16-1-20.5
Section 16-1-20.5 Protection of student religious liberties. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Student Religious Liberties Act of 2015." (b) A public local board of education may not discriminate against students or parents on the basis of a religious viewpoint or religious expression. A local board of education shall treat a student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible subject in the same manner the local board of education treats a student's voluntary expression of a secular or other viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject and may not discriminate against the student based on a religious viewpoint expressed by the student on an otherwise permissible subject. (c) Students may express their beliefs about religion in homework, artwork, and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content of their submissions. Homework and classroom assignments shall be judged by...
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31-10-3
Section 31-10-3 Tuition reimbursement authorized for eligible members of National Guard. Subject to the annual appropriation in the annual Education Trust Fund Appropriation Act, provided such annual appropriations shall not exceed $10,000,000, the Alabama Commission on Higher Education is hereby authorized to pay or reimburse the qualifying tuition for any active member of the Alabama National Guard who is enrolled in a program leading to the associate, baccalaureate, masters, or doctorate degree in an accredited institution of higher learning, community or technical college within the State of Alabama. Such payments or reimbursements shall be made timely at the end of each academic quarter or semester for all tuition reimbursements, and shall be made on the basis of certified invoices submitted by such institution or school to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, and shall be supported by names of the students receiving such benefits, together with the amounts claimed for each...
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16-6G-6
Section 16-6G-6 Dyslexia therapist certification endoresement; accreditation of teacher preparation programs; licensure and certification of teachers; professional learning. (a) The State Superintendent of Education shall develop, and the State Board of Education shall approve, a dyslexia therapist certification endorsement on or before December 31, 2019. (1) K-12 and early childhood teachers who have completed an International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council endorsed training course and have received a passing score on the Academic Language Therapy Association's Certified Academic Language Therapy assessment, or the International Dyslexia Association's Knowledge and Practice Examination of Effective Reading Instruction, and who hold a valid Professional Educator Certificate shall be eligible for a dyslexia therapist endorsement. (2) Teacher preparation programs at public colleges and universities in the state shall offer dyslexia therapy teacher preparation courses...
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16-13-231.1
Section 16-13-231.1 Local salary schedules; written retirement application; appropriations. (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, each county and city board of education shall adopt a local salary schedule which is at least 100 percent of the State Minimum Salary Schedule as established by Sections 16-6B-8 and 16-13-231. Each teacher employed by the board shall receive at least 100 percent pay for the appropriate salary cell on the State Minimum Salary Schedule for that teacher's level of experience and degree. (b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall be phased in over a two year period as specified below. (1) For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1997, each local board of education shall adopt a salary schedule that shall pay each teacher employed at least one half of the difference between the board's 1996-97 salary schedule and 100 percent of the appropriate cell of the State Minimum Salary Schedule as determined by the Legislature. (2) For the fiscal year beginning...
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16-5-32
Section 16-5-32 Postsecondary Education Communication Center created; center to operate statewide computer network, develop interactive communication system, establish annual ninth graders data base, operate toll-free numbers, and research factors affecting educational choices. (a) The commission shall enter into a contract with a state educational institution to establish a Postsecondary Education Communication Center to operate a statewide computer network and to perform the functions prescribed in this section. The commission shall supervise the operation of the center. The functions and services of the Postsecondary Education Communication Center shall not duplicate the functions and services provided by the Computer Articulation Program operated by Troy State University. (b) The center shall assist and support the steering committee and local groups in fulfilling their duties. (c) The center shall develop and provide an interactive communication system that accomplishes each of...
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16-6F-4
Section 16-6F-4 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPLICANT. Any group with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status or that has submitted an application for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status that develops and submits an application for a public charter school to an authorizer. (2) APPLICATION. A proposal from an applicant to an authorizer to enter into a charter contract whereby the proposed school obtains public charter school status. (3) AT-RISK STUDENT. A student who has an economic or academic disadvantage that requires special services and assistance to succeed in educational programs. The term includes, but is not limited to, students who are members of economically disadvantaged families, students who are identified as having special education needs, students who are limited in English proficiency, students who are at risk of dropping out of high school, and students who do not meet minimum standards of academic proficiency....
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45-49-40.17
Section 45-49-40.17 Barber school prerequisites. (a) An application for a license and approval as a registered school or college of barbering shall contain, under oath, all of the following: (1) The full name of the applicant. (2) The residence of the applicant, and if an association or corporation, the same information of the members of the association and of the stockholders and directors of the corporation. (3) The exact location where the school or college is located or proposed to be located. (4) Whether or not the school or college is owned or leased, and if leased, the name and residence of the owner, or if an association or corporation, the same information of the members of the association and of the directors and stockholders thereof. (5) Evidence that a bond in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) has been filed with the State Treasurer and made payable to the State of Alabama, conditioned upon the faithful compliance of the barbering school or college with...
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16-1-8.1
Section 16-1-8.1 Classroom instructional support. (a) For purposes of this section, classroom instructional support means all elements of classroom instructional support as provided in the Foundation Program, with the exception of textbook funds, as specified in Sections 16-6B-10 and 16-13-231, including, but not limited to, library enhancement, student materials, professional development, technology, common purchases, and other classroom instructional support approved by the State Board of Education. All funds allocated in the Foundation Program for library enhancement, student materials, technology, professional development, and common purchases shall be spent only for the purpose for which they were allocated. Library media specialists shall be consulted in budgeting all library enhancement funds. (b) The procedures for ordering, and the regulations applying to, classroom instructional support shall be as follows: (1) BUDGET COMMITTEE. Each school shall have a budget committee. The...
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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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40-18-422
Section 40-18-422 (Credit expires after 2025 tax year unless extended.) Tax credit for eligible employers of apprentices. (a) For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, through the tax year beginning January 1, 2019, an Alabama income tax credit is allowed for eligible employers that employ an apprentice for at least seven full months of the prior taxable year. The credit shall equal up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each apprentice employed, not to exceed five apprentices employed. The Department of Revenue, in consultation with the Workforce Development Division of the Department of Commerce, shall establish a scale reflecting ranges of amounts of money an employer has invested in an eligible apprentice and a corresponding tax credit amount and shall award the tax credit in accordance with this scale following confirmation from the Workforce Development Division that the apprentice for whom the credit is claimed is in compliance with all federal and state requirements...
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