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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 40A - Responsible Sexual Behavior and Prevention of Illegal Drug Use. › Section 16-40A-4 - Illegal Conduct Not to Be Encouraged or Proposed to Public School Children.

Section 16-40A-4
Illegal conduct not to be encouraged or proposed to public school children.
Conduct that is illegal under state or federal law, including but not limited to, illegal use or distribution of controlled substances, under-age alcohol use or distribution, sexual intercourse imposed by means of force, or sexual actions which are otherwise illegal, shall not be encouraged or proposed to public school children in such a manner as to indicate that they have a legitimate right to decide or choose illegal conduct.
(Acts 1992, No. 92-590, p. 1216, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 41 - Drug Abuse Education. › Section 16-41-2 - "Drug" Defined.

Section 16-41-2
"Drug" defined.
As used in this chapter, the term "drug" shall include barbiturates, central nervous system stimulants, hallucinogenics, and all other drugs to which the narcotic and drug abuse laws of the United States apply. It shall also include alcoholic and intoxicating liquor and beverages and tobacco.
(Acts 1971, No. 1934, p. 3122, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 41 - Drug Abuse Education. › Section 16-41-3 - Purpose; Legislative Intent.

Section 16-41-3
Purpose; legislative intent.
The purpose of this chapter is to insure the development of a comprehensive drug abuse education program for all children and youth in grades one through 12. It is the legislative intent that this program shall teach the adverse and dangerous effects on the human mind and body of drugs and that such instruction shall be intensive and that it shall be given immediate emphasis, beginning with the 1971-72 school year. It is further the intent of the Legislature that the voluntary services of persons from the professions of clergy, education, medicine, law enforcement, social services and such other professionally and occupationally qualified individuals as can make a contribution to this program be utilized in its implementation so that the highest possible degree of expertise may be brought to bear.
(Acts 1971, No. 1934, p. 3122, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 41 - Drug Abuse Education. › Section 16-41-4 - Administration of Chapter by State Superintendent of Education; Priorities for Implementation.

Section 16-41-4
Administration of chapter by State Superintendent of Education; priorities for implementation.
(a) The State Superintendent of Education shall administer this chapter pursuant to regulations adopted by the State Board of Education. In administering this chapter, the superintendent shall seek and ask for advice and assistance from the medical association of the State of Alabama and take into consideration the advice of the Department of Public Health.
(b) Priorities for the implementation of this program shall include the following:
(1) The implementation of in-service education programs for teachers, administrators and other personnel. Special emphasis shall be placed on methods and materials necessary for the effective teaching of drug abuse education. In-service teacher education materials which are based on individual performance and designed for use with a minimum of supervision shall be developed and made available to all county and city school systems;
(2) Establishing resource centers located in various regions of the state for the purpose of assisting the Department of Education in coordinating drug abuse education activities in that region;
(3) Expanding degree programs for the preparation of drug education specialists. Special attention shall be given to performance based criteria and to the development and articulation of appropriate drug abuse education courses at junior colleges;
(4) Designing programs for the selection and training of school paraprofessional personnel and personnel of nonschool health or health related agencies; and
(5) Implementing the provisions of this chapter to insure that actual pupil instruction in drug abuse education will begin with the opening of the 1971-72 school year, as part of the curriculum of every elementary, junior and senior high school in this state.
(Acts 1971, No. 1934, p. 3122, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 41 - Drug Abuse Education. › Section 16-41-5 - Exclusion of Teacher or Administrator Employed by Nonpublic School From Participation in Institutes or Programs.

Section 16-41-5
Exclusion of teacher or administrator employed by nonpublic school from participation in institutes or programs.
No teacher or school administrator employed by a nonpublic school shall be excluded from participating in in-service teacher education institutes or curriculum development programs conducted pursuant to this chapter.
(Acts 1971, No. 1934, p. 3122, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 41 - Drug Abuse Education. › Section 16-41-6 - Exemption by Parents.

Section 16-41-6
Exemption by parents.
Any child whose parent presents to the school principal a signed statement that the teaching of disease, its symptoms, development and treatment and the use of instructional aids and materials of such subjects conflict with the religious teachings of his church shall be exempt from such instruction, and no child so exempt shall be penalized by reason of such exemption.
(Acts 1971, No. 1934, p. 3122, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 41 - Drug Abuse Education. › Section 16-41-7 - Adoption of Regulations by State Board; Scheduling of Drug Abuse Education Courses.

Section 16-41-7
Adoption of regulations by state board; scheduling of drug abuse education courses.
The state board shall adopt regulations to insure the teaching of drug abuse education to all pupils. Every county and city school system shall schedule drug abuse education courses as part of the curriculum of every school, K-12.
(Acts 1971, No. 1934, p. 3122, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 41 - Drug Abuse Education. › Section 16-41-8 - Teaching of Sex Education Not Authorized.

Section 16-41-8
Teaching of sex education not authorized.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize or require the teaching of sex education in any form.
(Acts 1971, No. 1934, p. 3122, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 41 - Drug Abuse Education. › Section 16-41-9 - Combining of Funds From Various Sources.

Section 16-41-9
Combining of funds from various sources.
In implementing this chapter, every effort shall be made to combine funds appropriated for this purpose with funds available from all other sources, federal, state, local or private, in order to achieve maximum benefits for improving drug abuse education.
(Acts 1971, No. 1934, p. 3122, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 41 - Drug Abuse Education. › Section 16-41-10 - Report of Status of Program by State Superintendent of Education.

Section 16-41-10
Report of status of program by State Superintendent of Education.
The State Superintendent of Education shall, at least 30 days prior to the 1973 Regular Session and each regular session thereafter, transmit to the members of the state board, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Chairman of the Senate and the Chairman of the House Education Committees a report as to the status of the drug abuse education program together with any recommendations for further improvement or modification.
(Acts 1971, No. 1934, p. 3122, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 42 - Historical Research. › Section 16-42-1 - Counties and Cities Authorized to Undertake Research Into History of State.

Section 16-42-1
Counties and cities authorized to undertake research into history of state.
The county commissions and the governing bodies of all municipalities in the State of Alabama are hereby authorized and empowered to promote education by undertaking research into the history of the State of Alabama, its several counties and municipalities, its coastline and boundaries and the territory included therein, its geological deposits, agricultural and marine data, its rivers, streams and harbors, its history from the earliest times and especially during the colonial period, A.D. 1519 to A.D. 1815, and such general historical data and information, and to effect the completion of translations of such data and information where such old official records are in foreign languages, and to effect the publication of these records for the free distribution to public libraries, school libraries and to the college and university libraries within the State of Alabama and for the further diffusion of knowledge in reference to the history and resources of the State of Alabama and its several counties and municipalities and the encouragement in general of historical work and research in all colonial records of the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1959, No. 597, p. 1485, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 42 - Historical Research. › Section 16-42-2 - Use of County and Municipal Funds.

Section 16-42-2
Use of county and municipal funds.
To carry out the authority vested in the county commissions and the governing bodies of the municipalities by the provisions of Section 16-42-1, the county governing bodies and the governing bodies of the municipalities of the state are hereby authorized and empowered to set aside, appropriate and use county funds and municipal funds for this purpose.
(Acts 1959, No. 597, p. 1485, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 42 - Historical Research. › Section 16-42-3 - Contracts Between Counties or Cities and Historical Corporations, etc., Authorized.

Section 16-42-3
Contracts between counties or cities and historical corporations, etc., authorized.
To carry out the provisions of this chapter, all county governing bodies and the governing bodies of all municipalities are hereby authorized to enter into contracts with historical corporations, foundations or associations which are duly incorporated within this state.
(Acts 1959, No. 597, p. 1485, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 43 - United States Flag and State Flag. › Section 16-43-1 - Display of Flags.

Section 16-43-1
Display of flags.
(a) Each school and educational institution located in this state, that is supported in whole or in part by public funds, shall display the United States Flag and the Alabama State Flag at all times when the school or educational institution is in session in accordance with appropriate flag display protocol. Both the United States Flag and the Alabama State Flag shall be displayed on a flag pole or flag poles located in front of the main building of the educational institution.
(b) Each local board of education building located in this state and each administrative building associated with an educational institution located in this state, that is supported in whole or in part by public funds, shall prominently display the Alabama State Flag at all times that the United States Flag is flown. The flags shall be flown in accordance with appropriate flag display protocol, on a flag pole or flag poles located near the main entrance of each building.
(c) Any municipality with a population of 1,000 or less, according to the most recent federal decennial census, shall be exempt from this section and Section 16-43-4 unless other flags are being flown in the municipality by the municipality.
(School Code 1927, p. 629, §615; Code 1940, T. 52, p. 629, §549; Act 2001-472, p. 629, p. 629, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 43 - United States Flag and State Flag. › Section 16-43-2 - Teacher's Report on Display.

Section 16-43-2
Teacher's report on display.
Repealed by Act 2001-472, p. 629, § 10, effective August 1, 2001.
(School Code 1927, §616; Code 1940, T. 52, §550.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 43 - United States Flag and State Flag. › Section 16-43-3 - Teachers Not Displaying Flag Not Allowed Public Funds.

Section 16-43-3
Teachers not displaying flag not allowed public funds.
Repealed by Act 2001-472, p. 629, § 10, effective August 1, 2001.
(School Code 1927, §617; Code 1940, T. 52, §551.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 43 - United States Flag and State Flag. › Section 16-43-4 - Purchase of Flags.

Section 16-43-4
Purchase of flags.
Unless otherwise acquired pursuant to gift, donation, or other means, the flags and flag poles required by this chapter shall be purchased within three years after August 1, 2001, by either the local board of education or the respective educational institution.
(School Code 1927, p. 629, §618; Code 1940, T. 52, p. 629, §552, Act 2001-472, p. 629, p. 629, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 43 - United States Flag and State Flag. › Section 16-43-5 - Pledge of Allegiance to Be Conducted at the Beginning of Each School Day.

Section 16-43-5
Pledge of allegiance to be conducted at the beginning of each school day.
The pledge of allegiance to the United States flag shall be conducted at the beginning of each school day and all students attending public kindergarten, primary, and secondary schools shall be given the opportunity each school day to voluntarily recite the pledge of allegiance to the United States flag. A student who refuses to recite the pledge of allegiance may not be punished or penalized for that refusal.
(Acts 1976, No. 360, p. 425; Act 2019-241, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44 - Compact for Education. › Section 16-44-2 - Alabama Education Council.

Section 16-44-2
Alabama Education Council.
There is hereby established the Alabama Education Council composed of the members of the Education Commission of the States representing the State of Alabama, appointed by the Governor and to serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Governor shall be chairman of said council. The council shall meet on the call of its chairman or at the request of the majority of its members. The council may consider any and all matters relating to education of the states and the activities of the members in representing the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1969, No. 1143, p. 2137, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44 - Compact for Education. › Section 16-44-3 - Bylaws of Commission and Amendments Thereto to Be Filed With Secretary of State.

Section 16-44-3
Bylaws of commission and amendments thereto to be filed with Secretary of State.
Pursuant to Article III, Paragraph I of the compact, the commission shall file a copy of its bylaws and any amendment thereto with the Secretary of State.
(Acts 1969, No. 1143, p. 2137, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-1 - Legislative Intent.

Section 16-44A-1
Legislative intent.
(a) The Legislature finds that the 1986 and 1992 Commissions on the Future of the South, under the auspices of the Southern Growth Policies Board, called for youth and community leadership development and support as critical to southern economic development and progress. The Legislature further finds that citizenship and leadership programs are vital to the well-being of our American system of self-government, and to the civic well-being, economic development, and quality of life in Alabama, the South, and the nation.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to work to achieve these southern leadership goals by creating a voluntary compact of public, non-profit, and private sectors to enhance and expand leadership and citizenship education in Alabama.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-2 - Authorization, Enactment, and Adoption of the Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education; Purpose, Intent, and Member Parties to the Compact.

Section 16-44A-2
Authorization, enactment, and adoption of the Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education; purpose, intent, and member parties to the compact.
The following compact, to be known as the Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education, is hereby expressly authorized, enacted, and adopted:
(1) The purpose of this compact is to promote realization of the leadership development goals of the 1986 and 1992 Commissions on the Future of the South by cooperative efforts to enhance and expand leadership and citizenship education in Alabama.
(2) It is the intent of this compact that membership, programs, operations, and services of the compact should be inclusive and reflect the racial, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state.
(3) Member parties to the compact shall be any organization, agency, or institution of the public, non-profit, or private sector which voluntarily chooses to subscribe to the purposes of the compact.
Ex officio members shall include: the Governor of Alabama, the Presiding Officer of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the members of the Legislature of Alabama, the State Superintendent of Education, the Alabama member representatives to the Southern Growth Policies Board, and the individuals elected as compact officers and members of the board of directors.
(4) Membership in the compact is voluntary, and any member may withdraw from membership at any time. Members may choose to participate or not to participate in any programs of the compact, and membership shall in no way restrict, diminish, impinge upon, create obligations of, or limit the autonomy of the respective compact members.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-3 - Frequency and Purpose of Membership Meetings.

Section 16-44A-3
Frequency and purpose of membership meetings.
(a) The compact membership shall meet annually for the purpose of transacting the following business:
(1) Hear reports and make recommendations to the board of directors regarding the compact and its progress in meeting its purposes.
(2) Set annual membership dues, and create additional associate, non-voting membership categories.
(3) Elect officers and a board of directors.
(4) Adopt necessary bylaws consistent with this article.
(5) Adopt modifications to this compact, which shall become effective only by consent of the Legislature by joint resolution.
(b) The first annual compact membership meeting for the transaction of the above business shall be held on Constitution Day, September 17, 1994, and annually thereafter on a date fixed by the compact membership. Special meetings of the compact may be called by the board of directors with notice as provided in the bylaws. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the member parties of the compact.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-4 - Voting.

Section 16-44A-4
Voting.
Each member party shall be entitled to one vote. The chief executive officer of the member party, by whatever title or in whatever manner defined by the institutional member, shall be the official voting delegate. If the delegate is unable to represent the member at any membership meeting, the delegate may designate in writing an alternate voting delegate. Each ex officio member shall have one vote.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-5 - Non-Profit Public Corporation.

Section 16-44A-5
Non-profit public corporation.
This voluntary educational compact shall be deemed and constitute a non-profit public corporation in Alabama, and none of the net proceeds of funds shall inure to the benefit of any individual.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-6 - Board of Directors; Election, Composition, Term.

Section 16-44A-6
Board of directors; election, composition, term.
The board of directors shall be elected at the annual membership meeting, and shall take office immediately upon its adjournment. The board of directors shall consist of 21 citizens, elected by the compact membership as follows: three classes of seven members each, initially elected for terms of one, two, and three years respectively, and thereafter elected for terms of three years each. Vacancies shall be filled by written, mail ballot of the membership. At least five of the members elected shall be black. No member shall be eligible to serve more than two three-year terms consecutively.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-7 - Representation of the Board of Directors Members; Meetings of Board.

Section 16-44A-7
Representation of the board of directors members; meetings of board.
(a) Board members shall be chosen to represent each of the following segments or areas:
(1) Executive and Legislative Branches of state government, in the fields of education, finance, taxation, and ways and means, local government, or economic development.
(2) K-12 education, in some of the following fields: teaching, administration or supervision, curriculum, or governance.
(3) Higher education.
(4) Community leadership education.
(5) Youth leadership and citizenship education.
(6) Economic development.
(7) Local government.
(8) Community, civic, philanthropic, and other non-profit organizations.
(9) Historical, patriotic, veterans, and cultural organizations.
(10) The law, which may include the Judicial Branch.
(11) Business.
(12) Professional, labor, and trade.
(13) Any other areas of interest which are deemed to complement and augment the work of the compact.
(b) The board shall meet annually immediately following the annual compact membership meeting. It shall adopt bylaws providing for its quorum, organization, and other regular or special meetings.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-8 - Governor of Alabama as Ex Officio President; Election of Chair and Vice-Chair.

Section 16-44A-8
Governor of Alabama as ex officio president; election of chair and vice-chair.
(a) The Governor of Alabama shall be the ex officio president of the compact, and preside at the annual and special compact membership meetings.
(b) The compact shall annually elect board members as chair and vice-chair of the board, for terms of one year respectively. No person shall serve more than three years consecutively in the same office. The chair of the board shall preside at meetings of the board of directors, and shall also serve as president pro tempore of the compact, and shall preside at compact membership meetings in the absence of the Governor. The compact may provide for any other officers by its bylaws.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-9 - Authority, Duties, and Responsibilities of Executive Director; Board of Directors as Nominating Committee.

Section 16-44A-9
Authority, duties, and responsibilities of executive director; board of directors as nominating committee.
(a) The executive director shall be the ex officio, non-voting secretary of the compact and of the board, and shall keep all records and minutes, and shall have authority and responsibility for the administrative functions and duties of the compact and of the board.
(b) The board of directors shall serve as a nominating committee to nominate individuals for the officers and members of the board of directors. Additional nominations may be made from the floor at the annual compact membership meeting.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-10 - Membership and Fiscal Year; Dues.

Section 16-44A-10
Membership and fiscal year; dues.
The membership and fiscal year shall begin on October 1 annually and end on the following September 30. Dues shall be set as provided in Section 16-44A-14.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-11 - Creation of Advisory Committees; Purpose and Composition.

Section 16-44A-11
Creation of advisory committees; purpose and composition.
Advisory committees shall be created to make recommendations regarding strategies to meet the purposes of the compact. Committees shall include compact members, potential users of services, school teachers, educators, K-12 and postsecondary/higher education representatives, community and youth leadership organizations, student organizations, the State Department of Education, state and local governments, economic and community development entities, business, historical and patriotic organizations, and others.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-12 - Adoption of Plan of Educational Work Which Furthers Purposes of Compact; Plan Objectives; Programs and Activities Under Plan.

Section 16-44A-12
Adoption of plan of educational work which furthers purposes of compact; plan objectives; programs and activities under plan.
(a) The board of directors shall consider recommendations of advisory committees and may hold hearings, review, revise, and adopt a plan of educational work which furthers the purposes of the compact and the leadership goals of the Commission on the Future of the South and which are designed to complement or augment, but not duplicate, existing programs and services offered in service areas by individual compact members or other non-profit entities.
(b) The plan shall focus on meeting three objectives:
(1) Increasing leadership and citizenship programs for youth.
(2) Extending community and other leadership programs to rural and under-served areas.
(3) Serve as a network and resource to enhance communications and idea and information exchange among community and youth leadership programs and other interested parties.
(c) Pursuant to the plan the compact shall provide programs itself and support for programs offered by others, all of which enhance leadership and citizenship education in Alabama.
(d) Under the plan the compact may: Develop supplementary instructional materials and make them available to schools and non-profit educational entities; serve as a resource, reference, and referral center; provide a demonstration classroom, exhibition, and education facility/program; encourage and enter into voluntary cooperative agreements with and among agencies and institutions to encourage cooperation and collaboration in high quality leadership and citizenship programs and experiences; affiliate with entities engaged in similar purposes in other states which are in the Southern Growth Policies Board region in a voluntary compact, subject to adoption by joint legislative resolution, and to domicile and administer the same; and provide technical, educational, or other support and assistance and make available facilities, where available and practicable, to and where requested by compact entities, for the support of community and youth leadership educational programs.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-13 - Programs and Experiences Encouraged and Supported by Compact.

Section 16-44A-13
Programs and experiences encouraged and supported by compact.
The compact shall encourage, support, and provide high quality educational programs, learning, and service experiences related to the history and diverse cultures of the United States and the State of Alabama, and especially American citizenship, its origins and development, and the positive role models, attributes, and contributions of leaders in the progress of the nation, the American South, Alabama, and its communities; and the application of knowledge and skills important in leadership and citizenship in a free and self-governing society. Its program shall provide a resource of information to support existing leaders, and better equip a new generation of leaders with broad understanding and appreciation of our American system of government and ways in which to make positive differences in the quality of life in Alabama communities.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-14 - Powers of Board of Directors.

Section 16-44A-14
Powers of board of directors.
In furtherance of the purposes of the compact, the board of directors may do the following:
(1) Accept donations of funds or land, bequests, grants, appropriations, loans, membership fees, or other forms of financial assistance for educational and other purposes in furtherance of this article, from any federal entity, from the state, its agencies and subdivisions, or any local public entity which are hereby authorized to grant any of the foregoing forms of assistance, or from any private person, or other agency, and to comply with rules and regulations concerning grants by the federal government or other grantors, which are not in contravention of the constitution and laws of this state or the United States.
(2) Enjoy and exercise any powers and duties, not inconsistent with this chapter, which are authorized to non-profit organizations under Title 10.
(3) Engage the services, by employment or otherwise, of a full-time or part-time executive director, who shall be the chief administrative officer, and fix the term and make provisions for compensation and any allowances and benefits as the board may provide. The executive director shall perform the duties of secretary as enumerated in Section 16-44A-9 and shall execute all documents of the compact. The director shall employ or contract for any necessary personnel or other assistance and terminate, when necessary, any personnel or other assistance and shall supervise, designate the duties and titles, and fix the terms for assistance, within the overall budget adopted by the board.
(4) Review and approve personnel policies recommended by the director. No employee shall be deemed an employee within the meaning of the Alabama Merit System or teacher tenure laws, but shall be entitled to public employee health insurance and state teacher retirement benefits on the same basis afforded public school employees. The board may provide for and authorize payment for other benefits. Employees of the compact shall be reimbursed for travel in the same manner provided by law for state employees, provided the travel is approved in advance by the executive director.
(5) Delegate to the executive director any and all powers and duties necessary to aid in the efficient administration of the policies of the board.
(6) File an annual report, including a financial report, with the Governor, Legislature of Alabama, and compact members.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-15 - Remuneration of Board of Directors Members.

Section 16-44A-15
Remuneration of board of directors members.
The members of the board shall not be compensated for their services, but shall be entitled to the same expense and per diem as authorized to state employees, for official board business as approved by the chair of the board.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-16 - Establishment of Bank Accounts; Adoption of Annual Budget; Performance of Independent Annual Audit.

Section 16-44A-16
Establishment of bank accounts; adoption of annual budget; performance of independent annual audit.
(a) The board shall establish its account(s) and deposit its funds therein with any bank qualified to serve as a state depositary. All funds shall be governed by the applicable laws of Alabama, including the state bid law and the ethics act. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require uncompensated compact delegates, compact members, and board members to file annual statements of economic interests. The board shall adopt an annual budget, provide for its administration, and require bonding of officers and employees as it deems necessary and pay premiums therefor.
(b) There shall be an annual audit performed by a certified public accountant, appointed by the board, and a copy shall be furnished to the board, executive director, and to the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. Nothing herein shall preclude the department from conducting an examination of the books or finances of the compact.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-17 - Distribution of Residual Assets in the Event of Dissolution of Compact.

Section 16-44A-17
Distribution of residual assets in the event of dissolution of compact.
In the event of dissolution of the compact, which may be accomplished only by legislative act, the residual assets shall be turned over to another public corporation or organization which is exempt from federal income tax as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-18 - Organization of Compact as Voluntary Public-Private Partnership Constituted as Not-for-Profit Public Corporation; Affirmative Action Required in Initial Membership Invitations; Filing of Papers for Incorporation of Compact.

Section 16-44A-18
Organization of compact as voluntary public-private partnership constituted as not-for-profit public corporation; affirmative action required in initial membership invitations; filing of papers for incorporation of compact.
(a) The compact shall be organized as a voluntary public-private partnership and shall be constituted as a not-for-profit public corporation. The members of the Joint Legislative Committee on Southern Leadership Goals created under Act No. 94-55, SJR 12, 1994 Regular Session, shall effectuate the filing of papers for the incorporation of the compact as provided in subsection (b). Upon the filing of the documents with the Secretary of State, and until the election of the officers and board of directors at the annual membership meeting on September 17, 1994, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 16-44A-3 of the compact, the members of the committee shall then be officially constituted as an interim board of directors and specifically shall extend notices and invitations to the initial membership meeting of the compact to as many entities it can identify which are eligible to be member parties to the compact. It shall affirmatively include public, non-profit, and private sector organizations representative of the racial, geographic, demographic, and urban/rural diversity of the state. It shall also expedite the organization of the compact and exercise any of the duties of the board of directors to the end that the compact will be operational following the conclusion of the first annual membership meeting.
(b) As provided in subsection (a), the above listed persons, together with the Governor, Presiding Officer of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, may present to the Secretary of State of Alabama an executed application for incorporation compatible with the purposes of this article. The Secretary of State shall immediately examine the application, and, if he or she finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this article, he or she shall receive it, file it, and record it in the appropriate books of record, and shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation as a not-for-profit public corporation, under the Great Seal of the State, and shall record the certificate with the application. No fees shall be required to be paid to the Secretary of State for any work in connection with the incorporation of the compact.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-44A-19 - Exemption From State Taxes; Authority to Solicit Gifts and Donations; Tax Treatment of Gifts, Grants, Devises, and Bequests; Liberal Construction.

Section 16-44A-19
Exemption from state taxes; authority to solicit gifts and donations; tax treatment of gifts, grants, devises, and bequests; liberal construction.
(a) The compact shall be exempt from all taxes of the State of Alabama and its political subdivisions to the same extent as public schools and colleges. All receipts, from whatever source, are appropriated to the compact until expended and shall not lapse. The compact is authorized to solicit gifts and donations, and all gifts, grants, devises, and bequests shall be deductible from state income taxes in accordance with Section 40-18-15.
(b) All of the acts provided for in the body of the compact agreement are hereby specifically authorized and provided for, it being the intent of this article to incorporate and enact the entirety of the provisions of the compact into this code. The provisions of the compact and this article shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of the article.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 2 - The Citizenship Trust. › Section 16-44A-30 - Legislative Findings.

Section 16-44A-30
Legislative findings.
(a) Under Article 1 of this chapter, the Joint Legislative Committee on Southern Leadership Goals authorized and consented to the formation of a non-profit entity, subsequently organized as The Citizenship Trust and domiciled in Shelby County, Alabama, for the purpose of, among other things, proposing to the Legislature a voluntary compact to promote citizenship education programs.
(b) The Legislature now finds that the voluntary partnership, compact, or trust should be authorized and ratified whereby public and private entities which desire to work together may do so to enhance and expand citizenship education for students. The Legislature further finds that citizenship and character education of young people in the principles of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and other great foundations of the American Republic are essential to the civic, political, economic, security, and social well-being of our society, and to the advancement and progress of the State of Alabama, this region, and our nation.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-376, p. 766, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 2 - The Citizenship Trust. › Section 16-44A-33 - Incorporation.

Section 16-44A-33
Incorporation.
To effectuate the purposes of this article, the Board of Directors of The Citizenship Trust, an unincorporated non-profit association domiciled in Shelby County, Alabama, may present to the Secretary of State an executed application for incorporation compatible with the purposes of this article, and setting forth the compact or trust agreement herein ratified. The application shall provide for a name of the corporation, which shall include the words "Citizenship Trust." The Secretary of State shall immediately examine the application, and, if he or she finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this article, the secretary shall receive it, file it, and record it in the appropriate books of record, and shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation as a not-for-profit public educational corporation, under the Great Seal of the State, and shall record the certificate with the application. No fees shall be required to be paid to the Secretary of State for any work in connection with the incorporation of the trust.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-376, p. 766, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 2 - The Citizenship Trust. › Section 16-44A-34 - Exemption From State and Local Taxes; Acts in Agreement Authorized.

Section 16-44A-34
Exemption from state and local taxes; acts in agreement authorized.
(a) The trust shall be exempt from all taxes of the State of Alabama and its political subdivisions. Provided that the trust's "unrelated business taxable income" as determined in accordance with 26 U.S.C. §512, as in effect from time to time, shall be subject to the tax levied by Section 40-18-31, as amended. All receipts, from whatever source, are appropriated to the trust until expended and shall not lapse. The trust is authorized to solicit gifts and donations, and all gifts, grants, devises, and bequests shall be deductible from state income taxes in accordance with Section 40-18-15.
(b) All of the acts provided for in the body of the compact or trust agreement are hereby specifically authorized and provided for, it being the intent of this article to incorporate the entirety of the provisions of the compact into the Code of Alabama. This compact and this article shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of the article, and shall be severable.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-376, p. 766, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 2 - The Citizenship Trust. › Section 16-44A-35 - Legislative Findings; Designation and Dedication as Veterans Living Legacy.

Section 16-44A-35
Legislative findings; designation and dedication as Veterans Living Legacy.
(a) The Legislature of Alabama finds and declares all of the following:
(1) That pursuant to Section 16-44A-31, a statewide extended classroom for education in critical academic areas of citizenship, civics, American history, and government is now operational as "the American Village" under the auspices of the Citizenship Trust, a public education corporation.
(2) The nationally pioneering educational program serves students statewide and also school groups from other states. The United States Congress has provided support of the American Village as a national model and as an innovative civic education initiative that provides students with a better understanding of the United States Constitution and the historical and civic foundation of American self-government.
(3) Recent studies indicate that many students have only a superficial knowledge and lack deeper understanding of the foundations and principles of American self-government, that American history, civics, government, and related courses are critical academic areas for the preservation of individual liberty and for our constitutional system of self-government, and that increased academic attention needs to be directed to a better understanding of these vital foundations.
(4) It is our desire for this state to provide leadership to the nation during the observance of the 225th anniversary of American independence, and that properly educating and inspiring new generations of young people in these critical academic areas shall constitute a Veterans Living Legacy that honors veterans and other patriots in all generations in the cause of liberty and self-government that they have served.
(b) In commemoration of the 225th anniversary of American independence, the American Village is officially designated and dedicated as a Veterans Living Legacy in honor of veterans and patriots in all generations who have served the American cause of liberty and self-government. The American Village shall be expressly committed to the perpetuation of that legacy through civic education of young people.
(Act 2001-970, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 868, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 2 - The Citizenship Trust. › Section 16-44A-36 - Functions and Oversight.

Section 16-44A-36
Functions and oversight.
The trust shall continue to be designated as the entity to coordinate the voluntary Alabama student mock election in cooperation with the office of Secretary of State, the State Superintendent of Education, and local educational entities, and to coordinate a voluntary program involving legislators visiting school classrooms, both of which shall be subject to oversight of the Joint Legislative Committee on Civic Education pursuant to Article 10 of Chapter 2 of Title 29.
(Act 2001-970, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 868, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 2 - The Citizenship Trust. › Division 2 - Alabama Veterans Living Legacy Act of 2008. › Section 16-44A-50 - Short Title.

Section 16-44A-50
Short title.
This division may be cited as the Alabama Veterans Living Legacy Act of 2008 in honor of all Alabama veterans, living and dead, and members of the Armed Forces of the United States, whose service and sacrifices are indispensable to our country and the cause of liberty.
(Act 2008-551, p. 1198, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education. › Article 2 - The Citizenship Trust. › Division 2 - Alabama Veterans Living Legacy Act of 2008. › Section 16-44A-51 - Designation and Dedication.

Section 16-44A-51
Designation and dedication. THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2008 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2008.
Section 16-44A-35(b) previously designated the American Village administered by the Citizenship Trust, herein the Trust, as a Veterans Living Legacy, and it is hereby redesignated and rededicated as the Alabama Veterans Living Legacy.
(Act 2008-551, §2.)