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AL Code § 45-49-102.22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 2 - Site-Based Management.|Section 45-49-102.22 - School Council Teacher and Parent Representatives.

Section 45-49-102.22School council Teacher and parent representatives. The teacher representatives in a pilot program shall be selected for two-year terms by a majority of voting teachers at the school. The parent representatives on the school council shall be selected as follows: Two parent representatives shall be parents of children in the school and shall be selected for two-year terms by a majority of voting parents of the school as a whole. One parent representative shall be the president of the officially recognized parent-teacher organization at each school. If there is no active parent-teacher organization, a third parent representative shall be selected. The principal or administrator shall be the chair of the school council.  (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 3.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 2 - Site-Based Management.|Section 45-49-102.23 - School Council - Training Course.

Section 45-49-102.23School council - Training course. No member of a school council in a pilot program shall participate in any vote or decision of the school council until the member has satisfactorily completed a school council training course as provided herein. The Mobile County School Board shall establish a school training course which each school council member shall attend. The course shall be held in the evenings or during the weekends and shall be held at locations within the district. The course shall be held at least once each quarter, but may be cancelled by the Mobile County School Board if no new members of the school councils are in need of training.  (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 4.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 2 - Site-Based Management.|Section 45-49-102.24 - School Council - School Policies.

Section 45-49-102.24School council - School policies. Subject to applicable state and federal laws, the school council in a pilot program shall participate in setting school policy which shall provide an environment to enhance the achievement of the students and help the school meet the goals established by this subpart. The principal shall be the primary administrator and the instructional leader of the school in a pilot program, and with the assistance of the total school staff shall administer the policies established by the Mobile County School Board and as developed by the school council.  (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 5.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 2 - Site-Based Management.|Section 45-49-102.25 - School Council - Meeting Frequency and Agenda.

Section 45-49-102.25School council - Meeting frequency and agenda. The school council in a pilot program shall determine the frequency of and agenda for their meetings but shall meet at least once a month. Matters relating to formation of school councils in a pilot program that are not provided for by this subpart shall be addressed by the Mobile County School Board policy. The school board shall develop a policy and system relating to the reporting of the school councils. The policy shall require that reports by a school council in a pilot program be submitted to the school board at uniform periods on forms developed by the school board that shall be used by each school council.  (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 6.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 2 - Site-Based Management.|Section 45-49-102.26 - School Council - Open Meetings.

Section 45-49-102.26School council - Open meetings. The meetings of the school council in a pilot program shall be open to the public and all interested persons may attend. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exceptions to open meetings provided in the sunshine law, Section 13A-14-2, shall apply.  (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 7.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 2 - Site-Based Management.|Section 45-49-102.27 - Budgeting.

Section 45-49-102.27Budgeting. The school board shall adopt a policy establishing which monies may be budgeted and spent by a school council in a pilot program. The school board shall allocate funds each year to be spent by a school council in a pilot program. The allocation to each school shall be based solely on average daily membership as defined in Section 16-13-232. The funds allocated by the school board to be spent by a school council in a pilot program are not subject to and are exempt from the competitive bid law, Sections 41-16-20 to 41-16-63, inclusive. After receiving notification of the funds available for the school from the school board, the school council in a pilot program shall determine, within the parameters established by the school board, how the funds will be spent.  (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 8.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 2 - Site-Based Management.|Section 45-49-102.28 - Fiscal Duties of Principal.

Section 45-49-102.28Fiscal duties of principal. The principal of each school in a pilot program shall be responsible for the collection and allocation of all sums and monies as determined by the school council.  (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 9.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 2 - Site-Based Management.|Section 45-49-102.29 - Personnel Decisions.

Section 45-49-102.29Personnel decisions. The school board shall adopt a policy for filling a vacancy in the position of principal at each school that will allow for significant input from school councils. Requests for transfer, termination of employees, and other personnel decisions shall conform to any statutory provisions or policies of the Mobile County School Board.  (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 10.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 2 - Site-Based Management.|Section 45-49-102.30 - Authority to Control, Assign, or Transfer Students.

Section 45-49-102.30Authority to control, assign, or transfer students. The school council in a pilot program shall not have authority to control, assign, or transfer individual students and this authority shall remain with the school board.  (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 11.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 2 - Site-Based Management.|Section 45-49-102.31 - Policy Areas Implemented by Principal.

Section 45-49-102.31Policy areas implemented by principal. Subject to applicable state and school board guidelines and statutory state and federal provisions, the school council in a pilot program shall adopt a policy to be implemented by the principal in the following additional areas: (1) Recommendation of optional courses to be approved by the school board. (2) Determination of the schedule of the school day and week, subject to the beginning and ending times of the school day and school calendar year as established by the school board. (3) Determination of the use of school space by outside groups during the school day and after school hours. (4) Selection and implementation of discipline and classroom management techniques, including responsibilities of the student, parent, teacher, counselor, and principal. (5) Selection of extracurricular programs and determinations of policies relating to student participation based on academic qualifications and attendance requirements, program evaluation, and supervision. (6) Mandating and selection of school uniforms.  (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 12.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 2 - Site-Based Management.|Section 45-49-102.32 - Additional Policy Requirements.

Section 45-49-102.32Additional policy requirements. Subject to applicable state guidelines and statutory provisions, the policy adopted by the school board to implement school-based decision making shall also address the following: (1) School budget and administration including, but not limited to, discretionary funds, activity and other school funds, funds for maintenance, supplies and equipment, and accounting and auditing. (2) Assessment of individual student progress, including testing and reporting of student progress to students, parents, the school district, and the community. (3) School improvement plans, including the form and function of strategic planning and its relationship to district planning. (4) Any professional development plans developed by the school board. (5) Parent, citizen, and community participation, including the relation- ship of the school council with other groups. (6) Cooperation and collaboration within the district and with other public and private agencies. (7) Requirements for waiver of district policies. (8) Requirements for recordkeeping by the school council. (9) A process for appealing a decision made by a school council.  (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 13.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 2 - Site-Based Management.|Section 45-49-102.33 - Powers and Liability.

Section 45-49-102.33Powers and liability. In addition to the authority granted to a school council in a pilot program in this subpart, the school board may grant to a school council any other authority permitted by law. The members of a school council in a pilot program are immune from civil liability for any claims arising from acts in the course of pursuing their duties as members of the school council if those acts were made in good faith and without malice to the same extent as currently provided by law for teachers and school board members.  (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 14.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 2 - Site-Based Management.|Section 45-49-102.34 - Professional Development.

Section 45-49-102.34Professional development. The school board shall provide professional development activities to assist schools in implementing school-based decision making.  (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 15.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 2 - Site-Based Management.|Section 45-49-102.35 - Application for Approval of Alternative Model for Implementing School-Based Decision Making.

Section 45-49-102.35Application for approval of alternative model for implementing school-based decision making. A school selected to the pilot program may choose to be exempt from the administrative structure set forth by this subpart and may develop a model for implementing school-based decision making including, but not limited to, a description of the membership, organization, duties, and responsibilities of a school council. The school shall submit the model to the school board for approval which shall not be unreasonably withheld. The application for approval of the model shall show evidence that it has been developed by representatives of the parents, students, teachers, and the principal or administrator of the school and that two-thirds of the faculty have agreed to the model.  (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 16.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 2 - Site-Based Management.|Section 45-49-102.36 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-49-102.36Disposition of funds. Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, all funds to be allocated to the school councils in a pilot program that are administered by or come into the possession of the school board shall be allocated and released within 30 days to the school councils.  (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 17.)
AL Code § 45-49-140 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 1 - Fire Fighting and Emergency Medical Services Districts.|Division 1 - Creation.|Section 45-49-140 - Definitions.

Section 45-49-140Definitions. The following words and terms as used in this subpart shall have the following meanings ascribed to them, unless a contrary meaning is apparent from the context: (1) DISTRICT FOR FIGHTING FIRES. A district created under this subpart for establishing and maintaining a system for fighting or preventing fires. (2) DISTRICT FOR FIRE FIGHTING AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. A district created under this subpart for establishing and maintaining a system for fighting and preventing fires and a system for the operation of emergency medical services.  (Act 90-697, p. 1352, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-49-140.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 1 - Fire Fighting and Emergency Medical Services Districts.|Division 1 - Creation.|Section 45-49-140.01 - Establishment of Districts.

Section 45-49-140.01Establishment of districts. Any area situated entirely within the county may be established as a district for fighting fires as provided herein. Provided, however, no land lying within the boundaries of a municipality or an existing fire fighting and emergency medical services district at the time of the election shall be included in a newly established district.  (Act 90-697, p. 1352, § 3.)
AL Code § 45-49-140.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 1 - Fire Fighting and Emergency Medical Services Districts.|Division 1 - Creation.|Section 45-49-140.02 - Petition for Elections.

Section 45-49-140.02Petition for elections. (a) Upon a petition being filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county, the judge of probate shall order an election to be held in the proposed district on the question, or questions, on which the petition requests an election. (b) The petition shall be signed by at least 100 qualified property owners within the boundaries of the proposed district. (c) The petition shall contain a description of the area proposed to be established as a district and shall request the judge of probate to call an election on the following question: Shall there be created for the area a district for fighting fires? (d) The petition shall state the name of the proposed district. The board of trustees of a district may change the name of the district by filing in the office of the judge of probate a copy of a resolution changing the name thereof, which copy shall be certified by the president of the board of trustees. (e) The petition for election on the establishment of a district may be accompanied by a petition for a referendum on the question of levying a proposed service charge, signed by at least 100 qualified property owners residing within the proposed district. A petition for an election on the establishment of a district shall be deemed to be accompanied by a petition for an election on the question of levying a proposed service charge, if the request for the election on the proposed district and the request for an election on the proposed service charge are combined in a single petition.  (Act 90-697, p. 1352, § 4.)
AL Code § 45-49-140.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 1 - Fire Fighting and Emergency Medical Services Districts.|Division 1 - Creation.|Section 45-49-140.03 - Timing of Elections.

Section 45-49-140.03Timing of elections. When a petition for the holding of any election is filed with the judge of probate, the judge of probate shall order the election sought by the petition to be held on a day not less than 30 days nor more than 40 calendar days from the date on which the judge of probate enters the order. No election pertaining to the establishment of the same district or portion thereof shall be held more often than once every two years.  (Act 90-697, p. 1352, § 5.)
AL Code § 45-49-140.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 1 - Fire Fighting and Emergency Medical Services Districts.|Division 1 - Creation.|Section 45-49-140.04 - Application of Election Laws.

Section 45-49-140.04Application of election laws. The provisions of the election laws governing the registration of voters, equipment at polling places, furnishing of supplies, appointment of election officers, voting, and canvassing returns at a general election shall apply to any election held pursuant to this subpart to establish, enlarge, or abolish a district.  (Act 90-697, p. 1352, § 6; Act 2009-358, p. 680, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-49-140.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 1 - Fire Fighting and Emergency Medical Services Districts.|Division 1 - Creation.|Section 45-49-140.05 - Notice of Election.

Section 45-49-140.05Notice of election. The judge of probate shall give notice of any election held under this subpart by publishing for three weeks, at least once a week, on the same day of each week, in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory where the election is to be held, a notice that on the day fixed for the election the question to be then voted on will be submitted to the electors of the territory.  (Act 90-697, p. 1352, § 7.)
AL Code § 45-49-140.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 1 - Fire Fighting and Emergency Medical Services Districts.|Division 1 - Creation.|Section 45-49-140.06 - Payment of Election Expenses.

Section 45-49-140.06Payment of election expenses. (a) Where an election is held on the question of the establishment of a district, the county commission shall pay for the necessary expense of advertising and conducting the election out of the general funds of the county. Provided, however, that if the district is established, the district shall reimburse the county for the expenses incurred by the county in respect to the election. (b) After a district has been established, the district shall pay the expense of any election held in the district or held in any area which it is proposed be added to the district.  (Act 90-697, p. 1352, § 8.)
AL Code § 45-49-140.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 1 - Fire Fighting and Emergency Medical Services Districts.|Division 1 - Creation.|Section 45-49-140.07 - Approval by Voters.

Section 45-49-140.07Approval by voters. No district shall be created unless it is approved by the majority of votes cast at the election at which the proposed creation is submitted. Upon the officers canvassing the returns of the election certifying that the creation of the district was approved by the majority of the votes cast at the election, the proposed district shall be created and shall constitute a public corporation.  (Act 90-697, p. 1352, § 9.)
AL Code § 45-49-140.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 1 - Fire Fighting and Emergency Medical Services Districts.|Division 1 - Creation.|Section 45-49-140.08 - Board of Trustees.

Section 45-49-140.08Board of trustees. (a) The affairs and business of the district shall be managed by a board of trustees consisting of five members who shall be elected by the qualified electors of the district unless a candidate is unopposed for office. A candidate who is unopposed for office shall be declared elected by the judge of probate immediately following the close of the qualification period. Beginning with the year 1998, the election shall be held on the last Tuesday in March of each year and any runoff election, if needed, shall be held three weeks later. The election shall be nonpartisan and shall be administered by the judge of probate. No person shall be elected to the board unless the person is a property owner of the district. The election shall be for a term of four years; provided, however, that two of the initial five members shall be for a term of two years, two shall be for a term of three years, and one shall be for a term of four years. The term of office shall begin immediately upon certification of the trustee election or the declaration of election of an unopposed candidate by the judge of probate. The term of any incumbent trustee in office on May 5, 2009, shall be extended until a qualified successor is chosen pursuant to the revised election schedule provided in this section. (b) The election of the board of trustees shall be conducted using paper ballots or any other ballot method authorized by the judge of probate. The judge of probate may utilize one staff member of the probate court at the polls to work on election day for every citizen poll worker appointed. The staff members shall receive no additional compensation for working at the polls on the election day. (c) The board of trustees shall elect annually from its own number a president and secretary. The members of the board of trustees shall not be entitled to any compensation for their services, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties. Upon the death or resignation of a member of the board of trustees, or in the event no person qualifies for candidacy to fill an expiring term, the remaining trustees shall name a replacement trustee to complete the unexpired term of office.  (Act 90-697, p. 1352, § 10; Act 95-445, p. 941, § 1; Act 97-260, p. 477, § 1; Act 2009-358, p. 680, § 2.)