reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 23A - Interstate Agreement on Qualifications of Educational Personnel. › Section 16-23A-2 - Designation of State Superintendent of Education as Official Authorized to Enter Into Contracts Pursuant to Agreement.

Section 16-23A-2
Designation of State Superintendent of Education as official authorized to enter into contracts pursuant to agreement.
The designated state official for Alabama shall be the State Superintendent of Education, who shall enter into contracts pursuant to Article III of said agreement only with the approval of the specific text thereof by the Alabama State Board of Education.
(Acts 1977, No. 506, p. 664, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 23A - Interstate Agreement on Qualifications of Educational Personnel. › Section 16-23A-3 - Filing and Publication of Contracts Entered Into Pursuant to Agreement.

Section 16-23A-3
Filing and publication of contracts entered into pursuant to agreement.
True copies of all contracts made on behalf of this state pursuant to the agreement shall be kept on file in the office of the State Department of Education and in the office of the Secretary of State. The State Department of Education shall publish all such contracts in convenient form.
(Acts 1977, No. 506, p. 664, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-1 - "Teacher" Defined.

Section 16-24-1
"Teacher" defined.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Acts 1939, No. 499, p. 759, §1; Code 1940, T. 52, §351; Acts 1953, No. 773, p. 1040, §1; Acts 1973, No. 1276, p. 2181, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-2 - Criteria for Continuing Service Status for Teachers, Principals and Supervisors; List of Persons Recommended for Continuing Status; Effect of Consolidation or Separation of Schools.

Section 16-24-2
Criteria for continuing service status for teachers, principals and supervisors; list of persons recommended for continuing status; effect of consolidation or separation of schools.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Acts 1939, No. 499, p. 759, §2; Code 1940, T. 52, §352; Acts 1951, No. 806, p. 1408; Acts 1953, No. 773, p. 1040, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-3 - Contract of Employment Effective Until Superseded or Cancelled.

Section 16-24-3
Contract of employment effective until superseded or cancelled.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Acts 1939, No. 499, p. 759, §3; Code 1940, T. 52, §353; Acts 1953, No. 773, p. 1040, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-4 - Change of Compensation for Succeeding Year.

Section 16-24-4
Change of compensation for succeeding year.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Acts 1939, No. 499, p. 759, §4; Code 1940, T. 52, §354; Acts 1953, No. 773, p. 1040, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-5 - Transfer of Teacher - Authorized; Notice; Conditions.

Section 16-24-5
Transfer of teacher - Authorized; notice; conditions.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Acts 1939, No. 499, p. 759, §5; Code 1940, T. 52, §355; Acts 1953, No. 773, p. 1040, §1; Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-6 - Transfer of Teacher - Contesting; Hearing.

Section 16-24-6
Transfer of teacher - Contesting; hearing.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Acts 1953, No. 773, p. 1040, §1; Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-7 - Transfer of Teacher - Review.

Section 16-24-7
Transfer of teacher - Review.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Acts 1953, No. 773, p. 1040, §1; Acts 1981, No. 81-686, p. 1156, §1; Act 2000-733, p. 1588, §9; Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-8 - Cancellation of Contracts - Grounds.

Section 16-24-8
Cancellation of contracts - Grounds.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Acts 1939, No. 499, p. 759, 6; Code 1940, T. 52, §358; Acts 1953, No. 773, p. 1040, §1; Act 2000-733, p. 1588, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-8.1 - Cancellation of Contracts - Conviction Resulting in Revocation of Teaching Certificate.

Section 16-24-8.1
Cancellation of contracts - Conviction resulting in revocation of teaching certificate.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Act 2010-264, p. 482, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-9 - Cancellation of Contracts - Procedure; Notice.

Section 16-24-9
Cancellation of contracts - Procedure; notice.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Acts 1939, No. 499, p. 759, §7; Code 1940, T. 52, §359; Acts 1951, No. 690, p. 1191; Acts 1953, No. 773, p. 1040, §1; Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-10 - Cancellation of Contracts - Hearing Officer; Hearing; Appeal.

Section 16-24-10
Cancellation of contracts - Hearing officer; hearing; appeal.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Acts 1939, No. 499, p. 759, §8; Code 1940, T. 52, §360; Acts 1945, No. 411, p. 646, §1; Acts 1953, No. 773, p. 1040, §1; Acts 1981, No. 81-686, p. 1156, §2; Act 2000-733, p. 1588, §9; Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-11 - Cancellation of Contracts - by Teacher.

Section 16-24-11
Cancellation of contracts - By teacher.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Acts 1939, No. 499, p. 759, §9; Code 1940, T. 52, §361(1); Acts 1949, No. 250, p. 373, §1; Acts 1953, No. 773, p. 1040, §1; Acts 1973, No. 1079, p. 1835, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-12 - Teacher Deemed Reemployed for Succeeding School Year Unless Notified.

Section 16-24-12
Teacher deemed reemployed for succeeding school year unless notified.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Acts 1939, No. 499, p. 759, §10; Code 1940, T. 52, §361(2); Acts 1945, No. 411, p. 646, §1; Acts 1953, No. 773, p. 1040, §1; Acts 1973, No. 1079, p. 1835, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-13 - Effect of Leave of Absence on Continuing Service Status.

Section 16-24-13
Effect of leave of absence on continuing service status.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Acts 1939, No. 499, p. 759, §11; Code 1940, T. 52, §361(3); Acts 1943, No. 313, p. 300; Acts 1953, No. 773, p. 1040, §1; Acts 1973, No. 1079, p. 1835, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-14 - Major Suspensions of Teachers - Authorized; Notice; Conditions.

Section 16-24-14
Major suspensions of teachers - Authorized; notice; conditions.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-15 - Major Suspensions of Teachers - Procedure; Hearings.

Section 16-24-15
Major suspensions of teachers - Procedure; hearings.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-16 - Major Suspensions of Teachers - Contests.

Section 16-24-16
Major suspensions of teachers - Contests.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-17 - Minor Suspensions of Teachers - Authorized; Notice; Conditions.

Section 16-24-17
Minor suspensions of teachers - Authorized; notice; conditions.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-18 - Minor Suspensions of Teachers - Procedure; Hearings.

Section 16-24-18
Minor suspensions of teachers - Procedure; hearings.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-19 - Minor Suspensions of Teachers - Contest.

Section 16-24-19
Minor suspensions of teachers - Contest.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-20 - Procedures Applicable to Tenure Disputes in General.

Section 16-24-20
Procedures applicable to tenure disputes in general.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-21 - Direct Appeal by Certain Teachers Denied Hearing Before Local Board of Education.

Section 16-24-21
Direct appeal by certain teachers denied hearing before local board of education.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-24-22 - Applicability to Cases Prior to July 1, 2004; Appropriations.

Section 16-24-22
Applicability to cases prior to July 1, 2004; appropriations.
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §§3, 5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 2 - State Tenure Commission. › Section 16-24-30 - Creation; Composition; Secretary; Legal Adviser.

Section 16-24-30
Creation; composition; secretary; legal adviser.
Repealed by Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §3, effective July 1, 2004.
(Acts 1959, No. 643, p. 1557, §1; Acts 1973, No. 1079, p. 1835, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 2 - State Tenure Commission. › Section 16-24-31 - Appointment, Terms and Qualifications of Members; Vacancies; Teacher's Tenure Not Affected by Membership.

Section 16-24-31
Appointment, terms and qualifications of members; vacancies; teacher's tenure not affected by membership.
Repealed by Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §3, effective July 1, 2004.
(Acts 1959, No. 643, p. 1557, §2; Acts 1973, No. 1079, p. 1835, §1; Acts 1980, No. 80-271, p. 347, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 2 - State Tenure Commission. › Section 16-24-32 - Meetings Generally; Quorum.

Section 16-24-32
Meetings generally; quorum.
Repealed by Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §3, effective July 1, 2004.
(Acts 1959, No. 643, p. 1557, §3; Acts 1973, No. 1079, p. 1835, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 2 - State Tenure Commission. › Section 16-24-33 - Organization Meetings; Chairman and Vice-Chairman.

Section 16-24-33
Organization meetings; chairman and vice-chairman.
Repealed by Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §3, effective July 1, 2004.
(Acts 1959, No. 643, p. 1557, §6; Acts 1973, No. 1079, p. 1835, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 2 - State Tenure Commission. › Section 16-24-34 - Compensation and Expenses of Members; Appropriations.

Section 16-24-34
Compensation and expenses of members; appropriations.
Repealed by Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §3, effective July 1, 2004.
(Acts 1959, No. 643, p. 1557, §4; Acts 1973, No. 1079, p. 1835, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 2 - State Tenure Commission. › Section 16-24-35 - Rules, Regulations and Orders.

Section 16-24-35
Rules, regulations and orders.
Repealed by Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §3, effective July 1, 2004.
(Acts 1959, No. 643, p. 1557, §7; Acts 1973, No. 1079, p. 1835, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 2 - State Tenure Commission. › Section 16-24-36 - Appeals Generally.

Section 16-24-36
Appeals generally.
Repealed by Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §3, effective July 1, 2004.
(Acts 1959, No. 643, p. 1557, §5; Acts 1973, No. 1079, p. 1835, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 2 - State Tenure Commission. › Section 16-24-37 - Direct Appeal by Certain Teachers Denied Hearing Before Local Board of Education.

Section 16-24-37
Direct appeal by certain teachers denied hearing before local board of education.
Repealed by Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §3, effective July 1, 2004.
(Acts 1973, No. 1079, p. 1835, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 2 - State Tenure Commission. › Section 16-24-38 - Finality of Action of State Tenure Commission; Review.

Section 16-24-38
Finality of action of State Tenure Commission; review.
Repealed by Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §3, effective July 1, 2004.
(Acts 1973, No. 1079, p. 1835, §1; Act 2000-733, p. 1588, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 3 - Part-Time Employment of Teachers. › Section 16-24-60 - Legislative Findings.

Section 16-24-60
Legislative findings.
The Legislature finds it necessary to better address the needs and goals of students and a diverse teaching work force by expressly granting teachers the authority to contract with local boards of education to work less than full time, provided they receive commensurate pay based on their experience and educational attainment under the salary schedule as adopted by the Legislature.
(Act 2004-300, p. 425, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 3 - Part-Time Employment of Teachers. › Section 16-24-61 - Contracts for Part-Time Employment.

Section 16-24-61
Contracts for part-time employment.
Public school teachers, whether or not tenured, may contract with local boards of education to work less than full time so long as their salaries reflect employment for less than a full day, week, or contract year and are commensurate with the salary schedule hourly rate of pay adopted by the Legislature, based on their educational attainment and experience; provided however, that any part-time teacher receiving benefits from the Teachers' Retirement System shall conform to the criteria and prescribed limits for outside income as provided in subsection (a) of Section 16-25-26. Teachers employed in any part-time capacity shall meet the certification requirements established by the State Board of Education to teach the grade or subject for which they are employed and shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 22A, of this title.
(Act 2004-300, p. 425, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 3 - Part-Time Employment of Teachers. › Section 16-24-62 - Rate of Pay.

Section 16-24-62
Rate of pay.
The hourly rate of pay for each part-time teacher shall be determined by placement on the State Salary Schedule or, if greater, the local salary schedule, based upon experience and degree attained. Using a six and one-half hour work day and 182 days as the standard annual contract, the hourly rate for the appropriate step on the schedule shall be calculated and the result multiplied by the number of hours taught by the part-time teacher during the regular school day to determine the salary to which such teacher is entitled.
(Act 2004-300, p. 425, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 3 - Part-Time Employment of Teachers. › Section 16-24-63 - Posting of Positions.

Section 16-24-63
Posting of positions.
The local board of education shall post all part-time positions in accordance with Section 16-22-15.
(Act 2004-300, p. 425, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 3 - Part-Time Employment of Teachers. › Section 16-24-64 - Full-Time Teachers to Be Employed for Positions of at Least 20 Class Hours per Week.

Section 16-24-64
Full-time teachers to be employed for positions of at least 20 class hours per week.
Part-time employment shall not be used in such manner as to replace full-time personnel or teaching positions. At any time should the number of class hours of part-time personnel in any grade or subject in school equal or exceed 20 hours per week, a full-time teacher shall be employed. The superintendent shall diligently attempt to fill the position as soon as practicable and in accordance with Section 16-22-15. The local superintendent shall keep a record of efforts made to find a qualified teacher, and that record shall be open for public inspection. In the event no qualified applicant is found to fill the vacancy, the superintendent shall immediately re-post the position and notify the State Department of Education and the professional organization, as defined in Section 16-1-30 of the vacancy so that each may publicize the opening. The part-time teacher or teachers may remain in the position for the duration of the school year in which the hiring of a full-time teacher becomes necessary, or until the board approves the hiring of a full-time replacement, whichever comes first. No part-time teacher may be hired to teach in a position from which a full-time teacher resigned or was terminated, unless the teaching unit was subject to reduction-in-force based upon declining enrollment in the grade or subject taught by the full-time teacher.
(Act 2004-300, p. 425, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 3 - Part-Time Employment of Teachers. › Section 16-24-65 - Validity of Prior Contracts.

Section 16-24-65
Validity of prior contracts.
Any contract entered into between a public school teacher and a local board of education prior to April 27, 2004, meeting the aforementioned criteria, shall be deemed valid ab initio.
(Act 2004-300, p. 425, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 3 - Part-Time Employment of Teachers. › Section 16-24-66 - Continuing Service Status Requirements.

Section 16-24-66
Continuing service status requirements.
Any teacher employed in the public schools under this article shall meet the same requirements for attaining continuing service status as defined in Section 16-24-2.
(Act 2004-300, p. 425, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 3 - Part-Time Employment of Teachers. › Section 16-24-67 - Annual Report.

Section 16-24-67
Annual report.
Annually, each local board of education shall report to the State Department of Education the number of part-time teachers employed on a regular basis, by school and by subjects taught.
(Act 2004-300, p. 425, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24 - Tenure of Employment of Teachers. › Article 3 - Part-Time Employment of Teachers. › Section 16-24-68 - Written Education Policies, Rules, and Regulations.

Section 16-24-68
Written education policies, rules, and regulations.
The local board of education shall comply with Section 16-1-30.
(Act 2004-300, p. 425, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24B - Teacher Accountability Act. › Section 16-24B-2 - Definitions.

Section 16-24B-2
Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The chief administrative officer of the employing board, including the superintendent of any public county or city school system, the President of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, and the Superintendent of the Department of Youth Services School District.
(2) CONTRACT PRINCIPAL. Includes only those persons hired on or after July 1, 2000, and certified for the position of principal as prescribed by the State Board of Education and who are employed by an employing board as the chief administrator of a school, including a vocational center.
(3) CONTRACT YEAR. Period of contract principal's employment up to 12 months mutually agreed upon by the contract principal and employing board.
(4) DAY. A calendar day. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by this chapter, the day of the act or event from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included, and the last day of the period shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, in which case the period shall run until the end of the next day, which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. When the period of time prescribed or allowed is less than 11 days, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation. A legal holiday includes all days so designated by the Governor, all days so designated pursuant to Rule 6(a) of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, and all days on which the central office of the employing board is closed for business.
(5) EMPLOYING BOARD. Includes all local boards of education, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, and the Alabama Youth Services Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Department of Youth Services School District.
(6) MEDIATOR. A person who is experienced in the field of alternative dispute resolution, and/or a person who has completed a course of training in alternative dispute resolution, and/or has been recognized as an arbitrator by an entity regularly engaged in providing arbitration services.
(7) PRINCIPAL. Includes only those persons hired before July 1, 2000, and certified for the position of principal as prescribed by the State Board of Education and who are employed by an employing board as the chief administrator of a school, including a vocational center.
(8) PROBATIONARY PRINCIPAL. Any principal hired for the first time in any local school system as a principal on or after July 1, 2000.
(Act 2000-733, p. 1588, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24B - Teacher Accountability Act. › Section 16-24B-3.1 - Principals - Cancellation of Contract.

Section 16-24B-3.1
Principals - Cancellation of contract.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the employment contract of a principal or contract principal, whose certificate is revoked by the State Superintendent of Education pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 16-23-5, shall be immediately cancelled, any provision of Section 16-24B-3 to the contrary notwithstanding.
(b) If the conviction resulting in the revocation of the certificate pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 16-23-5 is overturned on appeal, the State Superintendent of Education, upon receipt of notice of the reversal shall immediately reinstate the certificate of the principal or contract principal, and the local board of education, at its discretion, shall place the principal or contract principal in a position commensurate with the employee's licensure from the State Department of Education or on paid administrative leave. Regardless of whether the certificate of the principal or contract principal is reinstated or a new employment contract is entered into, the principal or contract principal, within 45 days, shall be reimbursed for any back pay, plus benefits, from the date of cancellation, up to and including the date his or her conviction is overturned.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the State Superintendent of Education or the local board of education from pursuing other legal action against the principal or contract principal based upon the underlying circumstances of the conviction.
(Act 2010-264, p. 482, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24B - Teacher Accountability Act. › Section 16-24B-4 - Principals - Duties.

Section 16-24B-4
Principals - Duties.
(a) Subject to the authority of the chief executive officer and the employing board, a principal and contract principal shall supervise the daily operation and management of personnel, finances, facilities, and other matters of the school or campus for which the principal and contract principal is responsible. A principal and contract principal shall assume the administrative responsibility and instructional leadership, as directed by the chief executive officer, consistent with the policies of the employing board, for the planning, management, operation, and evaluation of the education program of each school or campus under the responsibility of the principal and contract principal.
(b) A principal and contract principal shall observe all rules, policies, and procedures relative to the operation of the public schools as established by applicable law, rule, and standard of both the State Board of Education and the employing board.
(c) A principal and contract principal shall perform all other duties assigned by the chief executive officer, consistent with the policies of the employing board and the law.
(d) A principal and contract principal shall make written advisory recommendations to the chief executive officer regarding the appointment, assignment, promotion, transfer, and cancellation of the contracts of all personnel assigned to any school or campus under his or her responsibility. If the recommendation of a principal and contract principal regarding an appointment, assignment, or promotion is rejected, the principal and contract principal shall submit a second recommendation regarding that appointment, assignment, or promotion, subject to this chapter and board policy. These advisory recommendations shall not be binding upon the chief executive officer, and the chief executive officer shall have final authority for all personnel assignments within the applicable school system.
(Act 2000-733, p. 1588, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24B - Teacher Accountability Act. › Section 16-24B-5 - Appeals.

Section 16-24B-5
Appeals.
(a) All appeals of a final decision from the expedited evidentiary hearing shall lie with the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. An appeal shall be filed within 14 days after the receipt of the final written decision of the circuit judge or the mediator. An appeal by either party shall be perfected by filing a written notice of appeal with the clerk of the Court of Civil Appeals within 14 days after the receipt of the final written decision of the circuit judge or the mediator by the party. Failure to file a timely notice of appeal shall render the decision of the circuit judge or the mediator final. Within 28 days after an appeal is filed, the chief executive officer shall transmit the record to the clerk. Failure of the chief executive officer to timely transmit a full and accurate record to the clerk shall result in a favorable decision being entered by the court for the contract principal.
(b) The decision of the circuit judge or the mediator shall be affirmed on appeal unless the Court of Civil Appeals finds the decision to be against the great weight of the evidence.
(c) The final written decision of a judge or mediator which is not appealed, or is affirmed on appeal, shall have the force and effect of a final judgment upon which execution may issue, or which may be enforced by other appropriate writ.
(Act 2000-733, p. 1588, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24B - Teacher Accountability Act. › Section 16-24B-6 - Preliminary Certificate; Breach of Principal Employment Contract.

Section 16-24B-6
Preliminary certificate; breach of principal employment contract.
(a) An individual who has not completed a teacher education program in Principal or Educational Administrator may be eligible for a preliminary certificate, which could lead to full certification by the Alabama Department of Education under rules approved by the Alabama State Board of Education.
(b) No action shall lie for the recovery of damages for the breach of any employment contract of a contract principal in the public schools.
(Act 2000-733, p. 1588, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24B - Teacher Accountability Act. › Section 16-24B-8 - Opposition to Employment Action.

Section 16-24B-8
Opposition to employment action.
It shall be unlawful for an employing board to cancel or reduce the contract of a teacher, principal, or contract principal or to transfer, reprimand, or discipline a teacher because the teacher opposed any employment action under this chapter or this title.
(Act 2000-733, p. 1588, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24C - Students First Act. › Section 16-24C-2 - Legislative Intent.

Section 16-24C-2
Legislative intent.
The purpose of this chapter is to improve the quality of public education in the State of Alabama by doing all of the following:
(1) Providing for fundamental fairness and due process to employees covered by this chapter.
(2) Restoring primary authority and responsibility for maintaining a competent educational workforce to employers covered by this chapter.
(3) Enhancing the ability of public educational agencies to increase student academic achievement and student performance through effective allocation of personnel resources.
(4) Investing employers covered by this chapter with the discretion and flexibility necessary to make the most effective use of limited educational resources.
(5) Eliminating costly, cumbersome, and counterproductive legal challenges to routine personnel decisions by simplifying administrative adjudication and review of contested personnel decisions.
(Act 2011-270, p. 494, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24C - Students First Act. › Section 16-24C-8 - Hearings.

Section 16-24C-8
Hearings.
Whenever this chapter affords an employee the right to be heard by the governing board or the president of a two-year institution under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education before a decision on the recommendation of the chief executive officer or chief personnel officer of the two-year institution is made, and such right to be heard is requested by the employee as provided herein, the merits of the recommended employment action shall not be deliberated or determined by the governing board or the president of the two-year institution before the hearing except as provided for herein.
(Act 2011-270, p. 494, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24C - Students First Act. › Section 16-24C-9 - Administrative Leave; Other Employment Actions.

Section 16-24C-9
Administrative leave; other employment actions.
Nothing in this chapter shall restrict the authority of the chief executive officer or the president of a two-year institution under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education to place an employee on paid administrative leave or to make reasonable and customary employment decisions not expressly provided for in this chapter pending the disposition of proceedings authorized by this chapter or otherwise in the exercise of sound administrative discretion.
(Act 2011-270, p. 494, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24C - Students First Act. › Section 16-24C-10 - Termination Upon Revocation of Teaching Certificate; Effect of Convictions.

Section 16-24C-10
Termination upon revocation of teaching certificate; effect of convictions.
(a) Any provision of this chapter or of any other statute or rule to the contrary notwithstanding, the employment of a teacher whose certificate is revoked by the State Superintendent of Education pursuant to Section 16-23-5, shall thereby be summarily terminated.
(b) If a conviction resulting in the revocation of the certificate of the teacher pursuant to Section 16-23-5 is overturned on appeal, the State Superintendent of Education shall immediately reinstate the certificate upon receipt of notice of the reversal, and the employer shall either place the employee in a position for which the employee holds appropriate certification or place the employee on paid administrative leave. The employee shall receive back pay and benefits from the date of termination to the date of reinstatement.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the State Superintendent of Education or the employer from pursuing other legal action against the teacher based upon the circumstances underlying the conviction.
(d) If an employee is required to attain or hold a certificate issued by the State Department of Education or other licensing authority as a condition to his or her lawful employment and such certificate or license has been revoked, denied, suspended, or forfeited, or the employee has been determined to be ineligible for such certificate or license by the licensing authority, the rights, remedies, and procedures provided by this chapter shall not apply or be available to such employees. However, nothing in this subsection shall be construed to deny such employees any right to contest, challenge, or obtain review of any certification decision on the part of the licensing authority that may be provided by separate statute or departmental regulation including, but not limited to, any recourse that is available under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.
(Act 2011-270, p. 494, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24C - Students First Act. › Section 16-24C-11 - Termination of Employment by Teacher.

Section 16-24C-11
Termination of employment by teacher.
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2018-83 IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
No public K-12 teacher shall be permitted to terminate his or her employment within 30 calendar days before the first day of the next school term for students, unless the termination is mutually agreed upon. A public K-12 teacher may terminate his or her employment at any other time by giving 30 days' written notice to the employing board of education. Any public K-12 teacher terminating his or her employment in violation of this section is guilty of unprofessional conduct, and the State Superintendent of Education may revoke or suspend the certificate of the violating teacher.
(Act 2011-270, p. 494, §11; Act 2018-83, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24C - Students First Act. › Section 16-24C-12 - Appeals.

Section 16-24C-12
Appeals.
An employee who has attained tenure or nonprobationary status and has been denied a hearing before an employer subject to the requirements of this chapter may appeal for relief directly to the Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings, Division of Administrative Law Judges, Office of the Attorney General. The chief administrative law judge shall appoint an administrative law judge to address the issues raised in the appeal. The appeal shall state facts sufficient to allow the judge to determine tentatively whether or not the employer has complied with this chapter in failing to accord the employee a hearing. The employer may answer or deny in writing the facts set out in the employee appeal and, if the employer fails to do so, the facts set out in the appeal shall be taken as true. The judge shall review the request of the employee and the answer or denial of the employer and shall determine, with or without a hearing, whether or not the employer has complied with this chapter in denying the employee a hearing as provided in this chapter. Based upon his or her findings, the judge shall either order a hearing before the employer or sustain the action taken by the employer. Any petition or application for judicial relief from the decision of the administrative law judge shall be filed in the circuit court of the county in which the principal administrative offices of the employer are located.
(Act 2011-270, p. 494, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24C - Students First Act. › Section 16-24C-13 - Leaves of Absence.

Section 16-24C-13
Leaves of absence.
(a) Leave of absence for a period of one year for good cause may be granted to an employee by an employer without impairing the tenured or nonprobationary status of the employee. For valid reason, the employer may extend the leave of absence for one additional year.
(b) Leave of absence for military service shall be as provided in Section 31-2-13.
(Act 2011-270, p. 494, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 24C - Students First Act. › Section 16-24C-14 - Construction and Application.

Section 16-24C-14
Construction and application.
(a)(1) Employees who have attained tenured status under the Teacher Tenure Law or nonprobationary status under the Fair Dismissal Act as of July 1, 2011, in the case of tenured teachers, shall be deemed tenured teachers under this chapter and, in the case of nonprobationary employees within the meaning of the Fair Dismissal Act shall be deemed nonprobationary classified employees under this chapter.
(2) Employees who have not attained tenured status under the Teacher Tenure Law or nonprobationary status under the Fair Dismissal Act as of July 1, 2011, shall be subject to the terms and provisions of this chapter respecting the attainment of teacher tenure or nonprobationary status, and all time in service that would have been credited toward the attainment of either tenure under the Teacher Tenure Law or nonprobationary status under the Fair Dismissal Act shall be credited toward the attainment of tenure or nonprobationary status in the corresponding employment category under this chapter.
(b) All employment actions and proceedings that have been initiated under either the Teacher Tenure Law or the Fair Dismissal Act that are pending on July 1, 2011, shall be completed under the statutory procedures that were in effect on the date the action or proceeding was commenced.
(Act 2011-270, p. 494, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-2 - Name and Date of Establishment; Powers, Duties, etc., of Boards of Control; Immunity of Officers, Employees, Etc.

Section 16-25-2
Name and date of establishment; powers, duties, etc., of Boards of Control; immunity of officers, employees, etc.
(a) There shall be a retirement system which shall constitute a body corporate and shall be under the management of the Board of Control for the purpose of providing retirement allowances and other benefits under the provisions of this chapter for teachers of the State of Alabama. The retirement system shall be established as of October 1, 1940, or as soon thereafter as the Governor by proclamation declares the funds accruing to the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama are sufficient to meet the obligations of the "normal contribution" on October 1, of a year following 1940. It shall have the power and privileges of a corporation and shall be known as the "Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama," and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested and all of its cash and securities and other property held in trust for the purpose for which received.
(b) Any provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Boards of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama and the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama shall have vested in them all powers necessary to fulfill their fiduciary duty as trustees to members of each respective system including the power to sue and be sued, complain and defend in their own names; provided, however, that as instrumentalities of the state funded by the state, the retirement systems, their officers, and employees shall be immune from suit to the same extent as the state, its agencies, officers, and employees.
(Acts 1939, No. 419, p. 559, § 2; Code 1940, T. 52, §363; Code 1975, §36-27B-6; Acts 1983, No. 83-616, p. 953, §§6, 7; Acts 1984, No. 84-259, p. 431, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-3.1 - Purchase of Credit for Service by Members Age 61 or Older at Time of Employment.

Section 16-25-3.1
Purchase of credit for service by members age 61 or older at time of employment.
Any member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama who was prohibited from participating in the Teachers' Retirement System because such member was age 61 or older at the time of his employment may purchase credit for any such service including service subsequent to July 1, 1988, for which the member would have been eligible for coverage except for his age, provided that such member shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Teachers' Retirement System within one year after October 1, 1989, a sum equal to the total contributions which he would have made as a member during the period of such employment plus eight percent interest on such total contributions compounded annually from the date of such service.
(Acts 1989, No. 89-695, p. 1370, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-6 - Employees of Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University.

Section 16-25-6
Employees of Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University.
(a) All persons now employed in an administrative or research capacity by the Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University may become members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama; provided, that such person elects to accept the benefits of this chapter within six months after October 1, 1951. Such persons may signify their desire to become members of the Teachers' Retirement System by filing written notice with the Secretary-Treasurer of the Teachers' Retirement System within said six months' period. Any person hereafter employed in such capacity shall be deemed to be a teacher within the meaning of this chapter and shall be entitled to the benefits thereof.
(b) Any person employed in the capacity as set out in subsection (a) of this section shall be entitled to receive credit for all service as a teacher rendered by him prior to the date of establishment of the retirement system; provided further, that said person may elect to pay to the treasurer of the said retirement system within six months from October 1, 1951, a sum equal to the total contributions which he would have made as a member during the period of his employment by the Agricultural Experiment Station from September 1, 1941, to October 1, 1951.
(Acts 1951, No. 857, p. 1492, §§ 1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-7 - Certain Persons Employed by Alabama High School Athletic Association.

Section 16-25-7
Certain persons employed by Alabama High School Athletic Association.
(a) All persons now employed on a full-time basis in an administrative or clerical capacity by the Alabama High School Athletic Association may become members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama within 90 days after October 1, 1967, subject to such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama. Any person hereafter employed in an administrative or clerical capacity by the Alabama High School Athletic Association shall be deemed to be a "teacher" as defined in Section 16-25-1 and shall be entitled to the benefits thereof. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and other sections of the Teachers' Retirement System law, it is provided that the Alabama High School Athletic Association shall pay to the retirement system the employer cost for coverage of its employees, such cost to be determined by an actuary employed by the Board of Control and under rules and regulations established by said board.
(b) Any person now employed as set out in subsection (a) of this section shall be entitled to receive credit for all service as a "teacher" or as an employee of the Alabama High School Athletic Association rendered by him prior to October 1, 1967; provided, that a sum equal to the total contributions which he would have made as a member during the period of such employment plus regular interest at four percent is paid within 90 days after October 1, 1967.
(Acts 1967, Ex. Sess., No. 215, p. 257, §§ 1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-8 - School Lunchroom Managers and Assistants.

Section 16-25-8
School lunchroom managers and assistants.
(a) All school lunchroom managers and all assistants to such managers who are employed by any county or city board of education in the operation or management of a lunchroom in any public school in Alabama, regardless of the source from which and the manner in which their salaries are paid, may become members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama; provided, that such persons elect within six months after October 1, 1969, to accept the benefits of this chapter. Such persons may signify their desire to become members of the Teachers' Retirement System by filing written notice with the Secretary-Treasurer of such system within said six months' period. Any person hereafter employed by a county or city board of education as a manager of or as an assistant to a manager of a lunchroom in a public school shall be deemed to be a teacher within the meaning of such word in the Teachers' Retirement System law and shall be entitled to the benefits thereof.
(b) Any person employed in the capacity as set out in subsection (a) of this section shall be entitled to receive credit for all service in such capacity rendered by him prior to October 1, 1969; provided, that such person pays to the treasurer of the Teachers' Retirement System, within six months from October 1, 1969, a sum equal to the total contributions which he would have made as a member during the period of such employment by a county or city board of education from September 1, 1941 to October 1, 1969.
(c) Appropriations out of the Education Trust Fund for the purpose of carrying out this section shall be included in the regular appropriations to the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama.
(d) The several county and city boards of education employing lunchroom managers and assistant lunchroom managers in the public schools under their separate jurisdictions are hereby authorized and directed to provide for the deductions from the salaries of such persons or for the collection in some other manner of each of such employees' contributions to the Teachers' Retirement System and shall remit such collections to the Teachers' Retirement System as prescribed by law or regulations of the Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System.
(Acts 1969, No. 1134, p. 2099, §§ 1-4.)