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AL Code § 16-21-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 21 - Libraries.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-21-3 - Circulating Libraries.

Section 16-21-3Circulating libraries. Any county board of education may in lieu of granting separate libraries for each school establish a system of circulating libraries, said libraries to be purchased under the same conditions and in keeping with the plan set out in the previous sections of this chapter by the county superintendent of education. Such circulating libraries shall be available for use in the public schools of the county under rules and regulations prescribed by the county board of education with the approval of the State Board of Education. (School Code 1927, §397; Code 1940, T. 52, §380.)
AL Code § 16-21-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 21 - Libraries.|Article 2 - Virtual Library.|Section 16-21-30 - Short Title.

Section 16-21-30Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Virtual Library Act. (Act 2009-575, p. 1687, §1.)
AL Code § 16-21-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 21 - Libraries.|Article 2 - Virtual Library.|Section 16-21-31 - Definitions.

Section 16-21-31Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) AVL. The Alabama Virtual Library. An educational entity that provides a collection of online electronic resources for research, instruction, and general information. (2) COUNCIL. The Alabama Virtual Library Executive Council. (Act 2009-575, p. 1687, §2.)
AL Code § 16-21-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 21 - Libraries.|Article 2 - Virtual Library.|Section 16-21-32 - Purpose.

Section 16-21-32Purpose. The intent of this article shall be to create the Alabama Virtual Library and the Alabama Virtual Library Executive Council. (Act 2009-575, p. 1687, §3.)
AL Code § 16-21-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 21 - Libraries.|Article 2 - Virtual Library.|Section 16-21-33 - Alabama Virtual Library Executive Council.

Section 16-21-33Alabama Virtual Library Executive Council.  (a) There is created the Alabama Virtual Library Executive Council whose purpose shall be to manage and govern the AVL. The council shall be the collective decision making body for the AVL. The council, representing the five partner agencies, shall determine the vision for future expansion and development of the AVL through strategic planning and implementation that best supports the AVL mission of economy, equity, and excellence to benefit teachers, students, and all Alabama citizens in lifelong learning pursuits. (b) The council shall be composed of 15 members with each of the following persons having three appointments each: (1) The Chancellor of Postsecondary Education. (2) The Executive Director of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education. (3) The State Superintendent of the Alabama Department of Education. (4) The Director of the Alabama Public Library Service. (5) The Chief Executive Officer of the Alabama Supercomputer Authority. (c) The members of the council shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority for a term not to exceed three years. A council member may be reappointed for subsequent three-year terms at the discretion of the appointing agency. (d) The membership year shall correspond with the fiscal year beginning October 1 and ending September 30 of the subsequent year. (Act 2009-575, p. 1687, §4.)
AL Code § 16-21-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 21 - Libraries.|Article 2 - Virtual Library.|Section 16-21-34 - Adoption of Rules; Membership of Council.

Section 16-21-34Adoption of rules; membership of council. (a) The council may adopt rules to govern its proceedings according to the Administrative Procedure Act. (b) The council membership shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of this state. (Act 2009-575, p. 1687, §5.)
AL Code § 16-21-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 21 - Libraries.|Article 2 - Virtual Library.|Section 16-21-35 - Educational Entity; Funding.

Section 16-21-35Educational entity; funding. The Alabama Virtual Library as currently administered is recognized and established as an educational entity for public school students. The Alabama Virtual Library may receive allocations from the Education Trust Fund Rainy Day Account pursuant to Amendment 709 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.  (Act 2004-386, p. 642, §1.)
AL Code § 16-22A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22A - Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999.|Article 1 - Criminal History Background Information Checks on Applicants for Certification, Applicants for Employment, Nonpublic Current Employees, and Current Employees Under Review.|Section 16-22A-1 - Short Title; Purpose.

Section 16-22A-1Short title; purpose. This chapter shall be known and cited as the Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999. Article 1 provides the procedure for conducting criminal history background information checks on all applicants for certification, public and nonpublic applicants for employment, nonpublic current employees, and current employees under review. Article 2 provides the procedure for conducting criminal history background information checks on current public certified and noncertified employees. (Act 99-361, p. 566, §1; Act 2002-457, p. 1171, §1.)
AL Code § 16-22A-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22A - Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999.|Article 1 - Criminal History Background Information Checks on Applicants for Certification, Applicants for Employment, Nonpublic Current Employees, and Current Employees Under Review.|Section 16-22A-2 - Legislative Intent.

Section 16-22A-2Legislative intent.  Under the National Child Protection Act of 1993, Public Law 103-209, 42 U.S.C. 5119, et seq., the states are required to implement a computerized information system to provide child abuse crime information through the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Criminal History Record Information System and may conduct a nationwide criminal history background information check for the purpose of determining whether an individual who will have unsupervised access to children is suitable for employment or has been convicted of a crime that bears upon the fitness of the individual to teach or have responsibility for the safety and well-being of children as defined in this chapter. The Legislature finds that there is a compelling state interest and it is in the best interest of the children of Alabama to protect them from those persons who may inflict physical or mental injury or abuse, sexual abuse or exploitation, or maltreatment or other mistreatment upon children. Therefore, in establishing the Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the implementation of a system that allows the State Superintendent of Education, local boards of education, and other nonpublic schools to ensure that prospective employees and current employees are suitable for employment and have not been convicted of a crime that bears upon their fitness to teach or to have responsibility for the safety and well-being of children as defined in this chapter. (Act 99-361, p. 566, §2; Act 2002-457, p. 1171, §1.)
AL Code § 16-22A-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22A - Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999.|Article 1 - Criminal History Background Information Checks on Applicants for Certification, Applicants for Employment, Nonpublic Current Employees, and Current Employees Under Review.|Section 16-22A-4 - Initiation of Request for Criminal History Background Check.

Section 16-22A-4Initiation of request for criminal history background check. Any person who wishes to initiate a request for a criminal history background check of a current employee shall be required to provide a written signed statement to the designated chief executive officer of an authorized employer containing the reasonable articulable grounds supporting a request and initiation of review. (Act 99-361, p. 566, §4.)
AL Code § 16-22A-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22A - Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999.|Article 1 - Criminal History Background Information Checks on Applicants for Certification, Applicants for Employment, Nonpublic Current Employees, and Current Employees Under Review.|Section 16-22A-8 - Fingerprint Training Courses.

Section 16-22A-8Fingerprint training courses. (a) The Department of Public Safety and the State Department of Education shall cooperatively schedule sufficient training throughout the state to train all local superintendents of education, or their duly appointed representatives, in proper fingerprinting techniques. (b) The chief executive officers of nonpublic schools shall arrange with the Department of Public Safety for sufficient training in proper fingerprinting techniques of their superintendent, headmaster, or other duly appointed representatives. (c) The Department of Public Safety shall notify the State Superintendent of Education regarding the dates and times of scheduled training sessions. The State Superintendent of Education shall then notify all local superintendents of education. (d) Nonpublic schools required or desiring to participate in fingerprint training sessions shall contact the Department of Public Safety for information concerning dates, times, and cost of training. (e) The State Superintendent of Education and the Department of Public Safety shall train sufficient personnel to ensure implementation of this chapter. (f) Nonpublic school employers required to submit fingerprint cards pursuant to this article shall properly train their own representatives to ensure the implementation of this article. (g) The Department of Public Safety may charge a reasonable fee for the training on proper fingerprinting techniques, provided that the fee is standard and equal for all participants in the program, regardless of whether the participant represents a public or nonpublic entity. (h) The Department of Public Safety shall furnish standard fingerprint cards to the State Department of Education, local employing boards, and, upon request, to nonpublic schools to be used only by those personnel who have been trained in proper fingerprinting techniques. (Act 99-361, p. 566, §8; Act 2002-457, p. 1171, §1.)
AL Code § 16-22A-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22A - Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999.|Article 1 - Criminal History Background Information Checks on Applicants for Certification, Applicants for Employment, Nonpublic Current Employees, and Current Employees Under Review.|Section 16-22A-10 - Confidentiality of Information.

Section 16-22A-10Confidentiality of information.  (a)(1) Any criminal history background information reports received by the State Department of Education from the Department of Public Safety shall be confidential, conspicuously marked as confidential, and not further disclosed or made available for public inspection. (2) Any criminal history background information report received by a local employing board from the State Department of Education shall be confidential, conspicuously marked as confidential, and not further disclosed or made available for public inspection. (b) All criminal history background information reports are specifically excluded from any requirement of public disclosure as a public record as the Legislature finds these documents to be sensitive personnel records. (c) Transmittal of any criminal history background information at any time shall be accomplished in a nontransparent package, sealed, and marked confidential with instructions to be opened only by the person named on the package and authorized to receive the information pursuant to this chapter. (d) Without additional public disclosure, the following actions shall not be construed to violate this section: (1) Showing the report of criminal history background information to the applicant for certification, applicant for employment, current employee, or current employee under review to give him or her the opportunity to challenge the report. (2) Releasing the report to a court of competent jurisdiction in the event of litigation brought by the applicant for certification, applicant for employment, current employee, or current employee under review. (3) Use of the information in preparation, investigation, and presentation during administrative proceedings involving revocation of certification or suitability determination brought by the State Superintendent of Education, termination by the employer, or restriction on unsupervised access to a child in an educational setting. (e) Any person having access to criminal history background information check reports and releasing same as provided herein, shall be required to maintain a register consistent with the National Child Protection Act of 1993, Public Law 103-209, 42 U.S.C. 5119, et seq. (f) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the distribution of employment or certification status through the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification Educator Identification Clearinghouse. (Act 99-361, p. 566, §10; Act 2002-457, p. 1171, §1.)
AL Code § 16-22A-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22A - Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999.|Article 1 - Criminal History Background Information Checks on Applicants for Certification, Applicants for Employment, Nonpublic Current Employees, and Current Employees Under Review.|Section 16-22A-11 - Rules and Regulations.

Section 16-22A-11Rules and regulations.  The State Department of Education and the Department of Public Safety may adopt rules and regulations to implement the procedures and requirements of this chapter. (Act 99-361, p. 566, §11.)
AL Code § 16-22A-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22A - Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999.|Article 1 - Criminal History Background Information Checks on Applicants for Certification, Applicants for Employment, Nonpublic Current Employees, and Current Employees Under Review.|Section 16-22A-12 - Penalties.

Section 16-22A-12Penalties.  (a) Violations. Any person convicted of any of the following actions under this chapter shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor: (1) Violating the confidentiality of records provisions. (2) Violating lawfully adopted policies which are provided for in this chapter. (3) Knowingly, willfully, and intentionally making or transmitting a false report or complaint against any current employee, current employee under review, or applicant without reason to believe the accuracy of such report or complaint. (b) False information or failure to disclose. Any person who knowingly submits false information concerning past convictions on an application for employment may be subject to loss of employment under provisions for termination according to applicable existing statutes and to the loss of any certificate issued by the State Superintendent of Education under this chapter. (Act 99-361, p. 566, §12; Act 2002-457, p. 1171, §1.)
AL Code § 16-22A-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22A - Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999.|Article 1 - Criminal History Background Information Checks on Applicants for Certification, Applicants for Employment, Nonpublic Current Employees, and Current Employees Under Review.|Section 16-22A-13 - Liability.

Section 16-22A-13Liability.  An authorized employer shall not be liable in any action for damages solely for failure to conduct a criminal history background information check on an educational employee pursuant to this chapter if such failure is due to reasonable time constraints of background check backlogs, nor shall the state or political subdivision thereof, nor any agency, officer, or employee thereof, be liable in any action for damages for the failure of a qualified entity to take action adverse to an individual who was the subject of a criminal history background information check. Neither the State Superintendent of Education, the State Department of Education, nor any agent thereof shall be liable in civil court in an action for damages arising out of any suitability determination. Nothing herein shall be construed as a waiver of any sovereign or qualified immunity. (Act 99-361, p. 566, §13; Act 2002-457, p. 1171, §1.)
AL Code § 16-22A-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22A - Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999.|Article 1 - Criminal History Background Information Checks on Applicants for Certification, Applicants for Employment, Nonpublic Current Employees, and Current Employees Under Review.|Section 16-22A-14 - Exceptions - Nonpublic Schools.

Section 16-22A-14Exceptions - Nonpublic schools. 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. (Act 99-361, p. 566, §14; Act 2002-457, p. 1171, §1.)
AL Code § 16-22A-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22A - Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999.|Article 1 - Criminal History Background Information Checks on Applicants for Certification, Applicants for Employment, Nonpublic Current Employees, and Current Employees Under Review.|Section 16-22A-15 - Exceptions - Church Officials.

Section 16-22A-15Exceptions - Church officials. 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. (Act 99-361, p. 566, §15; Act 2002-457, p. 1171, §1.)
AL Code § 16-22A-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22A - Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999.|Article 1 - Criminal History Background Information Checks on Applicants for Certification, Applicants for Employment, Nonpublic Current Employees, and Current Employees Under Review.|Section 16-22A-16 - Construction.

Section 16-22A-16Construction.  Except as expressly specified in this chapter pertaining to criminal history background information checks of applicants for nonpublic employment, nonpublic current employees, and nonpublic current employees under review, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to establish state control over curriculum or the selection of personnel in private or parochial/church schools, nor is this chapter intended to establish additional regulatory authority over private or parochial/church schools. (Act 99-361, p. 566, §16; Act 2002-457, p. 1171, §1.)
AL Code § 16-22A-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22A - Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999.|Article 1 - Criminal History Background Information Checks on Applicants for Certification, Applicants for Employment, Nonpublic Current Employees, and Current Employees Under Review.|Section 16-22A-17 - Disposition of Fees.

Section 16-22A-17Disposition of fees. All fees received by the Department of Public Safety for criminal history background information checks and fingerprint training courses conducted pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited to the Public Safety Automated Fingerprint Identification System Fund, to be appropriated to and expended by the Department of Public Safety in accordance with Section 32-2-61. (Act 99-361, p. 566, §17.)
AL Code § 16-22A-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22A - Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999.|Article 1 - Criminal History Background Information Checks on Applicants for Certification, Applicants for Employment, Nonpublic Current Employees, and Current Employees Under Review.|Section 16-22A-18 - Repealer.

Section 16-22A-18Repealer. This chapter is supplementary to and shall be construed in pari materia with other laws. To the extent that this chapter specifically conflicts with other laws pertaining to criminal history background information checks, this chapter shall take precedence. Nothing contained within this chapter shall be construed to diminish, reduce, or conflict with the authority of the State Superintendent of Education to interpret and apply federal and state education law for the State of Alabama. Those portions of Sections 26-20-1 through 26-20-6 relating to criminal background checks of public, private, parochial, and home school employees are repealed. (Act 99-361, p. 566, §18; Act 2002-457, p. 1171, §1.)
AL Code § 16-22A-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22A - Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999.|Article 2 - Criminal History Background Checks of Current Public Certified and Current Public Noncertified Employees.|Section 16-22A-30 - Criminal Background Information Checks of Current Public Employees.

Section 16-22A-30Criminal background information checks of current public employees. (a) A criminal history background information check shall be conducted on all current public certified employees and all current public noncertified employees employed by a local employing board, and any State Department of Education personnel, as determined by the State Superintendent of Education, who have unsupervised access to and provide education, training, instruction, or supervision for children in an educational setting. (b) Each current public certified employee and current public noncertified employee employed by a local employing board shall be notified by the State Department of Education that the State Superintendent of Education will provide a suitability determination, based upon convictions, pending criminal charges, and suitability criteria for public employment, to his or her local employing board. Each current public certified employee and current public noncertified employee shall also be notified by the State Department of Education of his or her right to obtain a copy of the criminal history background information reports, challenge the accuracy and completeness of any information contained in the reports, to supply additional information on his or her behalf to the State Department of Education, and obtain a prompt determination as to the validity of such challenge before a final suitability determination regarding the current public certified employee and current public noncertified employee is made by the State Department of Education. Any personnel action taken against a current public certified employee or current public noncertified employee shall be in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws as well as any adopted applicable local policies or procedures. (c) Any fee required in conjunction with a criminal history background information check of a public current employee shall be paid by the State Department of Education, subject to Section 16-22A-34. (Act 2002-457, p. 1171, §2.)