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16-13-234-1
Section 16-13-234-1 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER AND HAS NOT BEEN CODIFIED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Any local board
of education receiving a hold harmless allowance as provided for in Section 16-13-234, Code
of Alabama 1975, may use part or all of the funds received by the local board from the Public
School Fund for capital outlay allowance to pay the costs of any salary increase mandated
by the Legislature, including the costs of fringe benefits, not covered by an adjustment to
the hold harmless allowance. (b) Prior to using its capital outlay allowance for salary increases
mandated by the Legislature, including the costs of fringe benefits, the local board of education,
by a majority vote, must adopt a resolution transferring the capital outlay allowance to the
general fund of the local board and earmark the funds for salary increases and associated
fringe benefits. The local board of education must also...
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16-6A-2
Section 16-6A-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) A.C.H.E. The Alabama Commission
on Higher Education. (2) BOARD or BOARD OF EDUCATION. The State Board of Education. (3) COMMISSION.
The Governor's Educational Reform Commission created by this chapter. (4) CRITICAL NEEDS AREAS.
Those curriculum and teaching areas where there is an urgent need for action. These areas
include mathematics, science, computer education and other areas to be identified from time
to time by the State Board of Education. (5) IN-SERVICE EDUCATION. The training of regularly
certified education professionals who hold positions in the public schools of the state. (6)
LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. County and city boards of education and the school systems over
which these boards of education have authority. (7) PLAN FOR EXCELLENCE. A Plan for Excellence;
Alabama's Public Schools, a report to the Alabama State Board of...
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16-13-144
Section 16-13-144 Prohibition and penalty for exceeding budget; waiver of penalty. (a) No local
board of education shall spend or obligate itself to spend more money in any fiscal year than
the estimate of income available to that board of education for that year, plus balances on
hand at the beginning of the fiscal year, which estimate shall be approved by the State Superintendent
of Education, if the excess expenditure or excess obligation to spend results in a deficit
for that fiscal year, except as provided in Section 16-13-145. The estimate of income shall
include estimates of income from revenue receipts from all sources and estimates of nonrevenue
receipts from all sources, but excluding all funds derived from loans other than loans obtained
by the issuance of school warrants authorized by the laws of the state. This section shall
not apply to any fiscal year where there is proration of education funds going to local boards
of education. No funds shall be transferred by any...
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16-1-35
Section 16-1-35 Governor's Academic Achievement Program. (a) The "Governor's Academic
Achievement Program" is created to encourage and reward academic improvement in the public
schools of this state. (b) Pursuant to the State Board of Education Academic Assistance Program,
the status of each public school is classified as one of the following: (1) Academic Clear.
(2) Academic Caution. (3) Academic Alert. (4) Academic Intervention. (c) Pursuant to the Governor's
Academic Achievement Program, any public school in the state that improves its academic achievement
status by one or more steps from the previous year shall receive a financial reward. (1) A
two thousand dollar ($2,000) reward shall be paid to any school that improves by one step
from Academic Intervention to Academic Alert, from Academic Alert to Academic Caution, or
from Academic Caution to Academic Clear. (2) A three thousand dollar ($3,000) reward shall
be paid to any school that improves by two steps from Academic...
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16-1-36
Section 16-1-36 Tutoring programs for students accessed below average SAT scores. (a) Beginning
in the 2000-2001 school year, any public school student in this state who is required by statute
or regulation of the State Department of Education to be tested or assessed by Stanford Achievement
Test (SAT) or any other assessment used by the school system who scores or is assessed at
a range of one grade below any subject or subjects, or falls below the average of the school
system assessment shall be provided tutoring programs for reading skills and other subjects
by the department. The tutoring program shall be provided within the school system of the
student. Tutoring programs shall continue two additional times for any student while attending
the school for any subject or subjects until the student scores or is assessed in the average
range or above for each subject being tutored, however, the school system may continue the
tutoring sessions, and the program shall remain for all other...
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16-13-233
Section 16-13-233 Allowance for transportation. (a) The allowance for transportation for those
local boards of education providing same shall be determined as follows for any local board
of education: The number of pupils transported on transportation routes approved under regulations
of the State Board of Education shall be multiplied by an amount per pupil which is to be
fixed by the State Board of Education and applied to local boards of education within groups
having similar density of population; provided, that studies shall be made from time to time
to determine whether the cost allowed per pupil or the cost unit should be changed in any
or all local boards of education. In determining the amount to be allotted for transportation,
said allotment shall include an allowance for transportation in accordance with the provisions
of Section 16-39-11; however, no allowance shall be made for transporting pupils who live
less than two miles from the school they are attending unless such...
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16-13-281
Section 16-13-281 Average salaries to match national average; funding; compliance. (a) The
average salary of Alabama teachers, including the State Minimum Salary Schedule, local salary
supplementals, state incentive pay such as National Board of Professional Teaching Standards
certification, and any other salary compensation paid to Alabama teachers, shall be increased
to the national average for teacher salaries as provided in this article. Beginning in the
fiscal year 2001-2002, and continuing each fiscal year thereafter until such time as the Alabama
teacher salary average has reached the national average for teacher salaries, there shall
be allocated 41.15 percent of the growth in the Education Trust Fund for teacher salaries.
The 41.15 percent of the growth shall not apply to any future new revenue source to the Education
Trust Fund, including any revenue generated from an increase in the rate or a substantial
change in the base of existing revenue sources. Provided, however, an...
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16-6G-4
Section 16-6G-4 Use of funds in support of Alabama Reading Initiative; literacy and reading
specialists. (a) Funds appropriated by the Legislature in support of the Alabama Reading Initiative
shall be allocated to support the following: (1) Local education agencies to support local
reading specialists. (2) The Alabama Summer Achievement Program. (3) Regional literacy specialists.
(4) Preservice and inservice teacher professional learning activities for elementary school
teachers in reading. (5) Curricula to support student interventions. (6) State administration.
(b) Funds dedicated to the Alabama Reading Initiative shall be expended on local and regional
reading specialists, professional learning activities, and administrative activities that
support all of the following activities for kindergarten through third grade students in public
K-12 schools; continued funding shall be contingent on measurable performance growth, as determined
by the task force established under subsection (a)...
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16-6B-2
Section 16-6B-2 Core curriculum. Every Alabama student shall be given instruction in grades
kindergarten through twelve to prepare him or her to enter the world of work and/or to complete
course work at the postsecondary level. In addition to a comprehensive core curriculum of
academics, each local board of education shall offer a program of vocational/technical education.
(a) The following words and phrases used in this section shall, in the absence of a clear
implication otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations: (1) REQUIRED COURSES.
Courses which are required to be taken by every student enrolled in public schools in the
State of Alabama. (2) ELECTIVE COURSES. Courses which are neither mandatory nor required to
be taken by any student enrolled in public schools in the State of Alabama. (b) The Legislature
finds that students must become more literate in the basic skills needed to earn a living
or to continue their education. The Legislature further finds that the...
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36-26-121
Section 36-26-121 Annual itemized statement of employee and retirement benefits, and total
employer contributions to retirement systems and health insurance plans. (a) As used in this
article, the following words have the following meanings: (1) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT. Any benefit
a public employee received or accrued from his or her employer, including, but not limited
to, salary or wages; insurance; allowance for days off such as vacation, holidays, sick leave,
or personal days; and contributions toward retirement or pension benefits. (2) HEALTH INSURANCE
PLAN. Either of the following health insurance plans as it applies to an individual public
employee or retiree: a. The State Employees' Health Insurance Plan. b. The Public Education
Employees' Health Insurance Plan. (3) RETIREE. A retiree or a beneficiary of a deceased retiree
who receives an employee benefit or pension benefit from a retirement system, as defined in
this section. (4) RETIREMENT SYSTEM. One of the following as it applies...
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