16-1-37
Section 16-1-37 Issuance of high school diplomas to certain honorably discharged veterans. The State Superintendent of Education may award a standard high school diploma to any honorably discharged veteran who served in the United States Armed Forces at any time between December 7, 1941, and January 31, 1946, between June 27, 1950, and January 31, 1955, or between November 15, 1961, and March 28, 1973; was a resident of Alabama prior to entry into the United States Armed Forces; and whose entry into the United States Armed Forces interrupted high school attendance and prevented graduation. Upon the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education, the State Board of Education shall develop criteria and guidelines necessary for the implementation of this section. (Act 2001-345, p. 449, §1; Act 2004-549, p. 1177, §1; Act 2010-691, p. 1678, §1.)...
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31-2-17
Section 31-2-17 Unauthorized wearing of uniform of United States Armed Forces. It shall be unlawful for any person not an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted man of the United States Armed Forces to wear the duly prescribed uniform or any distinctive part thereof, of the uniform of the United States Armed Forces, within the boundaries of the State of Alabama; provided that the foregoing provisions shall not be construed so as to prevent officers, warrant officers, or enlisted men of the National Guard or Naval Militia, or such other organizations as the Secretary of Defense shall designate, from wearing the prescribed uniform, nor to prevent persons who in time of war have served honorably as officers of the United States Armed Forces, regular or volunteer, whose most recent service was terminated by an honorable discharge, muster out or resignation, from wearing, upon occasions of ceremony, the uniform of the highest grade they held by brevet or other commission in such regular or...
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25-1-51
Section 25-1-51 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DD 214. A Department of Defense Report of Separation form or its predecessor or successor forms. (2) PRIVATE EMPLOYER. An employer who is not the federal or state government, a school district, or a public institution of higher education. (3) VETERAN. A person who has served on active duty in the United States Armed Forces and was discharged or released with an honorable discharge. (4) VETERANS' PREFERENCE EMPLOYMENT POLICY. A private employer's voluntary preference for hiring, promoting, or retaining a veteran over another qualified applicant or employee. (Act 2015-314, §2.)...
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31-5-7
Section 31-5-7 State Service Commissioner - Duties generally; compensation. (a) The State Service Commissioner shall submit to the State Board of Veterans' Affairs for its approval an annual budget of all funds appropriated by the Legislature to the department for the specific purposes for which they are appropriated, and also a budget of any federal funds which may be allotted to the state by the federal government for the purposes of the department according to the regulations of the federal authorities. He shall publish annually a full report of the operations and administration of the department, together with recommendations and suggestions, and submit such report to the state board. (b) It shall be the duty of the state commissioner to: (1) Prepare detailed plans for, and fully develop, a comprehensive statewide veterans' assistance program. (2) Cooperate with all other heads of the state departments in coordinating the plans and programs of state agencies which may properly be...
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16-46A-1
Section 16-46A-1 Adoption of policy governing virtual school program. (a)(1) Before the 2016-2017 school year, each local board of education shall adopt a policy providing, at a minimum, a virtual education option for eligible students in grades nine to 12, inclusive, beginning with that school year. (2) Any virtual school operating in this state that provides educational services to public school students shall comply with this chapter. (b) The policy adopted by the local board of education pursuant to this chapter shall govern the virtual school program offered by the local board of education. The policy shall offer students in grades nine to 12, inclusive, an online pathway for earning a high school diploma and, at a minimum, shall include all of the following: (1) The scope and delivery of virtual options. (2) Student eligibility criteria for initial and continuing participation in the virtual program. (3) Specific requirements for monitoring performance and testing protocol...
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16-25-3
Section 16-25-3 Membership; membership credit for service in armed forces of United States; deferred benefits. (a) The membership of the retirement system shall consist of the following: All persons who shall become teachers after the date of establishment shall become members of the retirement system as a condition of their employment. Any person who is a teacher on the date of establishment shall become a member as of that date unless within a period of 90 days next following such teacher shall file with the Board of Control on a form prescribed by the board a notice of his election not to be covered in the membership of the system and a duly executed waiver of all present and prospective benefits which would otherwise inure to him on account of his participation in the retirement system. (b) A teacher in service on October 1, 1973, whose membership in the retirement system was contingent on his own election and who elected not to become a member may thereafter apply for and be...
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15-20A-4
Section 15-20A-4 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ADULT SEX OFFENDER. A person convicted of a sex offense. (2) CHILD. A person who has not attained the age of 12. (3) CHILDCARE FACILITY. A licensed child daycare center, a licensed childcare facility, or any other childcare service that is exempt from licensing pursuant to Section 38-7-3, if it is sufficiently conspicuous that a reasonable person should know or recognize its location or its address has been provided to local law enforcement. (4) CONVICTION. A verdict or finding of guilt as the result of a trial, a plea of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, or an Alford plea regardless of whether adjudication was withheld. Conviction includes, but is not limited to, a conviction in a United States territory, a conviction in a federal or military tribunal, including a court martial conducted by the Armed Forces of the United States, a conviction for an offense committed...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in entrance/age requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing, grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic, and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families. E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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16-36-60
Section 16-36-60 State Textbook Committee. (a) The State Textbook Committee is created. The committee shall consider the merit of textbooks offered for use in the public elementary and high schools of the state and make recommendations for approval or rejection, or both, to the State Board of Education as hereinafter provided. In making recommendations to the State Board of Education, the State Textbook Committee shall also consider any recommendations made by the State Courses of Study Committee or by the State Superintendent of Education. (b) The State Textbook Committee shall be composed of 23 members. Four of the members shall be secondary school classroom teachers and four elementary school classroom teachers. One of these eight members shall be appointed from each of the seven United States Congressional Districts, as such districts are constituted on July 1, 1998, and one shall be appointed statewide. Four members shall be appointed from the state at large, and these four...
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45-5-232
Section 45-5-232 License fee; exemption for certain military veterans; disposition of funds. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), beginning January 1, 2008, in Blount County, the fee for issuing a license to carry a pistol shall be twenty dollars ($20) which shall be collected by the sheriff. The fee imposed by this section shall constitute the total fee imposed by local law in Blount County for the issuance of a pistol license and shall be paid in lieu of any and all fees for pistol licensing previously provided by local law. (b) Any active, retired, or honorably discharged military veteran of the United States Armed Forces or the Armed Forces of the State of Alabama who meets the conditions for issuance or renewal of a pistol permit pursuant to Section 13A-11-75 shall be eligible to obtain the pistol permit without paying a fee for the permit as provided in subsection (a). (c) Eighty percent of the fees collected shall be deposited into a bank account maintained by the sheriff....
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