16-36-70
Section 16-36-70 Adequate textbooks. (a) The Legislature finds that textbooks and other instructional materials are among the basic tools of learning that must exist if Alabama students are to succeed. (b) All students in the public schools shall be provided with adequate and current textbooks and other necessary instructional supplies for use in their education. Textbooks and other supporting materials shall be appropriate for their course work and shall be in suitable condition. Where textbooks are issued pursuant to Section 16-36-69, every student shall have his or her own copy of the issued textbook of the correct edition, which he or she shall be permitted to take home each day for home study for the entire school year or for the portion of the year when the book is issued. (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that it is the student's responsibility, as well as the student's parent or guardian, to care for the textbooks and instructional supplies provided by the state in a...
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16-6B-10
Section 16-6B-10 Budget requirements for Foundation and Vocational/Technical Education Program. (a) Foundation Program. It is the intent of the Legislature to see that funds allocated for classroom instructional support actually reach the classroom. To that end, the State Department of Education shall monitor the flow of funds appropriated for various instructional purposes. Classroom instructional support shall be defined as those funds appropriated for instructional supplies, library enhancement, textbooks, technology and professional development. The Legislature believes that the classroom instructional support funds have a direct impact upon the ability of classroom teachers to have the resources and assistance necessary to assist them in the performance of their responsibilities. School budgets for instructional supplies shall be developed within each school as is required by Section 16-1-30 relating to the adoption of school board policies. It is the intent of the Legislature...
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16-6F-6
Section 16-6F-6 Authorization of establishment; Alabama Public Charter School Commission; registration requirements; powers and duties of authorizers. (a) Eligible authorizing entities. (1) A public charter school shall not be established in this state unless its establishment is authorized by this section. No governmental entity or other entity, other than an entity expressly granted chartering authority as set forth in this section, may assume any authorizing function or duty in any form. The following entities shall be authorizers of public charter schools: a. A local school board, for chartering of schools within the boundaries of the school system under its jurisdiction, pursuant to state law. b. The Alabama Public Charter School Commission, pursuant to this section. (2) A local school board that registers as an authorizer may approve or deny an application to form a public charter school within the boundaries of the local school system overseen by the local school board. (3) All...
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16-6G-3
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...
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25-8-32.1
Section 25-8-32.1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Labor. (2) ELIGIBILITY TO WORK FORM. A form issued by the head administrator, counselor, or, if home schooled an instructor of the school which a 14- or 15-year-old minor attends certifying satisfactory grades and attendance of the minor in order for a 14- or 15-year-old minor to be employed. (3) EMPLOY. To employ, permit, or suffer to work with or without compensation. (4) EMPLOYEE. Any person employed by an employer, but shall not include an individual engaged in the activities of an educational, charitable, religious, scientific, historical, literary, or nonprofit organization where the employer-employee relationship does not in fact exist or where the services rendered are on a voluntary basis. (5) EMPLOYER. Any owner or any person, entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation, government agency, or...
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41-15B-2.2
Section 41-15B-2.2 Allocation of trust fund revenues. (a) For each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues and upon appropriation by the Legislature, an amount of up to and including two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000), or equivalent percentage of the total fund, shall be designated for the administration of the fund by the council and the Commissioner of Children's Affairs. (b) For the each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues, the remainder of the Children First Trust Fund, in the amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1, shall be allocated as follows: (1) Ten percent of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Public Health for distribution to one or more of the following: a. The Children's Health Insurance Program. b. Programs for tobacco control among children with the purpose being to reduce the consumption...
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16-1-16.1
Section 16-1-16.1 Alabama Council on Family and Children. (a) The Legislature finds that there is at present a need in Alabama to coordinate, at the state and local level, the efforts of existing providers of services supporting early childhood development and family involvement in education. (b) There is hereby established the Alabama Council on Family and Children to be composed of the Governor, who shall be chairperson; the State Superintendent of Education; the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources; the State Health Officer; the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation; the Chairman of the Children's Trust Fund; and the Director of the Department of Youth Services, or their designated representatives, and one additional member from each congressional district to be appointed by the Governor. Said council shall exist for the purpose of coordinating existing services, at the state and local level, supporting early childhood development and...
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16-28B-8
Section 16-28B-8 Suicide prevention programs, training, and policies; advisory committee; liability. (a) To the extent that the Legislature shall appropriate funds, or to the extent that any local board may provide funds from other sources, each school system shall implement the following standards and policies for programs in an effort to prevent student suicide: (1) Foster individual, family, and group counseling services related to suicide prevention. (2) Make referral, crisis intervention, and other related information available for students, parents, and school personnel. (3) Foster training for school personnel who are responsible for counseling and supervising students. (4) Increase student awareness of the relationship between drug and alcohol use and suicide. (5) Educate students in recognizing signs of suicidal tendencies and other facts and warning signs of suicide. (6) Inform students of available community suicide prevention services. (7) Promote cooperative efforts...
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16-24C-3
Section 16-24C-3 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The chief administrative and executive officer of an entity, institution, agency, or political subdivision of the state that is subject to this chapter and includes, without limitation, superintendents of city or county boards of education and presidents of two-year educational institutions operated under authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education. The term includes persons serving in such a capacity on an acting or interim basis under lawful appointment or by operation of law. (2) CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE. All adult bus drivers, all full-time lunchroom or cafeteria workers, janitors, custodians, maintenance personnel, secretaries and clerical assistants, instructional aides or assistants, whether or not certificated, non-certificated supervisors, and, except as hereinafter provided, all other persons who are not teachers as...
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16-40-9
Section 16-40-9 Instruction for avoiding child sexual abuse. (a)(1) The Legislature recognizes that Erin Merryn was raped and molested for six and a half years by a neighbor and a family member. She began a crusade her senior year of high school in 2004 to end the silence and shame around sexual abuse. Erin's Law has been adopted in a number of states to help address the problem of child sexual abuse. (2) The intent of Erin's Law is to shatter the silence and stigma around child sexual abuse, and to educate children and empower them to recognize and to report abuse. (3) The Legislature finds that without a specific initiative like Erin's Law, schools generally fail to give young students adequate awareness and a voice in this issue. (b) The Governor's Task Force on Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children created under subsection (c) shall adopt guidelines for a child sexual abuse prevention instructional program. The guidelines shall: (1) Educate children in grades pre-kindergarten...
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