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AL Code § 16-11-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-3 - Election; Terms of Office; Vacancies.

Section 16-11-3Election; terms of office; vacancies. Annually at the regular meetings of the city council or commission in April the council or commission shall elect a member or members of the board of education to succeed those whose term or terms of office expire that year. Members of the city board of education shall assume office at the next regular meeting of the city board of education in June following their appointment. The terms of office of members of the city board of education shall be five years, and the term of one member shall expire annually. A member shall serve on the board until his or her successor assumes office. In the event of a vacancy in the membership of the city board of education by resignation or otherwise, the fact shall be reported to the city council or commission by the board, and the council or commission shall elect a person to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. (School Code 1927, §192; Code 1940, T. 52, §152; Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-912, p. 211, §1; Act 98-627, p. 1378, §1.)
AL Code § 16-11-3.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-3.1 - Board Selection Procedure in Class 5 Municipalities.

Section 16-11-3.1Board selection procedure in Class 5 municipalities. The governing body of any Class 5 municipality may, by resolution, provide for the appointment of the city board of education members from districts corresponding to the city governing body districts and the appointment of one member from the city at-large by the mayor, only upon the expiration of each city board of education member's current term. (Acts 1993, No. 93-570, p. 949, §1; Acts 1997, No. 97-404, p. 661, §1.)
AL Code § 16-11-3.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-3.2 - Election and Operation of Boards in Class 4 Municipalities.

Section 16-11-3.2Election and operation of boards in Class 4 municipalities. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Legislature may, by local act, provide for the election of the board of education in any Class 4 municipality by the qualified electors of the municipality and may further provide for the operation of the board. The change to an elected board of education shall require the approval of a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality who vote at a referendum election prior to the change becoming effective. (Acts 1997, No. 97-679, p. 1329, §1.)
AL Code § 16-11-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-4 - Office of Board.

Section 16-11-4Office of board. The office of the city board of education shall be in the principal school building of the respective city, unless otherwise adequately provided for. The city board of education shall provide the city superintendent of schools, his professional and clerical assistants with ample, convenient and comfortable office quarters and with adequate clerical supplies and equipment. (School Code 1927, §193; Code 1940, T. 52, §153.)
AL Code § 16-11-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-5 - Meetings; Officers; Rules of Procedure; Majority Vote.

Section 16-11-5Meetings; officers; rules of procedure; majority vote. The city board of education shall hold its annual meeting each year at its first regular meeting in May following the election of said board or any member thereof. At this meeting the board shall elect each year one of its members to serve as president and one to serve as vice-president. The rules generally adopted by deliberative bodies for their government shall be observed by city boards of education. No motion or resolution shall be declared adopted without the concurrence of the majority of the whole board. The board shall hold such other meetings as may be provided for in its bylaws. (School Code 1927, §194; Code 1940, T. 52, §154.)
AL Code § 16-11-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-6 - Designation and Duties of Treasurer.

Section 16-11-6Designation and duties of treasurer. Repealed by Act 2006-196, p. 275, §5, effective June 1, 2006. (School Code 1927, §196; Acts 1935, No. 159, p. 202; Code 1940, T. 52, §156.)
AL Code § 16-11-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-7 - Bonds of City Superintendent and Treasurer.

Section 16-11-7Bonds of city superintendent and treasurer. Repealed by Act 2006-196, p. 275, §5, effective June 1, 2006. (School Code 1927, §197; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 19, p. 14, §1; Acts 1935, No. 150, p. 192, §1; Code 1940, T. 52, §157.)
AL Code § 16-11-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-8 - Indebtedness Where County Unit System Adopted.

Section 16-11-8Indebtedness where county unit system adopted. Whenever the control and administration of education matters affecting a municipality having a city board of education is transferred to or for any reason becomes vested in the county board of education, the existing indebtedness created prior to such transfer and the rights to collect the same shall in nowise be impaired. (School Code 1927, §190; Code 1940, T. 52, §150.)
AL Code § 16-11-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-9 - Powers Generally.

Section 16-11-9Powers generally. The city board of education is hereby vested with all the powers necessary or proper for the administration and management of the free public schools within such city and adjacent territory to the city which has been annexed as a part of the school district which includes a city having a city board of education. (School Code 1927, §198; Code 1940, T. 52, §158.)
AL Code § 16-11-9.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-9.1 - Authority to Enter Into Cooperative Agreements, Programs, Etc.

Section 16-11-9.1Authority to enter into cooperative agreements, programs, etc. In addition to all authority previously granted by statute, city boards of education may enter into cooperative agreements, projects and programs with the city council or 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 city boards of education to levy any taxes not otherwise authorized by law. (Acts 1987, No. 87-602, p. 1046, §1.)
AL Code § 16-11-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-10 - Quadrennial Census for City.

Section 16-11-10Quadrennial census for city. The city board of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall cause to be taken under the direction of the city superintendent of schools a quadrennial school census of the school children in the city between the ages of six and 19 years. The school census shall be taken in July of 1946, and every four years thereafter, and the superintendent of schools, upon the direction at any time of the State Superintendent of Education, shall cause the whole or any part of the school census in the city to be retaken. The city superintendent of schools shall employ, with the approval of the city board of education, a sufficient number of enumerators to take the census during the month of July, or at such other time as the State Superintendent of Education shall cause the whole or any part of the school census in said city to be retaken. The city board of education, upon the recommendation of the city superintendent of schools, shall fix the compensation of the enumerators employed in taking any school census and shall order the same paid out of the city treasury. The report of the enumerators shall be made under oath to the city superintendent of schools not later than the fifth day of August next succeeding the time of the taking of such census, and the data gathered shall be in turn transmitted by the city superintendent of schools to the county superintendent of education not later than the fifteenth day of August thereafter. (School Code 1927, §199; Code 1940, T. 52, §159; Acts 1943, No. 313, p. 300.)
AL Code § 16-11-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-11 - School Property Vested in Board.

Section 16-11-11School property vested in board. All property real, personal and mixed now held or hereafter acquired for school purposes shall be held in trust by the city board of education for the use of the public schools of the city. (School Code 1927, §200; Code 1940, T. 52, §160.)
AL Code § 16-11-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-12 - Acquisition, Maintenance, etc., of Property - Generally.

Section 16-11-12Acquisition, maintenance, etc., of property - Generally. The city board of education shall have the full and exclusive rights within the revenue appropriated for such purposes, or accruing to the use of the public schools, to purchase real estate, furniture, appropriated libraries, fuel and supplies for the use of the schools, and to sell the same, and to make expenditures for the maintenance and repairs of the school grounds, buildings and other property, to establish and build new schools, to superintend the erection thereof, to purchase sites therefor, to make additions, alterations and repairs to the building and other property erected for school uses, and to make necessary and proper notes, contracts and agreements in relation to such matters. All such contracts shall inure to the benefit of the public schools, and any action brought upon them and for the recovery and protection of money and property belonging to and used by the public schools, or for damages, shall be brought by and in the name of the city. (School Code 1927, §201; Code 1940, T. 52, §161.)
AL Code § 16-11-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-13 - Acquisition, Maintenance, etc., of Property - Condemnation.

Section 16-11-13Acquisition, maintenance, etc., of property - Condemnation. When lands or any interest therein shall be deemed necessary by the board of education for the site of a schoolhouse, for enlarging a schoolhouse lot or for playgrounds or other public school purposes, and the board of education for any reason shall be unable to contract with the owner or owners for the title thereof, the said board of education may institute condemnation proceedings to acquire such lands or the interest therein. Said condemnation proceedings shall be in all respects conducted and regulated as provided by Chapter 1 of Title 18. (School Code 1927, §208; Acts 1931, No. 130, p. 192, § 1; Code 1940, T. 52, §168.)
AL Code § 16-11-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-14 - School Buses - Purchase.

Section 16-11-14School buses - Purchase. Whenever, in the opinion of a city board of education, it is necessary in the proper conduct of educational activities to operate a school bus or buses, such board is hereby authorized to purchase such bus or buses. (Acts 1953, No. 885, p. 1191, §1.)
AL Code § 16-11-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-15 - School Buses - Operation; School Board Members Not Personally Liable.

Section 16-11-15School buses - Operation; school board members not personally liable. If such bus or buses are purchased, said city board of education is hereby authorized to expend funds for the operation and maintenance of such bus or buses and to provide for the necessary personnel to operate and maintain the same. The members of such board of education shall not be personally liable in damages for injury to riders or third persons or property resulting from the operation of such bus or buses. (Acts 1953, No. 885, p. 1191, §2.)
AL Code § 16-11-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-16 - Kindergartens and Playgrounds; Eligibility for Admission to Public Schools.

Section 16-11-16Kindergartens and playgrounds; eligibility for admission to public schools. (a) The city board of education shall have power to establish and maintain a system of public schools including kindergartens and playgrounds for the benefit of children who are bona fide residents of and living within the corporate limits of such city. (b) Such children who are six years of age and less than 19 years of age on the date school opens shall be entitled to admission to the elementary, junior and senior high schools. (c) If a kindergarten is established and maintained, children from five to eight years of age may be admitted on such terms and conditions as the city board of education may prescribe. (School Code 1927, §202; Code 1940, T. 52, §162.)
AL Code § 16-11-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-17 - Establishment of Salaries; Dismissal of Employees.

Section 16-11-17Establishment of salaries; dismissal of employees. The city board of education shall fix the salaries of all employees and may suspend or dismiss any principal or teacher or supervisor or attendance officer or other regular employee so appointed on the written recommendation of the city superintendent of schools for immorality, misconduct in office, incompetency, willful neglect of duty or when, in the opinion of the board, the best interests of the schools may require, subject to the provisions of Chapter 24 of this title. (School Code 1927, §205; Code 1940, T. 52, §165.)
AL Code § 16-11-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-19 - Bond Issues.

Section 16-11-19Bond issues. If for any reason the current income of the city board of education is inadequate to provide ample, appropriate and suitable grounds, buildings and equipment for all the needed schools of the city, the city board of education, on the recommendation of the city superintendent of schools, shall petition the city council or commission to call an election for the issuance of bonds on the credit of the city in an amount sufficient to provide ample, appropriate and suitable grounds, buildings and equipment for all the needed schools of the city, subject to the limitations set out in the constitution of the state, and the city council or commission shall call the election at the time requested in said petition. (School Code 1927, §209; Code 1940, T. 52, §169.)
AL Code § 16-11-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-20 - Grading and Standardization of City Schools; Courses of Study.

Section 16-11-20Grading and standardization of city schools; courses of study. The city board of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall grade and standardize all the schools under its jurisdiction, and shall also prescribe courses of study. Printed copies of the courses of study shall be supplied to every teacher and to every interested citizen in said city. (School Code 1927, §210; Code 1940, T. 52, §170.)
AL Code § 16-11-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-21 - Forms for Reports.

Section 16-11-21Forms for reports. 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. (School Code 1927, §211; Code 1940, T. 52, §171.)
AL Code § 16-11-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-22 - Reports of City Board to State Board of Education; Audit of Accounts.

Section 16-11-22Reports of city board to State Board of Education; audit of accounts. The city board of education shall make all reports required by the State Board of Education at such time, and upon such items and in such form, and on such blanks as may be prescribed by the State Board of Education. The business and financial transactions of the city board of education and the records and accounts of its treasurer shall be kept in a manner approved by the State Superintendent of Education and shall be audited as early as possible after July first of each year, and may be published. (School Code 1927, §214; Code 1940, T. 52, §172.)
AL Code § 16-11-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-23 - Libraries and Special Schools Established and Maintained.

Section 16-11-23Libraries and special schools established and maintained. The city board of education shall have the right to establish and maintain, or aid in establishing and maintaining, public libraries, either separately or in connection with the public schools, and also special schools for backward, defective, truant or incorrigible children, day or night schools for adult illiterates and for the Americanization of foreigners and part-time continuation classes. (School Code 1927, §215; Code 1940, T. 52, §173.)
AL Code § 16-11-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-24 - Annual Report Published.

Section 16-11-24Annual report published. The city board of education shall publish annually in the month of October in a newspaper published in said city, if there is a newspaper published in said city, a full and complete statement of the receipts by source and disbursements by function of the city for the 12 months' period ending September 30, in such form as is required by the State Superintendent of Education at the same time it forwards said statement to the State Superintendent of Education. The city board of education shall also publish annually in a newspaper published in said city, if there is a newspaper published in said city, in the month of October, a statement of the outstanding indebtedness of the board of education on last September 30, which statement must show the schedule by years for retiring said indebtedness and shall separate funded indebtedness from unfunded indebtedness, and the statement shall show the resources available to pay such unfunded indebtedness. The city board of education may also cause to be prepared and published annually in sufficient quantities for distribution among the citizens of the county a report covering the condition, current accomplishments and needs for the improvement of the schools. The refusal or negligent failure of any member of the city board of education to comply with the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor, and the State Superintendent of Education shall withhold the payment of public school funds until the provisions of this section have been complied with. (School Code 1927, §216; Code 1940, T. 52, §174; Acts 1943, No. 313, p. 300; Acts 1953, No. 129, p. 177, §1.)
AL Code § 16-11-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-25 - Allocation of Revenue From Licenses and Taxes.

Section 16-11-25Allocation of revenue from licenses and taxes. Where by any provisions of law any certain or definite percentage of the revenue of any city or town from licenses or taxes, either or both, is required to be used for the maintenance of its public schools, then such provisions shall be unaffected by this title and shall be and remain in full force and effect. (School Code 1927, §217; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 144, p. 166; Code 1940, T. 52, §175.)
AL Code § 16-11-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-26 - Incidental Fees in City Elementary Schools.

Section 16-11-26Incidental fees in city elementary schools. No fees of any kind shall be collected from children attending any of the first six grades of the city schools during the school term supported by public taxation. (School Code 1927, §218; Acts 1935, No. 507, p. 1090, §5; Code 1940, T. 52, §176.)
AL Code § 16-11-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-27 - Boards of Education of Certain Cities May Insure School Buildings, Property, etc., in Fund.

Section 16-11-27Boards of education of certain cities may insure school buildings, property, etc., in fund. Any city board of education of a city whose population does not exceed 60,000 according to the most recent federal census may insure against loss by fire or tornado all school buildings and property, equipment, furniture or supplies belonging to such buildings or stored therein which are used or held in trust by such board for school purposes in the State Insurance Fund under the same terms and upon the same conditions as properties of county school systems are insured. (Acts 1947, No. 672, p. 514, § 1.)