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16-5-1
Section 16-5-1 Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings respectively prescribed
for them, except when the context otherwise requires: (1) PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Those public educational institutions in Alabama which have been authorized by the Legislature
or by the constitution to provide formal education, including vocational, technical, collegiate,
professional or any other form of education, above the secondary school level. (2) COMMISSION.
The Alabama Commission on Higher Education created by this article. (3) INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM.
A series of courses at any one location which culminates in a degree, certificate or other
formal recognition of academic credit. (4) UNIT. A school, college, division or institute
and includes the establishment of any new branch or campus. The term does not include reasonable
extension or alterations of existing curricula or programs which have a direct relationship
to existing programs previously approved by the...
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16-6B-1
Section 16-6B-1 Student achievement. (a) The Legislature finds that the people of Alabama desire
two basic things from their public schools: (1) High achievement for students. (2) A safe
and orderly environment in which to learn. (b) The Legislature encourages the State Board
of Education to assist local boards of education in the development of a strong disciplinary
policy and directs the State Board of Education to develop a program to closely monitor student
achievement. (1) The State Board of Education shall require implementation of an assessment
program for the public schools of Alabama. The assessment program may include nationally normed
tests or criterion referenced tests, or both. These tests may be used to assist in the assessment
of student achievement. The State Board of Education may also require the use of other tests
and assessments as the board may deem necessary. (2) In grades 11 and 12, the State Board
of Education shall implement an assessment and remediation...
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16-6F-2
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.)...
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33-5-81
Section 33-5-81 Boating safety as part of driver education curricula. The State Department
of Education shall require a segment of the approved driver education curricula to include
boating safety in Alabama, beginning with the 1994-95 school year. The boating safety curricula
shall be approved in writing by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources and
the State Superintendent of Education. (Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §35.)...
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16-1-49
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...
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16-13-90
Section 16-13-90 Purposes for which warrants issued. In any county in which a special county
tax shall have been voted under the constitution for such purpose or for school purposes generally,
and in any school district in which a special district tax shall have been voted under the
constitution for such purpose or for school purposes generally, the county board of education
or the city board of education, as the case may be, with the approval of the State Superintendent
of Education may issue and sell capital outlay warrants for the purposes of erecting, purchasing,
altering, enlarging, improving, repairing and equipping school buildings and school playgrounds,
and buildings for housing and repairing school buses, including sites for any such buildings
and playgrounds; and for the purpose of purchasing school buses; and for the purpose of acquiring
a school building already erected by another government body, which building is being transferred
to the use and jurisdiction of the board...
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16-22A-7
Section 16-22A-7 Responsibilities of individuals to provide information. (a) An applicant for
certification, applicant for public employment, or public current employee under review with
the State Department of Education or local employing board, who has or will have unsupervised
access to a child or children in an educational setting, shall, upon request, submit the following
items to the State Department of Education: (1) Two functional acceptable fingerprint cards,
bearing the fingerprints of the individual, properly executed by a criminal justice agency
or other individual properly trained in fingerprinting techniques. (2) Written consent authorizing
the release of any criminal history background information to the State Department of Education.
(3) Acknowledgment that the applicant for certification, applicant for public employment,
or public current employee under review received notice that the State Superintendent of Education
will provide a suitability determination, based...
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16-27-4.1
Section 16-27-4.1 Physical qualifications of school bus drivers. (a) A local board of education
may not hire, employ, or enter into any agreement with any person for the purposes of operating
a school bus transporting students to or from school or school related events, unless the
person is physically qualified to drive a school bus. A person is physically qualified to
drive a school bus if that person satisfies all of the following requirements: (1) Has no
loss of a foot, a leg, a hand, or an arm. (2) Has no impairment of any of the following: a.
A hand or a finger which interferes with prehension or power grasping. b. An arm, foot, or
leg which interferes with the ability to perform normal tasks associated with operating a
school bus. c. Any other significant limb defect or limitation which interferes with the ability
to perform normal tasks associated with operating a school bus. (3) Has no established medical
history or clinical diagnosis of diabetes mellitus requiring insulin for...
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16-37-4
Section 16-37-4 Authority of state board as to vocational education. The State Board of Education
shall have all necessary authority to cooperate with the federal Department of Health, Education
and Welfare in the administration of the act of Congress accepted in Section 16-37-1; to administer
any legislation pursuant thereto enacted by the State of Alabama and to administer the funds
provided by the federal government and the State of Alabama, under the provisions of this
chapter, for the promotion of vocational education in agricultural subjects, trade and industrial
subjects and home economics subjects. It shall have full authority to formulate plans for
the promotion of vocational education in such subjects as an essential and integral part of
the public school system of education in the State of Alabama and to provide for the preparation
of teachers of such subjects. It shall have authority to fix the compensation of such officials
and assistants as may be necessary to administer...
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16-39-6
Section 16-39-6 School board plans. During the fifth year of implementation of the incremental
five-year plan referred to above, each school board shall submit a long-range plan for providing
appropriate instruction and special services for exceptional children and shall submit said
long-range plan to the State Board of Education for its review and approval or disapproval.
Such plan, unless thereafter modified with approval of the State Board of Education, shall
be adhered to by the school board. Said long-range plans, and all modifications thereof, shall
be resubmitted to the State Board of Education for its review and approval or disapproval
at such intervals as may be established by the said state board in regulations, but not in
any event less often than once every seven years or more often than once every two years.
Disapproval of a plan or any amendments thereto shall be only because of failure of the plan
to meet minimum standards set out in regulations of the state board...
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