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16-6B-4
Section 16-6B-4 Financial accountability. Following the analysis of the financial integrity
of each local board of education as provided in subsection (a) or (b) of Section 16-13A-2,
if a local board of education is determined to have submitted fiscally unsound financial reports,
the State Department of Education shall provide assistance and advice. If during the assistance
the State Superintendent of Education determines that the local board of education is in an
unsound fiscal position, a person or persons shall be appointed by the State Superintendent
of Education to advise the day-to-day financial operations of the local board of education.
If after a reasonable period of time the State Superintendent of Education determines that
the local board of education is still in an unsound fiscal condition, a request shall be made
to the State Board of Education for the direct control of the fiscal operation of the local
board of education. If the request is granted, the State...
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16-25-10.6
Section 16-25-10.6 Elected superintendent of education; cost of coverage; purchase of prior
service credit. Any person now serving as an elected superintendent of education in this state
may become a member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama within 90 days after the
ratification of an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama 1901 allowing elected superintendents
of education to participate in the Teachers' Retirement System, subject to such rules and
regulations as may be promulgated by the Board of Control of said system. Any person hereafter
elected to serve as superintendent of education shall be deemed to be a "teacher"
as defined in Section 16-25-1 and shall be entitled to the benefits thereof. The employer
cost for coverage of such elected superintendents shall be paid as for other school employees.
Provided further, that such elected superintendents shall be entitled to purchase prior service
credit as a teacher or superintendent in such system under such rules,...
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34-24-193
Section 34-24-193 Board of Physical Therapy - Powers and duties; certification fee; administrative
fines; impaired practitioner program. (a) It shall be the duty of the board to pass upon the
qualifications of applicants for licensing as physical therapists and licensing as physical
therapist assistants, to conduct examinations, to issue licenses and renewals to physical
therapists and physical therapist assistants qualifying under this article and in a proper
case to suspend or revoke the license of such persons. The board may adopt rules and regulations
not inconsistent with law as it may deem necessary for the performance of its duties; however,
the board shall not issue any rules or regulations that require a physical therapist assistant
to be within sight of a consulting physical therapist or a physical therapist supervisor while
working under the direction of that physical therapist or issue any rules, regulations, or
orders inconsistent with Section 34-24-217(b). The board shall...
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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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16-6D-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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16-36-60
Section 16-36-60 State Textbook Committee. (a) The State Textbook Committee is created. The
committee shall consider the merit of textbooks offered for use in the public elementary and
high schools of the state and make recommendations for approval or rejection, or both, to
the State Board of Education as hereinafter provided. In making recommendations to the State
Board of Education, the State Textbook Committee shall also consider any recommendations made
by the State Courses of Study Committee or by the State Superintendent of Education. (b) The
State Textbook Committee shall be composed of 23 members. Four of the members shall be secondary
school classroom teachers and four elementary school classroom teachers. One of these eight
members shall be appointed from each of the seven United States Congressional Districts, as
such districts are constituted on July 1, 1998, and one shall be appointed statewide. Four
members shall be appointed from the state at large, and these four...
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16-6B-2
Section 16-6B-2 Core curriculum. Every Alabama student shall be given instruction in grades
kindergarten through twelve to prepare him or her to enter the world of work and/or to complete
course work at the postsecondary level. In addition to a comprehensive core curriculum of
academics, each local board of education shall offer a program of vocational/technical education.
(a) The following words and phrases used in this section shall, in the absence of a clear
implication otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations: (1) REQUIRED COURSES.
Courses which are required to be taken by every student enrolled in public schools in the
State of Alabama. (2) ELECTIVE COURSES. Courses which are neither mandatory nor required to
be taken by any student enrolled in public schools in the State of Alabama. (b) The Legislature
finds that students must become more literate in the basic skills needed to earn a living
or to continue their education. The Legislature further finds that the...
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16-1-38.1
Section 16-1-38.1 Professional development program for county and city superintendents of education.
(a) The School Superintendents of Alabama, a professional organization, shall establish and
administer a professional development program for all county and city superintendents of education.
(b) This program shall draw guidance from the National Staff Development Council definition
of professional development that is included in the proposal to amend ESEA Section 9101 (34)(C),
currently before the U.S. Congress and defined as "a comprehensive, sustained and intensive
approach to improving superintendents effectiveness in raising student achievement."
(c) Professional development fosters collective responsibility for improved student performance
and must be comprised of professional learning that: (1) Is aligned with rigorous standards,
as well as related local educational agency and school improvement goals. (2) Is conducted
among learning teams of educators, including teachers,...
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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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33-5-53
Section 33-5-53 Boater safety certification; application fee; examinations; exemptions. (a)
Every person who applies for a boater safety certification under this article, except as otherwise
provided in this subsection, shall pay a five dollar ($5) application fee and be given either
a certificate of exemption from examination if applicable, or will be given an examination,
either written or oral, before applying to the judge of probate or license commissioner for
the issuance of the certification. No person shall be eligible for, or issued, an exemption
from examination in the event the person is convicted, on or after April 28, 1994, of violating
any crime relating to the operation of a vessel, whether contained in this article or otherwise,
for which a person's boater safety certification or vessel operating privileges shall be suspended
or revoked pursuant to this article. The person shall first apply to either the officer, state
trooper, or duly authorized agent of the Director of...
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