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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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16-1-20.6
Section 16-1-20.6 Released time for student participation in religious instruction.
(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Released Time Credit
Act. (b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) That the United States
Supreme Court, in its decision in Zorach v. Clauson, 343 U.S. 306 (1952), upheld the constitutionality
of released time programs for religious instruction for public school students during the
school day. (2) That the United States Constitution and state law allows local school districts
to offer religious released time education for the benefit of public school students. (3)
That the purpose of this section is to incorporate a constitutionally acceptable method
of allowing school districts to offer released time classes and, in grades where credit is
earned, to award students elective credit for classes taken during the school day in released
time programs. (c) As used in this section, the term released time means a period of...
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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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16-28B-6
Section 16-28B-6 Duties of schools. Each school shall do all of the following: (1) Develop
and implement evidence-based practices to promote a school environment that is free of harassment,
intimidation, violence, and threats of violence. (2) Develop and implement evidence-based
practices to prevent harassment, intimidation, violence, and threats of violence based, as
a minimum, on the criteria established by this chapter and local board policy, and to intervene
when such incidents occur. (3) Incorporate into civility, citizenship, and character education
curricula awareness of and sensitivity to the prohibitions of this chapter and local board
policy against harassment, intimidation, violence, and threats of violence. (4) Report statistics
to the local board of actual violence, submitted reports of threats of violence, and harassment.
The local board shall provide the statistics of the school system and each school in the school
system to the department for posting on the department...
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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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16-28-3.1
Section 16-28-3.1 Guidelines and procedures for withdrawal from school; dropout prevention
program. (a) A child over the age of 17 may withdraw from public school prior to graduation
if both of the following circumstances exist: (1) Written consent is granted by the child's
parent or legal guardian. (2) An exit interview is conducted where the student and the student's
parent or legal guardian have been advised that withdrawal from school shall likely reduce
the student's future earning potential and increase the student's likelihood of being unemployed
in the future. During the exit interview, the student who is withdrawing from school shall
be given information that has been prepared and supplied by the State Department of Education
regarding the detrimental impacts and effects of early withdrawal from school along with any
available training and employment opportunity programs, provided such information is available.
(b) The State Department of Education shall work with local public...
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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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16-6F-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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16-28-3
Section 16-28-3 Ages of children required to attend school; exemption for church school
students; transfer students. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), every child
between the ages of six and 17 years shall be required to attend a public school, private
school, church school, or be instructed by a competent private tutor for the entire length
of the school term in every scholastic year except that, prior to attaining his or her 16th
birthday every child attending a church school as defined in Section 16-28-1 is exempt
from the requirements of this section, provided the child complies with enrollment
and reporting procedures specified in Section 16-28-7. Admission to public school shall
be on an individual basis on the application of the parents, legal custodian, or guardian
of the child to the local board of education at the beginning of each school year, under the
rules as the board may prescribe; provided, a person who is under 19 years of age and on track
to...
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16-6D-4
Section 16-6D-4 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ACADEMIC YEAR. The 12-month period beginning on July 1 and
ending on the following June 30. (2) DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. The Alabama Department of Revenue.
(3) EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP. A grant made by a scholarship granting organization to an eligible
student to cover all or part of the tuition and mandatory fees for one academic year charged
by a qualifying school to the eligible student receiving the scholarship; provided, however,
that an educational scholarship shall not exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000) for an elementary
school student, eight thousand dollars ($8,000) for a middle school student, or ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) for a high school student per academic year. The term does not include a
lump sum, block grant, or similar payment by a scholarship granting organization to a qualifying
school that assigns the responsibility in whole or in part for...
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