16-1-20.5
Section 16-1-20.5 Protection of student religious liberties. (a) This section
shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Student Religious Liberties Act of 2015."
(b) A public local board of education may not discriminate against students or parents on
the basis of a religious viewpoint or religious expression. A local board of education shall
treat a student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible
subject in the same manner the local board of education treats a student's voluntary expression
of a secular or other viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject and may not discriminate
against the student based on a religious viewpoint expressed by the student on an otherwise
permissible subject. (c) Students may express their beliefs about religion in homework, artwork,
and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content
of their submissions. Homework and classroom assignments shall be judged by...
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16-68-3
Section 16-68-3 (Effective July 1, 2020) Adoption of free expression policy. (a) On
or before January 1, 2021, the board of trustees of each public institution of higher education
shall adopt a policy on free expression that is consistent with this chapter. The policy,
at a minimum, shall adhere to all of the following provisions: (1) That the primary function
of the public institution of higher education is the discovery, improvement, transmission,
and dissemination of knowledge by means of research, teaching, discussion, and debate, and
that, to fulfill that function, the institution will strive to ensure the fullest degree possible
of intellectual freedom and free expression. (2) That it is not the proper role of the institution
to shield individuals from speech protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution
and Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, including without
limitation, ideas and opinions they find unwelcome, disagreeable, or...
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16-1-20.6
Section 16-1-20.6 Released time for student participation in religious instruction.
(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Released Time Credit
Act. (b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) That the United States
Supreme Court, in its decision in Zorach v. Clauson, 343 U.S. 306 (1952), upheld the constitutionality
of released time programs for religious instruction for public school students during the
school day. (2) That the United States Constitution and state law allows local school districts
to offer religious released time education for the benefit of public school students. (3)
That the purpose of this section is to incorporate a constitutionally acceptable method
of allowing school districts to offer released time classes and, in grades where credit is
earned, to award students elective credit for classes taken during the school day in released
time programs. (c) As used in this section, the term released time means a period of...

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16-6F-9
Section 16-6F-9 Legal status and powers of public charter schools; employees. (a) Legal
status of a public charter school. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
to the extent that any provision of this chapter is inconsistent with any other state or local
law, rule, or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall govern and be controlling.
(2) A public charter school shall be subject to all federal laws and authorities enumerated
herein or arranged by charter contract with the school's authorizer, where such contracting
is consistent with applicable laws, rules, and regulations. (3) Except as provided in this
chapter, a public charter school shall not be subject to the state's education statutes or
any state or local rule, regulation, policy, or procedure relating to non-charter public schools
within an applicable local school system regardless of whether such rule, regulation, policy,
or procedure is established by the local school board, the State Board of...
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16-6F-7
Section 16-6F-7 Applicant proposals; conversion to public charter school; terms of charters;
contracts. (a) Request for proposals. (1) To solicit, encourage, and guide the development
of quality public charter school applications, every local school board, in its role as public
charter school authorizer, shall issue and broadly publicize a request for proposals for public
charter school applications by July 17, 2015, and by November 1 in each subsequent year. The
content and dissemination of the request for proposals shall be consistent with the purposes
and requirements of this act. (2) Public charter school applicants may submit a proposal for
a particular public charter school to no more than one local school board at a time. (3) The
department shall annually establish and disseminate a statewide timeline for charter approval
or denial decisions, which shall apply to all authorizers in the state. (4) Each local school
board's request for proposals shall present the board's strategic...
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16-13-232
Section 16-13-232 Determining number of teacher units and instructional support units;
grade level divisors. (a) In determining the number of teacher units for the purpose of apportioning
the state Foundation Program, one teacher unit or fraction thereof shall be allowed for the
specified number of pupils in average daily membership as provided for in subsection (b),
during the first 20 scholastic days following Labor Day of the preceding school year in the
public schools. In extreme circumstances involving natural occurrences, health-related occurrences,
or other extenuating circumstances as determined and approved by the State Superintendent
of Education, average daily membership for local boards of education may be calculated using
alternative days to the first 20 scholastic days following Labor Day. Such alternative calculation
shall be determined by the State Department of Education on a case by case basis. If a request
from a local board is made to the State Superintendent, the...
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16-6D-9
Section 16-6D-9 Tax credit claims; administrative accountability; verification of requirements;
rules and procedures. (a)(1) An individual taxpayer who files a state income tax return and
is not claimed as a dependent of another taxpayer, a taxpayer subject to the corporate income
tax levied by Chapter 18 of Title 40, an Alabama S corporation as defined in Section
40-18-160, or a Subchapter K entity as defined in Section 40-18-1 may claim a credit
for a contribution made to a scholarship granting organization. If the credit is claimed by
an Alabama S corporation or Subchapter K entity, the credit shall pass through to and may
be claimed by any taxpayer eligible to claim a credit under this subdivision who is a shareholder,
partner, or member thereof, based on the taxpayer's pro rata or distributive share, respectively,
of the credit. (2) The tax credit may be claimed by an individual taxpayer or a married couple
filing jointly in an amount equal to 100 percent of the total...
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25-4-10
Section 25-4-10 Employment. (a) Subject to other provisions of this chapter, "employment"
means: (1) Any service performed prior to January 1, 1978, which was employment as defined
in this section prior to such date and, subject to the other provisions of this section,
services performed for remuneration after December 31, 1977, including service in interstate
commerce, by: a. Any officer of a corporation; or b. Any individual who, under the usual common
law rules applicable in determining the employer-employee relationship, has the status of
an employee; or c. Any individual other than an individual who is an employee under paragraphs
a. or b. of this subdivision (1) who performs services for remuneration for any person: 1.
As an agent-driver or commission-driver engaged in distributing meat products, bakery products,
beverages (other than milk) or laundry or dry cleaning services for a principal; 2. As a traveling
or city salesman engaged upon a full-time basis in the solicitation on...
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16-6B-7
Section 16-6B-7 Accountability reports to the public. (a) The local board of education
shall prepare an annual accountability report for each school and area vocational/technical
center under its jurisdiction, and for itself, to be provided to the public under regulations
promulgated by the State Board of Education. Such accountability reports shall include, but
not be limited to, all of the following: (1) A Funding and Expenditure Report which shall
include those documents specified in Section 16-6B-4 and which shall include the amount
of Foundation Program funds or vocational/technical education funds, or both, earned and of
all funds expended and any other data deemed necessary by the local board of education or
the State Board of Education to inform the public about the financial status of each school.
(2) A Student Achievement Report which shall include a comparison of the immediately previous
school year with the previous five years regarding student performance on testing...
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16-1-31
Section 16-1-31 Elective course credit for participation in YMCA Youth and Government
programs. (a) Each public local board of education may provide that a high school student
who participates in YMCA Youth and Government programs may earn elective course credit for
participation providing that Section 16-28-5, which requires 140 days of instruction
by a certified teacher, is adhered to. (b) The amount of elective course credit granted for
participation in YMCA Youth and Government programs shall be determined by the local board
of education, but the credit shall not exceed one credit unit. (c) Participation by a student
in YMCA Youth and Government programs shall be certified by the local YMCA official responsible
for the program. (d) YMCA Youth and Government programs eligible for credit pursuant to this
section shall be approved by local boards of education. (e) Local boards of education
may adopt minimum standards for any program pursuant to this section including minimum
standards...
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