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AL Code § 16-1-24.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-24.3 - Local Boards of Education to Implement Policies Requiring Expulsion of Students Who Possess Firearms in School Areas.

Section 16-1-24.3Local boards of education to implement policies requiring expulsion of students who possess firearms in school areas. (a) All city and county boards of education shall develop and implement local policies and procedures requiring the expulsion of students, for a period of one year, who are determined to have brought to school or have in their possession a firearm in a school building, on school grounds, on school buses, or at other school-sponsored functions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, city and county boards of education and the local superintendent of education of each board may modify the expulsion requirement for a student on a case-by-case basis. Students who are expelled for violation of this section shall not be allowed to attend regular school classes in any public school in the state during the expulsion period. Students who are expelled from schools for firearm possession may be permitted to attend alternative schools designed to provide education services. Discipline of students with disabilities who violate the firearm possession policies of city and county boards of education shall be determined on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. (b) For the purposes of this section, the term "firearm" has the same meaning as defined in Section 921 of Title 18 of the United States Code. (c) When there are violations of the prohibition on firearms being brought to school or the possession of firearms by students, the school principal shall notify the appropriate law enforcement authority which may include city police, county sheriffs, and the local district attorney. In addition to notification of law enforcement officials, the school principal shall notify the parents of students who violate the firearm-free school environment provided for in this section. Law enforcement authorities involved with students charged with firearm violations shall refer the violators of this section to the appropriate authority in the judicial system when the action is feasible. (d) Local education agencies submitting applications for federal funds to the State Department of Education shall include in the application: (1) An affidavit to affirm that the local education agency has developed and implemented a policy to provide for a gun-free environment in all its public schools. (2) A description of the circumstances surrounding an expulsion imposed under this section including: a. The name of the school concerned. b. The number of students expelled. c. The types of weapons concerned. The State Department of Education shall report the information collected from the local education agencies to the Secretary of Education. (Acts 1995, No. 95-756, 1768, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 16-1-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-25 - Access to Students and Campus Facilities by Military Recruiters of u.s. Armed Forces and Department of Homeland Security.

Section 16-1-25Access to students and campus facilities by military recruiters of U.S. Armed Forces and Department of Homeland Security. All city and county public school systems and all public institutions of higher education as defined by Section 16-5-1 and all divisions of public institutions of higher education shall grant military recruiters of the United States Armed Forces and United States Department of Homeland Security the same information and access to students and campus facilities as the institution grants to prospective employers of students or to postsecondary institutions. (Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-762, p. 237, §1; Acts 1996, No. 96-672, p. 1137, §1; Act 2017-259, §1.)
AL Code § 16-1-25.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-25.1 - Access by Professional Educators' Associations.

Section 16-1-25.1Access by professional educators' associations. (a) A public school district or any employee of a public school district shall grant all professional educators' associations the same level of access to employees of the public school district. No professional educators' association shall have a level of access to employees of the public school district that is greater than or less than any other professional educators' association. (b) For purposes of this section, access shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following: (1) Setting up informational tables at inservice or other similar meetings. (2) Speaking at inservice or other similar meetings. (3) Distributing information in a school's mail boxes or through a school's email system. (4) Utilizing a school's meeting rooms during nonworking hours. (5) Representing employees in employment matters, when requested by the employee. (6) Posting information on school bulletin boards. (Act 2018-233, §1.)
AL Code § 16-1-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-26 - Compensation of School Board Members.

Section 16-1-26Compensation of school board members. (a) Members of city and county school boards are authorized to receive reasonable compensation for their services, not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600) per month, unless set at a higher figure by a local act, upon approval by a majority vote of the members at the board's annual meeting. Compensation shall be in addition to actual traveling and other necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings and transacting business of the board. (b) The compensation, actual traveling expenses and other necessary expenses incurred shall be paid as other ordinary and necessary expenses of the board. (c) Any individual school board member, at his or her option, may refuse to accept all or any portion of the approved compensation. (Acts 1983, No. 83-603, p. 941; Act 2000-123, p. 178, § 1.)
AL Code § 16-1-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-27 - Use of Electronic Communication Devices on School Property.

Section 16-1-27Use of electronic communication devices on school property. (a) A local board of education may permit any pupil to carry a pocket pager, cellular telephone, or other electronic communication device while on school property and may permit any pupil to use a pocket pager, cellular telephone, or other electronic communication device, when such use is expressly and specifically permitted by the school administrator, teacher, or employee who is acting in a supervisory capacity at the time of the use. (b) Any pupil found in violation of this section shall be subject to suspension by the board of education. (c) Each local board of education may adopt a local policy that pertains to pocket pagers, cellular telephones, and other electronic communication devices. (Acts 1989, No. 89-953, p. 1880, §1; Act 2006-530, p. 1224, §1.)
AL Code § 16-1-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-28 - No Public Funds or Public Facilities to Be Used to Promote Lifestyle or Activities Prohibited by Sodomy and Sexual Misconduct Laws.

Section 16-1-28No public funds or public facilities to be used to promote lifestyle or activities prohibited by sodomy and sexual misconduct laws. (a) No public funds or public facilities shall be used by any college or university to, directly or indirectly, sanction, recognize, or support the activities or existence of any organization or group that fosters or promotes a lifestyle or actions prohibited by the sodomy and sexual misconduct laws of Sections 13A-6-63 to 13A-6-65, inclusive. (b) No organization or group that receives public funds or uses public facilities, directly or indirectly, at any college or university shall permit or encourage its members or encourage other persons to engage in any such unlawful acts or provide information or materials that explain how such acts may be engaged in or performed. (c) This section shall not be construed to be a prior restraint of the First Amendment protected speech. It shall not apply to any organization or group whose activities are limited solely to the political advocacy of a change in the sodomy and sexual misconduct laws of this state. (Acts 1992, No. 92-439, p. 869, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 16-1-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-30 - Written Educational Policies, Rules and Regulations of Local Boards of Education.

Section 16-1-30Written educational policies, rules and regulations of local boards of education. (a) Definitions. When used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) LOCAL BOARD OF EDUCATION or BOARD OF EDUCATION. Any 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 Department District; the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; and the Board of Directors of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science. (2) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The superintendent of any public county or public city school system; the President of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the Superintendent of the Department of Youth Services District; the Executive Director of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Executive Director of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science. (3) PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION. The employees' local professional organization whose parent organization represents the majority of school employees statewide. (b) The local board of education shall, upon the written recommendation of the chief executive officer, determine and establish a written educational policy for the board of education and its employees and shall prescribe rules and regulations for the conduct and management of the schools. Before adopting the written policies, the board shall, directly or indirectly through the chief executive officer, consult with the applicable local employees' professional organization. Input by the applicable professional organization shall be made in writing to the chief executive officer. Representatives of the professional organization shall be made known to the chief executive officer in writing by the professional organization's duly elected officers or their representative. The chief executive officer of the board may also consult with professional assistants, principals, employees, and other interested citizens. The written policies, rules, and regulations, so established, adopted, or promulgated shall be made available to all persons affected and employed by the board. Any amendments to the policies, rules, and regulations shall be developed in the same manner and furnished to the affected persons employed by the board within 20 days after adoption. (Acts 1995, No. 95-121, p. 183, §§2, 3.)
AL Code § 16-1-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-31 - Elective Course Credit for Participation in Ymca Youth and Government Programs.

Section 16-1-31Elective course credit for participation in YMCA Youth and Government programs. (a) Each public local board of education may provide that a high school student who participates in YMCA Youth and Government programs may earn elective course credit for participation providing that Section 16-28-5, which requires 140 days of instruction by a certified teacher, is adhered to. (b) The amount of elective course credit granted for participation in YMCA Youth and Government programs shall be determined by the local board of education, but the credit shall not exceed one credit unit. (c) Participation by a student in YMCA Youth and Government programs shall be certified by the local YMCA official responsible for the program. (d) YMCA Youth and Government programs eligible for credit pursuant to this section shall be approved by local boards of education. (e) Local boards of education may adopt minimum standards for any program pursuant to this section including minimum standards for the curriculum and participation in order to qualify for credit. (Acts 1996, No. 96-491, p. 622, §1.)
AL Code § 16-1-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-32 - Debit Cards; Authorized Uses; Transaction Fees.

Section 16-1-32Debit cards; authorized uses; transaction fees. (a) The board of trustees or any other governing body of a public institution of higher education as defined in Section 16-5-1 may establish a program which provides students enrolled at the institution with debit cards issued by the institution. This specific authority shall exist in addition to any pre-existing authority to establish such a program conferred elsewhere by the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or statute. (b) A student issued a debit card under the program may use the card to purchase merchandise or services available through the institution or at the institution through a person authorized to sell merchandise or services at the institution, or at any other location or through any other person as determined by the board of trustees or the governing body. (c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing subsection, the debit card program shall at a minimum allow a person who operates an off-campus college bookstore which sells merchandise or services of the same kind as the merchandise or services that a student may purchase at a bookstore operated on the campus of the institution under subsection (b), to participate in the program under the same or equivalent terms applicable to a person authorized to sell merchandise or services under subsection (b), and to accept a debit card payment from a student to whom a debit card has been issued under the program for purchase of that merchandise or service. (d) A per transaction fee, not to exceed 3.25 percent of the total purchase price may be charged the off-campus bookstore by the institution administering the debit card program. Other merchants may participate in the program under the terms and conditions established by the institution. The transaction fee for all other merchants or vendors, irrespective of type of business, shall not exceed five percent of the total purchase price. (e) The amendments to this section specified in Act 2006-405 shall be implemented and be operative by July 1, 2006. (Acts 1997, No. 97-226, p. 371, §1; Act 2006-405, p. 1013, §1.)
AL Code § 16-1-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-33 - Written Reduction-in-Force Policy.

Section 16-1-33Written reduction-in-force policy. (a) When used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. All public city and county boards of education, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Alabama Youth Services Department District Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Youth Services Department District, the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, and the Board of Trustees of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science. (2) EMPLOYEES. Employees or personnel of the board, except those employees covered under the state's Merit System and except those employees at the Alabama Industries for the Blind. (3) LAYOFF. An unavoidable reduction in the work force beyond normal attrition due to decreased student enrollment or shortage of revenues. (b) Each board shall adopt a written reduction-in-force policy consistent with Section 16-1-30. The policy shall include, but shall not be limited to, layoffs, recalls, and notifications of layoffs and recalls. The reduction-in-force policy of the board shall be based on objective criteria. (Acts 1997, No. 97-622, p. 1095, §1.)
AL Code § 16-1-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-34 - Donation by Two-Year College President of Surplus Property to Local Public School System.

Section 16-1-34Donation by two-year college president of surplus property to local public school system. A two-year college president under the jurisdiction of the Department of Postsecondary Education and the State Board of Education and the State Board of Medical Examiners may donate surplus personal property of the institution to a local city board of education or to a local county board of education for use by public high schools, public middle schools, and public elementary schools in the respective local public school system. Accurate records of the transactions shall be kept by the two-year institution and the State Board of Medical Examiners and the recipient local public school system. (Act 2000-689, p. 1400, §1.)
AL Code § 16-1-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-35 - Governor's Academic Achievement Program.

Section 16-1-35Governor's Academic Achievement Program. (a) The "Governor's Academic Achievement Program" is created to encourage and reward academic improvement in the public schools of this state. (b) Pursuant to the State Board of Education Academic Assistance Program, the status of each public school is classified as one of the following: (1) Academic Clear. (2) Academic Caution.  (3) Academic Alert. (4) Academic Intervention. (c) Pursuant to the Governor's Academic Achievement Program, any public school in the state that improves its academic achievement status by one or more steps from the previous year shall receive a financial reward.  (1) A two thousand dollar ($2,000) reward shall be paid to any school that improves by one step from Academic Intervention to Academic Alert, from Academic Alert to Academic Caution, or from Academic Caution to Academic Clear. (2) A three thousand dollar ($3,000) reward shall be paid to any school that improves by two steps from Academic Intervention to Academic Caution or from Academic Alert to Academic Clear. (3) A five thousand dollar ($5,000) reward shall be paid to any school that improves by three steps from Academic Intervention to Academic Clear. In addition to the financial reward, the school shall receive a Governor's Academic Achievement Program trophy signifying outstanding academic achievement. (d) Any school on Academic Clear status that demonstrates annual improvement on the nationally normed achievement test for three consecutive years, as confirmed by the State Superintendent of Education, shall receive a five thousand dollar ($5,000) reward for the third year's improvement and a five thousand dollar ($5,000) reward for each three-year period of consecutive improvement thereafter. For any year that the school does not demonstrate improvement, the reward shall not be granted and the three-year consecutive improvement time period shall again be required prior to qualifying for the reward. (e) Any school earning a financial reward pursuant to this section shall use the reward money for instructional programs and materials at the school as determined by the teachers of the school. (f) The Legislature shall annually appropriate sufficient funds to the State Department of Education from the Education Trust Fund to meet the requirements of this section. The State Department of Education shall allocate the funds as provided in this section to the respective schools.  (Act 2000-766, p. 1759, §1.)
AL Code § 16-1-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-36 - Tutoring Programs for Students Accessed Below Average Sat Scores.

Section 16-1-36Tutoring programs for students accessed below average SAT scores. (a) Beginning in the 2000-2001 school year, any public school student in this state who is required by statute or regulation of the State Department of Education to be tested or assessed by Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) or any other assessment used by the school system who scores or is assessed at a range of one grade below any subject or subjects, or falls below the average of the school system assessment shall be provided tutoring programs for reading skills and other subjects by the department. The tutoring program shall be provided within the school system of the student. Tutoring programs shall continue two additional times for any student while attending the school for any subject or subjects until the student scores or is assessed in the average range or above for each subject being tutored, however, the school system may continue the tutoring sessions, and the program shall remain for all other students provided funding is available or appropriated by the state. (b) Prior to providing a tutoring program, a school system shall develop and submit to the State Department of Education for its approval a local plan for the implementation of tutoring service. (c) The school system may utilize the services of the Boys and Girls Clubs. (d) The State Superintendent of Education shall promulgate necessary regulations to implement this section. (Act 2000-804, p. 1915, §1.)
AL Code § 16-1-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-37 - Issuance of High School Diplomas to Certain Honorably Discharged Veterans.

Section 16-1-37Issuance of high school diplomas to certain honorably discharged veterans. The State Superintendent of Education may award a standard high school diploma to any honorably discharged veteran who served in the United States Armed Forces at any time between December 7, 1941, and January 31, 1946, between June 27, 1950, and January 31, 1955, or between November 15, 1961, and March 28, 1973; was a resident of Alabama prior to entry into the United States Armed Forces; and whose entry into the United States Armed Forces interrupted high school attendance and prevented graduation. Upon the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education, the State Board of Education shall develop criteria and guidelines necessary for the implementation of this section. (Act 2001-345, p. 449, §1; Act 2004-549, p. 1177, §1; Act 2010-691, p. 1678, §1.)