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AL Code § 16-5-54.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 5 - Alabama Commission on Higher Education.|Article 3 - Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program.|Section 16-5-54.1 - Individuals Eligible for Benefits; Eligibility Criteria.

Section 16-5-54.1Individuals eligible for benefits; eligibility criteria. (a) Beginning in the fall semester of 2021, the benefits outlined in subsection (a) of Section 16-5-54 shall apply to the following eligible individuals, pending authorization to teach in Alabama and subsequent employment in an Alabama public school: (1) An individual who graduated from a regionally accredited college or university in Alabama or in another state who is certified to teach math, science, or computer science in another state, and who may or may not reside within Alabama. (2) An individual who resides in another state and is a graduate of a State Board of Education approved program in math, science, or computer science, at the baccalaureate or master's level after the 2021 spring semester term from an approved Alabama institution and who holds an initial middle-level or secondary professional educator certificate endorsed in math, science, or computer science that was issued based upon completion of the approved program in math, science, or computer science. A teacher who only earns a passing score on the Praxis test in math, science, or computer science to add a certificate endorsement for math, science, or computer science and who has not completed an entire approved program, does not satisfy this requirement. (b) The individuals listed in subsection (a) shall also satisfy all of the following criteria: (1) Hold a valid Alabama professional educator certificate endorsed in middle-level or secondary math, science, or computer science, or any combination of the three. (2) Teach a schedule in which at least three-fourths of the full-time teaching load is comprised of math, science, or computer science courses for which the teacher is properly certified in an Alabama public school system. (3) Be citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States. (4) Have outstanding federal student loans, subsidized or unsubsidized. (5) Satisfy additional continuing eligibility criteria established by the commission. (c) In order to receive an additional supplement pursuant to this article, in addition to the criteria listed in subsections (a) and (b), a recipient shall also teach math, science, or computer science courses, or any combination of the three, for which he or she is properly certified, in a school system within the state with an acute teacher shortage in math, science, or computer science, or any combination of the three, as identified by the commission in consultation with the State Department of Education or in a school that has been designated as a failing school, or any other term subsequently adopted to identify underperforming schools, by the State Board of Education or the Legislature. (Act 2021-389, §2.)
AL Code § 16-5-54.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 5 - Alabama Commission on Higher Education.|Article 3 - Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program.|Section 16-5-54.2 - Program Eligibility Pursuant to Employment and Teaching Load Requirements.

Section 16-5-54.2Program eligibility pursuant to employment and teaching load requirements. Beginning after the 2021 spring semester, an individual issued an Alabama bachelor's level professional educator certificate in math, science, or computer science, upon completion of an alternative certification program pursuant to Section 16-23-3, may be eligible for the program if he or she satisfies all employment and teaching load requirements provided in subdivision (a)(3) of Section 16-5-54. The individual may only be reimbursed for tuition and mandatory instructional fees for not more than 12 semester credit hours of the college courses required for earning an alternative certificate in order to obtain a professional educator certificate in math, science, or computer science. The individual shall provide the State Department of Education and the commission with documentation concerning the cost incurred for the course work. These funds are considered income by the Internal Revenue Service, and recipients shall be made aware of that fact. (Act 2021-389, §2.)
AL Code § 16-5-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 5 - Alabama Commission on Higher Education.|Article 3 - Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program.|Section 16-5-56 - Rehearings.

Section 16-5-56Rehearings. Any person or institution aggrieved by the actions of the commission in its administration of the program, by written petition filed with the commission within 30 days after notice of the action complained of, may request a rehearing by the commission. The commission shall schedule the requested rehearing not less than 20, nor more than 30, days after receipt of the petition. The aggrieved party may present written and oral evidence supporting its petition and may be represented by counsel. The decision of the commission following the rehearing shall be final. (Act 2021-389, §2.)
AL Code § 16-13-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-13-1 - Fiscal Year.

Section 16-13-1Fiscal year. The fiscal year of every board of education shall begin October 1 and end September 30. (Acts 1939, No. 186, p. 334, §19; Code 1940, T. 52, §234.)
AL Code § 16-13-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-13-2 - Investment of Endowment Funds Held by State Board of Education and Trustees of State Institutions.

Section 16-13-2Investment of endowment funds held by State Board of Education and trustees of state institutions. Authority is hereby granted to the State Board of Education and the board of trustees of all state institutions respectively, where education is a part of the program of the institution, to invest and reinvest endowment funds and funds held for investment, subject to all the terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions imposed by the laws of Alabama upon domestic life insurance companies in the making and disposing of their investments; and subject to like terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions, each such board shall have full power to hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer and dispose of any of the securities and investments in which any of the funds shall have been invested, as well as the proceeds of said investments and any moneys belonging to said funds; provided, that all rights and privileges of investment and management of funds heretofore granted or vested in said boards shall continue to vest therein. (Acts 1959, No. 499, p. 1234, § 1.)
AL Code § 16-13-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-13-4 - Diversion of Funds; Payment of Debt Obligations.

Section 16-13-4Diversion of funds; payment of debt obligations. (a) It shall be unlawful for any official in the State of Alabama having the custody of, or in any manner connected with the handling or having the authority to direct the use of any of the public school funds arising under the provisions of Sections 257, 258, 259 and 260 of the Constitution of Alabama to knowingly or intentionally divert or permit to be diverted or to use or permit the use of these funds or any part thereof for any purpose whatsoever except for the uses and purposes as set out in these sections of the constitution, and such official violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and the Attorney General may also institute impeachment proceedings against such official. (b) Nothing contained in this section shall be so construed as to affect any appropriation heretofore made or which may hereafter be made by the Legislature of Alabama, under the powers granted by the constitution for the support and maintenance of the public schools or other schools in the State of Alabama. (c) For any debt obligation requiring the approval of the State Superintendent of Education, a local board of education may, in accordance with the rules of the State Board of Education, enter into a binding agreement to authorize and direct the state Comptroller to direct any other state funds allocated to the local board of education from funds appropriated by the Legislature of the State of Alabama for the support and maintenance of public schools to the satisfaction of the debt payment that is due and unpaid. The local board of education shall replace the funds withheld to satisfy the debt payment by providing funds legally available for replacement. (d) The state Comptroller may not direct any state funds pursuant to this section without having received prior written approval of the incurrence of the debt obligation by the State Department of Education in one of the following forms: (1) An approved School Warrant Form 1, or such successor form as the State Department of Education may hereafter promulgate, with respect to any debt obligation having a maturity of greater than one year. (2) Such other written approval as the State Department of Education may provide with respect to any debt obligation having a maturity of one year or less. (Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 64, p. 86, §1; Code 1940, T. 52, §199; Act 2003-384, p. 1087, §1.)
AL Code § 16-13-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-13-5 - Federal Grants, Appropriations, Etc. - Acceptance.

Section 16-13-5Federal grants, appropriations, etc. - Acceptance. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and empowered to accept from the federal government or any instrumentality thereof, in the name of and for the State of Alabama, any grant from the federal government or any appropriation made by the Congress of the United States or any allocation of federal funds appropriated by the Congress of the United States to the State of Alabama for the purpose of assisting the state in financing a minimum foundation program of public elementary and secondary schools, and in reducing inequalities of educational opportunities through public elementary and secondary schools, and for the general welfare and other purposes. The Treasurer is hereby required to make the necessary reports; provided, that any or all such acceptances or conditions shall not be contrary to the Constitution of Alabama. (Acts 1949, No. 644, p. 986, §1.)
AL Code § 16-13-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-13-6 - Federal Grants, Appropriations, Etc. - State Board of Education Designated State Agency in Administration.

Section 16-13-6Federal grants, appropriations, etc. - State Board of Education designated state agency in administration. The State Board of Education is hereby designated as state agency in the administration, distribution and supervision of the expenditure of any funds herein provided and is hereby authorized and empowered, insofar as it is not specifically prohibited by the Constitution of Alabama, to meet the terms of such grants, appropriations or allocations and is hereby authorized to establish the necessary rules and regulations governing the allocation of funds derived from such grants, appropriations or allocations to county and city boards of education in the state and to set the conditions upon which local school systems may receive and expend such allocations, it being the intent of Sections 16-13-5 through 16-13-7 to permit the State of Alabama to participate fully in any or all grants, appropriations or allocations made available to it by the federal government or any instrumentality thereof for public elementary and secondary schools. (Acts 1949, No. 644, p. 986, §2.)
AL Code § 16-13-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-13-7 - Appropriation of Federal Government Funds to Foundation Program Fund.

Section 16-13-7Appropriation of federal government funds to Foundation Program Fund. In addition to all other funds appropriated for the public schools of the state there is hereby appropriated to the Foundation Program Fund for each fiscal year any and all funds which may be made available to the State of Alabama by the federal government or any instrumentality thereof for financing a foundation education program or for the support and maintenance of public schools; provided that any federal funds made available for vocational education shall be and are hereby appropriated to the State Board of Education for vocational education. (Acts 1949, No. 644, p. 986, §3; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §14.)
AL Code § 16-13-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-13-8 - Bonding of Persons Handling Public School Funds Generally - Authority to Require.

Section 16-13-8Bonding of persons handling public school funds generally - Authority to require. County and city boards of education are hereby authorized to require county and city public school principals and such other persons as may be charged with the custody and responsibility for handling public school funds to give bond in an amount to be fixed by the county or city board of education, as the case may be, in a reputable surety company authorized to do business in Alabama, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of their office and upon the accounting and paying over to the proper authority of all such public school funds coming into their hands. (Acts 1953, No. 66, p. 97, §1.)
AL Code § 16-13-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-13-9 - Bonding of Persons Handling Public School Funds Generally - Payment of Premiums.

Section 16-13-9Bonding of persons handling public school funds generally - Payment of premiums. County and city boards of education are hereby authorized to expend public school funds in order to pay the necessary premiums on the surety bonds authorized in Section 16-13-8 and to pay for audits of such funds. (Acts 1953, No. 66, p. 97, §2.)
AL Code § 16-13-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-13-10 - Custodian of School Funds - Payment of Payrolls.

Section 16-13-10Custodian of school funds - Payment of payrolls. Repealed by Act 2006-196, p. 275, §5, effective June 1, 2006. (School Code 1927, §297; Code 1940, T. 52, §276; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §15.)
AL Code § 16-13-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-13-11 - Custodian of School Funds - Vouchers Required.

Section 16-13-11Custodian of school funds - Vouchers required. Repealed by Act 2006-196, p. 275, §5, effective June 1, 2006. (School Code 1927, §299; Code 1940, T. 52, §277; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §16.)
AL Code § 16-13-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-13-12 - Custodian of School Funds - Removal.

Section 16-13-12Custodian of school funds - Removal. Repealed by Act 2006-196, p. 275, §5, effective June 1, 2006. (School Code 1927, §300; Code 1940, T. 52, §278; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §17.)
AL Code § 16-13-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-13-13 - Fees for Courses.

Section 16-13-13Fees for courses. It is the intent of the Legislature that no fees shall be collected in the future in courses required for graduation. In courses not required for graduation, local school boards may set reasonable fees for courses requiring laboratory and shop materials and equipment, provided, however, that such fees shall be waived for students who cannot afford to pay the fee. Any funds collected in fees shall be spent on the course for which the fee was levied. This section shall not be construed to prohibit community groups or clubs from fundraising activities, provided, however, that students shall not be required to participate in such fundraising activities. (Acts 1983, No. 83-617, p. 956, §2; Acts 1989, No. 89-689, p. 1356, §2; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §18.)
AL Code § 16-13-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-13-14 - Advancement of Expenses of Members and Employees of County and City Boards of Education; Itemized Statement of Expenses to Be Presented and Approved Upon Return of Member or Employee.

Section 16-13-14Advancement of expenses of members and employees of county and city boards of education; itemized statement of expenses to be presented and approved upon return of member or employee. (a) City and county boards of education, the Department of Youth Services School District and the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind are hereby authorized to pay in advance such reasonable sums as may be required for registration and travel expenses for their members and employees to participate in approved meetings and conferences. No sum shall be advanced from the treasury of any city or county board of education in this state for the purpose of defraying the expenses of any member or employee of such board while traveling or remaining beyond the limits of such board unless the same shall first be included in the budget of such board or approved by a majority vote of the board, which said motion shall state the purpose and object of such expenditure. (b) When any sum is advanced to a member or employee of any board of education to be used to defray expenses incurred while traveling beyond the borders of the school district, the member or employee shall submit such itemized statements of expenses as may be required by law immediately upon return of the member or employee. Failure to present and have approved such statement shall render such member or employee personally liable to the county or city board of education for the sum advanced, which sum shall, if such member or employee is drawing pay for his services from the county or city board of education, be deducted from any sum then or in the future owed by the county or city board of education to such member or employee. (Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-807, p. 247, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 16-13-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-13-16 - Name of "Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund" Changed to "Education Trust fund."

Section 16-13-16Name of "Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund" changed to "Education Trust Fund." The name of the "Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund" is changed to the "Education Trust Fund." All references to the "Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund" or the "Alabama Special Education Trust Fund" contained in the Code of Alabama 1975, are changed to the "Education Trust Fund." All other laws, rules, regulations, and legal references of any kind to the "Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund" or the "Alabama Special Education Trust Fund" shall be changed to the "Education Trust Fund" when the Code of Alabama 1975 is next reprinted and as other laws, rules, regulations and legal references are appropriate, timely and economically feasible. Any and all funds for public education which are dedicated to the Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund prior to and on October 1, 1996, shall continue to be deposited into the "Education Trust Fund." It is not the intent of this section to redirect the deposit or expenditure of any funds earmarked for the public schools and colleges, nor is it the intent of this section to create a new fund for public schools or colleges. It is the intent of this section only to rename the primary education trust fund of the state from the "Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund" to the "Education Trust Fund". (Acts 1995, No. 95-264, p. 473, §1.)
AL Code § 16-13-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 2 - Apportionment and Disbursement of Public School Funds.|Section 16-13-31 - Record of Receipts and Disbursements; Apportionment of Countywide Taxes for Foundation Program.

Section 16-13-31Record of receipts and disbursements; apportionment of countywide taxes for Foundation Program. (a) The tax collector/revenue commissioner of each county must keep a record of all receipts and disbursements of school funds of his/her county to the local boards of education of the county. (b) The tax collector/revenue commissioner of each county shall apportion county-wide taxes collected for the purposes of participating in the Foundation Program to each local board of education in the county on the basis of the total calculated costs of the Foundation Program for those local boards of education within the county. The total calculated costs of the Foundation Program for each local board of education shall be the sum of state funds received from the Foundation Program and the amount of local effort required pursuant to paragraph a. of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of Section 16-13-231. (c) The apportionment of countywide taxes collected for the purposes of participating in the Foundation Program as determined in Section 16-13-31(b) shall be used unless the local boards of education in a county sign a mutual agreement and secure the approval of the State Superintendent of Education to use some other plan involving desirable special adjustments. (School Code 1927, §247; Code 1940, T. 52, §201; Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-778, p. 282, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §19.)
AL Code § 16-13-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 2 - Apportionment and Disbursement of Public School Funds.|Section 16-13-32 - Funds Contributed to Be Applied as Indicated in Grant.

Section 16-13-32Funds contributed to be applied as indicated in grant. All funds contributed by persons or otherwise to any school or school district shall be applied as indicated in the grant from such contributors. (School Code 1927, §250; Code 1940, T. 52, §202; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §20.)
AL Code § 16-13-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 2 - Apportionment and Disbursement of Public School Funds.|Section 16-13-33 - Funds of Townships Divided by State or County Line.

Section 16-13-33Funds of townships divided by state or county line. Whenever a township which has an income from a trust fund is divided by a state or county line or otherwise, such income must be divided between and apportioned to each division of such township according to the school population. (School Code 1927, §251; Code 1940, T. 52, §203.)
AL Code § 16-13-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 2 - Apportionment and Disbursement of Public School Funds.|Section 16-13-36 - Appropriation of Funds Out of Treasury.

Section 16-13-36Appropriation of funds out of treasury. Any appropriate local governing body is authorized at any meeting of said governing body in any calendar year to appropriate any funds it may deem proper and expedient out of the general funds of the governing body's treasury to local boards of education for the construction, repair, operation, maintenance and support of new or existing public schools within the jurisdiction of said governing body. (Acts 1931, No. 602, p. 687, §1; Code 1940, T. 52, §207; Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 35, p. 196, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §21.)