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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 6D - Alabama Accountability Act of 2013. › Section 16-6D-2 - Purpose.

Section 16-6D-2
Purpose.
(a) Innovative schools and school systems may be established in Alabama in accordance with this chapter.
(b) The purpose of this chapter is to advance the benefits of local school and school system autonomy in innovation and creativity by allowing flexibility from state laws, regulations, and policies.
(Act 2013-64, p. 112, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 6D - Alabama Accountability Act of 2013. › Section 16-6D-3 - Legislative Findings and Intent.

Section 16-6D-3
Legislative findings and intent.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) To further the goals of public education throughout the state, each school system should be able to have maximum possible flexibility to meet the needs of students and the communities within its jurisdiction.
(2) There is a critical need for innovative models of public education that are tailored to the unique circumstances and needs of the students in all schools and communities, and especially in schools and communities that are struggling to improve academic outcomes and close the achievement gap.
(3) To better serve students and better use available resources, local boards of education, local school systems, and parents need the ability to explore flexible alternatives in an effort to be more efficient and effective in providing operational and programmatic services.
(b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the following:
(1) Allow school systems greater flexibility in meeting the educational needs of a diverse student population.
(2) Improve educational performance through greater individual school autonomy and managerial flexibility with regard to programs and budgetary matters.
(3) Encourage innovation in education by providing local school systems and school administrators with greater control over decisions including, but not limited to, budgetary matters, staffing, personnel, scheduling, and educational programming, including curriculum and instruction.
(4) Provide financial assistance through an income tax credit to a parent who transfers a student from a failing public school to a nonfailing public school or nonpublic school of the parent's choice.
(Act 2013-64, p. 112, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 6D - Alabama Accountability Act of 2013. › Section 16-6D-5 - Innovative School System Requirements and Procedures.

Section 16-6D-5
Innovative school system requirements and procedures.
(a) Pursuant to this chapter, to be considered as an innovative school system, a local school system shall successfully comply with the requirements and procedures set forth by the State Department of Education regarding school flexibility contracts, which include, but are not limited to:
(1) Submission to the State Department of Education of a letter of intent to pursue a school flexibility contract.
(2) Submission to the State Department of Education of a resolution adopted by the local board of education supporting the intent of the local school system to pursue a school flexibility contract.
(3) Submission to the State Department of Education of a document of assurance stating that the local board of education shall provide consistency in leadership and a commitment to state standards, assessments, and academic rigor.
(4) Submission to the State Board of Education of a resolution adopted by the local board of education supporting the flexibility contract proposal and the anticipated timeline of the local school system.
(b) Pursuant to State Board of Education rules, each local school system shall provide an opportunity for full discussion and public input, including a public hearing, before submitting a school flexibility contract proposal to the State Board of Education.
(c) A local school system shall ensure that its school flexibility contract proposal and innovation plan is easily accessible to the general public on the website of the local school system.
(d) No school flexibility contract proposal or innovation plan shall be used to allow the collection or dissemination of data in a manner that violates the privacy rights of any student or employee.
(Act 2013-64, p. 112, §5; Act 2013-265, p. 894, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 6D - Alabama Accountability Act of 2013. › Section 16-6D-7 - Equal Opportunity for Applicants.

Section 16-6D-7
Equal opportunity for applicants.
The State Board of Education and the State Department of Education shall ensure equal opportunity for all school systems that apply for programmatic flexibility or budgetary flexibility, or both, as delineated in this chapter, and in no way shall one local school system be favored over another local school system based upon its size, location, student population, or any other possible discriminatory measure.
(Act 2013-64, p. 112, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 6E - Educational Accountability and Intervention Act of 2013. › Section 16-6E-1 - Short Title.

Section 16-6E-1
Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Educational Accountability and Intervention Act of 2013.
(Act 2013-310, p. 1053, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 6E - Educational Accountability and Intervention Act of 2013. › Section 16-6E-2 - Purpose.

Section 16-6E-2
Purpose.
The purposes of this chapter include all of the following:
(1) To clarify and confirm the authority of the State Superintendent of Education to assume and exercise direct and comprehensive control over the decision making and operational functions of city and county boards of education when the demonstrated inability of such boards of education to discharge administrative, operational, or instructional functions threatens to deprive students of essential educational services.
(2) To simplify and streamline the exercise of decision making authority during educational intervention by, among other things, eliminating distinctions between policy making and administrative, academic, operational, financial, and organizational decision making functions performed by city and county boards of education that have impeded attainment of intervention objectives to the detriment of the educational process.
(3) To facilitate the implementation of such organizational reforms and accountability measures as may be necessary to restore and maintain stable and efficient provision of sound and educationally appropriate services at the local level, and to thereby enhance local and statewide support for public education.
(Act 2013-310, p. 1053, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 6E - Educational Accountability and Intervention Act of 2013. › Section 16-6E-3 - Definitions.

Section 16-6E-3
Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE and ACADEMIC CONDITIONS. As used in subdivision (1) of Section 16-6E-4, may include, but not be limited to, definitions of the same or similar terms and related criteria, circumstances, and conditions identified and described elsewhere in the Code of Alabama 1975. The exercise of intervention authority under this chapter is subject solely to the substantive and procedural preconditions and requirements set forth herein, the existence of any different, conflicting, or inconsistent provisions elsewhere in the Code of Alabama 1975, notwithstanding.
(2) EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION and EDUCATIONAL OPERATIONS. All policy making, administrative, academic, operational, financial, and organizational decisions and functions that have a direct or indirect bearing on the development or provision of academic, extracurricular, and support services to students served by city and county boards of education.
(3) PRIORITY SCHOOL. A school that has a majority of its students scoring one or more grade levels below the prescribed state-adopted student assessments or that is designated as a priority school by the State Superintendent of Education.
(Act 2013-310, p. 1053, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 6E - Educational Accountability and Intervention Act of 2013. › Section 16-6E-6 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 16-6E-6
Construction of chapter.
This chapter shall be construed to do all of the following:
(1) Provide the State Superintendent of Education or the chief administrative officer with broad discretion and complete authority to make, direct, implement, and enforce decisions, actions, and measures which, in his or her judgment, are necessary and appropriate to the attainment of the objectives of educational intervention and to accord the fullest measure of deference to decisions and actions made by such officials in furtherance of intervention goals and objectives.
(2) Eliminate unnecessary delay in the implementation of measures designed to attain intervention goals and objectives.
(3) Protect vested and constitutionally based employment rights through appropriate procedural safeguards without impairing attainment of the goals and purposes of educational intervention or of this chapter.
(4) Be cumulative, supplemental, and complementary to other legislation that confers authority on the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Education to exercise control and supervision over the decision making and operational functions of city and county boards of education, and not to limit the scope, extent, or exercise of that authority.
(Act 2013-310, p. 1053, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 6E - Educational Accountability and Intervention Act of 2013. › Section 16-6E-7 - Application on Boards of Education Operating Under Intervention.

Section 16-6E-7
Application on boards of education operating under intervention.
Any city or county board of education which, on May 24, 2013, is operating under any form of intervention by virtue of a statute that is repealed or superseded by this chapter shall remain subject to the terms and provisions of the statute and the authority conferred thereby on the State Board of Education, State Superintendent of Education, and their designees until the city or county board of education is released from intervention.
(Act 2013-310, p. 1053, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 6F - Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act. › Section 16-6F-2 - Legislative Intent.

Section 16-6F-2
Legislative intent.
(a) Public charter schools may be established in Alabama in accordance with this chapter. All public charter schools in the state established under this chapter are public schools and are part of the public education system of the state.
(b) This chapter shall be interpreted to support the findings and purposes of this chapter and to advance the continued commitment of the state to the mission and goals of public education.
(c) No private or nonpublic school may establish a public charter school pursuant to this chapter.
(Act 2015-3, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 6F - Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act. › Section 16-6F-3 - Legislative Findings.

Section 16-6F-3
Legislative findings.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) It is in the best interests of the people of Alabama to provide all children with access to high quality public schools.
(2) It is necessary to continue to search for ways to strengthen the academic performance of elementary and secondary public school students.
(3) Different students learn differently and public schools should have the ability to customize programs to fit the needs of individual students.
(4) Those who know students best, parents and educators, make the best education-related decisions regarding their students.
(5) Parents and local educators have a right and responsibility to actively participate in the educational institutions that serve the children of Alabama.
(6) Public school programs, whenever possible, should be customized to fit the needs of individual children.
(7) Students of all backgrounds are entitled to access to a high quality education.
(8) Therefore, with this chapter, the Legislature intends to accomplish all of the following:
a. Provide school systems and communities with additional tools that may be used to better meet the educational needs of a diverse student population.
b. Encourage innovative educational ideas that improve student learning for students at all academic levels.
c. Empower educators to be nimble and strategic in their decisions on behalf of students.
d. Provide additional high quality educational options for all students, especially students in low performing schools.
e. Create public schools with freedom and flexibility in exchange for exceptional results.
f. Foster tools and strategies to close achievement gaps between high-performing and low-performing groups of public school students.
(Act 2015-3, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 6F - Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act. › Section 16-6F-11 - Public School and College Authority Funding; Local School System Facilities and Land.

Section 16-6F-11
Public School and College Authority funding; local school system facilities and land.
(a) Access to Alabama Public School and College Authority (PSCA) funds.
(1) Public charter schools shall have the same rights and access to PSCA funding opportunities as non-charter public schools.
(2) The PSCA and the department shall adopt and maintain a policy to ensure that public charter schools receive access to equitable facilities funding.
(b) Access to local school system facilities and land.
(1) A public charter school shall have a right of first refusal to purchase or lease at or below fair market value a closed or unused public school facility or property located in a school system from which it draws its students if the school system decides to sell or lease the public school facility or property.
(2) Unused facility means a school building or other local board of education owned building that is or could be appropriate for school use, in which more than 60 percent of the building is not being used for direct student instruction or critical administration purposes and for which no offer to purchase has been executed.
(3) The department shall publish the names and addresses of unused facilities on its website in a list that is searchable at least by each facility's name and address. This list shall be updated at least once a year by May 1.
(Act 2015-3, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 6G - Alabama Literacy Act. › Section 16-6G-2 - Definitions.

Section 16-6G-2
Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) ALPHABETIC PRINCIPLE. The ability to accurately apply knowledge of the relationship between letters and sounds during the acts of encoding and decoding.
(2) COMPREHENSION. The ability to read and process text and understand its meaning.
(3) DECODING. The act of applying knowledge of the alphabetic principle to correctly pronounce written words.
(4) DYSLEXIA. A specific learning challenge that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate or fluent, or both, word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities, which typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction.
(5) ENCODING. The act and process of using knowledge of the relationships between sounds and letters to spell and write words.
(6) FLUENCY. The ability to read with accuracy, appropriate rate, and proper expression.
(7) PHONEMIC AWARENESS. The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds. Phonemic awareness is an auditory activity.
(8) PHONICS. The relationships between the letters of written language and the individual sounds of spoken language including syllable types, morphology of Greek and Latin roots, and multisyllabic words.
(9) PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS. The general understanding of the sound structure of words and sentences.
(10) VOCABULARY. The body of written or oral language known to an individual.
(Act 2019-523, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 6G - Alabama Literacy Act. › Section 16-6G-3 - Task Force to Make Recommendations; Membership; Meetings; Approved Systems.

Section 16-6G-3
Task force to make recommendations; membership; meetings; approved systems.
(a) The State Superintendent of Education shall convene a standing task force by December 1, 2019, to provide recommendations for comprehensive core reading and reading intervention programs, a state continuum of teacher development for approved science of reading pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 16-6G-6, and an annual list of vetted and approved assessments that are valid and reliable reading screening, formative, and diagnostic assessment systems for selection and use by local education agencies. The task force shall meet in regular session at least twice a year. All appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments so that diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas is reflective of the makeup of this state. The membership of the task force shall include all of the following appointees, each of whom shall have at least three years of experience with scientifically based reading instruction:
(1) Two public K-12 teachers appointed by the Executive Director of the Alabama Education Association.
(2) One public K-12 special education teacher appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
(3) Three Certified Academic Dyslexia Therapists, who have been certified for a minimum of three years, appointed by the Alabama Branch of the International Dyslexia Association.
(4) Two public school principals appointed by the Executive Director of the Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools.
(5) One local superintendent of education appointed by the Executive Director of the School Superintendents of Alabama.
(6) One local board of education member appointed by the Alabama Association of School Boards.
(7) One Regional Education Lab member appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
(8) One early childhood educator appointed by the Secretary of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education.
(9) One dean of a college of education appointed by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education.
(b) Each approved assessment system shall do all of the following:
(1) Provide screening and diagnostic capabilities for monitoring student progress.
(2) Measure, at a minimum, phonological awareness, the alphabetic principle, decoding, encoding, accuracy, vocabulary, and comprehension.
(3) Identify students who have a reading deficiency, including identifying students with characteristics of dyslexia.
(c) In determining which assessment systems to approve for use by local education agencies, the task force, at a minimum, shall also consider all of the following factors:
(1) The time required to conduct the assessments, with the intention of minimizing the impact on instructional time.
(2) The level of integration of assessment results with instructional support for teachers and students.
(3) The timeliness in reporting assessment results to teachers, administrators, and parents.
(Act 2019-523, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 6G - Alabama Literacy Act. › Section 16-6G-7 - Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading.

Section 16-6G-7
Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading.
(a) The State Superintendent of Education shall establish the Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading. The committee shall consist of four members appointed from each State Board of Education district. The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall each appoint one member from each district. The appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments so that diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas is reflective of the makeup of this state.
(b) Each member of the committee shall be a parent or legal guardian of a state K-12 public school student, a practicing teacher, a retired teacher, or employed in the field of education.
(c) On or before June 30, 2020, the committee shall revise the 2011 Alabama Action Plan for Literacy Birth Through Grade 12 in consultation with the Campaign for Grade Level Reading group, which shall be presented to the Governor, the State Superintendent of Education, the State Board of Education, and the Chairs of the House Education Policy Committee and the Senate Education Policy Committee.
(d) The committee shall provide recommendations to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Chairs of the House Education Policy Committee and the Senate Education Policy Committee on implementing this chapter and shall provide standing oversight over the quality of professional learning and program quality. The committee shall provide recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Chairs of the House Education Policy Committee and the Senate Education Policy Committee on adopting innovative strategies and programming to improve the effectiveness of this chapter.
(e) Each member of the committee shall receive the same travel expense allowance as is paid to state employees for travel in the service of the committee, subject to available appropriations.
(Act 2019-523, §7; Act 2021-177, §1(b)(1).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 6G - Alabama Literacy Act. › Section 16-6G-8 - Technical Assistance; Rulemaking Authority.

Section 16-6G-8
Technical assistance; rulemaking authority.
The State Superintendent of Education shall provide technical assistance to local education agencies in complying with this chapter. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules as necessary to implement and enforce this chapter.
(Act 2019-523, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Educational Television Commission. › Section 16-7-2 - Membership; Appointment; Terms; Vacancies; per Diem and Expenses.

Section 16-7-2
Membership; appointment; terms; vacancies; per diem and expenses.
The commission shall consist of seven members, one from each of the congressional districts in the state as they are constituted on the 15th day of January, 1980. The members shall be residents and qualified electors of the State of Alabama. No member of the commission shall hold any other office of profit or trust under the United States, the State of Alabama or any political subdivision thereof. The five members of the commission serving on May 28, 1980, shall continue to serve as commissioners from their respective congressional districts for the remainder of the unexpired portions of their 10-year terms. The two additional commissioners shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, within 15 days after May 28, 1980; one of the commissioners is to be appointed from one of the congressional districts from which there is no commissioner on May 28, 1980 and the other is to be appointed from the other congressional district from which there is no commissioner on May 28, 1980. One of the two new commissioners shall be appointed originally for a term of eight years and the other for a term of six years. The successors of all commissioners shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for a term of 10 years. Commissioners shall be eligible for reappointment. If a vacancy occurs at a time when the Senate is in session, the Governor shall, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint another commissioner for the unexpired term. If such vacancy occurs when the Senate is not in session, the Governor shall appoint a commissioner who shall take office immediately, but his appointment shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate at the next session of the Legislature. If the appointment of such commissioner is confirmed by the Senate he shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term. Each member of the commission shall be entitled to receive $25.00 for each day actually engaged in the performance of his duties, not to exceed $1,200.00 in any one year, plus an allowance for expenses for official travel in the state, not to exceed $10.00 for each day he is entitled to compensation, and the actual cost of his transportation and no more. In the event a member uses a privately owned automobile for official travel, he shall be reimbursed for mileage actually traveled in attending meetings of the commission and in the performance of his official duties at the rate established by law for state officers and employees.
(Acts 1953, No. 81, p. 124, §2; Acts 1980, No. 80-766, p. 1595, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Educational Television Commission. › Section 16-7-3 - Members Not to Have Financial Interest in Facilities; Removal.

Section 16-7-3
Members not to have financial interest in facilities; removal.
(a) No member of the commission shall have any financial interest in any facilities such as the commission is authorized to deal with.
(b) Members of the commission may be removed from office upon impeachment on the grounds and in the manner prescribed in Section 173 of the Constitution of Alabama.
(Acts 1953, No. 81, p. 124, §2 1/2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Educational Television Commission. › Section 16-7-4 - Organization; Officers; Rules and Regulations; Agents.

Section 16-7-4
Organization; officers; rules and regulations; agents.
Promptly after their appointment the commissioners shall meet to organize. At such meeting they shall choose from their number a president, a secretary and such other officers as they deem necessary. Thereafter officers shall be elected annually. The commission shall adopt rules regulating the conduct of its meetings and the transaction of the business of the commission, and may appoint such agents and employees as it deems necessary, or may delegate to one or more of its members, officers, agents or employees such powers and duties as it deems proper.
(Acts 1953, No. 81, p. 124, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Educational Television Commission. › Section 16-7-5 - Duties.

Section 16-7-5
Duties.
The commission is organized for the purpose of making the benefits of educational television available to and promoting its use by inhabitants of Alabama, and to this end it is hereby empowered and directed to survey, study and appraise the need for an overall plan for the use of television facilities available for noncommercial educational use in the state. The commission is specifically charged with the duty of controlling and supervising the use of channels reserved by the Federal Communications Commission to Alabama for noncommercial, educational use. It may designate the location of stations to utilize such channels and make rules and regulations governing the operation of such stations and the programs televised over such channels. The commission may own and operate television stations to utilize these channels, or it may contract with individuals, corporations, educational institutions or other governmental agencies for the operation of such stations. The commission is also authorized to own and operate radio stations to utilize the channels reserved for public radio within the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1953, No. 81, p. 124, §4; Acts 1980, No. 80-766, p. 1595, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Educational Television Commission. › Section 16-7-6 - Contracts; Acceptance of Gifts.

Section 16-7-6
Contracts; acceptance of gifts.
The commission is hereby authorized to execute all contracts and other instruments necessary and convenient to carry out the mandates of this chapter. It may accept gifts or grants of money or property, real or personal, and voluntary and uncompensated services from any person, federal or other governmental agency, board of education, educational institution or commercial or industrial enterprise.
(Acts 1953, No. 81, p. 124, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 7A - Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority. › Section 16-7A-1 - Creation; Membership, Salary, Etc.

Section 16-7A-1
Creation; membership, salary, etc.
There is hereby created the Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority which shall be a public non-profit corporation consisting of 13 members who shall be appointed by the Alabama Educational Television Commission. Such authority members shall include: one member from each congressional district, the public network's general manager as an ex officio member, and the remaining five selected from the state-at-large from persons with expertise in broadcasting or investments. The ex officio member shall be non-voting. The members shall receive no salary for their services.
(Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-786, p. 289, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 7A - Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority. › Section 16-7A-2 - Appointment of Members.

Section 16-7A-2
Appointment of members.
Members of the authority shall be appointed for four-year terms. Commencing on August 1, 2009, members appointed to the authority who are also members of the Alabama Educational Television Commission shall be appointed to a term on the authority that is concurrent in duration with the term of the member on the commission.
The membership of the authority and the commission shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state.
(Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-786, p. 289, §2; Act 2009-400, p. 726, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 7A - Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority. › Section 16-7A-3 - Election of Officers; Meetings.

Section 16-7A-3
Election of officers; meetings.
The members of the authority shall elect officers from among themselves and shall meet at the call of the president or upon the call of four or more members.
(Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-786, p. 289, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 7A - Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority. › Section 16-7A-4 - Purposes; Tax Exemption; Audits.

Section 16-7A-4
Purposes; tax exemption; audits.
(a) The authority shall receive, invest, and expend donated moneys for educational and eleemosynary purposes, related to the promotion, development, and growth of educational and public broadcasting and television in Alabama. The authority, through its director, may expend a reasonable amount of privately donated funds of the authority for the entertainment of major donors and corporate sponsors or prospective major donors and corporate sponsors. The director of the authority may also expend funds of the authority for promotional and public relation purposes. The director of the authority shall report quarterly to each commission member of the authority and to the members of the Legislature the amounts expended for entertainment, promotional, and public relation purposes. Such quarterly report shall contain the expenditures for each purpose by category of expenditure.
(b) The authority shall be exempt from paying any taxes, whether state, local, or municipal.
(c) The authority shall be subject to audits by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. The audits shall be similar to the type performed on similar agencies.
(Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-786, p. 289, §4; Act 2009-400, p. 726, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 7A - Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority. › Section 16-7A-5 - Activities of Authority Not to Include Propaganda, Political Campaigns, Etc.

Section 16-7A-5
Activities of authority not to include propaganda, political campaigns, etc.
The activities of the authority shall not include, directly or indirectly, the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation or engaging in political campaigns.
(Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-786, p. 289, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 7A - Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority. › Section 16-7A-6 - Disposition of Assets Upon Dissolution.

Section 16-7A-6
Disposition of assets upon dissolution.
In the event of dissolution, the residual assets of the authority shall be turned over to another public corporation or organization which is itself exempt from federal income tax as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) and Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended.
(Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-786, p. 289, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 7A - Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority. › Section 16-7A-7 - Alabama Educational Television Commission to Continue as Governing Body.

Section 16-7A-7
Alabama Educational Television Commission to continue as governing body.
It is the express intent of the Alabama Legislature that the Alabama Educational Television Commission shall continue as the governing body of the Alabama public network.
(Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-786, p. 289, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 7A - Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority. › Section 16-7A-8 - Chapter Cumulative.

Section 16-7A-8
Chapter cumulative.
The provisions of this chapter are cumulative and shall not be construed to repeal or supersede any laws not directly in conflict or inconsistent herewith.
(Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-786, p. 289, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education. › Section 16-8-1 - Composition; Election; Single Member Election Districts; Qualifications.

Section 16-8-1
Composition; election; single member election districts; qualifications.
(a) The county board of education shall be composed of five members, who shall be elected by the qualified electors of the county.
(b) County boards of education unless otherwise provided by law may use the provisions of this subsection to establish single member election districts with one board member elected from each district. School boards exercising this option may establish five or seven such districts. Such plan shall be considered only after two weeks public notice has been given, outlining generally the school districts under consideration. The members so elected, or appointed in the event of a vacancy, shall be residents of the school district. Such residency shall have been established at least one year before the general election at which the candidate is to be elected, or appointed in the event of a vacancy. Whenever a member of a county board of education moves his or her domicile from the district he or she represents, he or she shall cease to be a member of the county board of education, and a vacancy shall occur. The member shall provide notice of the move to the secretary of the local board of education before the commencement of business at the first meeting of the local board of education following the move. The boundaries of such single member districts shall be determined by a majority vote of the county board of education. The county board of education shall apportion the districts according to the last federal decennial census for the county utilizing the principle of equal representation. Thereafter, each county board of education choosing to implement single member election districts shall reapportion those districts within six months following the publication of the results of each federal decennial census.
(c) No person shall be eligible for election or appointment as a member of a county board of education unless he or she satisfies all of the following qualifications:
(1) Is a person of good moral character.
(2) Has obtained a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(3) Is not employed by that county board of education, unless serving as a member of the county board of education on April 20, 2012.
(4) Is not serving on the governing board of a private elementary or secondary educational institution.
(5) Is not on the National Sex Offender Registry or the state sex offender registry.
(6) Has not been convicted of a felony.
(School Code 1927, §§87, 92; Code 1940, T. 52, §§63, 68; Acts 1949, No. 369, p. 542, §1; Acts 1949, No. 667, p. 1031; Acts 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 249, p. 346, §1; Acts 1969, No. 331, p. 705, §1; Acts 1987, No. 87-282, p. 392, §1; Act 2012-221, p. 399, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education. › Section 16-8-2 - When Members Elected; Terms of Office; Oath of Office.

Section 16-8-2
When members elected; terms of office; oath of office.
At the general election of state and county officers, a member or members shall be elected for terms of six years to succeed the member or members whose term or terms of office expire at that time. The members of the county board of education shall hold office until their successors have been elected and qualified. Before exercising any authority or performing any duties as a member of the county board of education, each member thereof shall qualify by taking and subscribing to the oath of office prescribed by Article XVI of the state constitution, the certificate whereof shall be filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county.
(School Code 1927, §89; Code 1940, T. 52, §65.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education. › Section 16-8-3 - Special Annual Public Meeting; Notice.

Section 16-8-3
Special annual public meeting; notice.
The county board of education shall hold a meeting each year for the purpose of giving the public an opportunity of presenting to the board matters relating to the allotment of public school funds or any other matter relating to the administration of the public schools of the county. The time and location of such meeting shall be determined by each local board of education and shall be given public notice.
(School Code 1927, §90; Code 1940, T. 52, §66; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-876, p. 418, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education. › Section 16-8-4 - Organizational, Regular and Special Meetings; Rules of Procedure; Majority Vote.

Section 16-8-4
Organizational, regular and special meetings; rules of procedure; majority vote.
The county board of education shall hold an annual meeting each year in November. At this meeting the board shall elect each year one of its members to serve as president and one to serve as vice-president. Each board shall hold at least five additional regular meetings during the school year, and such special meetings may be held, at such place as the duties and the business of the board may require. Public notice shall be given of regular meetings. The rules generally adopted by deliberative bodies for their government shall be observed by the county board of education. No motion or resolution shall be declared adopted without the concurrence of the majority of the whole board.
(School Code 1927, §91; Code 1940, T. 52, §67; Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 92, p. 171, §1; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-876, p. 418, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education. › Section 16-8-5 - Compensation.

Section 16-8-5
Compensation.
The members of the county board of education shall receive from the public school funds of the county $7.50 a day and their actual traveling and hotel expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board and transacting the business of the board. The members of the county board shall not be allowed pay for more than 24 days in any one year, and their expenses shall be paid in like manner as provided for the compensation of teachers; provided, that in counties having a population of 600,000 persons or more according to the last or any succeeding federal census, members of the county board of education shall receive from the public school funds of the county $35.00 per day and their actual traveling and hotel expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board and transacting the business of the board, not to exceed 52 days in any one year, said compensation and expenses to be paid in like manner as provided for the compensation of teachers.
(School Code 1927, §92; Code 1940, T. 52, §68; Acts 1949, No. 369, p. 542, §1; Acts 1949, No. 667, p. 1031, §1; Acts 1969, No. 331, p. 705; Acts 1975, No. 1013, p. 2043, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education. › Section 16-8-6 - Vacancies.

Section 16-8-6
Vacancies.
In the event a vacancy occurs in the office of members of the county board of education, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining members of the county board of education, and the appointee shall hold for the unexpired term. In the event the vacancy is not filled by the remaining members of the county board within 30 days, the State Superintendent of Education shall fill such vacancy by appointment. The county superintendent of education shall notify the State Superintendent of Education when a vacancy in the office of a member of the county board of education has not been filled within 30 days.
(School Code 1927, §88; Code 1940, T. 52, §64.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education. › Section 16-8-7 - Appointment, Duties and Bond of Superintendent as Secretary of Board.

Section 16-8-7
Appointment, duties and bond of superintendent as secretary of board.
The county board of education shall appoint as its executive officer a county superintendent of education who shall also be the secretary of the county board of education. As secretary he shall conduct all correspondence of the board, keep and preserve all of its records, receive all reports required by the board and see that such reports are in proper form, complete and accurate. He shall have the right to advise on any question under consideration by the board, but shall have no vote. In case the office of the county superintendent of education is temporarily vacant, or when the county superintendent of education is absent by reason of the nature of business in hand, or otherwise, the board shall appoint one of its members to act for the time being as secretary. The bond of the county superintendent of education shall be responsible for the faithful performance of duties by the member of the county board of education appointed to act as secretary in the absence of the county superintendent.
(School Code 1927, §93; Code 1940, T. 52, §69.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education. › Section 16-8-8 - Administration and Supervision of Schools Generally.

Section 16-8-8
Administration and supervision of schools generally.
The general administration and supervision of the public schools of the educational interests of each county, with the exception of cities having a city board of education, shall be vested in the county board of education; provided, that such general administration and supervision of any city having a city board of education may be consolidated with the administration and control of educational matters affecting the county and vested in the county board of education.
(School Code 1927, §86; Code 1940, T. 52, §62.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education. › Section 16-8-9 - Exercise of Supervision of Schools.

Section 16-8-9
Exercise of supervision of schools.
The county board of education shall exercise through its executive officer, the county superintendent of education and his professional assistants control and supervision of the public school system of the county. The board shall consult and advise through its executive officer and his professional assistants with school trustees, principals, teachers and interested citizens and shall seek in every way to promote the interest of the schools under its jurisdiction.
(School Code 1927, §98; Code 1940, T. 52, §74.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education. › Section 16-8-11 - Uniform System of Schools Maintained.

Section 16-8-11
Uniform system of schools maintained.
The county boards of education shall maintain a uniform and effective system of public schools throughout their respective counties.
(School Code 1927, §96; Code 1940, T. 52, §72.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education. › Section 16-8-12 - Property Vested in County Board; Permissible Conveyance.

Section 16-8-12
Property vested in county board; permissible conveyance.
(a) All the property, estate, effects, money, funds, claims, and donations now or hereafter vested by law in the public school authorities of any county for the benefit of the public schools of any county are hereby transferred and vested in the county board of education, and their successors in office. Real and personal estate granted, conveyed, devised, or bequeathed for the use of any particular county, school district, or public school shall be held in trust by the county board of education for the benefit of any such county school district or school.
(b) A county board of education may convey property to a volunteer fire department in the county.
(School Code 1927, §95; Code 1940, T. 52, §71; Acts 1994, No. 94-681, p. 1313, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education. › Section 16-8-12.1 - Authority to Enter Into Cooperative Agreements, Programs, Etc.

Section 16-8-12.1
Authority to enter into cooperative agreements, programs, etc.
In addition to all authority previously granted by statute, county boards of education may enter into cooperative agreements, projects and programs with the county commission, and may take such other actions as they deem necessary and appropriate for the proper management of the public schools; provided, however, that such agreements, projects, and programs shall not be in conflict with nor inconsistent with any law or policy of the State Board of Education and shall not conflict with the purposes for which the school system is established. Provided, further, that such authority shall not be used to deny any employee any legal or constitutional rights to which he or she is entitled, nor shall such authority be used in such a way that employees are denied any benefits established and required by law, nor shall such authority be construed as authorizing county boards of education to levy any taxes not otherwise authorized by law.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-602, p. 1046, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education. › Section 16-8-13 - Consolidation of Schools - Authority.

Section 16-8-13
Consolidation of schools - Authority.
The county board of education shall consolidate schools wherever in its judgment it is practicable and arrange, if necessary, for the transportation of pupils to and from such consolidated schools, subject to the provisions of this title.
(School Code 1927, §100; Code 1940, T. 52, §76.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education. › Section 16-8-14 - Consolidation of Schools - in Two Counties - Authority.

Section 16-8-14
Consolidation of schools - In two counties - Authority.
The county boards of two or more adjoining counties shall have the power, by resolution spread upon the minutes of such county boards of education in the counties so adjoining, to form a consolidated school to be composed of the territory bounded by the limits set out for each county by the county boards of education in the aforesaid resolution.
(School Code 1927, §102; Code 1940, T. 52, §78.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 8 - County Boards of Education. › Section 16-8-15 - Consolidation of Schools - in Two Counties - Control.

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