at the expedited evidentiary hearing. If such an action is initiated by the contract principal, as allowed herein, the pay and benefits of the contract principal shall be discontinued only upon a final order denying reinstatement by the circuit court or the mediator.

(f)(1) Failure to file a timely request for an expedited evidentiary hearing, unless excused by the court or the mediator, shall result in a waiver of the right to appeal the decision of the employing board. No further action is necessary by the employing board.

(2) At the end of the term of the probationary contract, or any subsequent contract, absent a written recommendation by the chief executive officer for cancellation or nonrenewal and an acceptance of that recommendation by a majority vote of the employing board, the employing board shall enter into a new contract with the contract principal for a period of not less than three years.

(g) The decision of the circuit court or mediator shall be final and exclusively appealable to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, as a nonevidentiary appeal in which review is limited to the record from the expedited evidentiary hearing as provided for in this chapter.

(h)(1) Any principal hired before July 1, 2000, who has not obtained continuing service status with an employing board under prior law and any principal who attained continuing service status under prior law before July 1, 2000, may voluntarily and irrevocably relinquish his or her continuing service status as a principal and elect to be employed by contract.

(2) The relinquishment of continuing service status and election to serve under contract shall be made in writing to the employing board at least 30 days before the start of the immediately succeeding scholastic year to be effective in that scholastic year, and thereafter.

(i)(1) The chief executive officer, or his or her designee, shall at least annually evaluate the performance of each contract principal. The evaluation shall be performed in a manner prescribed by the State Board of Education.

(2) The employing board, upon the written recommendation of the chief executive officer, may at any time enter into a new contract of not less than three years with the contract principal. In the event of an unsatisfactory but remediable performance on the evaluation as prescribed by the State Board of Education, a conference shall be held with the contract principal and a specific plan of professional development shall be presented by the chief executive officer, which specifies the area or areas of unsatisfactory performance and recommends a plan to correct the unsatisfactory performance. The contract principal shall complete the specific plan of professional development prior to the next evaluation. In the event of an evaluation indicating unsatisfactory performance as prescribed by the State Board of Education, the chief executive officer shall either recommend to the local board of education cancellation of the contract for cause as outlined in subsection (e)(1) of this section or a conference shall be held with the contract principal and a specific plan of professional development shall be presented by the chief executive officer, which specifies the area of unsatisfactory performance and recommends a plan to correct the unsatisfactory performance. The contract principal shall complete the specific plan of professional development prior to the next evaluation.

(j)(1) Within 15 days after an unsatisfactory evaluation as prescribed by the State Board of Education and upon receipt of a recommendation by the chief executive officer for cancellation of the contract for cause as outlined in subsection (e)(1), a contract principal may request, in writing to the chief executive officer, a review of the evaluation.

(2) The review of the evaluation shall be conducted by an independent third party evaluator who shall determine whether sufficient cause exists for the unsatisfactory finding and be chosen in the following manner:

a. Within five days of the request for a review of the evaluation, the chief executive officer or designee shall request a list of five persons who are certified to evaluate contract principals from the State Department of Education.

b. From the list described in paragraph a., the chief executive officer and the contract principal shall each strike two names.

c. The State Superintendent of Education shall designate an evaluator from the name or names remaining.

(3) The review of the evaluation shall be completed within 30 days after the request for a review of the evaluation is received by the chief executive officer.

(4)a. If the result of the review of the evaluation overturns the unsatisfactory evaluation, then the contract of the contract principal shall be continued for the remainder of the term of the contract subject to subsection (e)(1).

b. If the result of the review of the evaluation upholds the unsatisfactory evaluation, the contract principal shall be informed of the reasons for the upholding of the unsatisfactory evaluation and the contract of the contract principal shall be cancelled.

(k) Except as provided in subsection (h), the contract of a principal holding the position on July 1, 2000, shall not be canceled, nonrenewed, reduced, or changed in compensation or continuing service status, or time toward continuing service status, due to the enactment of this chapter.

(l)(1) Any decision not to continue the employment of a probationary principal or contract principal shall be made by a majority vote of the employing board upon the written recommendation of the chief executive officer.

(2) The decision not to continue the employment of a contract principal shall cancel the employment relationship between the employing board and the contract principal effective at the end of the current contract period.

(3) Any contract principal who had attained continuing service status in a position other than principal with the employing board before becoming a contract principal shall retain that previously earned status and be returned to a similar status position within a reasonable time of the cancellation or nonrenewal of their contract as a principal with the employing board, provided that the cause for cancellation is not for conviction of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude.

(m) If a contract principal is not evaluated as required by this section, his or her contract shall be extended one additional contract year for each contract year not evaluated up to three years.

(n) The chief executive officer shall make a timely written recommendation to the employing board regarding the continued employment of a probationary principal at the end of his or her probationary period and the continued employment of a contract principal at the end of his or her contract. Failure of the chief executive officer to make such a recommendation shall not in any way prejudice the probationary principal or contract principal.
Ala. Code § 16-28C-3 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 28C / Section 16-28C-3
Section 16-28C-3 Exclusion of Students from the Classroom in Certain Circumstances; Readmittance; Disciplinary Actions; Reporting Requirements
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, a teacher may exclude from his or her classroom any student who does any of the following:

(1) Engages in disorderly conduct.

(2) Behaves in a manner that obstructs the teaching or learning process of others in the classroom.

(3) Threatens, abuses, intimidates, or attempts to intimidate an education employee or another student.

(4) Willfully disobeys an education employee.

(5) Uses abusive or profane language directed at an education employee.

(b)(1) Any student excluded from the classroom pursuant to subsection (a) shall be placed under the control of the school principal or his or her designee, provided that the excluding teacher has followed his or her own approved classroom management plan. The excluded student may be readmitted to the classroom only after the principal, or his or her designee, provides written certification to the classroom teacher that the student may be readmitted and specifies the type of disciplinary action, if any, that was taken.

(2) If the principal, or his or her designee, finds that disciplinary action is warranted, he or she shall provide written and, if possible, telephonic notice of the action to the student’s parent or guardian.

(c) If a student is excluded from the classroom pursuant to subsection (a) two times in one semester and all other reasonable means of classroom discipline have been exhausted, the student may be readmitted to the classroom only if all of the following are satisfied:

(1) The principal, teacher, and, if possible, the student’s parent or guardian have held a conference to discuss the student’s disruptive behavior patterns.

(2) The principal informs the teacher of any course of discipline for the student going forward.

(3) The student’s parent or guardian has been informed of the course of discipline.

(d) Following a student’s readmittance to the classroom pursuant to subsection (c), if the student’s disruptive behavior persists, upon the teacher’s request, the principal shall mete out the maximum discipline provided for by the student code of conduct for the infraction, including, but not limited to, transfer to an alternative school that is approved by the local superintendent of education.

(e)(1) If the student removed from the classroom pursuant to subsection (a) is in grades six through 12 and is removed for his or her disorderly conduct, interference with an orderly educational process, or obstruction of the teaching or learning process of others in the classroom, the student may not be readmitted to the referring teacher’s classroom for at least the remainder of the school day. The principal must communicate with the teacher regarding the student before he or she may be readmitted to the classroom.

(2) A student who is excluded for the remainder of a school day pursuant to this subsection for a total of three times in one 30-day period shall receive, as determined by the principal, in-school or out-of-school suspension, or may be recommended for placement in an alternative school, if one is available within the school district.

(f) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, each local board of education shall adopt a policy establishing an appeal process that allows a teacher to appeal to the local board of education in both of the following scenarios:

(1) If a principal refuses to allow a student to be excluded from the classroom pursuant to this section.

(2) If a teacher believes the school principal has prematurely ended the exclusion of a student from the classroom pursuant to this section.

(g) Each local board of education shall require each school to collect data related to any disciplinary action taken pursuant to this section. Each local board of education shall compile a report of the data collected from each school to the State Department of Education. The State Department of Education shall compile a report of the data collected from each local board of education and provide it to the Legislature no later than the first day of each regular legislative session.
Ala. Code § 16-8-11 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 8 / Section 16-8-11
Section 16-8-11 Uniform System of Schools Maintained
Status: in_force

The county boards of education shall maintain a uniform and effective system of public schools throughout their respective counties.
Ala. Code § 16-4-17 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-17
Section 16-4-17 Vocational Education
Status: in_force

The State Superintendent of Education shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit to the State Board of Education plans and rules and regulations for the administration of the provisions of the vocational education laws.
Ala. Code § 16-13-340 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-13-340
Section 16-13-340 Applicability to Public Charter Schools
Status: in_force

(a) Public charter schools created pursuant to the Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act, Chapter 6F, shall be allocated TEAMS positions and funding in the same manner as local boards under this article, provided the public charter school complies with all requirements of the program established by the department.

(b) Charter school governing boards may offer preliminary or advanced contracts to qualified teachers based on the TEAMS salary schedule in the same manner as local boards, and qualified teachers may also receive the hard-to-staff supplement provided in Section 16-13-335, subject to this article. Notwithstanding any provision of this article, any such contract shall be at least one year and shall be terminable at will by the charter school governing board.
Ala. Code § 16-34-5 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 34 / Section 16-34-5
Section 16-34-5 Council on Adult Education
Status: in_force

(a) The State Board of Education shall establish a Council on Adult Education prior to October 1, 1991. The membership of the council shall be as follows:

(1) The Governor or his designated representative;

(2) The State Superintendent of Education;

(3) The Chancellor of the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education;

(4) The Executive Director of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education;

(5) A member of, as selected by, the Alabama Council for School Administration and Supervision;

(6) A member of, as selected by, the Alabama Association of School Boards;

(7) A member of, as selected by, the Alabama Education Association;

(8) A member of, as selected by, the Alabama Parent Teacher Association;

(9) The Director of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs;

(10) The Governor’s education liaison; and

(11) Five members of the business/professional community appointed by the Governor.

(b) The Council on Adult Education, created by this section, shall:

(1) Develop long-range recommendations, for submission to the Legislature and the State Board of Education, designed to establish a coordinated system of adult education in the State of Alabama, including a full assessment of the costs of any such recommendations;

(2) Develop recommendations, for submission to the Legislature and the State Board of Education, designed to coordinate existing adult education programs offered by the State of Alabama through different agencies;

(3) Inventory all existing adult education programs in the State of Alabama and recommend to the Legislature and the State Board of Education whether such programs should be abolished, expanded, or continued at present levels;

(4) Develop recommendations, for submission to the Legislature and the State Board of Education, to encourage business and industry to employ participants in adult education programs;

(5) Establish priorities and performance standards prior to December 31, 1992, and design measurement devices and procedures to determine level of accomplishing specific objectives; and

(6) Complete the above directives and submit a written annual report to the Legislature and the State Board of Education beginning with the 1993 Regular Session of the Legislature.

(c) The Council on Adult Education, created by this section, shall be provided with support staff by the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education and the State Department of Education.
Ala. Code § 16-56-12 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 56 / Section 16-56-12
Section 16-56-12 Police Officers
Status: in_force

(a) The Chancellor of Troy University may appoint and employ persons as he or she may deem proper to serve as police officers pursuant to Sections 16-22-1 and 16-22-2. These police officers may do any of the following:

(1) Eject trespassers from university buildings and grounds.

(2) Arrest without a warrant any person believed guilty of disorderly conduct or of trespass upon the property under the control of the university, or for any public offense committed in their presence, and carry them before the nearest district court or municipal court. Upon proper affidavit charging the offense, the person arrested may be tried by the court and convicted as in cases of persons brought before the court on a warrant.

(3) Summon a posse comitatus.

(4) Arrest with a warrant any person found upon or near the premises of the university charged with any public offense and take that person before the proper officer.

(b) The police officers provided for in this section shall cooperate with and, when requested, furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the city and county in which the employing campus of Troy University is located.
Ala. Code § 16-29-2 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 29 / Section 16-29-2
Section 16-29-2 When Examination Made
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 16-60-150 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-150
Section 16-60-150 Governor Authorized to Accept Property and Provide for Operation and Maintenance
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of a proper deed or such other conveyances as may be appropriate for the purpose, as determined by the Governor, he may accept on behalf of the state the property, buildings, facilities and effects appertaining to the Snead Junior College located at Boaz in Marshall County; and by executive order he may provide for the operation and maintenance of the college as a state educational institution of the same kind as the institutions provided for in Sections 16-60-80 through 16-60-96.
Ala. Code § 16-44A-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 44A / Section 16-44A-8
Section 16-44A-8 Governor of Alabama as Ex Officio President; Election of Chair and Vice-Chair
Status: in_force

(a) The Governor of Alabama shall be the ex officio president of the compact, and preside at the annual and special compact membership meetings.

(b) The compact shall annually elect board members as chair and vice-chair of the board, for terms of one year respectively. No person shall serve more than three years consecutively in the same office. The chair of the board shall preside at meetings of the board of directors, and shall also serve as president pro tempore of the compact, and shall preside at compact membership meetings in the absence of the Governor. The compact may provide for any other officers by its bylaws.
Ala. Code § 16-18-8 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 18 / Section 16-18-8
Section 16-18-8 Location of Ancillary Improvements
Status: in_force

Any ancillary improvements of the authority may be located within or without or partially within and partially without the determining municipality, subject to the following conditions:

(1) No such ancillary improvements, or part thereof, shall be located more than 15 miles from the corporate limits of the determining municipality;

(2) In no event shall any ancillary improvements or part thereof be located within the corporate limits or the police jurisdiction of a municipality in this state other than the determining municipality, unless the governing body of such other municipality has first adopted a resolution consenting to the location of such ancillary improvements or part thereof in the corporate limits or in the police jurisdiction of such municipality; and

(3) No such ancillary improvements or part thereof shall be located in a county other than that (or those) in which the determining municipality (or part thereof) is situated unless the county commission has first adopted a resolution consenting to the location of such ancillary improvements or part thereof in such county.
Ala. Code § 16-22A-34 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 22A / Section 16-22A-34
Section 16-22A-34 Satisfaction of Contingencies; Procedures
Status: in_force

(a) The requirement to conduct a criminal history background information check on public and nonpublic current employees pursuant to this chapter is contingent upon the State Superintendent of Education determining that sufficient funds have been appropriated by the Legislature or made available from another source to fund such background checks and related procedures. The State Superintendent of Education shall certify to each local employing board, each nonpublic school, the State Finance Director, and the Code Commissioner when sufficient funds have been appropriated for use by the State Department of Education for purposes of conducting background checks and related procedures on public and nonpublic current employees.

(b) Upon the satisfaction of contingencies provided in subsection (a) and upon the State Superintendent of Education certifying in writing to the State Board of Education and each authorized employer that the procedures for implementing criminal history background information checks of public and nonpublic current employees have been finalized, criminal history background checks shall commence on current public certified employees, current public noncertified employees, and nonpublic current employees as provided by this chapter and subsection (c). Appropriate officials shall endeavor to complete the criminal history background information checks on all public and nonpublic current employees within two years from the date of certification by the State Superintendent of Education as provided in subsection (a). If this deadline date is not met, the State Board of Education, upon written request of the State Superintendent of Education, may extend the deadline date.

(c)(1) Procedures in conformity with this chapter for implementing criminal history background information checks for public and nonpublic current employees shall be established by the State Superintendent of Education. These procedures shall give initial and primary focus to the local employing boards employing the greatest number of current employees. These procedures shall be implemented as to each local employing board in descending order based upon the number of current employees employed.

(2) Within each local employing board, first priority for conducting criminal history background information checks of public and nonpublic current employees shall be given to those schools with the greatest student populations.
Ala. Code § 16-11-21 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Section 16-11-21
Section 16-11-21 Forms for Reports
Status: in_force

The city board of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall prescribe, on the recommendation of the city superintendent of schools, forms and blanks on which the superintendent, teachers, supervisors, attendance officers, janitors and other employees shall make such reports as may be required from them.
Ala. Code § 16-9-14 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Section 16-9-14
Section 16-9-14 Recommendations as to Kind, Location, Etc., of Schools and Compulsory School Attendance Districts
Status: in_force

The county superintendent of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall recommend for approval and adoption by the county board of education the kind, grade and location of schools to be established and maintained and the compulsory school attendance districts to be established.
Ala. Code § 16-1-24.1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-24.1
Section 16-1-24.1 (Amended by 2026-367) Safe School and Drug-Free School Policy; Treatment of Policy Violators; Promulgation and Distribution of Discipline Policy; Liability Limited for Discipline Actions; Local Boards May Adopt More Stringent Guidelines
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-367, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) The Legislature finds a compelling public interest in ensuring that schools are made safe and drug-free for all students and school employees. The Legislature finds the need for a comprehensive safe school and drug-free school policy to be adopted by the State Board of Education. This policy should establish minimum standards for classes of offenses and prescribe uniform minimum procedures and penalties for those who violate the policies. It is the intent of the Legislature that our schools remain safe and drug-free for all students and school employees. The State Board of Education shall adopt and all local boards of education shall uniformly enforce policies that protect all students and school employees. The State Board of Education shall require local school systems to modify their policies, practices or procedures so as to ensure a safe school environment free of illegal drugs, alcohol, or weapons. Any rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to this section shall be exempt from Section 41-22-3(3). These modifications shall include the formulation of a discipline plan setting forth policies, practices, and procedures dealing with students or other persons who bring illegal drugs, alcohol, or weapons on a school campus. The discipline plan shall also include uniform drug-free school policies with uniform penalties.

(b) The principal shall notify appropriate law enforcement officials when any person violates local board of education policies concerning drugs, alcohol, weapons, physical harm to a person, or threatened physical harm to a person. If any criminal charge is warranted arising from the conduct, the principal is authorized to sign the appropriate warrant. If that person is a student enrolled in any public school in the State of Alabama, the local school system shall immediately suspend that person from attending regular classes and schedule a hearing at the earliest possible date, which shall not be later than five school days. The decision to suspend or initiate criminal charges against a student, or both, shall include a review and consideration of the student’s exceptional status, if applicable, under Chapter 39, or appropriate federal statutory or case law.

(c) If a person is found to have violated a local board of education policy concerning drugs, alcohol, weapons, physical harm to a person, or threatened physical harm to a person, the person may not be readmitted to the public schools of this state until (1) criminal charges or offenses arising from the conduct, if any, have been disposed of by appropriate authorities and (2) the person has satisfied all other requirements imposed by the local board of education as a condition for readmission.

(d) Any person determined to be guilty of an offense involving drugs, alcohol, weapons, physical harm to a person, or threatened physical harm to a person, may be readmitted to the public schools of this state upon such conditions as the local board of education shall prescribe for preservation of the safety or security of students and employees of the local school board, which may include, but are not limited to, psychiatric or psychological evaluation and counseling.

(e)(1) A copy of the school system’s discipline plan shall be distributed to all students enrolled in the system and their parents, guardians, or custodians shall read the plan and sign a statement verifying that they have been given notice of the discipline policies of their respective school system. The school board shall have its official discipline plan reviewed on an annual basis to ensure that its policies and procedures are currently in compliance with applicable statutes, case law, and state and federal constitutional provisions.

(2) All discipline plans of school systems shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

a. A parent, guardian, custodian, or person, excluding a foster parent, responsible for the care or control of a minor child enrolled in a public school system shall be responsible financially for such child’s destructive acts against school property or persons.

b. A parent, guardian, custodian, or person, excluding a foster parent, responsible for the care or control of a minor child enrolled in a public school system may be requested to appear at school by an appropriate school official for a conference regarding acts of the child specified in paragraph a.

c. A parent, guardian, custodian, or person, excluding a foster parent, responsible for the care or control of a minor child enrolled in a school system who has been summoned by proper notification by an appropriate school official shall be required under this provision to attend such discipline conference specified in paragraph b.

(3) Any public school system shall be entitled to recover actual damages, plus necessary court costs, from the parent or guardian, or both, of any minor who maliciously and willfully damages or destroys property belonging to the school system. However, this section shall not apply to parents whose parental control of any child has been removed by court order or decree or to parents of exceptional children with specific mental and physical impairments if the damage is determined to result from the impairments. The action authorized in this section shall be in addition to all other actions which the school system is entitled to maintain and nothing in this section shall preclude recovery in a greater amount from the minor or from a person, including the parents or guardian, or both, for damages to which such minor other person would otherwise be liable.

(4) This section shall apply only to acts committed on or after August 1, 1992.

(f) The local school board shall adopt and make available to all teachers, school personnel, students, and parents or guardians, at the beginning of the 1992-93 school year and each school year thereafter, a code of student conduct developed in consultation with teachers, school personnel, students, and parents or guardians. The code shall be based on the rules governing student conduct and discipline adopted by the school board and may be made available at the school level in the student handbook or similar publication. The code shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) Specific grounds for disciplinary action.

(2) Procedures to be followed for acts requiring discipline.

(3) An explanation of the responsibilities and rights of students with regard to attendance, respect for persons and property, knowledge and observation of rules of conduct, the right to learn, free speech and student publications, assembly, privacy, and participation in school programs and activities.

(g) Except in the case of excessive force or cruel and unusual punishment, no certified or noncertified employee of the State Board of Education or any local board of education shall be civilly liable for any action carried out in conformity with state law and system or school rules regarding the control, discipline, suspension, and expulsion of students.

(h) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a local board of education from promulgating more stringent rules and regulations than those adopted on the state level, in order to foster and maintain a safe and drug-free environment in the public schools.
Ala. Code § 16-30B-6 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 30B / Section 16-30B-6
Section 16-30B-6 Temporary Task Force
Status: in_force

(a) A task force is created to serve under the supervision of the Alabama Department of Education to approve proposed rules of the State Board of Education regarding the administration of Palliative and End of Life Individual Health Plans in the school setting, in accordance with Section 16-30B-3. The task force shall include all of the following representatives:

(1) The Department of Education Nurse Administrator.

(2) The Department of Education Nurse Manager.

(3) One member appointed by the Special Education Services Division of the Department of Education.

(4) Two registered nurses currently working in a public school setting, appointed by the Department of Education Nurse Administrator.

(5) One member appointed by the Alabama Association of School Nurses.

(6) One member appointed by the Alabama Board of Nursing.

(7) One member appointed by the Children’s of Alabama Palliative Care Team.

(8) One member appointed by the University of South Alabama Children’s and Women’s Hospital Palliative Care Team.

(9) One member appointed by the Alabama Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

(10) One member appointed by the School Superintendents of Alabama.

(11) One member appointed by the Alabama Education Association.

(12) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(13) One member appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

(b) The appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments to assure the task force membership is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state.

(c) The Department of Education Nurse Administrator, or his or her designee, shall serve as chair of the task force.

(d) The first meeting of the task force shall be held not later than August 1, 2018, at which time the task force may appoint or elect a vice chair.

(e) The task force shall automatically terminate on the date the rules for implementing the Palliative and End of Life Individual Health Plans are certified, but not later than June 1, 2019.
Ala. Code § 16-25-1 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-1
Section 16-25-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter the following terms, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following respective meanings:

(1) RETIREMENT SYSTEM. The Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama as defined in Section 16-25-2.

(2) PUBLIC SCHOOL. Any day school conducted within the state under the authority and supervision of a duly elected or appointed county or city board of education and any educational institution supported by and under the control of the state or any private nondenominational school operated nonprofit for the education of children of school age residing within a district where no public school is available for the children.

(3) TEACHER. Any teacher, principal, superintendent, supervisor, college professor, administrative officer, or clerk employed in any public school or public college within the state or employed in any private nondenominational school operated nonprofit for the education of children of school age residing within a district where no public school is available for the children or any similar employee or officer of the Department of Education or of the Alabama Education Association, or any attendance worker 50 percent or more of whose salary is paid from public school funds or any employee receiving a regular stated compensation from the retirement system. In all cases of doubt, the Board of Control shall determine whether any person is a teacher as defined in this chapter.

(4) SUPPORT PERSONNEL or EMPLOYEE. Any maid, custodian, adult bus driver, lunchroom or cafeteria worker, secretary, clerk, clerical assistant, maintenance worker, or other non-certificated employee who works an average of 20 hours weekly.

(5) EMPLOYER. The State of Alabama, the county school board, the city school board, the State Board of Education, or any governing body of any private nondenominational school operated nonprofit for education of children of school age residing within a district where no public school is available for the children or any other agency of and within the state by which a teacher is paid.

(6) MEMBER. Any teacher included in the membership of the system as provided in Section 16-25-3.

(7) BOARD OF CONTROL. The board provided for in Section 16-25-19 to administer the retirement system.

(8) MEDICAL BOARD. The board of physicians provided for in Section 16-25-19.

(9) TRUSTEES. The members of the Board of Control to administer the trust funds.

(10) SERVICE. Service as a teacher.

(11) PRIOR SERVICE. Service rendered prior to the date of establishment of the retirement system for which credit is allowable under Section 16-25-11.

(12) MEMBERSHIP SERVICE. Service as a teacher rendered while a member of the retirement system and on account of which contributions are made.

(13) CREDITABLE SERVICE. “Prior service” plus “membership service” rendered since last becoming a member.

(14) BENEFICIARY. Any person in receipt of a pension, an annuity, a retirement allowance, or other benefit as provided by this chapter.

(15) REGULAR INTEREST. Interest compounded annually at the rate determined by the Board of Control in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 16-25-20.

(16) ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS. The sum of all the amounts deducted from the compensation of a member and credited to his or her individual account in the annuity savings fund together with regular interest thereon as provided in Section 16-25-21.

(17) EARNABLE COMPENSATION. The full rate of the compensation that would be payable to a teacher if he or she worked the full normal working time. In cases where compensation includes maintenance, the Board of Control shall fix the value of that part of the compensation not paid in money. Earnable compensation shall not exceed the limitations imposed by Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code for public pension funds except that any employee who was a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System before the first plan year beginning after December 31, 1995, shall not be subject to the earning limitations set forth in Section 401(a)(17). For Tier I plan members, the term earnable compensation for retirement purposes shall include overtime payments that are made to a member; however, earnable compensation shall not exceed 120 percent of any member’s annual base compensation as certified by the employer. For Tier II plan members, earnable compensation shall include overtime payments that are made to the member but shall not include subsistence payments that are made to the member and shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the member’s annual base compensation, as certified by the employer.

(18) AVERAGE FINAL COMPENSATION. For any Tier I Plan member, the average annual compensation of a teacher, with respect to which he or she has made contributions pursuant to paragraph b. of subdivision (1) of Section 16-25-21 during the three years in his or her last 10 years of creditable service for which the average is highest or during his or her entire period of creditable service if less than three years; except, that for any period prior to October 1, 1959, the compensation used in computing the average shall include compensation in excess of the maximum amount with respect to which members were required to contribute. For any Tier II Plan member, the average annual compensation of the member, with respect to which he or she has made contributions pursuant to paragraph b. of subdivision (1) of Section 16-25-21 during the five years in his or her last ten years of creditable service for which the average is highest or during his or her entire period of creditable service if less than five years.

(19) ANNUITY. Payments for life derived from the “accumulated contributions” of a member. All annuities shall be payable in equal monthly installments.

(20) PENSION. Payments for life derived from money provided by the employer. All pensions shall be payable in equal monthly installments.

(21) RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE. The sum of the “annuity” and the “pension.”

(22) RETIREMENT. Withdrawal from active service with a retirement allowance or optional benefit in lieu thereof granted under this chapter.

(23) ANNUITY RESERVE. The present value of all payments to be made on account of any annuity or benefit in lieu of any annuity, computed upon the basis of the mortality tables as shall be adopted by the Board of Control, and regular interest.

(24) PENSION RESERVE. The present value of all payments to be made on account of any pension or benefit in lieu of any pension, computed upon the basis of the mortality tables as shall be adopted by the Board of Control, and regular interest.

(25) ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT. A benefit of equal value, when computed upon the basis of the mortality tables as shall be adopted by the Board of Control, and regular interest.

(26) NORMAL CONTRIBUTION. The contributions of the state necessary to provide a pension equal to the annuity which the member’s contribution made prior to age 65 with interest will provide at age of retirement not to exceed 65.

(27) TIER I PLAN. The defined benefit pension plan provided by the Retirement System to Tier I plan members.

(28) TIER II PLAN. The defined benefit pension plan provided by the Retirement System to Tier II plan members.

(29) TIER I PLAN MEMBER. Any member of the Retirement System who had service for which he or she received credit in the Teachers’ Retirement System or in the Employees’ Retirement System prior to January 1, 2013.

(30) TIER II PLAN MEMBER. Any member of the Retirement System who first began eligible employment with a Teachers’ Retirement System or an Employees’ Retirement System participating employer on or after January 1, 2013, and who had no eligible service in the Teachers’ Retirement System or the Employees’ Retirement System prior to January 1, 2013.
Ala. Code § 16-25-26 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Section 16-25-26
Section 16-25-26 Performance of Duties by Retired Persons; Service in Elected Public Office
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who is retired under the Teachers’ Retirement System may perform duties in any capacity, including as an independent contractor, with any employer participating in the Employees’ Retirement System or the Teachers’ Retirement System without suspension of his or her retirement allowance provided that: (i) the person is not employed in a permanent full-time capacity; and (ii) the person’s compensation from the employer in calendar year 2016 does not exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000). Beginning in calendar year 2017, and each calendar year thereafter, the annual earning limit shall be increased by the same percentage increase as the increase in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Any increase in the annual earning limit shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of one thousand dollars ($1,000) with any amount in excess of the one thousand dollar ($1,000) multiple considered in determining the increase for the following year. Each adjustment shall be based on the increase in the index for the preceding 12-month period ending on September 30 and the increase shall be effective for the following calendar year.

(b) Any person serving as an elected official who has retired from the Teachers’ Retirement System may serve for his or her full compensation in an elected public office with the state, a county, or an incorporated municipality without suspension of retirement benefits; provided that under no circumstances shall such a person participate in or accrue additional benefits under the Teachers’ Retirement System or the Employees’ Retirement System for that service, and provided that under no circumstances shall a person whose retirement is based upon service as an elected official continue in or return to such office and receive both pension benefits and salary. Any provision of this subsection to the contrary notwithstanding, a retiree serving as a local elected superintendent of education shall not receive both pension benefits and salary unless his or her compensation as a local elected superintendent of education does not exceed the annual earning limits provided in subsection (a).

(c) The responsibility for compliance with this section is placed upon the employing authority, and each retiree performing duties under this section shall certify to the employer any information required in order to carry out this section. The retiree shall provide written notice of the postretirement employment under this section to the Teachers’ Retirement System and employing authority within 30 days after the date the retiree knows or should know that he or she will be performing duties on a full-time or permanent basis or will earn an amount in excess of the annual earning limit under this section.
Ala. Code § 16-60-36 — Alabama Code / Title 16 / Chapter 60 / Section 16-60-36
Section 16-60-36 Diplomas and Certificates
Status: in_force

The faculty, with the approval of the board of trustees, may grant and confer diplomas or certificates upon such students as may be entitled thereto under the rules adopted by the board of trustees governing the subject.