HB124

ENROLLED, An Act,

To amend Section 16-9-24, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to county superintendents of education; to delete the requirement that a county superintendent of education maintain an office at the county seat.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 16-9-24, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:

§16-9-24.

"The county board of education may in its discretion provide upon the nomination of the county superintendent of education, at least the following assistants: an elementary school supervisor and a statistical and stenographic clerk. No person shall be eligible for appointment as such supervisor who does not hold a certificate of administration and supervision as required of county superintendents of education. The county board of education may employ additional clerical and professional assistants, including health supervisors, and may reimburse them for all actual traveling expenses necessary in the performance of their official duties. The county superintendent is hereby required to may maintain an office at the county seat, or any other location in the county provided for by local law in a county with a population of more than 100,000 persons according to the most recent United States Decennial Census. The, and if he or she does, the county commission shall provide the county superintendent of education and his or her professional and clerical assistants with ample, convenient, and comfortable office quarters, as determined by the county commission. The county commission shall also provide necessary furniture, office equipment, stationery, postage, forms, and supplies required by the county superintendent of education and his or her assistants when housed in the office of the superintendent at the county seat. Any provision of this section to the contrary notwithstanding, if a county superintendent of education maintains an office outside of the county seat, then the county board of education shall be responsible for providing the county superintendent of education, and his or her professional and clerical assistants, with ample, convenient, and comfortable quarters and for providing necessary furniture, office equipment, stationary, postage, forms, and supplies required by the county superintendent of education and his or her assistants."

Section 2. This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

Education

Superintendent of Education, County

Counties

Schools

Code Amended