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16-6B-6
Section 16-6B-6 Release from intervention. Management of a school or local board of education
occasioned by state intervention based on student achievement or financial instability shall
continue until such time as either condition improves to an acceptable level. The local board
of education may petition the State Board of Education for release from state intervention
by showing acceptable improvement in achievement or financial stability or other just cause
for such release. The State Board of Education following a hearing shall have final determination
on the matter of release from state intervention. (Acts 1995, No. 95-313, p. 620, §6.)...
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16-6F-7
Section 16-6F-7 Applicant proposals; conversion to public charter school; terms of charters;
contracts. (a) Request for proposals. (1) To solicit, encourage, and guide the development
of quality public charter school applications, every local school board, in its role as public
charter school authorizer, shall issue and broadly publicize a request for proposals for public
charter school applications by July 17, 2015, and by November 1 in each subsequent year. The
content and dissemination of the request for proposals shall be consistent with the purposes
and requirements of this act. (2) Public charter school applicants may submit a proposal for
a particular public charter school to no more than one local school board at a time. (3) The
department shall annually establish and disseminate a statewide timeline for charter approval
or denial decisions, which shall apply to all authorizers in the state. (4) Each local school
board's request for proposals shall present the board's strategic...
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21-1-8
Section 21-1-8 Residential education and training programs for deaf, blind, etc., persons;
cooperation by local school boards, State Board of Education, etc. (a) The board of trustees
of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind is hereby authorized to provide for the education
and training of the deaf, the hearing impaired, the blind, and the visually handicapped in
residential programs at any location within the state, with no limitations on the age of participants
and no time limit on any participant. (b) All applicants must make satisfactory proof to the
president of the institute that they are citizens of the state, except as otherwise provided
in Section 21-1-14, and that they are proper candidates for admission. Proof may be made by
the applicant in person or by next best friend or by affidavit of any person cognizant of
the facts before the probate judge or notary public. No pupil shall be retained in school
after it has been ascertained that such pupil has ceased to make...
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16-6G-5
Section 16-6G-5 Reading and intervention programs; individual reading improvement plan; summer
reading camps; Alabama Summer Achievement Program; retention of students; reporting requirements.
(a) To ensure that public school students are able to read at or above grade level by the
end of third grade, each local education agency shall offer a comprehensive core reading program
to all students based on the science of reading which develops foundational reading skills.
In addition, no school district may use any curriculum for public K-3 students that does not
have instructional time included. (b) Based on the results of the reading assessment in Section
16-6G-3, each K-3 student who exhibits a reading deficiency, or the characteristics of dyslexia,
shall be provided an appropriate reading intervention program to address his or her specific
deficiencies. Additionally, students shall be evaluated after every grading period and, if
a student is determined to have a reading deficiency, the...
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16-1-24.1
Section 16-1-24.1 Safe school and drug-free school policy; treatment of policy violators; promulgation
and distribution of discipline policy; liability limited for discipline actions; local boards
may adopt more stringent guidelines. (a) The Legislature finds a compelling public interest
in ensuring that schools are made safe and drug-free for all students and school employees.
The Legislature finds the need for a comprehensive safe school and drug-free school policy
to be adopted by the State Board of Education. This policy should establish minimum standards
for classes of offenses and prescribe uniform minimum procedures and penalties for those who
violate the policies. It is the intent of the Legislature that our schools remain safe and
drug-free for all students and school employees. The State Board of Education shall adopt
and all local boards of education shall uniformly enforce policies that protect all students
and school employees. The State Board of Education shall require...
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16-1-50
Section 16-1-50 Possession and use of over-the-counter sunscreen by students. (a) Any student
in a public school under the jurisdiction of a local board of education or in a nonpublic
school may possess and apply federal Food and Drug Administration regulated over-the-counter
sunscreen at school and at school-based events notwithstanding any other provision of law,
including any rule of the State Board of Education or the State Board of Nursing. (b) No rule
of the State Board of Education or the State Board of Nursing shall apply to the possession
or use of federal Food and Drug Administration regulated over-the-counter sunscreen by students
at a public or nonpublic school. (c) Any student, parent, or guardian requesting a school
board employee to apply sunscreen to a student shall present to the nurse a Parent Prescriber
Authorization Form (PPA) containing a parent or guardian signature. A physician signature
or physician order shall not be required. (Act 2017-278, §1.)...
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16-6D-5
Section 16-6D-5 Innovative school system requirements and procedures. (a) Pursuant to this
chapter, to be considered as an innovative school system, a local school system shall successfully
comply with the requirements and procedures set forth by the State Department of Education
regarding school flexibility contracts, which include, but are not limited to: (1) Submission
to the State Department of Education of a letter of intent to pursue a school flexibility
contract. (2) Submission to the State Department of Education of a resolution adopted by the
local board of education supporting the intent of the local school system to pursue a school
flexibility contract. (3) Submission to the State Department of Education of a document of
assurance stating that the local board of education shall provide consistency in leadership
and a commitment to state standards, assessments, and academic rigor. (4) Submission to the
State Board of Education of a resolution adopted by the local board of...
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16-13A-7
Section 16-13A-7 Audits. (a)(1) The yearly business and financial transactions of a local board
of education shall be audited as early as possible after the end of the fiscal year. (2) The
audits of the books and accounts of local boards of education shall be conducted by the Department
of Examiners of Public Accounts. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall audit,
review, and otherwise investigate the receipts and disbursements of funds of each local board
in the same manner as audits are performed on other agencies and departments of the State
of Alabama. (3) Any local board of education governing a city school system, other than those
city systems required by law to be audited by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts
on June 1, 2006, may employ a certified public accounting firm or firms or use the Department
of Examiners of Public Accounts to perform its yearly financial audit of its books and accounts
including a legal compliance audit and program compliance...
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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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17-17-5
Section 17-17-5 Improper use of state property, time, etc., for political activities (a) No
person in the employment of the State of Alabama, a county, a city, a local school board,
or any other governmental agency, whether classified or unclassified, shall use any state,
county, city, local school board, or other governmental agency funds, property, or time, for
any political activities. (b)(1) No person in the employment of the State of Alabama, a county,
a city, a local school board, or any other governmental agency may arrange by salary deduction
or otherwise for any payments to a political action committee or arrange by salary deduction
or otherwise for any payments for the dues of any person so employed to a membership organization
which uses any portion of the dues for political activity. For purposes of this subsection
only, political activity shall be limited to all of the following: a. Making contributions
to or contracting with any entity which engages in any form of...
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