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AL Code § 16-7-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 7 - Alabama Educational Television Commission.|Section 16-7-3 - Members Not to Have Financial Interest in Facilities; Removal.

Section 16-7-3Members not to have financial interest in facilities; removal. (a) No member of the commission shall have any financial interest in any facilities such as the commission is authorized to deal with. (b) Members of the commission may be removed from office upon impeachment on the grounds and in the manner prescribed in Section 173 of the Constitution of Alabama. (Acts 1953, No. 81, p. 124, §2 1/2.)
AL Code § 16-7-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 7 - Alabama Educational Television Commission.|Section 16-7-4 - Organization; Officers; Rules and Regulations; Agents.

Section 16-7-4Organization; officers; rules and regulations; agents. Promptly after their appointment the commissioners shall meet to organize. At such meeting they shall choose from their number a president, a secretary and such other officers as they deem necessary. Thereafter officers shall be elected annually. The commission shall adopt rules regulating the conduct of its meetings and the transaction of the business of the commission, and may appoint such agents and employees as it deems necessary, or may delegate to one or more of its members, officers, agents or employees such powers and duties as it deems proper. (Acts 1953, No. 81, p. 124, §3.)
AL Code § 16-7-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 7 - Alabama Educational Television Commission.|Section 16-7-5 - Duties.

Section 16-7-5Duties. The commission is organized for the purpose of making the benefits of educational television available to and promoting its use by inhabitants of Alabama, and to this end it is hereby empowered and directed to survey, study and appraise the need for an overall plan for the use of television facilities available for noncommercial educational use in the state. The commission is specifically charged with the duty of controlling and supervising the use of channels reserved by the Federal Communications Commission to Alabama for noncommercial, educational use. It may designate the location of stations to utilize such channels and make rules and regulations governing the operation of such stations and the programs televised over such channels. The commission may own and operate television stations to utilize these channels, or it may contract with individuals, corporations, educational institutions or other governmental agencies for the operation of such stations. The commission is also authorized to own and operate radio stations to utilize the channels reserved for public radio within the State of Alabama. (Acts 1953, No. 81, p. 124, §4; Acts 1980, No. 80-766, p. 1595, §2.)
AL Code § 16-7-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 7 - Alabama Educational Television Commission.|Section 16-7-6 - Contracts; Acceptance of Gifts.

Section 16-7-6Contracts; acceptance of gifts. The commission is hereby authorized to execute all contracts and other instruments necessary and convenient to carry out the mandates of this chapter. It may accept gifts or grants of money or property, real or personal, and voluntary and uncompensated services from any person, federal or other governmental agency, board of education, educational institution or commercial or industrial enterprise. (Acts 1953, No. 81, p. 124, §5.)
AL Code § 16-7A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 7A - Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority.|Section 16-7A-1 - Creation; Membership, Salary, Etc.

Section 16-7A-1Creation; membership, salary, etc. There is hereby created the Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority which shall be a public non-profit corporation consisting of 13 members who shall be appointed by the Alabama Educational Television Commission. Such authority members shall include: one member from each congressional district, the public network's general manager as an ex officio member, and the remaining five selected from the state-at-large from persons with expertise in broadcasting or investments. The ex officio member shall be non-voting. The members shall receive no salary for their services. (Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-786, p. 289, §1.)
AL Code § 16-7A-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 7A - Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority.|Section 16-7A-2 - Appointment of Members.

Section 16-7A-2Appointment of members. Members of the authority shall be appointed for four-year terms. Commencing on August 1, 2009, members appointed to the authority who are also members of the Alabama Educational Television Commission shall be appointed to a term on the authority that is concurrent in duration with the term of the member on the commission. The membership of the authority and the commission shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. (Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-786, p. 289, §2; Act 2009-400, p. 726, §1.)
AL Code § 16-7A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 7A - Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority.|Section 16-7A-3 - Election of Officers; Meetings.

Section 16-7A-3Election of officers; meetings. The members of the authority shall elect officers from among themselves and shall meet at the call of the president or upon the call of four or more members. (Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-786, p. 289, §3.)
AL Code § 16-7A-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 7A - Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority.|Section 16-7A-4 - Purposes; Tax Exemption; Audits.

Section 16-7A-4Purposes; tax exemption; audits. (a) The authority shall receive, invest, and expend donated moneys for educational and eleemosynary purposes, related to the promotion, development, and growth of educational and public broadcasting and television in Alabama. The authority, through its director, may expend a reasonable amount of privately donated funds of the authority for the entertainment of major donors and corporate sponsors or prospective major donors and corporate sponsors. The director of the authority may also expend funds of the authority for promotional and public relation purposes. The director of the authority shall report quarterly to each commission member of the authority and to the members of the Legislature the amounts expended for entertainment, promotional, and public relation purposes. Such quarterly report shall contain the expenditures for each purpose by category of expenditure. (b) The authority shall be exempt from paying any taxes, whether state, local, or municipal. (c) The authority shall be subject to audits by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. The audits shall be similar to the type performed on similar agencies. (Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-786, p. 289, §4; Act 2009-400, p. 726, §1.)
AL Code § 16-7A-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 7A - Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority.|Section 16-7A-5 - Activities of Authority Not to Include Propaganda, Political Campaigns, Etc.

Section 16-7A-5Activities of authority not to include propaganda, political campaigns, etc. The activities of the authority shall not include, directly or indirectly, the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation or engaging in political campaigns. (Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-786, p. 289, §5.)
AL Code § 16-7A-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 7A - Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority.|Section 16-7A-6 - Disposition of Assets Upon Dissolution.

Section 16-7A-6Disposition of assets upon dissolution. In the event of dissolution, the residual assets of the authority shall be turned over to another public corporation or organization which is itself exempt from federal income tax as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) and Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended. (Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-786, p. 289, §6.)
AL Code § 16-7A-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 7A - Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority.|Section 16-7A-7 - Alabama Educational Television Commission to Continue as Governing Body.

Section 16-7A-7Alabama Educational Television Commission to continue as governing body. It is the express intent of the Alabama Legislature that the Alabama Educational Television Commission shall continue as the governing body of the Alabama public network. (Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-786, p. 289, §7.)
AL Code § 16-7A-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 7A - Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority.|Section 16-7A-8 - Chapter Cumulative.

Section 16-7A-8Chapter cumulative. The provisions of this chapter are cumulative and shall not be construed to repeal or supersede any laws not directly in conflict or inconsistent herewith. (Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-786, p. 289, §8.)
AL Code § 16-8-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-1 - Composition; Election; Single Member Election Districts; Qualifications.

Section 16-8-1Composition; election; single member election districts; qualifications. (a) The county board of education shall be composed of five members, who shall be elected by the qualified electors of the county. (b) County boards of education unless otherwise provided by law may use the provisions of this subsection to establish single member election districts with one board member elected from each district. School boards exercising this option may establish five or seven such districts. Such plan shall be considered only after two weeks public notice has been given, outlining generally the school districts under consideration. The members so elected, or appointed in the event of a vacancy, shall be residents of the school district. Such residency shall have been established at least one year before the general election at which the candidate is to be elected, or appointed in the event of a vacancy. Whenever a member of a county board of education moves his or her domicile from the district he or she represents, he or she shall cease to be a member of the county board of education, and a vacancy shall occur. The member shall provide notice of the move to the secretary of the local board of education before the commencement of business at the first meeting of the local board of education following the move. The boundaries of such single member districts shall be determined by a majority vote of the county board of education. The county board of education shall apportion the districts according to the last federal decennial census for the county utilizing the principle of equal representation. Thereafter, each county board of education choosing to implement single member election districts shall reapportion those districts within six months following the publication of the results of each federal decennial census. (c) No person shall be eligible for election or appointment as a member of a county board of education unless he or she satisfies all of the following qualifications: (1) Is a person of good moral character. (2) Has obtained a high school diploma or its equivalent. (3) Is not employed by that county board of education, unless serving as a member of the county board of education on April 20, 2012. (4) Is not serving on the governing board of a private elementary or secondary educational institution. (5) Is not on the National Sex Offender Registry or the state sex offender registry. (6) Has not been convicted of a felony. (School Code 1927, §§87, 92; Code 1940, T. 52, §§63, 68; Acts 1949, No. 369, p. 542, §1; Acts 1949, No. 667, p. 1031; Acts 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 249, p. 346, §1; Acts 1969, No. 331, p. 705, §1; Acts 1987, No. 87-282, p. 392, §1; Act 2012-221, p. 399, §2.)
AL Code § 16-8-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-2 - When Members Elected; Terms of Office; Oath of Office.

Section 16-8-2When members elected; terms of office; oath of office. At the general election of state and county officers, a member or members shall be elected for terms of six years to succeed the member or members whose term or terms of office expire at that time. The members of the county board of education shall hold office until their successors have been elected and qualified. Before exercising any authority or performing any duties as a member of the county board of education, each member thereof shall qualify by taking and subscribing to the oath of office prescribed by Article XVI of the state constitution, the certificate whereof shall be filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county. (School Code 1927, §89; Code 1940, T. 52, §65.)
AL Code § 16-8-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-3 - Special Annual Public Meeting; Notice.

Section 16-8-3Special annual public meeting; notice. The county board of education shall hold a meeting each year for the purpose of giving the public an opportunity of presenting to the board matters relating to the allotment of public school funds or any other matter relating to the administration of the public schools of the county. The time and location of such meeting shall be determined by each local board of education and shall be given public notice. (School Code 1927, §90; Code 1940, T. 52, §66; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-876, p. 418, §1.)
AL Code § 16-8-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-4 - Organizational, Regular and Special Meetings; Rules of Procedure; Majority Vote.

Section 16-8-4Organizational, regular and special meetings; rules of procedure; majority vote. The county board of education shall hold an annual meeting each year in November. At this meeting the board shall elect each year one of its members to serve as president and one to serve as vice-president. Each board shall hold at least five additional regular meetings during the school year, and such special meetings may be held, at such place as the duties and the business of the board may require. Public notice shall be given of regular meetings. The rules generally adopted by deliberative bodies for their government shall be observed by the county board of education. No motion or resolution shall be declared adopted without the concurrence of the majority of the whole board. (School Code 1927, §91; Code 1940, T. 52, §67; Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 92, p. 171, §1; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-876, p. 418, §2.)
AL Code § 16-8-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-5 - Compensation.

Section 16-8-5Compensation. The members of the county board of education shall receive from the public school funds of the county $7.50 a day and their actual traveling and hotel expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board and transacting the business of the board. The members of the county board shall not be allowed pay for more than 24 days in any one year, and their expenses shall be paid in like manner as provided for the compensation of teachers; provided, that in counties having a population of 600,000 persons or more according to the last or any succeeding federal census, members of the county board of education shall receive from the public school funds of the county $35.00 per day and their actual traveling and hotel expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board and transacting the business of the board, not to exceed 52 days in any one year, said compensation and expenses to be paid in like manner as provided for the compensation of teachers. (School Code 1927, §92; Code 1940, T. 52, §68; Acts 1949, No. 369, p. 542, §1; Acts 1949, No. 667, p. 1031, §1; Acts 1969, No. 331, p. 705; Acts 1975, No. 1013, p. 2043, §1.)
AL Code § 16-8-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-6 - Vacancies.

Section 16-8-6Vacancies. In the event a vacancy occurs in the office of members of the county board of education, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining members of the county board of education, and the appointee shall hold for the unexpired term. In the event the vacancy is not filled by the remaining members of the county board within 30 days, the State Superintendent of Education shall fill such vacancy by appointment. The county superintendent of education shall notify the State Superintendent of Education when a vacancy in the office of a member of the county board of education has not been filled within 30 days. (School Code 1927, §88; Code 1940, T. 52, §64.)
AL Code § 16-8-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-7 - Appointment, Duties and Bond of Superintendent as Secretary of Board.

Section 16-8-7Appointment, duties and bond of superintendent as secretary of board. The county board of education shall appoint as its executive officer a county superintendent of education who shall also be the secretary of the county board of education. As secretary he shall conduct all correspondence of the board, keep and preserve all of its records, receive all reports required by the board and see that such reports are in proper form, complete and accurate. He shall have the right to advise on any question under consideration by the board, but shall have no vote. In case the office of the county superintendent of education is temporarily vacant, or when the county superintendent of education is absent by reason of the nature of business in hand, or otherwise, the board shall appoint one of its members to act for the time being as secretary. The bond of the county superintendent of education shall be responsible for the faithful performance of duties by the member of the county board of education appointed to act as secretary in the absence of the county superintendent. (School Code 1927, §93; Code 1940, T. 52, §69.)
AL Code § 16-8-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-8 - Administration and Supervision of Schools Generally.

Section 16-8-8Administration and supervision of schools generally. The general administration and supervision of the public schools of the educational interests of each county, with the exception of cities having a city board of education, shall be vested in the county board of education; provided, that such general administration and supervision of any city having a city board of education may be consolidated with the administration and control of educational matters affecting the county and vested in the county board of education. (School Code 1927, §86; Code 1940, T. 52, §62.)
AL Code § 16-8-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-9 - Exercise of Supervision of Schools.

Section 16-8-9Exercise of supervision of schools. The county board of education shall exercise through its executive officer, the county superintendent of education and his professional assistants control and supervision of the public school system of the county. The board shall consult and advise through its executive officer and his professional assistants with school trustees, principals, teachers and interested citizens and shall seek in every way to promote the interest of the schools under its jurisdiction. (School Code 1927, §98; Code 1940, T. 52, §74.)
AL Code § 16-8-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-11 - Uniform System of Schools Maintained.

Section 16-8-11Uniform system of schools maintained. The county boards of education shall maintain a uniform and effective system of public schools throughout their respective counties. (School Code 1927, §96; Code 1940, T. 52, §72.)
AL Code § 16-8-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-12 - Property Vested in County Board; Permissible Conveyance.

Section 16-8-12Property vested in county board; permissible conveyance. (a) All the property, estate, effects, money, funds, claims, and donations now or hereafter vested by law in the public school authorities of any county for the benefit of the public schools of any county are hereby transferred and vested in the county board of education, and their successors in office. Real and personal estate granted, conveyed, devised, or bequeathed for the use of any particular county, school district, or public school shall be held in trust by the county board of education for the benefit of any such county school district or school. (b) A county board of education may convey property to a volunteer fire department in the county. (School Code 1927, §95; Code 1940, T. 52, §71; Acts 1994, No. 94-681, p. 1313, §1.)
AL Code § 16-8-12.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-12.1 - Authority to Enter Into Cooperative Agreements, Programs, Etc.

Section 16-8-12.1Authority to enter into cooperative agreements, programs, etc. In addition to all authority previously granted by statute, county boards of education may enter into cooperative agreements, projects and programs with the county commission, and may take such other actions as they deem necessary and appropriate for the proper management of the public schools; provided, however, that such agreements, projects, and programs shall not be in conflict with nor inconsistent with any law or policy of the State Board of Education and shall not conflict with the purposes for which the school system is established. Provided, further, that such authority shall not be used to deny any employee any legal or constitutional rights to which he or she is entitled, nor shall such authority be used in such a way that employees are denied any benefits established and required by law, nor shall such authority be construed as authorizing county boards of education to levy any taxes not otherwise authorized by law. (Acts 1987, No. 87-602, p. 1046, §1.)
AL Code § 16-8-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-13 - Consolidation of Schools - Authority.

Section 16-8-13Consolidation of schools - Authority. The county board of education shall consolidate schools wherever in its judgment it is practicable and arrange, if necessary, for the transportation of pupils to and from such consolidated schools, subject to the provisions of this title. (School Code 1927, §100; Code 1940, T. 52, §76.)
AL Code § 16-8-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-14 - Consolidation of Schools - in Two Counties - Authority.

Section 16-8-14Consolidation of schools - In two counties - Authority. The county boards of two or more adjoining counties shall have the power, by resolution spread upon the minutes of such county boards of education in the counties so adjoining, to form a consolidated school to be composed of the territory bounded by the limits set out for each county by the county boards of education in the aforesaid resolution. (School Code 1927, §102; Code 1940, T. 52, §78.)
AL Code § 16-8-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education.|Section 16-8-15 - Consolidation of Schools - in Two Counties - Control.

Section 16-8-15Consolidation of schools - In two counties - Control. The government and control of any school in the consolidated territory lying within two counties formed in accordance with the resolution of the boards shall be vested in the county board of education of the county in which the school building is located or is to be located, unless otherwise provided by agreement between the boards of education of the counties concerned. (School Code 1927, §103; Code 1940, T. 52, §79.)