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AL Code § 16-6D-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 6D - Alabama Accountability Act of 2013.|Section 16-6D-5 - Innovative School System Requirements and Procedures.

Section 16-6D-5Innovative school system requirements and procedures. (a) Pursuant to this chapter, to be considered as an innovative school system, a local school system shall successfully comply with the requirements and procedures set forth by the State Department of Education regarding school flexibility contracts, which include, but are not limited to: (1) Submission to the State Department of Education of a letter of intent to pursue a school flexibility contract. (2) Submission to the State Department of Education of a resolution adopted by the local board of education supporting the intent of the local school system to pursue a school flexibility contract. (3) Submission to the State Department of Education of a document of assurance stating that the local board of education shall provide consistency in leadership and a commitment to state standards, assessments, and academic rigor. (4) Submission to the State Board of Education of a resolution adopted by the local board of education supporting the flexibility contract proposal and the anticipated timeline of the local school system. (b) Pursuant to State Board of Education rules, each local school system shall provide an opportunity for full discussion and public input, including a public hearing, before submitting a school flexibility contract proposal to the State Board of Education. (c) A local school system shall ensure that its school flexibility contract proposal and innovation plan is easily accessible to the general public on the website of the local school system. (d) No school flexibility contract proposal or innovation plan shall be used to allow the collection or dissemination of data in a manner that violates the privacy rights of any student or employee. (Act 2013-64, p. 112, §5; Act 2013-265, p. 894, §1.)
AL Code § 16-6D-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 6D - Alabama Accountability Act of 2013.|Section 16-6D-7 - Equal Opportunity for Applicants.

Section 16-6D-7Equal opportunity for applicants. The State Board of Education and the State Department of Education shall ensure equal opportunity for all school systems that apply for programmatic flexibility or budgetary flexibility, or both, as delineated in this chapter, and in no way shall one local school system be favored over another local school system based upon its size, location, student population, or any other possible discriminatory measure. (Act 2013-64, p. 112, §7.)
AL Code § 16-6E-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 6E - Educational Accountability and Intervention Act of 2013.|Section 16-6E-1 - Short Title.

Section 16-6E-1Short title.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Educational Accountability and Intervention Act of 2013. (Act 2013-310, p. 1053, §1.)
AL Code § 16-6E-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 6E - Educational Accountability and Intervention Act of 2013.|Section 16-6E-2 - Purpose.

Section 16-6E-2Purpose.  The purposes of this chapter include all of the following: (1) To clarify and confirm the authority of the State Superintendent of Education to assume and exercise direct and comprehensive control over the decision making and operational functions of city and county boards of education when the demonstrated inability of such boards of education to discharge administrative, operational, or instructional functions threatens to deprive students of essential educational services. (2) To simplify and streamline the exercise of decision making authority during educational intervention by, among other things, eliminating distinctions between policy making and administrative, academic, operational, financial, and organizational decision making functions performed by city and county boards of education that have impeded attainment of intervention objectives to the detriment of the educational process. (3) To facilitate the implementation of such organizational reforms and accountability measures as may be necessary to restore and maintain stable and efficient provision of sound and educationally appropriate services at the local level, and to thereby enhance local and statewide support for public education. (Act 2013-310, p. 1053, §2.)
AL Code § 16-6E-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 6E - Educational Accountability and Intervention Act of 2013.|Section 16-6E-3 - Definitions.

Section 16-6E-3Definitions.  For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE and ACADEMIC CONDITIONS. As used in subdivision (1) of Section 16-6E-4, may include, but not be limited to, definitions of the same or similar terms and related criteria, circumstances, and conditions identified and described elsewhere in the Code of Alabama 1975. The exercise of intervention authority under this chapter is subject solely to the substantive and procedural preconditions and requirements set forth herein, the existence of any different, conflicting, or inconsistent provisions elsewhere in the Code of Alabama 1975, notwithstanding. (2) EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION and EDUCATIONAL OPERATIONS. All policy making, administrative, academic, operational, financial, and organizational decisions and functions that have a direct or indirect bearing on the development or provision of academic, extracurricular, and support services to students served by city and county boards of education. (3) PRIORITY SCHOOL. A school that has a majority of its students scoring one or more grade levels below the prescribed state-adopted student assessments or that is designated as a priority school by the State Superintendent of Education. (Act 2013-310, p. 1053, §3.)
AL Code § 16-6E-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 6E - Educational Accountability and Intervention Act of 2013.|Section 16-6E-5 - Regulations.

Section 16-6E-5Regulations. The State Superintendent of Education may develop and issue regulations to implement the requirements of this chapter. (Act 2013-310, p. 1053, §5.)
AL Code § 16-6E-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 6E - Educational Accountability and Intervention Act of 2013.|Section 16-6E-6 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 16-6E-6Construction of chapter.  This chapter shall be construed to do all of the following: (1) Provide the State Superintendent of Education or the chief administrative officer with broad discretion and complete authority to make, direct, implement, and enforce decisions, actions, and measures which, in his or her judgment, are necessary and appropriate to the attainment of the objectives of educational intervention and to accord the fullest measure of deference to decisions and actions made by such officials in furtherance of intervention goals and objectives. (2) Eliminate unnecessary delay in the implementation of measures designed to attain intervention goals and objectives. (3) Protect vested and constitutionally based employment rights through appropriate procedural safeguards without impairing attainment of the goals and purposes of educational intervention or of this chapter. (4) Be cumulative, supplemental, and complementary to other legislation that confers authority on the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Education to exercise control and supervision over the decision making and operational functions of city and county boards of education, and not to limit the scope, extent, or exercise of that authority. (Act 2013-310, p. 1053, §6.)
AL Code § 16-6E-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 6E - Educational Accountability and Intervention Act of 2013.|Section 16-6E-7 - Application on Boards of Education Operating Under Intervention.

Section 16-6E-7Application on boards of education operating under intervention.  Any city or county board of education which, on May 24, 2013, is operating under any form of intervention by virtue of a statute that is repealed or superseded by this chapter shall remain subject to the terms and provisions of the statute and the authority conferred thereby on the State Board of Education, State Superintendent of Education, and their designees until the city or county board of education is released from intervention. (Act 2013-310, p. 1053, §7.)
AL Code § 16-6F-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 6F - Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act.|Section 16-6F-1 - Short Title.

Section 16-6F-1Short title.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act. (Act 2015-3, §1.)
AL Code § 16-6F-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 6F - Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act.|Section 16-6F-2 - Legislative Intent.

Section 16-6F-2Legislative intent.  (a) Public charter schools may be established in Alabama in accordance with this chapter. All public charter schools in the state established under this chapter are public schools and are part of the public education system of the state. (b) This chapter shall be interpreted to support the findings and purposes of this chapter and to advance the continued commitment of the state to the mission and goals of public education. (c) No private or nonpublic school may establish a public charter school pursuant to this chapter. (Act 2015-3, §2.)
AL Code § 16-6F-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 6F - Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act.|Section 16-6F-3 - Legislative Findings.

Section 16-6F-3Legislative findings.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) It is in the best interests of the people of Alabama to provide all children with access to high quality public schools. (2) It is necessary to continue to search for ways to strengthen the academic performance of elementary and secondary public school students. (3) Different students learn differently and public schools should have the ability to customize programs to fit the needs of individual students. (4) Those who know students best, parents and educators, make the best education-related decisions regarding their students. (5) Parents and local educators have a right and responsibility to actively participate in the educational institutions that serve the children of Alabama. (6) Public school programs, whenever possible, should be customized to fit the needs of individual children. (7) Students of all backgrounds are entitled to access to a high quality education. (8) Therefore, with this chapter, the Legislature intends to accomplish all of the following: a. Provide school systems and communities with additional tools that may be used to better meet the educational needs of a diverse student population. b. Encourage innovative educational ideas that improve student learning for students at all academic levels. c. Empower educators to be nimble and strategic in their decisions on behalf of students. d. Provide additional high quality educational options for all students, especially students in low performing schools. e. Create public schools with freedom and flexibility in exchange for exceptional results. f. Foster tools and strategies to close achievement gaps between high-performing and low-performing groups of public school students. (Act 2015-3, §3.)
AL Code § 16-6F-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 6F - Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act.|Section 16-6F-11 - Public School and College Authority Funding; Local School System Facilities and Land.

Section 16-6F-11Public School and College Authority funding; local school system facilities and land. (a) Access to Alabama Public School and College Authority (PSCA) funds. (1) Public charter schools shall have the same rights and access to PSCA funding opportunities as non-charter public schools. (2) The PSCA and the department shall adopt and maintain a policy to ensure that public charter schools receive access to equitable facilities funding. (b) Access to local school system facilities and land. (1) A public charter school shall have a right of first refusal to purchase or lease at or below fair market value a closed or unused public school facility or property located in a school system from which it draws its students if the school system decides to sell or lease the public school facility or property. (2) Unused facility means a school building or other local board of education owned building that is or could be appropriate for school use, in which more than 60 percent of the building is not being used for direct student instruction or critical administration purposes and for which no offer to purchase has been executed. (3) The department shall publish the names and addresses of unused facilities on its website in a list that is searchable at least by each facility's name and address. This list shall be updated at least once a year by May 1. (Act 2015-3, §11.)
AL Code § 16-6G-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 6G - Alabama Literacy Act.|Section 16-6G-1 - Short Title.

Section 16-6G-1Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Literacy Act. (Act 2019-523, §1.)
AL Code § 16-6G-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 6G - Alabama Literacy Act.|Section 16-6G-2 - Definitions.

Section 16-6G-2Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ALPHABETIC PRINCIPLE. The ability to accurately apply knowledge of the relationship between letters and sounds during the acts of encoding and decoding. (2) COMPREHENSION. The ability to read and process text and understand its meaning. (3) DECODING. The act of applying knowledge of the alphabetic principle to correctly pronounce written words. (4) DYSLEXIA. A specific learning challenge that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate or fluent, or both, word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities, which typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction. (5) ENCODING. The act and process of using knowledge of the relationships between sounds and letters to spell and write words. (6) FLUENCY. The ability to read with accuracy, appropriate rate, and proper expression. (7) PHONEMIC AWARENESS. The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds. Phonemic awareness is an auditory activity. (8) PHONICS. The relationships between the letters of written language and the individual sounds of spoken language including syllable types, morphology of Greek and Latin roots, and multisyllabic words. (9) PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS. The general understanding of the sound structure of words and sentences. (10) VOCABULARY. The body of written or oral language known to an individual. (Act 2019-523, §2.)
AL Code § 16-6G-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 6G - Alabama Literacy Act.|Section 16-6G-3 - Task Force to Make Recommendations; Membership; Meetings; Approved Systems.

Section 16-6G-3Task force to make recommendations; membership; meetings; approved systems. (a) The State Superintendent of Education shall convene a standing task force by December 1, 2019, to provide recommendations for comprehensive core reading and reading intervention programs, a state continuum of teacher development for approved science of reading pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 16-6G-6, and an annual list of vetted and approved assessments that are valid and reliable reading screening, formative, and diagnostic assessment systems for selection and use by local education agencies. The task force shall meet in regular session at least twice a year. All appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments so that diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas is reflective of the makeup of this state. The membership of the task force shall include all of the following appointees, each of whom shall have at least three years of experience with scientifically based reading instruction: (1) Two public K-12 teachers appointed by the Executive Director of the Alabama Education Association. (2) One public K-12 special education teacher appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. (3) Three Certified Academic Dyslexia Therapists, who have been certified for a minimum of three years, appointed by the Alabama Branch of the International Dyslexia Association. (4) Two public school principals appointed by the Executive Director of the Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools. (5) One local superintendent of education appointed by the Executive Director of the School Superintendents of Alabama. (6) One local board of education member appointed by the Alabama Association of School Boards. (7) One Regional Education Lab member appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. (8) One early childhood educator appointed by the Secretary of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education. (9) One dean of a college of education appointed by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education. (b) Each approved assessment system shall do all of the following: (1) Provide screening and diagnostic capabilities for monitoring student progress. (2) Measure, at a minimum, phonological awareness, the alphabetic principle, decoding, encoding, accuracy, vocabulary, and comprehension. (3) Identify students who have a reading deficiency, including identifying students with characteristics of dyslexia. (c) In determining which assessment systems to approve for use by local education agencies, the task force, at a minimum, shall also consider all of the following factors: (1) The time required to conduct the assessments, with the intention of minimizing the impact on instructional time. (2) The level of integration of assessment results with instructional support for teachers and students. (3) The timeliness in reporting assessment results to teachers, administrators, and parents. (Act 2019-523, §3.)
AL Code § 16-6G-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 6G - Alabama Literacy Act.|Section 16-6G-7 - Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading.

Section 16-6G-7Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading. (a) The State Superintendent of Education shall establish the Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading. The committee shall consist of four members appointed from each State Board of Education district. The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall each appoint one member from each district. The appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments so that diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas is reflective of the makeup of this state. (b) Each member of the committee shall be a parent or legal guardian of a state K-12 public school student, a practicing teacher, a retired teacher, or employed in the field of education.  (c) On or before June 30, 2020, the committee shall revise the 2011 Alabama Action Plan for Literacy Birth Through Grade 12 in consultation with the Campaign for Grade Level Reading group, which shall be presented to the Governor, the State Superintendent of Education, the State Board of Education, and the Chairs of the House Education Policy Committee and the Senate Education Policy Committee. (d) The committee shall provide recommendations to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Chairs of the House Education Policy Committee and the Senate Education Policy Committee on implementing this chapter and shall provide standing oversight over the quality of professional learning and program quality. The committee shall provide recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Chairs of the House Education Policy Committee and the Senate Education Policy Committee on adopting innovative strategies and programming to improve the effectiveness of this chapter. (e) Each member of the committee shall receive the same travel expense allowance as is paid to state employees for travel in the service of the committee, subject to available appropriations. (Act 2019-523, §7; Act 2021-177, §1(b)(1).)
AL Code § 16-6G-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 6G - Alabama Literacy Act.|Section 16-6G-8 - Technical Assistance; Rulemaking Authority.

Section 16-6G-8Technical assistance; rulemaking authority. The State Superintendent of Education shall provide technical assistance to local education agencies in complying with this chapter. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules as necessary to implement and enforce this chapter. (Act 2019-523, §8.)
AL Code § 16-7-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 7 - Alabama Educational Television Commission.|Section 16-7-1 - Creation.

Section 16-7-1Creation. There is hereby created an agency to be known as the Alabama Educational Television Commission, hereinafter called the commission. (Acts 1953, No. 81, p. 124, §1.)
AL Code § 16-7-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 7 - Alabama Educational Television Commission.|Section 16-7-2 - Membership; Appointment; Terms; Vacancies; per Diem and Expenses.

Section 16-7-2Membership; appointment; terms; vacancies; per diem and expenses. The commission shall consist of seven members, one from each of the congressional districts in the state as they are constituted on the 15th day of January, 1980. The members shall be residents and qualified electors of the State of Alabama. No member of the commission shall hold any other office of profit or trust under the United States, the State of Alabama or any political subdivision thereof. The five members of the commission serving on May 28, 1980, shall continue to serve as commissioners from their respective congressional districts for the remainder of the unexpired portions of their 10-year terms. The two additional commissioners shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, within 15 days after May 28, 1980; one of the commissioners is to be appointed from one of the congressional districts from which there is no commissioner on May 28, 1980 and the other is to be appointed from the other congressional district from which there is no commissioner on May 28, 1980. One of the two new commissioners shall be appointed originally for a term of eight years and the other for a term of six years. The successors of all commissioners shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for a term of 10 years. Commissioners shall be eligible for reappointment. If a vacancy occurs at a time when the Senate is in session, the Governor shall, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint another commissioner for the unexpired term. If such vacancy occurs when the Senate is not in session, the Governor shall appoint a commissioner who shall take office immediately, but his appointment shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate at the next session of the Legislature. If the appointment of such commissioner is confirmed by the Senate he shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term. Each member of the commission shall be entitled to receive $25.00 for each day actually engaged in the performance of his duties, not to exceed $1,200.00 in any one year, plus an allowance for expenses for official travel in the state, not to exceed $10.00 for each day he is entitled to compensation, and the actual cost of his transportation and no more. In the event a member uses a privately owned automobile for official travel, he shall be reimbursed for mileage actually traveled in attending meetings of the commission and in the performance of his official duties at the rate established by law for state officers and employees. (Acts 1953, No. 81, p. 124, §2; Acts 1980, No. 80-766, p. 1595, §1.)