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AL Code § 16-40-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 40 - Instruction as to Certain Subjects.|Article 1|Section 16-40-1 - Physical Education Required; Exemption of Church Schools From Operation of This Section.

Section 16-40-1Physical education required; exemption of church schools from operation of this section. Every public school and private school, except church schools as defined in Section 16-28-1, shall carry out a system of physical education, the character of which shall conform to the program or course outlined by the Department of Education. (School Code 1927, §621; Code 1940, T. 52, §555; Acts 1982, No. 82-218, p. 260, §9.)
AL Code § 16-40-1.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 40 - Instruction as to Certain Subjects.|Article 1|Section 16-40-1.1 - Instruction Mandated in Parental Resposibility, Education and High School Diploma Importance, and Study Skills; New Required Courses Not Established.

Section 16-40-1.1Instruction mandated in parental resposibility, education and high school diploma importance, and study skills; new required courses not established. (a) Each local board of education shall require, in accordance with rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, that students in grades seven to 12, inclusive, receive instruction in parental responsibilities. The content of the instructional program shall be determined by the State Board of Education. (b) Each local board of education shall require, in accordance with rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, that students in grades seven to 12, inclusive, receive instruction in the importance of an education and the consequences of not obtaining a high school diploma. The contents of the instructional program shall be determined by the State Board of Education. The instructional program shall offer information appropriate to each grade level and age and level of maturity of the student. (c) Each local board of education shall require, in accordance with rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, that students in grades kindergarten to 12, inclusive, receive instruction regarding how to study. The content of the instructional program shall be determined by the State Board of Education. The instructional program shall offer information appropriate to each grade level and age and level of maturity of the student. (d) This section does not establish new required courses. The instructional programs required by this section shall be included in existing required courses as determined by the State Board of Education. (Acts 1993, No. 93-370, p. 632, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 16-40-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 40 - Instruction as to Certain Subjects.|Article 1|Section 16-40-8 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

Section 16-40-8Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (a) Effective upon the effective dates of this section, all students enrolled in health classes in the tenth grade in the public schools of Alabama shall receive instruction in the techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hereinafter referred to as "CPR." (b) The State Department of Education shall administer the CPR instruction program and be responsible for the training of personnel, and shall provide proper CPR training for teacher personnel from September 1, 1983, to be completed by September 1, 1984. (1) CPR training programs for instructors shall continue after this period of time to provide for refresher courses and updating of new techniques and information. Specific personnel within local school districts are required to receive training and be certified prior to providing classroom instruction. (2) In those school systems which have trained and certified personnel available, classroom instruction shall begin as of September 1, 1983. Teaching materials and training courses provided by the American Heart Association and similar organizations may be utilized. (c) All persons providing instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall be certified as CPR instructors by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross. (d) Standards utilized in the instruction of CPR shall be those prescribed by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross. (Acts 1983, No. 83-510, p. 719, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 16-40-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 40 - Instruction as to Certain Subjects.|Article 1|Section 16-40-10 - Completion of Required Government Course to Include Civics Test Component.

Section 16-40-10Completion of required government course to include civics test component. (a) Beginning in the 2018-2019 school year, as a required component for completing the government course required in the high school course of study, a student shall correctly answer at least 60 of the 100 questions listed on a civics test, which shall be made available in multiple choice format. For the purposes of this section, civics test means the 100 questions that, as of February 1, 2017, officers of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services use as the basis for selecting the questions posed on applications for naturalization. The civics test shall be completed as part of a required course in government. The school shall document on the transcript of the student that he or she has successfully completed the civics test as required by this subsection. (b) The local board of education may determine the method and manner in which to administer the civics test to students. A student who does not obtain a passing score on the civics test may retake the test until he or she obtains a passing score. (c) A special education student who is at least 18 years of age is not required to achieve a passing score on the civics test in order to graduate from high school unless he or she is learning at a level appropriate for his or her grade level in a specific academic area and unless a passing score on the civics test is specifically required in a specific academic area by the individualized education program of the student. (d) The enforcement of this section shall comply with Section 16-1-11.1. (e) The requirements of this section may be waived by the chief school administrator for good cause for any student in the graduating class. Having taken and failed the civics test two times and otherwise having a passing grade in the course in government shall be considered good cause. (Act 2017-173, §1.)
AL Code § 16-40-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 40 - Instruction as to Certain Subjects.|Article 2 - Study of the Bible.|Section 16-40-20 - Elective Courses Authorized for Objective Study of the Bible and Religious History.

Section 16-40-20Elective courses authorized for objective study of the Bible and religious history. (a) A public school may offer elective courses in the objective study of the Bible and religious history in grades six to 12, inclusive, as follows: (1) A social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures of the Old Testament of the Bible. (2) A social studies course on the Greek Scriptures of the New Testament of the Bible. (3) A social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures of the Old Testament and the Greek Scriptures of the New Testament of the Bible. (4) A social studies course in religious history. (b) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and policies necessary for implementing the requirements of this article, including a requirement that curriculum standards submitted by a public school or school district for approval of an elective study of the Bible course shall meet the academic rigor and curriculum standards of other elective courses approved by the board. (Act 2019-508, §1.)
AL Code § 16-40-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 40 - Instruction as to Certain Subjects.|Article 2 - Study of the Bible.|Section 16-40-21 - Scope of Elective Courses; Display of Artifacts, Monuments, Symbols, and Texts.

Section 16-40-21Scope of elective courses; display of artifacts, monuments, symbols, and texts. (a) Elective courses offered pursuant to this article shall be designed to do all of the following: (1) Teach students about Bible characters, poetry, and narratives that are useful for understanding history and contemporary society and culture, including art, music, social mores, oration, and public policy. (2) Familiarize students with the following: a. The contents of the Bible and religious history. b. The history of the Bible and religious history. c. The literary style and structure of the Bible. d. The influence of the Bible on law, history, government, literature, art, music, customs, morals, values, and cultures. (b) A teacher of a course offered pursuant to this article shall comply with applicable law and all federal and state guidelines regarding maintaining religious neutrality and accommodating the diverse religious views, traditions, and perspectives of students in the school. (c) A teacher of a course offered pursuant to this article may not endorse, favor, promote, disfavor, or show hostility toward any particular religion or nonreligious faith or religious perspective.  (d) The State Board of Education, in complying with this section, may not violate the United States Constitution, federal law, the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, state law, or any administrative rule or regulation of the United States Department of Education or the State Board of Education. (e) A school principal may authorize the display of historic artifacts, monuments, symbols, and texts including, but not limited to, religious materials, if they are displayed in conjunction with a course of study that includes an elective course in history, civilization, ethics, comparative religion, literature, or other subject area that uses the artifacts, monuments, symbols, and texts as instructional material, as long as the display is appropriate to the overall educational purpose of the course and is displayed only throughout the duration of the course. (f) The local board of education shall incur no liability and is immune from any liability exposure created by this article. (Act 2019-508, §2.)
AL Code § 16-40-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 40 - Instruction as to Certain Subjects.|Article 2 - Study of the Bible.|Section 16-40-22 - Teachers May Decline to Teach Courses Under This Article.

Section 16-40-22Teachers may decline to teach courses under this article. 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. (Act 2019-508, §3.)
AL Code § 16-40-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 40 - Instruction as to Certain Subjects.|Article 2 - Study of the Bible.|Section 16-40-23 - Duty of Attorney General.

Section 16-40-23Duty of Attorney General. The Attorney General shall defend any litigation filed against any local board of education in the state or any officer, employee, or agent thereof based upon the board's actions in implementing this article without cost to the local board of education. Should any local board of education be ordered to pay any fine, court cost, or attorneys' fees following such litigation, the Legislature shall appropriate funds for that purpose separate and apart from any other budget allocation. (Act 2019-508, §4.)
AL Code § 16-44A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-1 - Legislative Intent.

Section 16-44A-1Legislative intent. (a) The Legislature finds that the 1986 and 1992 Commissions on the Future of the South, under the auspices of the Southern Growth Policies Board, called for youth and community leadership development and support as critical to southern economic development and progress. The Legislature further finds that citizenship and leadership programs are vital to the well-being of our American system of self-government, and to the civic well-being, economic development, and quality of life in Alabama, the South, and the nation. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to work to achieve these southern leadership goals by creating a voluntary compact of public, non-profit, and private sectors to enhance and expand leadership and citizenship education in Alabama. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §1.)
AL Code § 16-44A-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-2 - Authorization, Enactment, and Adoption of the Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education; Purpose, Intent, and Member Parties to the Compact.

Section 16-44A-2Authorization, enactment, and adoption of the Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education; purpose, intent, and member parties to the compact. The following compact, to be known as the Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education, is hereby expressly authorized, enacted, and adopted: (1) The purpose of this compact is to promote realization of the leadership development goals of the 1986 and 1992 Commissions on the Future of the South by cooperative efforts to enhance and expand leadership and citizenship education in Alabama. (2) It is the intent of this compact that membership, programs, operations, and services of the compact should be inclusive and reflect the racial, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. (3) Member parties to the compact shall be any organization, agency, or institution of the public, non-profit, or private sector which voluntarily chooses to subscribe to the purposes of the compact. Ex officio members shall include: the Governor of Alabama, the Presiding Officer of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the members of the Legislature of Alabama, the State Superintendent of Education, the Alabama member representatives to the Southern Growth Policies Board, and the individuals elected as compact officers and members of the board of directors. (4) Membership in the compact is voluntary, and any member may withdraw from membership at any time. Members may choose to participate or not to participate in any programs of the compact, and membership shall in no way restrict, diminish, impinge upon, create obligations of, or limit the autonomy of the respective compact members. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §2.)
AL Code § 16-44A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-3 - Frequency and Purpose of Membership Meetings.

Section 16-44A-3Frequency and purpose of membership meetings. (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. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §3.)
AL Code § 16-44A-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-4 - Voting.

Section 16-44A-4Voting. Each member party shall be entitled to one vote. The chief executive officer of the member party, by whatever title or in whatever manner defined by the institutional member, shall be the official voting delegate. If the delegate is unable to represent the member at any membership meeting, the delegate may designate in writing an alternate voting delegate. Each ex officio member shall have one vote. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §4.)
AL Code § 16-44A-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-5 - Non-Profit Public Corporation.

Section 16-44A-5Non-profit public corporation. This voluntary educational compact shall be deemed and constitute a non-profit public corporation in Alabama, and none of the net proceeds of funds shall inure to the benefit of any individual. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §5.)
AL Code § 16-44A-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-6 - Board of Directors; Election, Composition, Term.

Section 16-44A-6Board of directors; election, composition, term. The board of directors shall be elected at the annual membership meeting, and shall take office immediately upon its adjournment. The board of directors shall consist of 21 citizens, elected by the compact membership as follows: three classes of seven members each, initially elected for terms of one, two, and three years respectively, and thereafter elected for terms of three years each. Vacancies shall be filled by written, mail ballot of the membership. At least five of the members elected shall be black. No member shall be eligible to serve more than two three-year terms consecutively. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §6.)
AL Code § 16-44A-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-7 - Representation of the Board of Directors Members; Meetings of Board.

Section 16-44A-7Representation of the board of directors members; meetings of board. (a) Board members shall be chosen to represent each of the following segments or areas: (1) Executive and Legislative Branches of state government, in the fields of education, finance, taxation, and ways and means, local government, or economic development. (2) K-12 education, in some of the following fields: teaching, administration or supervision, curriculum, or governance. (3) Higher education. (4) Community leadership education. (5) Youth leadership and citizenship education. (6) Economic development. (7) Local government. (8) Community, civic, philanthropic, and other non-profit organizations. (9) Historical, patriotic, veterans, and cultural organizations. (10) The law, which may include the Judicial Branch. (11) Business. (12) Professional, labor, and trade. (13) Any other areas of interest which are deemed to complement and augment the work of the compact. (b) The board shall meet annually immediately following the annual compact membership meeting. It shall adopt bylaws providing for its quorum, organization, and other regular or special meetings. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §7.)
AL Code § 16-44A-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-8 - Governor of Alabama as Ex Officio President; Election of Chair and Vice-Chair.

Section 16-44A-8Governor of Alabama as ex officio president; election of chair and vice-chair. (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. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §8.)
AL Code § 16-44A-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-9 - Authority, Duties, and Responsibilities of Executive Director; Board of Directors as Nominating Committee.

Section 16-44A-9Authority, duties, and responsibilities of executive director; board of directors as nominating committee. (a) The executive director shall be the ex officio, non-voting secretary of the compact and of the board, and shall keep all records and minutes, and shall have authority and responsibility for the administrative functions and duties of the compact and of the board. (b) The board of directors shall serve as a nominating committee to nominate individuals for the officers and members of the board of directors. Additional nominations may be made from the floor at the annual compact membership meeting. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §9.)
AL Code § 16-44A-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-10 - Membership and Fiscal Year; Dues.

Section 16-44A-10Membership and fiscal year; dues. The membership and fiscal year shall begin on October 1 annually and end on the following September 30. Dues shall be set as provided in Section 16-44A-14. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §10.)
AL Code § 16-44A-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-11 - Creation of Advisory Committees; Purpose and Composition.

Section 16-44A-11Creation of advisory committees; purpose and composition. Advisory committees shall be created to make recommendations regarding strategies to meet the purposes of the compact. Committees shall include compact members, potential users of services, school teachers, educators, K-12 and postsecondary/higher education representatives, community and youth leadership organizations, student organizations, the State Department of Education, state and local governments, economic and community development entities, business, historical and patriotic organizations, and others. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §11.)