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16-1-41.1
Section 16-1-41.1 School board governance improvement. (a) This section shall be known and
may be cited as the School Board Governance Improvement Act of 2012. (b) The Legislature finds
and declares all of the following: (1) That the purpose of this section is to enhance the
effectiveness of public education governance in Alabama through the establishment of training
requirements, boardsmanship standards, and accountability measures that are designed to promote
informed deliberations and decisions, to revise the qualifications for serving as a member
of a local board of education, to provide for a code of conduct for each member of a local
board of education in order to better ensure that any decision or action of a local board
of education is based on the interests of students or the system, and to foster the development
and implementation of organizational practices that are designed to promote broad support
of the public schools. (2) A local board of education is the legally...
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16-13-31
Section 16-13-31 Record of receipts and disbursements; apportionment of countywide taxes for
Foundation Program. (a) The tax collector/revenue commissioner of each county must keep a
record of all receipts and disbursements of school funds of his/her county to the local boards
of education of the county. (b) The tax collector/revenue commissioner of each county shall
apportion county-wide taxes collected for the purposes of participating in the Foundation
Program to each local board of education in the county on the basis of the total calculated
costs of the Foundation Program for those local boards of education within the county. The
total calculated costs of the Foundation Program for each local board of education shall be
the sum of state funds received from the Foundation Program and the amount of local effort
required pursuant to paragraph a. of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of Section 16-13-231.
(c) The apportionment of countywide taxes collected for the purposes of...
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16-22A-3
Section 16-22A-3 Definitions. When used in this chapter only, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)
APPLICANT. A certified or noncertified individual who submits an application for employment
to a local employing board or any nonpublic school, to act in any capacity in which the individual
will have unsupervised access to children in an educational environment. (2) APPLICANT FOR
CERTIFICATION. An individual who submits an application for certification issued by the State
Superintendent of Education. (3) AUTHORIZED EMPLOYER. Any educational entity authorized to
obtain criminal history background information, including the State Department of Education,
local employing boards, and nonpublic schools which are responsible for hiring employees or
contracting with private employers to provide personnel who have unsupervised access to children
in an educational setting. (4) CERTIFIED APPLICANT FOR EMPLOYMENT. A...
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16-22A-8
Section 16-22A-8 Fingerprint training courses. (a) The Department of Public Safety and the
State Department of Education shall cooperatively schedule sufficient training throughout
the state to train all local superintendents of education, or their duly appointed representatives,
in proper fingerprinting techniques. (b) The chief executive officers of nonpublic schools
shall arrange with the Department of Public Safety for sufficient training in proper fingerprinting
techniques of their superintendent, headmaster, or other duly appointed representatives. (c)
The Department of Public Safety shall notify the State Superintendent of Education regarding
the dates and times of scheduled training sessions. The State Superintendent of Education
shall then notify all local superintendents of education. (d) Nonpublic schools required or
desiring to participate in fingerprint training sessions shall contact the Department of Public
Safety for information concerning dates, times, and cost of...
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16-23-4
Section 16-23-4 Fee of applicant for certificate. (a) An application fee of thirty dollars
($30) shall be paid by an applicant. (b) The fees paid by the applicants shall be deposited
to a special account for the State Department of Education into the State Treasury at least
monthly and used for the operation of the teacher education and certification program. (School
Code 1927, §350; Code 1940, T. 52, §333; Acts 1943, No. 313, p. 300; Acts 1975, No. 426,
p. 1023, §1; Acts 1990, No. 90-622, p. 1137, §1; Act 2008-281, p. 546, §1.)...
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16-27-5
Section 16-27-5 Monthly safety inspections. All local boards of education, all presidents of
state community, junior and technical colleges and all directors of state technical institutes
and trade schools which provide transportation services for pupils or students going to and
from public elementary and secondary schools, community, junior and technical colleges or
technical institutes and trade schools, and in school or college related activities shall
have safety inspections made of all vehicles used for such transportation at least once each
month, whether such vehicles are publicly owned and operated or privately owned and operated
under contract between the board of education, board of trustees or other governing body of
a community, junior and technical college and the owner of vehicle. All safety inspections
made hereunder shall be made by qualified mechanics in accordance with standards and rules
established by the State Board of Education. (Acts 1969, No. 281, p. 614, §4.)...
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16-36-64
Section 16-36-64 Statewide textbook contracts. (a) No contract shall be made pursuant to this
article for the purchase of textbooks rejected by the State Board of Education. The only contracts
entered into by the State Board of Education pursuant to this article shall be for textbooks
considered by the State Textbook Committee and adopted by the State Board of Education as
provided for in this article. (b) In addition to all other laws which forbid the use of textbooks
in the public schools of the state by authors who are members of the Communist Party or members
of communist front organizations, all contracts with publishers for textbooks made pursuant
to this article shall stipulate that the author or authors of such book or books is not a
member of the Communist Party or known advocate of communism or Marxist socialism and is not
a member of a communist front organization. (c) The maximum price at which the State Board
of Education shall contract for local boards of education to pay...
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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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22-13A-7
Section 22-13A-7 Advisory Panel on Osteoporosis. The Interagency Council on Osteoporosis shall
establish and coordinate an Advisory Panel on Osteoporosis which shall provide non-governmental
input regarding the Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Program. The membership
of the panel shall include, but is not limited to, persons with osteoporosis, women's health
organizations, public health educators, osteoporosis experts, providers of osteoporosis health
care, persons knowledgeable in health promotion and education, and representatives of national
osteoporosis organizations or their state or regional affiliates. (Acts 1995, No. 95-259,
p. 435, §7.)...
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