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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-1-43 - Waiver of Undergraduate Tuition and Fees for Purple Heart Recipients.

Section 16-1-43
Waiver of undergraduate tuition and fees for Purple Heart recipients.
(a) For purposes of this section, a public institution of higher education includes public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education and postsecondary technical colleges, community colleges, and junior colleges located in the state.
(b) A public institution of higher education may waive undergraduate tuition and fees for each veteran who is the recipient of the Purple Heart and who satisfies all of the following:
(1) Is enrolled as a full-time, part-time, or summer school student in an undergraduate program that culminates in a degree or certificate.
(2) Is currently, and was at the time of the military action that resulted in the awarding of the Purple Heart, a resident of this state.
(3) Submits to the public institution of higher education the DD-214 form issued at the time of separation from service as documentation that he or she has received the Purple Heart.
(c) The waiver provided to the recipient of a Purple Heart may be applicable for up to 125 percent of the number of required credit hours of the degree or certificate program for which the veteran is enrolled. Nothing in this section shall be construed to lower, or make an exception to, the admission and retention standards or requirements of a public institution of higher education affected by this section. Any veteran, in order to obtain and retain the educational benefits of this section, shall satisfy all scholastic and other requirements for entrance into and continuing enrollment in the applicable public institution of higher education.
(d) The benefits provided by this section shall be in addition to all other benefits provided by law and shall only be available to an eligible veteran after he or she has utilized all other educational benefits, excluding any benefit that is partially funded by the veteran, such as those benefits provided in the federal Montgomery GI Bill, also known as Chapter 30.
(Act 2009-590, p. 1745, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-1-44.1 - School Security Personnel and School Resource Officers.

Section 16-1-44.1
School security personnel and school resource officers.
(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. A person who was a law enforcement officer and retired in good standing from a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency with at least 20 years of law enforcement experience.
(2) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER. A person who is certified by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission as a law enforcement officer, whose certification is in good standing, and who has the power of arrest.
(b) A local board of education may employ persons as school security personnel or contract with a local chief of police or sheriff to employ school resource officers. A local board of education may allow any person employed by the board as school security personnel or as a school resource officer to carry a firearm while on duty if the employee satisfies all of the following qualifications:
(1) He or she is certified by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission as a law enforcement officer whose certification is in good standing or he or she is a retired law enforcement officer.
(2) He or she has successfully completed active shooter training approved by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.
(3) He or she annually completes and passes the firearm requalification required of law enforcement officers by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.
(4) While on duty, he or she carries a non-lethal weapon and is trained in the appropriate use of that non-lethal weapon.
(c) Nothing in this section confers upon any individual the power of arrest.
(d) The State Department of Education shall adopt any necessary rules to provide for the implementation of this section including, but not limited to, rules providing additional qualifications for employment as school security personnel or school resource officers.
(Act 2013-288, p. 995, §1; Act 2019-532, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-1-44.2 - Electronic Notification System.

Section 16-1-44.2
Electronic notification system.
(a) The Department of Education shall implement an electronic notification system designed to allow local schools and local school systems to input specific information relating to school delays, early releases, shelter-in-place information, as well as other emergency-related information to be compiled in one central electronic repository that is accessible by the department and the Governor.
(b) The department shall implement the electronic notification system under subsection (a) by October 1, 2017.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that all local schools and local school systems use the electronic notification system implemented by the department as a means of relaying information as set forth in subsection (a).
(Act 2017-401, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-1-45 - Automated External Defibrillator Requirements.

Section 16-1-45
Automated external defibrillator requirements.
(a) For purposes of this section, the term automated external defibrillator is given the same definition as provided in subsection (c) of Section 6-5-332.3.
(b) An automated external defibrillator shall be placed in each public K-12 school in Alabama. The superintendent of each local board of education shall designate at least one employee at each school to be trained in the use of an automated external defibrillator.
(c) The State Department of Education shall implement and administer this section and shall adopt such rules as are necessary.
(Act 2009-754, p. 2278, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-1-47 - Information on Meningococcal Meningitis Disease and Its Vaccine to Be Provided to Parents and Guardians of Students.

Section 16-1-47
Information on meningococcal meningitis disease and its vaccine to be provided to parents and guardians of students.
(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Jessica Elkins Act.
(b) If a local board of education provides information on immunizations, infectious diseases, medications, or other school health issues to parents and guardians of students in grades six through 12, then all of the following information about meningococcal meningitis disease and its vaccine shall be included:
(1) A description of causes, symptoms, and means of transmission.
(2) A list of sources for additional information.
(3) Related recommendations issued by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(c) The State Department of Education, in cooperation with the Department of Public Health, shall develop and make available the information about meningococcal meningitis disease and its vaccine to local school systems as required under subsection (b) in an efficient manner that may include posting the information on its website.
(Act 2014-274, p. 878, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-1-49 - Information on Influenza and It Vaccine to Be Provided to Parents and Guardians of Students.

Section 16-1-49
Information on influenza and it vaccine to be provided to parents and guardians of students.
(a) If a local board of education provides information on immunizations, infectious diseases, medications, or other school health issues to parents and guardians of students in grades K through 12, then all of the following information about influenza disease and its vaccine shall be included:
(1) A description of causes, symptoms, and means of transmission.
(2) A list of sources for additional information.
(3) Related recommendations issued by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(b) The Department of Education, in cooperation with the Department of Public Health, shall develop and make available the information about influenza disease and its vaccine to local school systems as required under subsection (a) in an efficient manner that may include posting the information on its website.
(c) A board, board member, or an employee of a local board of education shall be immune from civil liability for acts or omissions in the implementation of this section in accordance with Section 36-1-12.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to establish a standard of care for hospitals or physicians or otherwise modify, amend, or supersede any provision of the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1987 or the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1996, or any amendment thereto, or any judicial interpretation thereof. The information developed, or made available, under this section shall not constitute a standard for the practice of medicine.
(Act 2017-368, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-1-50 - Possession and Use of Over-the-Counter Sunscreen by Students.

Section 16-1-50
Possession and use of over-the-counter sunscreen by students.
(a) Any student in a public school under the jurisdiction of a local board of education or in a nonpublic school may possess and apply federal Food and Drug Administration regulated over-the-counter sunscreen at school and at school-based events notwithstanding any other provision of law, including any rule of the State Board of Education or the State Board of Nursing.
(b) No rule of the State Board of Education or the State Board of Nursing shall apply to the possession or use of federal Food and Drug Administration regulated over-the-counter sunscreen by students at a public or nonpublic school.
(c) Any student, parent, or guardian requesting a school board employee to apply sunscreen to a student shall present to the nurse a Parent Prescriber Authorization Form (PPA) containing a parent or guardian signature. A physician signature or physician order shall not be required.
(Act 2017-278, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-1-52 - Participation in Athletic Events to Be Based on Biological Sex of Athletes.

Section 16-1-52
Participation in athletic events to be based on biological sex of athletes.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(1) Physical differences between biological males and biological females have long made separate and sex-specific sports teams important so that female athletes can have equal opportunities to compete in sports.
(2) Physical advantages for biological males relevant to sports include, on average, a larger body size with more skeletal muscle mass, a lower percentage of body fat, and greater maximal delivery of anaerobic and aerobic energy than biological females.
(3) Even at young ages, biological males typically score higher than biological females on cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and speed and agility. These differences become more pronounced during and after puberty as biological males produce higher levels of testosterone. On average, biological male athletes are bigger, faster, stronger, and more physically powerful than their biological female counterparts. This results in a significant sports performance gap between the sexes.
(4) Studies have shown that the benefits that natural testosterone provides to biological male athletes is not significantly diminished through the use of testosterone suppression. Testosterone suppression in biological males does not result in a level playing field between biological male and biological female athletes.
(5) Because of the physical differences between biological males and biological females, having separate athletic teams based on the athletes' biological sex reduces the chance of injury to biological female athletes and promotes sex equality. It provides opportunities for biological female athletes to compete against their peers rather than against biological male athletes, and allows biological female athletes to compete on a fair playing field for scholarships and other athletic accomplishments.
(b)(1) Except as provided in subsection (c), a public K-12 school may not participate in, sponsor, or provide coaching staff for interscholastic athletic events within this state that are either scheduled by or conducted under the authority of any athletic association of the state that permits or allows participation in athletic events within the state conducted exclusively for males by any individual who is not a biological male or participation in athletic events within the state conducted exclusively for females by any individual who is not a biological female.
(2) A public K-12 school may not allow a biological female to participate on a male team if there is a female team in a sport. A public K-12 school may not allow a biological male to participate on a female team.
(c) This section does not apply to athletic events at which both biological males and biological females are permitted or allowed to participate.
(Act 2021-285, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-1-53 - Broadcast of Public K-12 School Sporting Events.

Section 16-1-53
Broadcast of public K-12 school sporting events.
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) BROADCAST. To transmit or exhibit video or audio in any medium or manner accessible by televisions, radios, computers, or other Internet enabled devices.
(2) COVER. To observe for reporting purposes and conduct broadcasts of the event being reported.
(3) MEDIA ORGANIZATION. A newspaper, news wire, radio station, television station, television network, website, or other organization that publishes or broadcasts, at regular intervals, print, digital, or audio media.
(b) No individual, firm, corporation, or association shall interfere with or restrict in any manner the ability of media organizations to cover or broadcast, in any form or format, regular season sporting events involving K-12 schools. Each school, grades K through 12, shall have the sole authority to determine which media organization or media organizations are permitted to cover or broadcast a regular season sporting event and to contract for the broadcast of regular season sporting events involving that school.
(Act 2021-452, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 2 - Department of Education. › Section 16-2-1 - Creation; Direction; Duties of Assistant State Superintendents.

Section 16-2-1
Creation; direction; duties of assistant state superintendents.
(a) There shall be a Department of Education, which shall be under the direction of the State Superintendent of Education with the advice and counsel of the State Board of Education.
(b) The assistant state superintendents of education, when they are provided by the State Board of Education, shall perform the duties of the state superintendent when so directed by the State Superintendent of Education and such other duties as required by the State Superintendent of Education.
(School Code 1927, §12; Code 1940, T. 52, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 2 - Department of Education. › Section 16-2-2 - Duties of Department.

Section 16-2-2
Duties of department.
The duties of the Department of Education shall be, through its personnel, to assist in executing the policies and procedures authorized by law and by regulations of the State Board of Education.
(Acts 1935, No. 211, p. 598; Code 1940, T. 52, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 2 - Department of Education. › Section 16-2-3 - Organization.

Section 16-2-3
Organization.
By action of the State Board of Education, upon recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education, the department shall be organized into such divisions and services as may be found necessary to carry on its work efficiently.
(Acts 1935, No. 211, p. 598; Code 1940, T. 52, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 2 - Department of Education. › Section 16-2-4 - Publications by Department.

Section 16-2-4
Publications by department.
In order that the Department of Education may exert its largest influence, provision shall be made for three series of publications as follows:
(1) A monthly circular of information containing such outlines and descriptions of the work of the Department of Education and such general information, notices and directions as the State Superintendent of Education shall direct;
(2) A series of bulletins to be issued as frequently as need be, to contain collected information on studies made by different divisions of the Department of Education, school manuals and such other publications as may be authorized by the State Board of Education; and
(3) Annual reports as required under this title.
(School Code 1927, §24; Code 1940, T. 52, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 2 - Department of Education. › Section 16-2-5 - Expenses of Department.

Section 16-2-5
Expenses of department.
Any funds or appropriations which are available to the State Superintendent of Education, the State Board of Education or the Department of Education for use in operating, maintaining or providing for the expenses of the Department of Education shall be expended in accordance with an annual budget adopted by the State Board of Education upon recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education; provided, that the total amount of such budget shall not exceed the appropriations of funds available during that year. Such funds or appropriations shall be expended for the salaries and expenses of the executive, supervisory or clerical personnel and for other essential purposes, including compensation and expenses of the members of the State Board of Education in the discharge of their official duties as provided by law.
(Acts 1935, No. 211, p. 598; Code 1940, T. 52, §35.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 2 - Department of Education. › Section 16-2-6 - Public Kindergarten Pilot Programs.

Section 16-2-6
Public kindergarten pilot programs.
Repealed by Act 2000-757, §3, 2000 Regular Session, effective July 1, 2000.
(Acts 1973, No. 1075, p. 1829.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 2 - Department of Education. › Section 16-2-8 - Department Authorized to Contract for Storage and Distribution of Federal Food Programs.

Section 16-2-8
Department authorized to contract for storage and distribution of federal food programs.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Education, acting through the Superintendent of Education, shall have the authority to enter into contracts of not greater than three years for the storage and distribution of United States Department of Agriculture commodities distributed through the Child Nutrition Food Program including regular food distribution and for storage only for the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program. All such contracts shall be let by free and open competitive bidding, or sealed bids, to the lowest responsible bidder.
(Acts 1986, No. 86-434, p. 800, § 1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-1 - Composition; Election; Term of Office.

Section 16-3-1
Composition; election; term of office.
The State Board of Education shall be composed of the Governor as an ex officio member and eight members elected from districts provided by general law. Members of the board shall serve for terms of four years each, and the member from each district shall be elected by the qualified electors of the district at the general election immediately preceding the expiration of the term of office of the member, as designated by the board, representing such district on the board and every four years thereafter. Each member shall hold office from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next after his or her election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
(School Code 1927, §26; Code 1940, T. 52, §6; Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 16, p. 39, §1; Act 2002-73, p. 175, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-1.1 - State Board of Education Districts; Official Maps.

Section 16-3-1.1
State Board of Education districts; official maps.
THIS SECTION WAS REENACTED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-559 EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 4, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(a) The State of Alabama is divided into eight State Board of Education districts as provided in subsection (b).
(b) The numbers and boundaries of the districts are designated and established by the map prepared by the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment and identified and labeled as the McClendon SBOE Plan 1, including the corresponding boundary description provided by the census tracts, blocks, and counties, and are incorporated by reference as part of this section.
(c) The Legislature shall post for viewing on its public website the map referenced in subsection (b), including the corresponding boundary description provided by the census tracts, blocks, and counties, and any alternative map, including the corresponding boundary description provided by the census tracts, blocks, and counties, introduced by any member of the Legislature during the legislative session in which this section is added or amended.
(d) Upon enactment of Act 2021-559, adding this section and adopting the map identified in subsection (b), the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate, as appropriate, shall transmit the map and the corresponding boundary description provided by the census tracts, blocks, and counties identified in subsection (b) for certification and posting on the public website of the Secretary of State.
(e) The boundary descriptions provided by the certified map referenced in subsection (b) shall prevail over the boundary descriptions provided by the census tracts, blocks, and counties generated for the map.
(Act 2002-73, p. 175, §2; repealed by Act 2011-677, §1; added by Act 2011-677, p. 1822, §§2, 3; repealed by Act 2021-559, §1; added by Act 2021-559, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-2 - Officers.

Section 16-3-2
Officers.
The Governor shall be the President of the State Board of Education, and the board shall elect a vice-president from its members annually. The State Superintendent of Education shall be secretary and executive officer of the board.
(School Code 1927, §27; Code 1940, T. 52, §7; Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 16, p. 39, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-3 - Qualifications of Members.

Section 16-3-3
Qualifications of members.
The members of the board shall be qualified electors of the State of Alabama, and each member shall be a qualified elector in the district which he represents. No person who is an employee of the board or who is or has been engaged as a professional educator within five years next preceding the date of the election shall be eligible for membership on the board. For the purposes of this section the term "professional educator" shall include teacher, supervisor or principal of any public or private school; instructor, professor or president of any public or private university, college or junior college or trade school; any state, county or city superintendent of education; or other person engaged in an administrative capacity in the field of education.
(School Code 1927, §29; Code 1940, T. 52, §8; Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 16, p. 39, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-4 - Removal of Members.

Section 16-3-4
Removal of members.
The Governor may remove any appointive member of the board for immorality, misconduct in office, incompetency or willful neglect of duty, giving to him a copy of the charges against him and, upon not less than 10 days' notice, an opportunity of being heard publicly in person or by counsel in his own defense. If any member shall be removed, the Governor shall file in the office of the Secretary of State a complete statement of all charges against such member of his findings thereon, together with a complete record of the proceedings.
(School Code 1927, §30; Code 1940, T. 52, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-5 - Vacancies.

Section 16-3-5
Vacancies.
As vacancies occur on the board for any cause they shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term subject to confirmation by the Senate at the next succeeding session of the Legislature.
(School Code 1927, §31; Code 1940, T. 52, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-6 - Oath of Office.

Section 16-3-6
Oath of office.
Before exercising any authority or performing any duty, each member of the board shall qualify as such by taking and subscribing to the oath of office prescribed by Article XVI of the state constitution, the certificate whereof shall be filed with the records of the board.
(School Code 1927, §32; Code 1940, T. 52, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-7 - Meetings.

Section 16-3-7
Meetings.
The State Board of Education shall hold a regular annual meeting on the second Tuesday in July at the office of the Department of Education in Montgomery, at which meeting one of its members shall be elected vice-president. Such other meetings may be held as the needs of public education may require, on dates to be set by the board in official session, by the president or by the State Superintendent of Education on written request of a majority of the board members. The rules generally adopted by deliberative bodies for their government shall be observed.
(School Code 1927, §33; Code 1940, T. 52, §12; Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 16, p. 39, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-8 - Compensation of Members.

Section 16-3-8
Compensation of members.
The members of the State Board of Education shall receive a per diem compensation of $10.00 for each day of actual service and for a total of not more than 25 days in any fiscal year and their actual traveling and other necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings and transacting the business of the board.
(School Code 1927, §34; Code 1940, T. 52, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-9 - Expense Allowance for Members.

Section 16-3-9
Expense allowance for members.
(a) Each member of the State Board of Education shall be entitled to an expense allowance of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per month which shall be in addition to the per diem compensation and actual traveling and other necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings and transacting business of the board, as provided in Section 16-3-8. The provisions of Sections 36-7-20 to 36-7-23, inclusive, regulating payment of expenses of state officers and employees traveling on state business, shall not be applicable to members of the State Board of Education. It is expressly understood that this amount of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) is paid for travel and other business expenses incurred by the board members which are not covered by the per diem and mileage allowance authorized to be paid to the board members.
(b) The expense allowance herein provided shall be paid out of the Education Trust Fund in the same manner as other expenses of the State Board of Education are paid.
(Acts 1973, No. 1209, p. 2031, §§1, 2; Acts 1976, No. 752, p. 1036, §1; Acts 1979, No. 79-749, p. 1335, §1; Acts 1984, No. 84-476, p. 1097, §1; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-903, p. 471, §1; Act 2000-240, p. 383, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-10 - Compensation of Employees Subject to the Merit System.

Section 16-3-10
Compensation of employees subject to the Merit System.
The State Board of Education, upon recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education, shall determine the compensation of all employees in the Department of Education subject to the provisions of the Merit System.
(Acts 1935, No. 211, p. 598, § 4; Acts 1939, No. 58, p. 68; Code 1940, T. 52, §36.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-11 - Powers Generally.

Section 16-3-11
Powers generally.
The State Board of Education shall exercise, through the State Superintendent of Education and his professional assistants, general control and supervision over the public schools of the state, except institutions of higher learning which by law are under the general supervision and control of a board of trustees, and shall consult with and advise through its executive officer and his professional assistants, county boards of education, city and town boards of education, superintendents of schools, school trustees, attendance officers, principals, teachers, supervisors and interested citizens, and shall seek in every way to direct and develop public sentiment in support of public education.
(School Code 1927, §35; Code 1940, T. 52, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-12 - Rules and Regulations - Generally.

Section 16-3-12
Rules and regulations - Generally.
The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations for the proper construction of school buildings, for the sanitation of schools, for the physical examination of school children and, in conjunction with other state authorities, shall see to it that the rules relating to school health, compulsory education and child conservation are enforced.
(School Code 1927, §36; Code 1940, T. 52, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-13 - Rules and Regulations - Necessary to Make Effective the Law's Purpose.

Section 16-3-13
Rules and regulations - Necessary to make effective the law's purpose.
In order to meet emergencies that may arise because of any defect in the language or purpose of this title, the State Board of Education may make such rules and regulations as will give full force and effect to any or all of its provisions.
(School Code 1927, §57; Code 1940, T. 52, §31.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-14 - Grading and Standardizing Schools.

Section 16-3-14
Grading and standardizing schools.
The State Board of Education shall prescribe rules and regulations for the grading and standardizing of public schools.
(School Code 1927, §37; Code 1940, T. 52, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-16 - Teachers' Training and Certification; Reciprocity.

Section 16-3-16
Teachers' training and certification; reciprocity.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Chapter 23 of this title, the State Board of Education, through its executive officer, shall prescribe rules and regulations governing the training and the certification of teachers in the public schools of the state, and for the acceptance of the diplomas of the colleges and universities of Alabama, as well as of other states. The State Board of Education, with the advice of the State Superintendent of Education, shall have full power and authority to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations governing the issuance of professional and special, alternative, and emergency certificates consistent with the provisions of Chapter 23 of this title.
(b) Alabama shall use certification by the National Boards of Professional Teaching Standards as national reciprocity when national certification has been fully implemented.
(School Code 1927, §41; Code 1940, T. 52, §20; Acts 1991, No. 91-323, p. 602, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-16.1 - Board to Review Requirements for Teacher Education; Nationally Normed Teacher Examination.

Section 16-3-16.1
Board to review requirements for teacher education; nationally normed teacher examination.
(a) The Legislature finds a compelling interest in adequately preparing teachers to teach. The two basic components of teaching consist of knowing what to teach (content) and knowing how to teach (methodology). To assure that teachers entering Alabama's classrooms have been thoroughly prepared, the Legislature directs the State Board of Education to review the requirements of programs for teacher education and preparation and select a nationally normed teacher examination to be used. The nationally normed teacher examination may include the National Teacher Exam or any other national equivalent exam. Colleges and universities shall require each teacher candidate to pass the nationally normed examination as a condition of graduation. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, a person can, at any time, elect to not be a teacher candidate. The State Board of Education shall prescribe the manner in which the examination is to be administered and shall further determine the standard to be used for passing the examination.
(b) Graduates of teacher education programs who apply for certification who have attended out-of-state colleges and universities must also pass the same nationally normed teacher examination as required of students attending teacher preparation programs in Alabama. The examination shall be administered in a manner prescribed by the State Board of Education. The same standard used for passing the examination for students enrolled in teacher preparation programs at colleges and universities in Alabama shall be applicable.
(c) This section shall become effective for teacher education candidates who enter their program effective August 1, 1995.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-262, p. 463, §§1, 2, 5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-17 - Educational Needs Investigated.

Section 16-3-17
Educational needs investigated.
The State Board of Education shall conduct investigations relating to the educational needs of the state and the means of improving educational conditions. It may employ additional expert assistance for such investigations if needed and appoint such agents for special investigations.
(School Code 1927, §47; Code 1940, T. 52, §21.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-17.3 - Flexible School Terms.

Section 16-3-17.3
Flexible school terms.
It is the intent of the Legislature that local school systems be permitted to develop flexible school terms extending over the course of the 12 month calendar year. School systems desiring to use flexible school terms may utilize such scheduling to develop tutorial programs or innovative programs for at-risk students or students deemed academically deficient and to relieve overcrowded classroom conditions. Local school systems desiring to develop flexible school terms shall, upon approval of the local board of education, submit a plan to the State Superintendent of Education and upon his recommendation and approval by the State Board of Education, the plan shall be adopted. No provision of The Alabama Education Improvement Act of 1991 (Acts 1991, No. 91-323), shall be interpreted to require personnel employed in local school systems to work longer than their current contract provides. School personnel may work extended contract periods provided the personnel are willing and are paid commensurate with the system's salary schedule.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-323, p. 602, §20.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-18 - Vocational Education.

Section 16-3-18
Vocational education.
The State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Education shall cooperate with the Federal Board for Vocational Education in the administration of all federal acts relating to vocational education. The State of Alabama accepts the benefits of these acts, passed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, as provided in this title.
(School Code 1927, §48; Code 1940, T. 52, §22.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-19 - Acceptance of Federal Funds by Board.

Section 16-3-19
Acceptance of federal funds by board.
The State Board of Education may accept for the State of Alabama any appropriation of money for the removal of illiteracy, the teaching of immigrants and for other educational purposes which may hereafter be made out of the federal Treasury by any acts of Congress; and the State Board of Education shall be constituted the chief educational authority for the expenditure and administration of any such funds. Said board may make rules and regulations for the expenditure of such funds, such expenditure to be in accordance with the terms of the acts of Congress making such appropriations. The Treasurer of the state is hereby designated as custodian for all funds received as apportionments under the provisions of such act or acts of Congress.
(School Code 1927, §49; Code 1940, T. 52, §23.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-20 - Supervision of Educational Work of Special Institutions.

Section 16-3-20
Supervision of educational work of special institutions.
The State Board of Education shall have general supervision of the educational work of all charitable, penal, reformatory and child-caring institutions, maintained in whole or in part by the state, through its executive officer, who shall be a member of the governing board or boards which have charge of such.
(School Code 1927, §51; Code 1940, T. 52, §25.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-21 - Annual Report.

Section 16-3-21
Annual report.
The board of education shall submit each year on or before the first day of December, or as early thereafter as practicable, to the Governor an annual report covering all operations of the Department of Education and the support, conditions, progress and needs of education throughout the state. Such annual report shall be printed in sufficient quantities for general distribution throughout the state and for the usual exchange courtesies between state educational authorities.
(School Code 1927, §52; Code 1940, T. 52, §26.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-22 - Recommendations of Legislation.

Section 16-3-22
Recommendations of legislation.
The State Board of Education shall consider the educational needs of the state and on and with the advice of the State Superintendent of Education shall recommend to the Governor and to the Legislature such additional legislation or changes in the existing legislation as may be deemed desirable. Such recommendations may be in the form of prepared bills and shall be laid before the Governor and the Legislature.
(School Code 1927, §53; Code 1940, T. 52, §27.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-24 - Oaths of Agents; Examination of Witnesses.

Section 16-3-24
Oaths of agents; examination of witnesses.
The State Board of Education by its presiding officer, or its committees by their chairmen, the State Superintendent of Education and any of its duly appointed agents shall have authority to administer oaths and to examine under oath, in any part of the state, witnesses in any matter pertaining to schools and to cause the examination to be reduced to writing.
(School Code 1927, §55; Code 1940, T. 52, §29.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-25 - Removal of Appointees; Filling of Vacancies in Office of Appointees.

Section 16-3-25
Removal of appointees; filling of vacancies in office of appointees.
The State Board of Education may remove for incompetency, immorality, misconduct in office or willful neglect of duty, any person appointed under the provisions of this title, not subject to the provisions of the state Merit System, upon making known to him in writing the charge against him and upon giving him an opportunity of being heard in person or by counsel in his own defense, upon not less than 10 days' notice. In case of vacancy due to any cause, the State Board of Education shall fill the vacancy, unless otherwise provided, and until a successor shall qualify.
(School Code 1927, §56; Acts 1939, No. 58, p. 68; Code 1940, T. 52, §30.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-26 - Property Control.

Section 16-3-26
Property control.
The State Board of Education may hold, lease and rent real and personal property and may make such repairs and improvements on all property under its control as may be for the best interests of the schools and, subject to the approval of the Governor, may acquire, sell and convey title to real estate.
(School Code 1927, §58; Code 1940, T. 52, §32.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-27 - Review of Local Actions by State Superintendent.

Section 16-3-27
Review of local actions by state superintendent.
The State Board of Education shall have the power and authority to promulgate rules and regulations governing the right and method of review and disposition upon review by the State Superintendent of Education of actions and orders of county and city boards of education and of county superintendents of education and city superintendents of schools in matters relating to finance and other matters seriously affecting educational interest.
(School Code 1927, §60; Code 1940, T. 52, §34.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-29 - Donations Held for Schools.

Section 16-3-29
Donations held for schools.
Property, money or other thing of value may be donated for the benefit of the public schools of this state to be held in trust and administered for the use of such schools.
(School Code 1927, §626; Code 1940, T. 52, §38.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-30 - Administration of Gifts and Donations.

Section 16-3-30
Administration of gifts and donations.
Whenever any property, money or thing of value is donated to be used for the benefit of the public schools of this state, the State Board of Education shall have power to administer such trusts as it deems to the best interest of the school or schools for the benefit of which the donation or gift is made. The board of education is given complete control of such property and may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the property as it deems to the best interest of the school or schools for the benefit of which such property is donated; or the board of education may convert the same into securities for handling the property or proceeds therefrom as in its discretion will best promote the purpose of the trust.
(School Code 1927, §627; Code 1940, T. 52, §39.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-31 - Gifts May Be Accepted on Conditions.

Section 16-3-31
Gifts may be accepted on conditions.
The State Board of Education may accept the administration of property, money or other thing of value donated in trust for the benefit of any public school of the state upon such conditions as may be acceptable to the donor and the State Board of Education, but no undertaking entered into by the State Board of Education with such donor shall bind the state to pay any public moneys to anyone. Nothing hereunder shall prevent the State Board of Education from undertaking payments to persons out of the proceeds derived from such trust funds as a condition of the acceptance of a donation for the benefit of such school or schools. All trust funds administered under the provisions of this chapter may be required by the State Board of Education to pay the expenses of administering the same.
(School Code 1927, §628; Code 1940, T. 52, §40.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-32 - Providing Instruction Not Available at State-Supported Institutions - Graduate and Professional Instruction.

Section 16-3-32
Providing instruction not available at state-supported institutions - Graduate and professional instruction.
The State Board of Education, under such rules and regulations as it shall determine, may provide for residents of Alabama graduate and professional instruction not available to them at state-supported educational institutions. The State Board of Education shall, by its rules and regulations, determine the qualifications of persons who may be aided under this section, and the decisions as to qualifications of persons by the State Board of Education shall be final. The State Board of Education may provide such graduate and professional instruction at any educational institution as it deems necessary, within or without state boundaries. The State Board of Education shall provide such graduate and professional instruction, within the limits of the appropriations available for this purpose, at a cost to students not exceeding the probable cost of such instruction to them if it were offered at a state-supported institution. The State Board of Education, in providing such instruction, may take into account travel, tuition and living expenses.
(Acts 1945, No. 64, p. 61, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 3 - State Board of Education. › Section 16-3-33 - Providing Instruction Not Available at State-Supported Institutions - College or University Instruction.

Section 16-3-33
Providing instruction not available at state-supported institutions — College or university instruction.
The State Board of Education, under such rules and regulations as it shall determine, may provide assistance for residents of Alabama for instruction on the college or university level at private nondenominational institutions when such instruction is not available to such residents at public, state-supported educational institutions in Alabama. The State Board of Education shall, by its rules and regulations, determine the qualifications of persons who may be aided under the provisions of this section, and the decision as to the qualifications of persons by the State Board of Education shall be final. The State Board of Education may provide assistance for instruction on the college or university level at any private nondenominational institution as it deems necessary, within or without the state boundaries. The State Board of Education shall provide assistance for such college or university instruction within the limits of the appropriations available for this purpose at a cost per student not exceeding the probable cost of such instruction if it were available at a state-supported institution. The State Board of Education, in providing assistance in such instruction, may take into account differences in travel, tuition and living expenses.
(Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 127, p. 378, § 1.)