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AL Code § 16-24B-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 24B - Teacher Accountability Act.|Section 16-24B-6 - Preliminary Certificate; Breach of Principal Employment Contract.

Section 16-24B-6Preliminary certificate; breach of principal employment contract. (a) An individual who has not completed a teacher education program in Principal or Educational Administrator may be eligible for a preliminary certificate, which could lead to full certification by the Alabama Department of Education under rules approved by the Alabama State Board of Education. (b) No action shall lie for the recovery of damages for the breach of any employment contract of a contract principal in the public schools. (Act 2000-733, p. 1588, §6.)
AL Code § 16-24B-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 24B - Teacher Accountability Act.|Section 16-24B-7 - Teacher Transfers.

Section 16-24B-7Teacher transfers. Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011. (Act 2000-733, p. 1588, §7.)
AL Code § 16-24B-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 24B - Teacher Accountability Act.|Section 16-24B-8 - Opposition to Employment Action.

Section 16-24B-8Opposition to employment action. It shall be unlawful for an employing board to cancel or reduce the contract of a teacher, principal, or contract principal or to transfer, reprimand, or discipline a teacher because the teacher opposed any employment action under this chapter or this title. (Act 2000-733, p. 1588, §8.)
AL Code § 16-24C-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 24C - Students First Act.|Section 16-24C-1 - Short Title.

Section 16-24C-1Short title.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Students First Act of 2011. (Act 2011-270, p. 494, §1.)
AL Code § 16-24C-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 24C - Students First Act.|Section 16-24C-2 - Legislative Intent.

Section 16-24C-2Legislative intent.  The purpose of this chapter is to improve the quality of public education in the State of Alabama by doing all of the following: (1) Providing for fundamental fairness and due process to employees covered by this chapter. (2) Restoring primary authority and responsibility for maintaining a competent educational workforce to employers covered by this chapter. (3) Enhancing the ability of public educational agencies to increase student academic achievement and student performance through effective allocation of personnel resources. (4) Investing employers covered by this chapter with the discretion and flexibility necessary to make the most effective use of limited educational resources. (5) Eliminating costly, cumbersome, and counterproductive legal challenges to routine personnel decisions by simplifying administrative adjudication and review of contested personnel decisions. (Act 2011-270, p. 494, §2.)
AL Code § 16-24C-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 24C - Students First Act.|Section 16-24C-8 - Hearings.

Section 16-24C-8Hearings.  Whenever this chapter affords an employee the right to be heard by the governing board or the president of a two-year institution under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education before a decision on the recommendation of the chief executive officer or chief personnel officer of the two-year institution is made, and such right to be heard is requested by the employee as provided herein, the merits of the recommended employment action shall not be deliberated or determined by the governing board or the president of the two-year institution before the hearing except as provided for herein. (Act 2011-270, p. 494, §8.)
AL Code § 16-24C-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 24C - Students First Act.|Section 16-24C-9 - Administrative Leave; Other Employment Actions.

Section 16-24C-9Administrative leave; other employment actions.  Nothing in this chapter shall restrict the authority of the chief executive officer or the president of a two-year institution under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education to place an employee on paid administrative leave or to make reasonable and customary employment decisions not expressly provided for in this chapter pending the disposition of proceedings authorized by this chapter or otherwise in the exercise of sound administrative discretion. (Act 2011-270, p. 494, §9.)
AL Code § 16-24C-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 24C - Students First Act.|Section 16-24C-10 - Termination Upon Revocation of Teaching Certificate; Effect of Convictions.

Section 16-24C-10Termination upon revocation of teaching certificate; effect of convictions.  (a) Any provision of this chapter or of any other statute or rule to the contrary notwithstanding, the employment of a teacher whose certificate is revoked by the State Superintendent of Education pursuant to Section 16-23-5, shall thereby be summarily terminated. (b) If a conviction resulting in the revocation of the certificate of the teacher pursuant to Section 16-23-5 is overturned on appeal, the State Superintendent of Education shall immediately reinstate the certificate upon receipt of notice of the reversal, and the employer shall either place the employee in a position for which the employee holds appropriate certification or place the employee on paid administrative leave. The employee shall receive back pay and benefits from the date of termination to the date of reinstatement. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the State Superintendent of Education or the employer from pursuing other legal action against the teacher based upon the circumstances underlying the conviction. (d) If an employee is required to attain or hold a certificate issued by the State Department of Education or other licensing authority as a condition to his or her lawful employment and such certificate or license has been revoked, denied, suspended, or forfeited, or the employee has been determined to be ineligible for such certificate or license by the licensing authority, the rights, remedies, and procedures provided by this chapter shall not apply or be available to such employees. However, nothing in this subsection shall be construed to deny such employees any right to contest, challenge, or obtain review of any certification decision on the part of the licensing authority that may be provided by separate statute or departmental regulation including, but not limited to, any recourse that is available under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (Act 2011-270, p. 494, §10.)
AL Code § 16-24C-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 24C - Students First Act.|Section 16-24C-11 - Termination of Employment by Teacher.

Section 16-24C-11Termination of employment by teacher.  THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2018-83 IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. No public K-12 teacher shall be permitted to terminate his or her employment within 30 calendar days before the first day of the next school term for students, unless the termination is mutually agreed upon. A public K-12 teacher may terminate his or her employment at any other time by giving 30 days' written notice to the employing board of education. Any public K-12 teacher terminating his or her employment in violation of this section is guilty of unprofessional conduct, and the State Superintendent of Education may revoke or suspend the certificate of the violating teacher. (Act 2011-270, p. 494, §11; Act 2018-83, §1.)
AL Code § 16-24C-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 24C - Students First Act.|Section 16-24C-12 - Appeals.

Section 16-24C-12Appeals.  An employee who has attained tenure or nonprobationary status and has been denied a hearing before an employer subject to the requirements of this chapter may appeal for relief directly to the Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings, Division of Administrative Law Judges, Office of the Attorney General. The chief administrative law judge shall appoint an administrative law judge to address the issues raised in the appeal. The appeal shall state facts sufficient to allow the judge to determine tentatively whether or not the employer has complied with this chapter in failing to accord the employee a hearing. The employer may answer or deny in writing the facts set out in the employee appeal and, if the employer fails to do so, the facts set out in the appeal shall be taken as true. The judge shall review the request of the employee and the answer or denial of the employer and shall determine, with or without a hearing, whether or not the employer has complied with this chapter in denying the employee a hearing as provided in this chapter. Based upon his or her findings, the judge shall either order a hearing before the employer or sustain the action taken by the employer. Any petition or application for judicial relief from the decision of the administrative law judge shall be filed in the circuit court of the county in which the principal administrative offices of the employer are located. (Act 2011-270, p. 494, §12.)
AL Code § 16-24C-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 24C - Students First Act.|Section 16-24C-13 - Leaves of Absence.

Section 16-24C-13Leaves of absence.  (a) Leave of absence for a period of one year for good cause may be granted to an employee by an employer without impairing the tenured or nonprobationary status of the employee. For valid reason, the employer may extend the leave of absence for one additional year. (b) Leave of absence for military service shall be as provided in Section 31-2-13. (Act 2011-270, p. 494, §13.)
AL Code § 16-24C-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 24C - Students First Act.|Section 16-24C-14 - Construction and Application.

Section 16-24C-14Construction and application.  (a)(1) Employees who have attained tenured status under the Teacher Tenure Law or nonprobationary status under the Fair Dismissal Act as of July 1, 2011, in the case of tenured teachers, shall be deemed tenured teachers under this chapter and, in the case of nonprobationary employees within the meaning of the Fair Dismissal Act shall be deemed nonprobationary classified employees under this chapter. (2) Employees who have not attained tenured status under the Teacher Tenure Law or nonprobationary status under the Fair Dismissal Act as of July 1, 2011, shall be subject to the terms and provisions of this chapter respecting the attainment of teacher tenure or nonprobationary status, and all time in service that would have been credited toward the attainment of either tenure under the Teacher Tenure Law or nonprobationary status under the Fair Dismissal Act shall be credited toward the attainment of tenure or nonprobationary status in the corresponding employment category under this chapter. (b) All employment actions and proceedings that have been initiated under either the Teacher Tenure Law or the Fair Dismissal Act that are pending on July 1, 2011, shall be completed under the statutory procedures that were in effect on the date the action or proceeding was commenced. (Act 2011-270, p. 494, §16.)
AL Code § 16-25B-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25B - Retirement Trust for Football Coaches of Public Institutions of Higher Learning.|Section 16-25B-1 - Election of Participation.

Section 16-25B-1Election of participation. Notwithstanding any other provisions to the contrary, any football coach employed by any public, four-year institutions of higher learning located in this state may elect to participate in the American Football Coaches Retirement Trust under the conditions provided herein. (Acts 1991, No. 91-656, p. 1242, §1.)
AL Code § 16-25B-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25B - Retirement Trust for Football Coaches of Public Institutions of Higher Learning.|Section 16-25B-2 - Participants Not Eligible for State Plans.

Section 16-25B-2Participants not eligible for state plans. A football coach who elects to participate in the said trust will be ineligible to contribute to either the state's deferred compensation or profit sharing plans administered on behalf of state employees during any calendar year in which such football coach makes contributions to the trust. (Acts 1991, No. 91-656, p. 1242, §2.)
AL Code § 16-25B-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25B - Retirement Trust for Football Coaches of Public Institutions of Higher Learning.|Section 16-25B-3 - Institutions Authorized to Make Contributions on Behalf of Participants.

Section 16-25B-3Institutions authorized to make contributions on behalf of participants. It is the expressly declared intent of the Legislature that any institution which employs a participant in the trust is authorized to make contributions or payments to the trust on behalf of participants. (Acts 1991, No. 91-656, p. 1242, §3.)
AL Code § 16-25B-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25B - Retirement Trust for Football Coaches of Public Institutions of Higher Learning.|Section 16-25B-4 - Board of Trustees to Administer Coaches' Participation.

Section 16-25B-4Board of trustees to administer coaches' participation. The board of trustees of public, four-year institutions of higher learning in this state shall provide for the administration of such football coaches' participation in the trust and perform or authorize the performance of such functions as may be necessary for such participation in accordance with this chapter and federal laws. (Acts 1991, No. 91-656, p. 1242, §4.)
AL Code § 16-25B-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25B - Retirement Trust for Football Coaches of Public Institutions of Higher Learning.|Section 16-25B-5 - Annual Report; Contents.

Section 16-25B-5Annual report; contents. The boards of trustees of public, four-year institutions of higher learning in this state shall be jointly responsible for filing an annual report on the status of the trust. The report shall be filed with the State Treasurer no later than May 1 of each year, and shall cover the most recently ended plan, year ending on December 31. The report as specified herein shall include the following: (1) Year-end financial statements including auditor's statements when available; (2) Reports detailing contributions, and any earnings received by the trust; (3) Reports listing each participating state employee's contributions made to the trust for the calendar year which were deducted from such employees' compensation; (4) Status reports relative to total participation in the trust; (5) Copies of any amendments made to the plan; and (6) Publications by the trust's administrator to the members and/or other interested parties. (Acts 1991, No. 91-656, p. 1242, §5.)
AL Code § 16-25B-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25B - Retirement Trust for Football Coaches of Public Institutions of Higher Learning.|Section 16-25B-6 - Effect of Trust Deferred Compensation on Other Programs.

Section 16-25B-6Effect of trust deferred compensation on other programs. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, any compensation deferred under this chapter shall be considered part of an employee's compensation for purposes of any other employee retirement, pension or benefit program. No deferral of income under this chapter shall effect a reduction of any retirement, pension or other benefit program otherwise provided by law. (Acts 1991, No. 91-656, p. 1242, §6.)
AL Code § 16-25B-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25B - Retirement Trust for Football Coaches of Public Institutions of Higher Learning.|Section 16-25B-7 - Inclusion for Federal Income Taxes.

Section 16-25B-7Inclusion for federal income taxes. As provided by the United States Internal Revenue Code, any sum deferred under the trust shall not be included for the purposes of computation of any federal income taxes withheld on behalf of any employee. (Acts 1991, No. 91-656, p. 1242, §7.)
AL Code § 16-25B-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25B - Retirement Trust for Football Coaches of Public Institutions of Higher Learning.|Section 16-25B-8 - Authority to Participate In, Suspend or Withdraw From Trust.

Section 16-25B-8Authority to participate in, suspend or withdraw from trust. The State Finance Director, the Senate Chairman of the Finance and Taxation Committee, the House Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Alabama Retirement Systems shall be responsible for authorizing the participation in the trust as conferred by this chapter, for suspending participation in the trust at any time, or withdrawing from participation in the trust at any time. (Acts 1991, No. 91-656, p. 1242, §8.)
AL Code § 16-25C-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25C - Public Education Defined Contribution Savings Plan.|Section 16-25C-1 - Legislative Intent.

Section 16-25C-1Legislative intent. It is the intent of the Legislature to make available to participants a defined contribution plan as described in Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code, so as to enable the participants to conveniently and economically receive the fullest benefits offered by federal tax law as it relates to qualified defined contribution savings plans for public employees covered by a mandatory defined benefit public employee savings plan and participating in voluntary supplemental deferred compensation or tax sheltered annuity plans under Internal Revenue Code Sections 457 and 403(b) respectively. (Act 2001-704, p. 1562, §2.)
AL Code § 16-25C-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25C - Public Education Defined Contribution Savings Plan.|Section 16-25C-2 - Definitions.

Section 16-25C-2Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Board of Control of the Public Education Employees' Defined Contribution Savings Fund. (2) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER. An employer or other entity who compensates a participant for the public service. (3) FUND. The Public Education Employees' Defined Contribution Savings Fund. (4) PARTICIPANT. A person who elects to participate in the fund who makes voluntary employee contributions into a 457 deferred compensation plan or a 403(b) tax sheltered annuity plan and who is a member of the Teachers' Retirement System. (Act 2001-704, p. 1562, §2.)
AL Code § 16-25C-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25C - Public Education Defined Contribution Savings Plan.|Section 16-25C-3 - Fund; Creation; Board of Control.

Section 16-25C-3Fund; creation; board of control. The Public Education Employees' Defined Contribution Savings Fund is created. The fund shall be administered by a board of control of seven individuals appointed by the Alabama Education Association. (Act 2001-704, p. 1562, §2.)
AL Code § 16-25C-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25C - Public Education Defined Contribution Savings Plan.|Section 16-25C-4 - Operation of Board.

Section 16-25C-4Operation of board. (a) At its first meeting, the board shall elect one of its members as chair. (b) The board may adopt regulations necessary to implement this chapter. Regulations adopted are exempt from the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (c) The board may contract with one or more entities for the daily operation and investment of funds under this chapter. (d) The board may adopt one or more defined contribution plans as described in Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code if the board determines that doing so will offer substantial tax benefits to any segment of the participants covered under this chapter. (Act 2001-704, p. 1562, §2.)
AL Code § 16-25C-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25C - Public Education Defined Contribution Savings Plan.|Section 16-25C-5 - Investments.

Section 16-25C-5Investments.  To the extent not in conflict with the Internal Revenue Code, all investments shall be subject to any limitations established and adopted by the board. (Act 2001-704, p. 1562, §2.)
AL Code § 16-25C-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25C - Public Education Defined Contribution Savings Plan.|Section 16-25C-6 - Participation.

Section 16-25C-6Participation.  (a) Participation in this fund shall be voluntary under regulations adopted by the board and in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code. (b) Any person who becomes ineligible for participation in the fund due to the termination of his or her employment with an eligible employer, or due to other reasons, may leave his or her vested accumulations on account with the fund. In that event, no further contributions may be accepted on the account of the person unless the person is reemployed by an eligible employer or again becomes eligible. (Act 2001-704, p. 1562, §2.)
AL Code § 16-25C-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25C - Public Education Defined Contribution Savings Plan.|Section 16-25C-7 - Contributions.

Section 16-25C-7Contributions. (a)(1) By July 1 of each year, the board, based on the funds appropriated by the Legislature for employer contributions to defined contribution savings plans for the ensuing fiscal year and the number of participants, shall determine the maximum amount of employer match contribution available for each participant. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to require the Legislature to appropriate an employer match or any other monies to the Employee Savings Plan. (2) The employer match contribution as established in subdivision (1) shall be available to each participant in the plan and funded into the 401 plan established by the board for the participant. (3) The board shall make a similar determination for employees of any other agency electing to participate in a defined contribution savings plan under this chapter whose employees are not included within an appropriation for employer contributions by the Legislature. (4) Such agencies referred to in subdivision (3) may participate in the plan, subject to regulations of the board. (b) Each participant shall contribute elective deferrals deducted from the participant's compensation to a 457 deferred compensation plan or a 403(b) tax sheltered annuity plan as the participant's contribution to a plan under this chapter. (c) Each participant shall receive employer contributions into the 401 plan as specified in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of an amount equal to participant contributions into a 457 deferred compensation plan or a 403(b) tax sheltered annuity plan as specified in subsection (b). Such employer contribution shall not exceed the maximum employer match available for each participant as determined annually in subdivision (1) of subsection (a). (d) The participant's contribution, if any, and any employer's match contribution shall be transmitted to the appropriate entity under subsection (c) of Section 16-25C-4. The employer shall transmit such contributions during each pay cycle as established by the employer. (Act 2001-704, p. 1562, §2.)
AL Code § 16-25C-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25C - Public Education Defined Contribution Savings Plan.|Section 16-25C-8 - Administrative Cost.

Section 16-25C-8Administrative cost.  The administrative cost for the operation of the fund shall be provided through investment earnings or contributions to the fund. No additional state funds may be used to administer this chapter. (Act 2001-704, p. 1562, §2.)