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AL Code § 16-9-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 9 - County Superintendents of Education.|Section 16-9-21 - Courses of Study.

Section 16-9-21Courses of study. Subject to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, the county superintendent of education shall prescribe courses of study for the schools of the county and submit the same for approval and adoption by the county board of education. Printed copies of these courses of study shall be supplied to every teacher and interested citizen of the county. (School Code 1927, §158; Code 1940, T. 52, §120.)
AL Code § 16-9-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 9 - County Superintendents of Education.|Section 16-9-22 - Grading and Standardizing Schools.

Section 16-9-22Grading and standardizing schools. Subject to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, the county superintendent of education shall prepare rules and regulations for grading and standardizing all public schools of the county and shall submit the same for approval and adoption by the county board of education. He shall grade and standardize all public schools of the county and shall recommend the same for the approval of the county board of education. (School Code 1927, §159; Code 1940, T. 52, §121.)
AL Code § 16-9-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 9 - County Superintendents of Education.|Section 16-9-23 - Nomination, Assignment, Removal, etc., of Teachers, Employees, Etc.

Section 16-9-23Nomination, assignment, removal, etc., of teachers, employees, etc. The county superintendent of education shall nominate in writing for appointment by the county board of education all principals, teachers and all other regular employees of the board. He shall assign them to their positions, transfer them as the needs of the schools require, recommend them for promotion, suspend them for cause and recommend them for dismissal, subject to the provisions of Chapter 24 of this title. (School Code 1927, §161; Code 1940, T. 52, §123.)
AL Code § 16-9-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 9 - County Superintendents of Education.|Section 16-9-24 - Supervisors; Clerical Assistants; Offices; Equipment.

Section 16-9-24Supervisors; clerical assistants; offices; equipment. The county board of education may provide upon the nomination of the county superintendent of education, at least the following assistants: an elementary school supervisor and a statistical and stenographic clerk. No person shall be eligible for appointment as supervisor who does not hold a certificate of administration and supervision as required of county superintendents of education. The county board of education may employ additional clerical and professional assistants, including health supervisors, and may reimburse them for all actual traveling expenses necessary in the performance of their official duties. The county superintendent may maintain an office at the county seat, or any other location in the county provided for by local law in a county with a population of more than 100,000 persons according to the most recent United States Decennial Census. The county commission shall provide the county superintendent of education and his or her professional and clerical assistants with ample, convenient, and comfortable office quarters. The county commission shall also provide necessary furniture, office equipment, stationery, postage, forms, and supplies required by the county superintendent of education and his or her assistants. (School Code 1927, §169; Code 1940, T. 52, §130; Act 2016-347, §1.)
AL Code § 16-9-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 9 - County Superintendents of Education.|Section 16-9-25 - Institutes Organized by Superintendents.

Section 16-9-25Institutes organized by superintendents. The county superintendent of education shall organize and attend county and local institutes for teachers and citizens and shall advise teachers as to their further study in professional reading and assist parents and citizens to acquire knowledge of the aims and work of the school. (School Code 1927, §162; Code 1940, T. 52, §124.)
AL Code § 16-9-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 9 - County Superintendents of Education.|Section 16-9-26 - Visitation of Schools.

Section 16-9-26Visitation of schools. The county superintendent of education shall visit the schools, observe the management and instruction and give suggestions for the improvement of the same. He shall advise with principals, teachers, school trustees and other interested citizens, and shall endeavor in every way to promote public interest and improve the school conditions of the county. (School Code 1927, §163; Code 1940, T. 52, §125.)
AL Code § 16-9-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 9 - County Superintendents of Education.|Section 16-9-27 - Report Forms.

Section 16-9-27Report forms. The county superintendent of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall prepare forms and blanks on which school trustees, supervisors, attendance officers, principals, teachers, janitors and other regular employees shall make such reports as shall be required by the county board of education and shall submit the same for approval and adoption by the county board of education. (School Code 1927, §164; Code 1940, T. 52, §126.)
AL Code § 16-9-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 9 - County Superintendents of Education.|Section 16-9-28 - Annual Statement of Receipts and Disbursements.

Section 16-9-28Annual statement of receipts and disbursements. It shall be the duty of the county superintendent of education to prepare, in accordance with the direction of the county board of education, the annual statement of receipts and disbursements which is required to be published in a newspaper and such other reports as the county board of education may require to be published for distribution among the citizens of the county. The refusal or negligent failure of the county superintendent of education to comply with the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor. (School Code 1927, §165; Code 1940, T. 52, §127; Acts 1943, No. 313, p. 300.)
AL Code § 16-9-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 9 - County Superintendents of Education.|Section 16-9-29 - Quadrennial School Census.

Section 16-9-29Quadrennial school census. The county superintendent of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall direct the taking of the county quadrennial school census. He shall cause the census to be retaken in whole or in part when directed to do so by the State Superintendent of Education. The county superintendent shall require the enumerators to make their report to him not later than August 15 following the date of taking the census. On or before September 1 following, the county superintendent of education shall make his consolidated report to the State Superintendent of Education. This consolidated report shall include the census data reported to him by the superintendents of schools of cities having a city board of education. (School Code 1927, §167; Code 1940, T. 52, §128; Acts 1949, No. 249, p. 372, §1.)
AL Code § 16-9-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 9 - County Superintendents of Education.|Section 16-9-30 - Enforcement of Attendance Laws; Preparation of Reports.

Section 16-9-30Enforcement of attendance laws; preparation of reports. The county superintendent of education shall see to it that the laws requiring school attendance are enforced. The county superintendent of education shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit to the county board of education for adoption all reports required of the county board of education by the State Superintendent of Education, and he shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit to the county board of education the annual report as required under this title. (School Code 1927, §168; Code 1940, T. 52, §129.)
AL Code § 16-9-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 9 - County Superintendents of Education.|Section 16-9-31 - Report on Schools to State Superintendent; Examination of Books, Accounts, etc., by State Superintendent.

Section 16-9-31Report on schools to state superintendent; examination of books, accounts, etc., by state superintendent. The county superintendent of education shall, on or before the first day of November of each year, forward to the State Superintendent of Education on blanks to be furnished him by the latter an annual report of the public schools of his county for the preceding year. In the event any county superintendent shall fail to make and forward to the State Superintendent of Education any report required under this chapter within 10 days after the time it should be made, he shall be liable to impeachment, and the resolution of the State Board of Education duly adopted setting forth such failure shall be prima facie evidence of such fact. The books, accounts and vouchers of the county superintendent of education may be examined at any time by the State Superintendent of Education in person or by his duly authorized agent. (School Code 1927, §170; Code 1940, T. 52, §131.)
AL Code § 16-9-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 9 - County Superintendents of Education.|Section 16-9-32 - Payrolls - Preparation.

Section 16-9-32Payrolls - Preparation. (a) The county superintendent of education shall, at such times and in such manner as directed by the county board of education and approved by the State Superintendent of Education, prepare his payroll or payrolls for the payment of teachers, employees, bills and other items authorized by the county board of education. The State Board of Education shall have the power to promulgate rules and regulations governing the time, manner and method of preparing such payrolls, and such rules and regulations shall be binding on all to whom they are made applicable. (b) The county superintendent of education, unless otherwise directed under the authority of subsection (a) of this section, at the end of each scholastic month following the date fixed for the opening of the schools in the county shall prepare a payroll covering all teachers and employees payable by the scholastic month; and at the end of the calendar month shall prepare a payroll covering all teachers, employees, bills and items authorized by the county board of education payable by the calendar month. (School Code 1927, §§171, 172; Code 1940, T. 52, §§132, 133.)
AL Code § 16-9-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 9 - County Superintendents of Education.|Section 16-9-33 - Payrolls - Approval.

Section 16-9-33Payrolls - Approval. No money shall be paid on any payroll unless the county superintendent of education certifies thereto in writing that the same in every respect is correct and that the amounts contained thereon are due the parties as shown thereby and that the same should be paid and unless the chairman of the county board of education endorses on said payroll an order that the same be paid. (School Code 1927, §177; Code 1940, T. 52, §134.)
AL Code § 16-10-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 10 - Boards of School Trustees.|Section 16-10-1 - Qualification and Selection of Trustees.

Section 16-10-1Qualification and selection of trustees. The county board of education may appoint for every school in the county, from a list of six discreet, competent and reliable persons of mature years nominated by the patrons of the said schools, which list shall be kept on file by the board, three persons residing near the schoolhouse and having the respect and confidence of the community to serve for a term of four years as trustees of the school, to care for the property, to look after the general interest of the school and to make to the county board of education, through the county superintendent of education, from time to time, report of the progress and needs of the school and of the will of the people in regard to the school. The board of education, should it decide to appoint school trustees, shall fill all vacancies occurring in the office of trustee for the unexpired term from the list of nominees on file until the names on such list are exhausted. The term "patrons" as used herein shall be construed to mean the parents and guardians of children in attendance at the school. (School Code 1927, §133; Acts 1935, No. 507, p. 1090, §3; Code 1940, T. 52, §100; Acts 1951, No. 310, p. 605, §1; Acts 1987, No. 87-614, §1; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-918, p. 512, §1.)
AL Code § 16-10-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 10 - Boards of School Trustees.|Section 16-10-2 - Meetings; Chairman.

Section 16-10-2Meetings; chairman. The board of school trustees shall hold an annual meeting each year on the first Saturday in May, or as soon thereafter as practicable. At this meeting the board shall appoint one of its members as chairman and shall give notice of such appointment to the county board of education. Other regular meetings shall be held at least twice during the scholastic year, and such special meetings shall be held as the duties and business of the board shall require. (School Code 1927, §178; Code 1940, T. 52, §138.)
AL Code § 16-10-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 10 - Boards of School Trustees.|Section 16-10-3 - Secretary of Board.

Section 16-10-3Secretary of board. The principal teacher of the school shall be the secretary of the board of school trustees and shall attend all meetings of the board except when the board is in executive session. The principal teacher shall, with the consent of the majority of the members of the board, have the right to speak upon all questions, but shall have no right to vote, shall prepare for adoption all reports required by the county board of education, shall keep all records of accounts of incidental funds, shall keep the minutes of the meetings of the board in the record book provided by the county board of education and shall conduct the correspondence of the board of school trustees. (School Code 1927, §179; Code 1940, T. 52, §139.)
AL Code § 16-10-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 10 - Boards of School Trustees.|Section 16-10-4 - Teacher May Be Refused by Trustees.

Section 16-10-4Teacher may be refused by trustees. In the event a teacher, not already employed in a school, is assigned to such school, the county superintendent of education shall give to the trustees of said school notice in writing of such assignment, and the trustees of said school, within 10 days from the date of the receipt of the superintendent's notice of assignment, may by unanimous consent refuse to accept the assignment of such teacher to their school upon written notification to the county superintendent of education setting out the reason for such refusal; and it is hereby made the duty of the county superintendent of education to assign another teacher to such school. (School Code 1927, §180; Code 1940, T. 52, §140.)
AL Code § 16-10-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 10 - Boards of School Trustees.|Section 16-10-5 - Dismissal of Pupils.

Section 16-10-5Dismissal of pupils. No teacher shall dismiss pupils during school hours or close the school during school hours, except in an emergency, without the consent of the board of school trustees or the county superintendent of education. (School Code 1927, §181; Code 1940, T. 52, §141.)
AL Code § 16-10-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 10 - Boards of School Trustees.|Section 16-10-6 - Incidental Fees in Elementary Schools.

Section 16-10-6Incidental fees in elementary schools. No fees of any kind shall be collected from children attending any of the first six grades during the school term supported by public taxation; provided, that any county or city board of education shall be authorized to permit any school subject to its supervision to solicit and receive from such children or their parents or guardians voluntary contributions to be used for school purposes by the school where such children are attending; provided further, that the provisions of this section shall in no way affect or restrict the right or power of a school board to fix and collect tuition fees or charges from pupils attending schools under the jurisdiction of such board but who live outside the territory over which such board has jurisdiction. (School Code 1927, §182; Acts 1935, No. 507, p. 1090, §4; Code 1940, T. 52, §142; Acts 1969, No. 745, p. 1323, §1.)
AL Code § 16-10-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 10 - Boards of School Trustees.|Section 16-10-7 - School Visited by Trustees.

Section 16-10-7School visited by trustees. The board of trustees shall visit the schools under its jurisdiction at least once each month and consult with the teachers and principals of the schools as to the progress of the pupils, conditions and cleanliness of the school and the grounds belonging to same and give such aid as in its power for the advancement of said schools. (School Code 1927, §183; Code 1940, T. 52, §143.)
AL Code § 16-10-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 10 - Boards of School Trustees.|Section 16-10-8 - School Building Controlled by Trustees.

Section 16-10-8School building controlled by trustees. The board of school trustees shall have the care of the building and grounds, the school apparatus and other school property, and shall keep the county board of education advised about matters affecting the educational interest of said school. It shall attend to all incidental repairs and pay for same out of the incidental funds collected in accordance with this chapter; provided, that when repairs are to be paid for out of other than incidental funds, the amount to be expended shall be approved by the county superintendent of education and authorized by the county board of education before the repairs are made. (School Code 1927, §184; Code 1940, T. 52, §144.)
AL Code § 16-10-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 10 - Boards of School Trustees.|Section 16-10-9 - Charges Against Teacher May Be Filed by Trustees.

Section 16-10-9Charges against teacher may be filed by trustees. The board of school trustees shall seek in every way to develop sentiment in the support of the schools, and in case of dissatisfaction they may file with the county board of education written charges requesting the removal of the principal or any other teacher in said school. (School Code 1927, §185; Code 1940, T. 52, §145.)
AL Code § 16-10-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 10 - Boards of School Trustees.|Section 16-10-10 - Sanitary Conditions Maintained by Trustees.

Section 16-10-10Sanitary conditions maintained by trustees. The board of school trustees shall see that the rest rooms connected with the school are kept clean, comfortable and in a sanitary and hygienic condition. (School Code 1927, §186; Code 1940, T. 52, §146.)
AL Code § 16-10-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 10 - Boards of School Trustees.|Section 16-10-11 - Use of Schoolhouse for Civic Purposes.

Section 16-10-11Use of schoolhouse for civic purposes. The board of school trustees shall have the power to authorize the use of the schoolhouse for such civic, social, recreational and community gatherings as in its opinion do not interfere with the principal use of the said school building or property. It shall be the duty of the person or persons making application for the use of the schoolhouse for a public meeting place to see that the said schoolhouse after said meeting is in as clean a condition as it was before said meeting, and in case of failure upon the part of said person or persons to whom permission has been granted to hold the meetings to place said school after said meeting in as clean a condition as it was when said schoolhouse was turned over to said person or persons for said meeting, or the failure of the person or persons to respond in damages to any injury to the property, the ordinary wear and tear excepted, the board of school trustees shall refuse all further applications for the use of such schoolhouse by the same parties. (School Code 1927, §187; Code 1940, T. 52, §147.)
AL Code § 16-11-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-1 - "City" Defined.

Section 16-11-1"City" defined. A "city" within the meaning of this title shall include all incorporated municipalities of 5,000 or more inhabitants, according to the last or any succeeding federal census, or according to the last or any succeeding census taken under the provisions of Sections 11-47-90 through 11-47-95. (Acts 1971, No. 2320, p. 3743, §1.)
AL Code § 16-11-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education.|Section 16-11-2 - Applicability; Composition of Boards.

Section 16-11-2Applicability; composition of boards. (a) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to city boards of education unless otherwise provided by local law pursuant to Amendment 659 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or any other provision of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (b) The general administration and supervision of the public schools and educational interest of each city shall be vested in a city board of education, to be composed of five members who shall be residents of the city, and who shall not be members of the city council or commission. In any Class 4 municipality which has adopted a mayor-council form of government pursuant to Chapter 43B (commencing with Section 11-43B-1) of Title 11, the city board of education may be composed of seven members. (c) No person shall be eligible for election or appointment as a member of a city board of education unless he or she satisfies all of the following qualifications: (1) Is a person of good moral character. (2) Has obtained a high school diploma or its equivalent. (3) Is not employed by that city board of education. (4) Is not serving on the governing board of a private elementary or secondary educational institution. (5) Is not on the National Sex Offender Registry or the state sex offender registry. (6) Has not been convicted of a felony. (d) In those cities where the members of the city board of education are elected or appointed to represent a district, whenever a member of a city board of education moves his or her domicile from the district he or she represents, he or she shall cease to be a member of the city board of education, and a vacancy shall occur. The member shall provide notice of the move to the secretary of the city board of education before the beginning of business at the first meeting of the city board of education following the move. (e) Any city or town which has had the general administration and supervision of the public schools and educational interests of the city or town vested in a city board of education for a period of 20 years or more prior to August 15, 1951, may, except as may be provided by law, continue to have general administration and supervision of the public schools and educational interest under a local board of education regardless of any past or future federal census. (School Code 1927, §191; Code 1940, T. 52, §151; Acts 1943, No. 206, p. 184, §1; Acts 1951, No. 418, p. 742, §1; Acts 1957, No. 160, p. 209, §1; Acts 1961, No. 1022, p. 1601, §1; Acts 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 250, p. 347, §1; Acts 1977, No. 771, p. 1328, §1; Acts 1994, No. 94-133, p. 172, §2; Acts 1996, No. 96-643, p. 1024, §1; Act 2000-757, p. 1724, §1; Act 2012-221, p. 399, §2.)