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AL Code § 16-20-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 20 - Lease and Sale of School Lands.|Section 16-20-1 - "School Lands" Defined.

Section 16-20-1"School lands" defined. "School lands," within the meaning of this chapter, are sections numbered 16, in every township, granted by the United States for the use of schools in the township, and such other lands as may have been granted to any township or district for the use of schools; and all such lands are vested in the state in trust to execute the objects of the grant. (School Code 1927, §629; Code 1940, T. 52, §560.)
AL Code § 16-20-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 20 - Lease and Sale of School Lands.|Section 16-20-2 - Timber on Reserved Lots Not to Be Injured.

Section 16-20-2Timber on reserved lots not to be injured. (a) The lots reserved for timber are for the common benefit of the lessees of the other lots; but no timber shall be cut down, injured or destroyed as long as there is sufficient on the other lots, which the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is to determine; but the lessees must in no case cut down, injure or destroy such timber without permission from said commissioner, which may be given on such terms as he may think proper, having due regard to the interest of the township or district. (b) Any person who, without authority, cuts down, boxes, injures or destroys any tree on school lands shall forfeit and pay for every such tree the sum of $25.00, to be recovered before any court having jurisdiction in the name of the county board of education for the school located in the township in which such lands are located, or the school district in which such lands are located. (c) All fines and forfeitures under this section shall be paid into the Treasury and added to the credit of the permanent Sixteenth Section Fund of the township. (School Code 1927, §§637-639; Code 1940, T. 52, §§561-563.)
AL Code § 16-20-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 20 - Lease and Sale of School Lands.|Section 16-20-3 - When Secretary of State Issues Patent.

Section 16-20-3When Secretary of State issues patent. The Secretary of State must issue patents, upon satisfactory evidence furnished him of full payment of purchase money to any person, agent or other officer legally authorized to receive such payment; and, upon proof of a mistake in the issue of any patent, he must correct the same or issue a new patent on the return of the original to his office. (School Code 1927, §645; Code 1940, T. 52, §564.)
AL Code § 16-20-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 20 - Lease and Sale of School Lands.|Section 16-20-4 - Notes Placed With Attorney General for Collection.

Section 16-20-4Notes placed with Attorney General for collection. All notes for school lands held by or deposited with the State Superintendent of Education, if not paid within six months after maturity, must be placed with the Attorney General for collection; but this section shall not be so construed as to prevent the State Superintendent of Education from ordering an action on notes at any time after maturity, when so ordered by the sureties on the notes. (School Code 1927, §647; Code 1940, T. 52, §565.)
AL Code § 16-20-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 20 - Lease and Sale of School Lands.|Section 16-20-5 - State Pledged to Pay Interest on School Land Funds.

Section 16-20-5State pledged to pay interest on school land funds. All funds now in the Treasury derived from the sale of sixteenth section or other school lands, or which may hereafter accrue from sale of such lands, together with the redemption money of other lands in which former accumulations have been invested under an act approved March 1, 1881, entitled "An act to authorize the compromise and settlement of claims for school lands in this state," are covered into the Treasury and made available for general purposes, and the faith and credit of the state is pledged for the payment of the interest on such fund to the public schools of the state, at the rate of six percent per annum. (School Code 1927, §650; Code 1940, T. 52, §566.)
AL Code § 16-20-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 20 - Lease and Sale of School Lands.|Section 16-20-6 - When Title Acquired by Adverse Possession.

Section 16-20-6When title acquired by adverse possession. When a person is in possession of any sixteenth section lands under color of title, and has been in such possession for more than 20 years prior to the first day of May, 1908, and neither the state, nor any department thereof, holds any note, bond, obligation or other contract of anyone for the purchase money of such land, and the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Director of Finance shall so certify, and the Attorney General shall certify that proof of adverse possession, by the person now in possession, or coupled with his predecessor in possession, for 20 years prior to May 1, 1908, under color of title, has been made, which proof is satisfactory to the Attorney General. The Governor must cause a patent to issue to said land under the seal of the state to the person entitled thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, if the Attorney General is satisfied with the proof of color of title for 20 years prior to 1908 by the person now in possession or coupled with his predecessors in said color of title, the Attorney General shall not require affidavits of adverse possession for the period prior to 1908, except in cases of boundary line disputes, to establish said adverse possession. (School Code 1927, §652; Code 1940, T. 52, §567; Acts 1963, No. 421, p. 928, §1.)
AL Code § 16-20-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 20 - Lease and Sale of School Lands.|Section 16-20-7 - Township Lines Abolished.

Section 16-20-7Township lines abolished. Township lines for school purposes are abolished; but the inhabitants of no township shall be deprived of the sixteenth section or any fund arising therefrom, or of selling and leasing such lands as provided by law. (School Code 1927, §654; Code 1940, T. 52, §568.)
AL Code § 16-20-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 20 - Lease and Sale of School Lands.|Section 16-20-8 - Sale of Land Deeded to State for School Purposes - When Authorized; Deeds.

Section 16-20-8Sale of land deeded to state for school purposes - When authorized; deeds. Whenever the county board of education of any county shall certify to the State Superintendent of Education that it is to the benefit of the public school interest of such county, or a public school district thereof, for any lands situated in such county or district which have been conveyed to the State of Alabama for school purposes to be sold, particularly describing the same, the Superintendent of Education, upon receipt of such certificate, with approval of the Governor, shall negotiate the sale of such land, either at public or private sale. A deed to the purchaser of such land shall be executed and shall be issued as provided by law. (School Code 1927, §387; Code 1940, T. 52, §373.)
AL Code § 16-20-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 20 - Lease and Sale of School Lands.|Section 16-20-9 - Sale of Land Deeded to State for School Purposes - Disposition of Proceeds.

Section 16-20-9Sale of land deeded to state for school purposes - Disposition of proceeds. The proceeds of any sale of lands made under Section 16-20-8 shall be paid by the State Superintendent of Education to the county custodian of school funds where such land is situated. (School Code 1927, §388; Code 1940, T. 52, §374.)
AL Code § 16-22-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22 - Officers and Employees Generally.|Section 16-22-1 - Police Officers at State Colleges and Universities or Institute for Deaf and Blind - Employment; Powers and Duties; Nonlethal Weaponry; Certification.

Section 16-22-1Police officers at state colleges and universities or Institute for Deaf and Blind - Employment; powers and duties; nonlethal weaponry; certification. (a) The president or chief executive officer of any state college or university, the president or chief executive officer of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, and the presidents or chief executive officers of Talladega College, Concordia College, Samford University, Birmingham-Southern College, Miles College, Stillman College, Tuskegee University, Spring Hill College, Faulkner University, Selma University, Madison Academy, and Briarwood Presbyterian Church and its integrated auxiliary Briarwood Christian School may appoint and employ one or more suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property of the college or university or of the institute. These persons shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers, including the power of arrest for unlawful acts committed on the property. (b) Any person appointed to act as a police officer, pursuant to subsection (a), while on duty, shall carry and be trained in the proper use of a nonlethal weapon. For the purposes of this subsection, a nonlethal weapon is a weapon that is explicitly designed and primarily employed to immediately incapacitate the targeted person while minimizing fatalities and permanent injury. A nonlethal weapon is intended to have a reversible effect on the targeted person. (c) A person appointed as a police officer pursuant to subsection (a) shall be certified through the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission. (d) This section is cumulative. (Acts 1969, No. 1125, p. 2084, §1; Acts 1971, No. 960, p. 1718, §2; Acts 1994, No. 94-587, p. 1083, §1; Acts 1996, No. 96-430, p. 543, §1; Act 2005-296, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 555, §1; Act 2006-607, p. 1671, §1; Act 2013-191, p. 349, §1; Act 2014-156, p. 439, §1; Act 2015-409, p. 1241, §1; Act 2019-416, §1.)
AL Code § 16-22-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22 - Officers and Employees Generally.|Section 16-22-2 - Police Officers at State Colleges and Universities or Institute for Deaf and Blind - Extension of Jurisdiction.

Section 16-22-2Police officers at state colleges and universities or Institute for Deaf and Blind - Extension of jurisdiction. (a) Any police officer appointed pursuant to the provisions of Section 16-47-10 or 16-22-1, is a peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state; provided, that the primary duty of any such police or peace officer shall be the enforcement of the law on property owned or leased by the institution of higher education employing said peace officers; provided further, that he shall not otherwise act as a peace officer in enforcing the law except: (1) When in pursuit of any offender or suspected offender who is charged with the commission of a crime while on the premises of said institution; or (2) To make arrests otherwise lawfully for crimes committed, or for which there is probable cause to believe have been committed, within his presence or within the boundaries of said property owned or leased. (b) The provisions of this section granting authority to police officers at institutions of higher learning in the State of Alabama are not intended to limit or abridge any powers heretofore granted to said officers by law, and the provisions of this section are, therefore, to be considered cumulative. (c) Nothing in this section shall grant authority to any persons appointed under the provisions of this section to enter a classroom for the purpose of enforcing traffic or parking citations. (Acts 1975, No. 924, p. 1836, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 16-22-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22 - Officers and Employees Generally.|Section 16-22-3 - Employment of Teachers, Janitors, Food Handlers or Bus Drivers With Tuberculosis.

Section 16-22-3Employment of teachers, janitors, food handlers or bus drivers with tuberculosis. It shall be unlawful for school authorities to employ teachers, janitors, food handlers or bus drivers who have tuberculosis in an infectious stage. Every board of education shall require a physical examination for tuberculosis, including adequate laboratory tests and X rays, of all such employees of the board at least once in three years. Such examinations, tests and X rays shall be made by the several county health departments; or an employee may be examined at his own expense by any other duly licensed doctor of medicine who is a specialist in the treatment of the disease of tuberculosis of his own choosing. If the result of such examination indicates the presence of tuberculosis in an infectious stage, the employee shall be ineligible for further service until satisfactory proof of recovery is furnished. It shall be unlawful for any school official to employ this section as a means of discharging any teacher or other employee for any reason other than failure to comply with the provisions of this section; and, upon proof thereof, the same shall constitute malfeasance in office and shall be grounds for his removal therefrom. (Acts 1945, No. 289, p. 479, § 1.)
AL Code § 16-22-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22 - Officers and Employees Generally.|Section 16-22-4 - Surety Bonds.

Section 16-22-4Surety bonds. All bonds of officials and employees required under the provisions of this title shall be executed by a surety company authorized to do business in Alabama and, unless otherwise provided, approved by the State Superintendent of Education. The said bonds shall, unless otherwise provided, be filed in the office of the Department of Education in Montgomery, unless otherwise instructed by the State Board of Education. In all cases where bonds are not filed in the office of the Department of Education, certified copies thereof shall be filed in such department. (School Code 1927, §587; Code 1940, T. 52, §535.)
AL Code § 16-22-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22 - Officers and Employees Generally.|Section 16-22-5 - Authority of School Boards to Form Groups for Purpose of Obtaining Group Insurance; Payment of Insurance Premiums.

Section 16-22-5Authority of school boards to form groups for purpose of obtaining group insurance; payment of insurance premiums. Each local board of education may form its employees into a group or groups or recognize existing groups for the purpose of obtaining the advantages of group life, disability, medical and dental insurance or any group insurance plans to aid its employees, as long as the employees continue to be employed by the board of education. Any local board of education may pay all or part of the premium on the policies and/or may deduct from the salaries of the employees that part of the premium which is to be paid by them and may contract with the insurer to provide the above benefits. (Acts 1973, No. 655, p. 984, §1.)
AL Code § 16-22-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22 - Officers and Employees Generally.|Section 16-22-6 - Policies as to Salary Deductions; Purposes for Which Deductions May Be Made; Application.

Section 16-22-6Policies as to salary deductions; purposes for which deductions may be made; application. (a) Each local board of education and certain postsecondary institutions shall adopt policies or regulations which will provide for deductions from salaries of its employees or groups of employees whenever a request is presented to the board or postsecondary institution by the employees or groups. The deductions shall be made from salaries earned in at least nine different pay periods and shall be remitted to the appropriate company, association, or organization as specified by the employees within 10 days following each deduction. The deductions may be made for, but not limited to, savings plans, tax sheltered annuities, the Public Employees' Individual Retirement Account Fund, membership dues, voluntary contributions, and group insurance premiums. Deductions for membership dues and voluntary contributions shall be made based upon membership lists and forms provided by the employees' organization. Such lists are to be corrected, updated, and returned to the employees' designated organization(s) not later than November 10 of each school year. The 1982-83 membership dues and voluntary contribution authorized, with appropriate yearly adjustments, shall be deducted for each succeeding year unless the employee revokes the deductions in writing on or before September 15 of that year. Voluntary contributions may be revoked by giving a 30-day notice in writing. New authorizations for deduction of dues, voluntary contributions, or employee savings plans, must be submitted to the payroll office and deductions shall begin with the pay period next following the receipt of authorization. Upon termination of employment, amounts owed under the authorization of the employee shall be deducted from employee's final pay due. With the exception of membership dues and voluntary contributions, the board or postsecondary institution shall not be required to make more than one remittance of amounts deducted during a pay period for a separate type of deduction. Health insurance, life insurance, and tax sheltered annuities shall be interpreted as separate types of deductions. When amounts have been correctly deducted and remitted by the board or postsecondary institution, the board or postsecondary institution shall bear no further responsibility or liability for subsequent transactions. No board or postsecondary institution shall be liable for any error when acting in good faith pursuant to this section. (b) This section shall not apply to any four-year postsecondary institution. (Acts 1973, No. 655, p. 984, §2; Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-207, p. 385; Act 2001-960, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 840, §1.)
AL Code § 16-22-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22 - Officers and Employees Generally.|Section 16-22-7 - Presumption as to Payments and Deductions; Eligibility for Foundation Program Not Affected.

Section 16-22-7Presumption as to payments and deductions; eligibility for Foundation Program not affected. Payments and deductions made by the board of education under the authority of Sections 16-22-5 and 16-22-6 are presumed to be for services rendered and for the benefit of the public school; and the payments and deductions do not affect the eligibility of any school system to participate in the Foundation Program as established in Sections 16-13-50 through 16-13-59. (Acts 1973, No. 655, p. 984, §3.)
AL Code § 16-22-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22 - Officers and Employees Generally.|Section 16-22-8 - Dental Insurance.

Section 16-22-8Dental insurance. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the annual allotments for hospital medical insurance made to educational personnel may be used to purchase dental insurance. (b) Local boards of education shall approve the plan and carrier for dental coverage. Employee review and evaluation of available policies shall be considered by the board before final approval of a plan. (Acts 1982, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 82-673, p. 106, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 16-22-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22 - Officers and Employees Generally.|Section 16-22-16 - Registered Nurses Required.

Section 16-22-16Registered nurses required. (a) The State Department of Education and the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall require the employment of school nurses in each local school system. (b) There shall not be greater than five licensed practical nurses to one registered nurse within each school system. However, based upon individual circumstances, including specific medical needs and tasks which must be performed by a registered nurse as set forth in the Nurse Practice Act and the Administrative Code rules of the Alabama Board of Nursing, there may be a lower registered nurse to licensed practical nurse ratio within each school system. (c) The allotment of school nurses shall be distributed so that each school system shall receive one registered nurse and an additional nurse or nurses or fraction of a nursing allocation based upon the average daily membership during the first 20 scholastic days after Labor Day of the preceding school year. (d) Each local school superintendent shall designate one registered nurse for the entire school system whose responsibilities shall include annually providing a full and comprehensive assessment of all student health needs within that system. Based upon the assessment findings, the designated nurse shall make a recommendation to the local school superintendent concerning the implementation and coordination of student health needs. (e) The State Department of Education shall employ a School Nurse Consultant, who shall be a registered nurse, to provide supervision of programs statewide and implement school nursing programs as established by the State Board of Education. (f) At a minimum, all school nurses shall be paid according to the statewide salary schedule for school nurses which shall be included in the annual budget act for the public schools. (g) The amounts necessary to meet the requirements of this section shall be appropriated in the annual budget act for the public schools and in the annual budget act for the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. The funding for this requirement is contingent upon available revenue in the Education Trust Fund and appropriation by the Legislature. (h) Funding provisions of the School Nurses Act shall be met once every public school in Alabama has a school nurse and a ratio of one state-funded school nurse for every 500 pupils exists statewide.  (i) This section shall be construed in pari materia with other laws, but to the effect that this section specifically conflicts with other laws in direct conflict with this section, then those laws or parts of laws are hereby repealed. (Act 98-672, p. 1477, §§1, 3; Act 2009-280, p. 470, §1.)
AL Code § 16-22-16.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22 - Officers and Employees Generally.|Section 16-22-16.1 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective August 1, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 16-22-16.1THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. The State Board of Education shall ensure that a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse shall be hired in every public K-12 school from funds appropriated for that purpose. (Act 2021-517, §2.)
AL Code § 16-22-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 22 - Officers and Employees Generally.|Section 16-22-18 - Annual Stipend or Supplement for Certified Counselors.

Section 16-22-18Annual stipend or supplement for certified counselors. (a) Public elementary and secondary school counselors who were certified as nationally certified school counselors by the National Board for Certified Counselors prior to January 1, 2003, shall receive the same annual stipend or supplement as is provided for public school counselors who have received certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. The annual budget act for public education shall contain an appropriation of at least five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each qualified public school counselor certified by the National Board for Certified Counselors. Nothing in this section shall imply or be interpreted as a right to additional compensation for any prior school year. (b) Effective in 2013, upon certificate renewal, all public elementary and secondary school counselors meeting the qualifying criteria as set forth in this section shall obtain school counseling certification by the NBPTS or forfeit their annual stipend. (Act 2006-507, p. 1150, §§1-3.)