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16-6E-2
Section 16-6E-2 Purpose. The purposes of this chapter include all of the following: (1) To
clarify and confirm the authority of the State Superintendent of Education to assume and exercise
direct and comprehensive control over the decision making and operational functions of city
and county boards of education when the demonstrated inability of such boards of education
to discharge administrative, operational, or instructional functions threatens to deprive
students of essential educational services. (2) To simplify and streamline the exercise of
decision making authority during educational intervention by, among other things, eliminating
distinctions between policy making and administrative, academic, operational, financial, and
organizational decision making functions performed by city and county boards of education
that have impeded attainment of intervention objectives to the detriment of the educational
process. (3) To facilitate the implementation of such organizational reforms...
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16-13-140
Section 16-13-140 Established for county and city school systems; form of annual budget required;
public hearings required. (a) There shall be a budget system for the public schools of each
county and city for the purpose of promoting economy and efficiency in the finances of the
public schools. (b) The State Department of Education shall prepare proposed annual budget
forms for each local board of education and shall make the forms available to each local superintendent
of education by August 1 of the first year of each legislative quadrennium and by July 1 of
each subsequent year of each legislative quadrennium for use with public hearings. The forms
shall be clear, uniform, and concise in order to promote understanding by the general public
of the budget process. (c) Each local board of education shall hold at least two open public
hearings pertaining to its proposed annual budget. Copies of the proposed budget shall be
provided to the public at each hearing on forms provided by the...
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16-25-10
Section 16-25-10 Certain school bus drivers, mechanics and maintenance workers - Persons previously
under Employees' Retirement System of Alabama. (a) All employees of city and county boards
of education and special schools under the direct control of the State Board of Education
now covered in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama under the provisions of Section
36-27-6 who would have been eligible for coverage in the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama
under the provisions of Section 16-25-9 except for being covered in the Employees' Retirement
System of Alabama, may be enrolled and transferred to the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama
by their employer with all credits as have been established in the Employees' Retirement System
of Alabama. (b) Upon enrollment and transfer to the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama,
such employee shall be deemed to be a "teacher" under the teachers' retirement law
and shall make contributions as all other teachers and shall receive...
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16-28-5
Section 16-28-5 Private tutor. Instruction by a private tutor means and includes only instruction
by a person who holds a certificate issued by the State Superintendent of Education and who
offers instruction in the several branches of study required to be taught in the public schools
of this state, for at least three hours a day for 140 days each calendar year, between the
hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., and who uses the English language in giving instruction.
Such private tutor shall, prior to beginning the instruction of any child, file with the county
superintendent of education, where his place of instruction is in territory under the control
and supervision of the county board of education, or the city superintendent of schools, where
his place of instruction is in territory under the control and supervision of a city board
of education, a statement showing the child or children to be instructed, the subjects to
be taught and the period of time such instruction is proposed to...
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16-6C-2
Section 16-6C-2 School grading system. (a) In addition to any other labels or designations
assigned to public schools and public school districts pursuant to a federal, state, school,
district, or other assessment or accountability system, the State Superintendent of Education,
consistent with the provisions of this chapter, shall develop a school grading system reflective
of school and district performance. The grading system shall utilize the traditional A, B,
C, D, or F framework. (1) Schools receiving a grade of "A" are making excellent
progress. (2) Schools receiving a grade of "B" are making above average progress.
(3) Schools receiving a grade of "C" are making satisfactory progress. (4) Schools
receiving a grade of "D" are making less than satisfactory progress. (5) Schools
receiving a grade of "F" are failing to make adequate progress. (b) In developing
this school grading system, the State Superintendent of Education shall seek input from parents,
teachers, school...
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16-13-232
Section 16-13-232 Determining number of teacher units and instructional support units; grade
level divisors. (a) In determining the number of teacher units for the purpose of apportioning
the state Foundation Program, one teacher unit or fraction thereof shall be allowed for the
specified number of pupils in average daily membership as provided for in subsection (b),
during the first 20 scholastic days following Labor Day of the preceding school year in the
public schools. In extreme circumstances involving natural occurrences, health-related occurrences,
or other extenuating circumstances as determined and approved by the State Superintendent
of Education, average daily membership for local boards of education may be calculated using
alternative days to the first 20 scholastic days following Labor Day. Such alternative calculation
shall be determined by the State Department of Education on a case by case basis. If a request
from a local board is made to the State Superintendent, the...
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16-6E-6
Section 16-6E-6 Construction of chapter. This chapter shall be construed to do all of the following:
(1) Provide the State Superintendent of Education or the chief administrative officer with
broad discretion and complete authority to make, direct, implement, and enforce decisions,
actions, and measures which, in his or her judgment, are necessary and appropriate to the
attainment of the objectives of educational intervention and to accord the fullest measure
of deference to decisions and actions made by such officials in furtherance of intervention
goals and objectives. (2) Eliminate unnecessary delay in the implementation of measures designed
to attain intervention goals and objectives. (3) Protect vested and constitutionally based
employment rights through appropriate procedural safeguards without impairing attainment of
the goals and purposes of educational intervention or of this chapter. (4) Be cumulative,
supplemental, and complementary to other legislation that confers...
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16-23-7
Section 16-23-7 Institutes - Conduct; duration; character of instruction. As a means of stimulating
the improvement of teachers in service in the public schools of the state, institutes shall
be held annually, one or more in each county or for a group of counties, at such times and
at such places as the State Superintendent of Education, after advising with the county superintendent
of education, shall direct. The duration of institutes shall not exceed four days in any one
year for any county or group of counties. The character of instruction shall be such as to
promote the best interest of the schools. (School Code 1927, §356; Code 1940, T. 52, §339.)...
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16-26-1
Section 16-26-1 Administration of high school affairs. In the establishment and operation of
high schools, matters relating to the minimum standards prescribed by the State Board of Education
on the courses of study, organization, instruction, qualifications of principals and teachers,
building and equipment and of sanitary conditions shall be administered through the professional
assistants in the Department of Education, directed by the State Superintendent of Education.
Manuals of instruction, bulletins setting out programs of study, rules and regulations and
other matters relating to secondary education shall be printed from time to time by the State
Board of Education. The requirements for accreditment of high schools and the list of approved
institutions shall be submitted to and approved and printed by the State Board of Education
on the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education and supplied in sufficient
quantities to meet the needs of high school principals,...
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16-26-2
Section 16-26-2 High school system. All high schools which have been or may hereafter be established
by county boards of education shall constitute a system of high schools for the county. Such
high school system shall make provision for the secondary education of all children of the
county residing in the territory under the control of the county board of education; provided,
that by agreement between county boards of education and city boards of education high schools
located in cities or towns of 2,500 or more inhabitants according to the last or any succeeding
federal census may be utilized as a part of the high school system of the county, the financial
support, administration and supervision of such high schools to be determined by the boards
of education involved; and provided further, that in order that the most satisfactory and
economic plan of administration may be secured, high schools may, at the discretion of the
county board, be designated as a unit in the high school...
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