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AL Code § 16-8-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-16 - Consolidation of Schools - in Two Counties - Apportionment of Funds.

Section 16-8-16Consolidation of schools - In two counties - Apportionment of funds. The county boards of education of the counties which have formed a consolidated school composed of territory lying within different counties shall apportion funds to the consolidated school or schools in the same manner as to any other school in the county. The funds apportioned to such consolidated school shall be paid over to the custodian of school funds of the county in which the school building is located or is to be located. (School Code 1927, §104; Code 1940, T. 52, §80.)
AL Code § 16-8-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-18 - Joint Maintenance of Schools - Between Counties; Attendance by Pupils Near County Lines.

Section 16-8-18Joint maintenance of schools - Between counties; attendance by pupils near county lines. The county boards of education of two or more counties shall have power to provide jointly for the maintenance of schools in or near the dividing line of such counties on the basis of the enrollment in such school from the counties represented. Each pupil who lives within five miles of a county boundary line shall attend the school nearest to his residence. The administration and supervision of such school shall be placed under one of the county boards of education of said counties by agreement between the county boards of education, and if no agreement as to administration and supervision is made, it shall be under the board of education of the county in which the schoolhouse is located. (School Code 1927, §101; Code 1940, T. 52, §77; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 199, p. 2178.)
AL Code § 16-8-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-19 - Joint Maintenance of Schools - State-Line Schools.

Section 16-8-19Joint maintenance of schools - State-line schools. When a county board of education desires to provide for the joint maintenance of a public school by a county in this state and an adjoining county in another state, said board shall ascertain what agreement with the authority having power to bind the county in the other state may be secured for such joint maintenance, and if the county board deems the conditions of the agreement mutually advantageous, it shall certify the same, together with all the facts, to the State Superintendent of Education. The State Superintendent of Education shall investigate and, if he deems the proposed arrangement advantageous, shall approve the same. Such approval shall authorize the joint maintenance of such state-line schools. (School Code 1927, §106; Code 1940, T. 52, §81.)
AL Code § 16-8-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-20 - Annexing to City Territory Embracing Schools - Retention of Control Pending Agreements.

Section 16-8-20Annexing to city territory embracing schools - Retention of control pending agreements. When any part of the territory embracing a school under the supervision and control of the county board of education is annexed to a city having a city board of education by extension of the corporate limits of such city, the county board of education shall retain supervision and control of said school and for school purposes shall retain the same control of the territory and revenues which it exercised prior to such annexation, for the purpose of using and devoting said school to the benefit of all children who were or would be entitled to the use and benefit of the school so long as it was a county school, until an agreement has been made between the county board of education and the city board of education, and the city council or commission or other governing body of the city to which the territory was annexed, with reference to the matter of existing indebtedness and of providing the same or equivalent school facilities for the children in that part of the territory in the school district or districts not annexed or made a part of such city. (School Code 1927, §114; Code 1940, T. 52, §83.)
AL Code § 16-8-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-21 - Annexing to City Territory Embracing Schools - When Arbitration of Agreement Required; Appointment of Board of Arbitration.

Section 16-8-21Annexing to city territory embracing schools - When arbitration of agreement required; appointment of Board of Arbitration. If an agreement under Section 16-8-20 is not reached within 30 days after the annexation, wherever such annexation occurs in any county having a population of less than 400,000 according to the last or any succeeding federal census, or within three years after the annexation, if such annexation occurs in a county having a population of 400,000 or more according to the last or any succeeding federal census, it shall then be mandatory to refer the final disposition of the matter to arbitration by a board consisting of three members, one to be selected by the county board of education, one to be selected by the city board of education and the third member to be selected by these two members. If the two said members are unable to agree upon the third member of the Board of Arbitration, the State Superintendent of Education shall appoint the third member. (School Code 1927, §115; Code 1940, T. 52, §84; Acts 1949, No. 430, p. 626, §1.)
AL Code § 16-8-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-22 - Annexing to City Territory Embracing Schools - Hearing by Board of Arbitration.

Section 16-8-22Annexing to city territory embracing schools - Hearing by Board of Arbitration. The Board of Arbitration shall secure all facts available relative to the matter, hold a public hearing for the purpose of giving an opportunity for every contention to be presented by both evidence and argument and determine all matters relative to the transfer of the control, existing indebtedness and use of such school. The findings of a majority of said Board of Arbitration shall be binding on all concerned. (School Code 1927, §116; Code 1940, T. 52, §85.)
AL Code § 16-8-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-23 - Appointment and Removal of Teachers.

Section 16-8-23Appointment and removal of teachers. The county board of education shall appoint, upon the written recommendation of the county superintendent, all principals, teachers, clerical and professional assistants authorized by the board. The county board may suspend or dismiss for immorality, misconduct in office, insubordination, incompetency or willful neglect of duty, or whenever, in the opinion of the board, the best interests of the school require it, superintendents, principals, teachers or any other employees or appointees of the board, subject to the provisions of Chapter 24 of this title. (School Code 1927, §117; Code 1940, T. 52, §86.)
AL Code § 16-8-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-24 - Full-Time Employment of Teachers by County Board.

Section 16-8-24Full-time employment of teachers by county board. Nothing shall be construed as preventing a county board of education from contracting with teachers and other employees for a longer period of time than that actually devoted to teaching or the conduct of the schools while actually in session. But no teacher or employee shall be entitled to receive any payment from public funds unless his time has been employed as required by the contract of employment and unless all current records for which such teacher or employee is responsible shall have been kept with care and accuracy, and no teacher or employee of the board shall be entitled to receive any payment from public funds unless all records and reports required by the State Superintendent of Education or county board of education shall have been properly made and submitted. (School Code 1927, §175; Code 1940, T. 52, §135.)
AL Code § 16-8-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-25 - Vacations and Leaves of Absence.

Section 16-8-25Vacations and leaves of absence. The county board of education shall have the authority, under the rules and regulations promulgated from time to time by the State Board of Education, to provide for leaves of absence and vacations by the employees of the boards and for the payment from public funds to the employees of the boards for leaves of absence or vacations, or both. The boards may provide leaves of absence during the times the schools are not in session for the teachers and employees on full pay when the teacher or employee devotes the leave of absence to instructing in or attending schools for teacher training or in the manner approved by the State Board of Education as beneficial to the educational work of the county and may also provide for the payment of any full-time teachers for absences during the time schools are in session where the absence results from sickness or some other unavoidable cause which prevents the teacher from discharging his or her duties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any teacher not utilizing or being paid for the sick leave accrued in any one year pursuant to regulations of the State Department of Education may accumulate days at the rate of one day per month for the months employed and carry over the unutilized days to the next consecutive year or years of employment for the same school system, or for any other school system in which the educator may later be employed, until he or she shall accumulate the maximum number of days as provided in subsection (b) of Section 16-1-18.1. Pay for the absences resulting from unavoidable causes other than sickness shall not be allowed for a longer time than one week during any one year. The allowance of such pay shall at all times be in the discretion of the county board of education. (School Code 1927, §176; Acts 1931, No. 85, p. 164; Code 1940, T. 52, §136; Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 90, p. 255, §1; Acts 1969, No. 1100, p. 2035, §1; Acts 1977, No. 802, p. 1383, §1; Acts 1982, No. 82-616, p. 1158, §1; Acts 1988, No. 88-261, p. 402, §2; Acts 1993, No. 93-714, p. 1399, §1; Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-825, p. 154, §4.)
AL Code § 16-8-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-26 - Definitions; Personal Leave for Teachers During Time Schools Are in Session; Reimbursement for Unused Personal Leave.

Section 16-8-26Definitions; personal leave for teachers during time schools are in session; reimbursement for unused personal leave. (a) When used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. Any public city or county board of education; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the Alabama Youth Services Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Youth Services School District; the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Board of Directors of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science; and, as applied to two-year postsecondary education institutions, the State Board of Education.  (2) SUPPORT PERSONNEL or SUPPORT EMPLOYEE. Maid, custodian, adult bus driver, lunchroom or cafeteria worker, secretary, clerk, clerical assistant, maintenance worker, or other non-certificated employee who works an average of at least 20 hours weekly, excluding those employees who are covered by the State Merit System and the employees at the Alabama Industries for the Blind. (3) TEACHER. Any certificated employee in the public schools; and for postsecondary institutions, any instructor, professor, or any other position requiring at least a baccalaureate degree. (b) Each board may grant up to five days of personal leave to each teacher and support employee annually noncumulative, during the time the schools are in session for teachers, and during the regularly scheduled work year for support personnel. The board shall enact written policies providing for the uniform administration of personal leave consistent with Section 16-1-30. The board shall determine whether personal leave is to be with part pay, full pay, or without pay. Any approved leave for which the state's Foundation Program includes funding shall be with pay. Each board shall grant not less than two days of paid personal leave to its support personnel each scholastic year. Personal leave may, at the discretion of the teacher, be reimbursed to the teacher at the end of the school year at the same daily rate as is paid to substitute teachers for each day of personal leave not taken by the teacher. The number of unused personal leave days subject to reimbursement shall be limited to the number of personal leave days for which state or local funding is provided. No teacher, or support employee, as a condition to receive personal leave, shall be required to divulge his or her reasons for requesting such leave. (c) The teacher or support employee may choose to convert personal leave days to sick leave days at the end of the school year. Only those unused or unreimbursed personal leave days which are funded by the state or the board shall be eligible for conversion to sick leave days. (Acts 1971, No. 1151, p. 1998, § 1; Acts 1984, No. 84-251, p. 403, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §12; Acts 1997, No. 97-444, p. 751, §1.)
AL Code § 16-8-26.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-26.1 - Personal Leave for Support Personnel; Funding.

Section 16-8-26.1Personal leave for support personnel; funding. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 97-444, p. 751, §2, effective August 1, 1997.
AL Code § 16-8-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-27 - Transportation of Employees.

Section 16-8-27Transportation of employees. County boards of education may at their discretion provide for the transportation of employees of such boards of education to and from schools along with pupils on established pupil transportation route schedules where such transportation can be provided without extra mileage or the overcrowding of school buses; provided, that the county board of education shall not be liable for any damage which may occur to such employee of the school board so transported. (Acts 1947, No. 143, p. 47, § 1.)
AL Code § 16-8-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-28 - Courses of Study.

Section 16-8-28Courses of study. The county board of education shall prescribe, on the written recommendation of the county superintendent of education, courses of study for the schools under its jurisdiction, and a printed copy of these courses of study shall be supplied to every teacher and to every interested citizen of the county, subject to the provisions of this title. (School Code 1927, §118; Code 1940, T. 52, §87.)
AL Code § 16-8-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-29 - Schools Graded and Standardized.

Section 16-8-29Schools graded and standardized. The county board of education shall, upon the written recommendation of the county superintendent of education, grade and standardize all the schools under its jurisdiction, subject to the provisions of this title. (School Code 1927, §119; Code 1940, T. 52, §88.)
AL Code § 16-8-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-30 - Uniform Opening Date of Schools.

Section 16-8-30Uniform opening date of schools. The county board of education, in order to expedite the payment of teachers' salaries and to make possible efficient supervision, shall fix a uniform date each year for the opening of all schools in the county under its jurisdiction, and all schools as far as in the opinion of the county board of education may be practicable shall open on said date. If for any reason the board shall permit any schools to open at later date, the reports and records of such schools shall be made so as to conform to the scholastic months, counting from the uniform date hereinabove mentioned. (School Code 1927, §120; Code 1940, T. 52, §89.)
AL Code § 16-8-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-31 - Quadrennial School Census.

Section 16-8-31Quadrennial school census. The county board of education, subject to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, shall cause to be taken, under the direction of the county superintendent of education, a quadrennial school census of the children in the county between the ages of six and 19, inclusive. The school census shall be taken in July of 1946, and thereafter every four years, and the county superintendent of education, upon the direction at any time of the State Superintendent of Education, shall cause the whole or any part of any school census in his county to be retaken. (School Code 1927, §121; Code 1940, T. 52, §90; Acts 1943, No. 313, p. 300.)
AL Code § 16-8-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-32 - Census Enumerators.

Section 16-8-32Census enumerators. The county board of education, upon the recommendation of the county superintendent of education, shall appoint a sufficient number of enumerators to take the census of the county during the month of July or at such other time as the State Superintendent of Education shall cause the whole or any part of any school census in a county to be retaken. The county board of education, upon the recommendation of the county superintendent of education, shall fix the compensation of the enumerators taking any school census and shall order them paid out of the treasury of the county. The report of the enumerators shall be made under oath to the county superintendent of education not later than the fifteenth day of August next succeeding for the census taken during the month of July, and not later than seven days after the direction of the State Superintendent of Education where the census or part thereof has been caused by the State Superintendent of Education to be retaken. (School Code 1927, §122; Code 1940, T. 52, §91.)
AL Code § 16-8-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-33 - Custodian of County School Funds.

Section 16-8-33Custodian of county school funds. Repealed by Act 2006-196, p. 275, §5, effective June 1, 2006. (School Code 1927, §94; Acts 1935, No. 507, p. 1090, §1; Code 1940, T. 41, §76; Code 1940, T. 52, §70.)
AL Code § 16-8-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-34 - Compulsory School Attendance Districts.

Section 16-8-34Compulsory school attendance districts. The county board of education shall, upon the recommendation of the county superintendent of education, arrange the county into one or more appropriate and convenient compulsory school attendance districts, shall keep full and complete records of the boundaries thereof and shall see to it that the compulsory attendance law is enforced. (School Code 1927, §127; Code 1940, T. 52, §95.)
AL Code § 16-8-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-35 - Conditions of Promotion of Pupils.

Section 16-8-35Conditions of promotion of pupils. The county board of education, upon the recommendation of the county superintendent of education, shall prescribe the conditions on which pupils in the elementary schools, limited to the first six grades of elementary instruction, may be admitted to junior high schools, and also the conditions upon which pupils in junior high schools may be admitted to senior high schools. (School Code 1927, §128; Code 1940, T. 52, §96.)
AL Code § 16-8-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-36 - Grades Included in Public Schools.

Section 16-8-36Grades included in public schools. The public schools of the county shall include elementary schools, that is, grades one to six, inclusive; junior high schools, that is, grades seven to nine, inclusive; and senior high schools, that is, grades 10 to 12, inclusive, except as otherwise authorized by the State Board of Education. (School Code 1927, §126; Code 1940, T. 52, §94.)
AL Code § 16-8-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-37 - Annual Report Published.

Section 16-8-37Annual report published. The county board of education shall publish annually in the month of October in the county newspaper at the county seat of each county a full and complete statement of the receipts by source and disbursements by function of the county 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 county board of education shall also publish annually in the county newspaper at the county seat of each county in the month of October, a statement of the outstanding indebtedness of the board of education on 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 county 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 county 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, §123; Code 1940, T. 52, §92; Acts 1943, No. 313, p. 300; Acts 1953, No. 130, p. 178, §1.)
AL Code § 16-8-38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-38 - Forms of Reports May Be Prescribed.

Section 16-8-38Forms of reports may be prescribed. The county board of education shall prescribe, upon the recommendation of the county superintendent of education, 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 from them by the county board of education. (School Code 1927, §129; Code 1940, T. 52, §97.)
AL Code § 16-8-39 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-39 - Reports by County Board to State Board.

Section 16-8-39Reports by county board to state board. The county board of education shall make all the reports required to the State Board of Education at such time, upon such items and in such form and on such blanks as may be prescribed by the State Board of Education. (School Code 1927, §131; Code 1940, T. 52, §98.)