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16-6D-6
Section 16-6D-6 Innovation plan. (a) The innovation plan of a local school system shall include,
at a minimum, all of the following: (1) The school year that the local school system expects
the school flexibility contract to begin. (2) The list of state laws, regulations, and policies,
including rules, regulations, and policies promulgated by the State Board of Education and
the State Department of Education, that the local school system is seeking to waive in its
school flexibility contract. (3) A list of schools included in the innovation plan of the
local school system. (b) A local school system is accountable to the state for the performance
of all schools in its system, including innovative schools, under state and federal accountability
requirements. (c) A local school system may not, pursuant to this chapter, waive requirements
imposed by federal law, requirements related to the health and safety of students or employees,
requirements imposed by ethics laws, requirements imposed...
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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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16-1-41.1
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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16-1-34
Section 16-1-34 Donation by two-year college president of surplus property to local public
school system. A two-year college president under the jurisdiction of the Department of Postsecondary
Education and the State Board of Education and the State Board of Medical Examiners may donate
surplus personal property of the institution to a local city board of education or to a local
county board of education for use by public high schools, public middle schools, and public
elementary schools in the respective local public school system. Accurate records of the transactions
shall be kept by the two-year institution and the State Board of Medical Examiners and the
recipient local public school system. (Act 2000-689, p. 1400, §1.)...
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16-46A-2
Section 16-46A-2 Enrollment; participation and attendance; online course requirements. (a)
A full-time student enrolled in a virtual program shall be enrolled and counted in the average
daily membership of the local school, participate in state testing and accountability requirements
through the local school system, and, upon satisfying the graduation requirements of the local
board of education, receive a diploma from the local school system. (b) Any provision of this
chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, a student enrolled in a virtual school program offered
by his or her local school system shall be treated as if he or she is attending his or her
local school in the attendance zone in which they reside for purposes of participating in
extracurricular activities and shall be subject to the same requirements, including Alabama
High School Athletic Association rules, imposed on a traditional public school student enrolled
in the traditional public school. In addition, if local board...
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16-13-231
Section 16-13-231 Purposes and plan of apportionment. (a) In addition to all other appropriations
and apportionments of public school money now provided by law and made available for public
schools there shall be apportioned and paid to local boards of education from the Foundation
Program Fund, the amounts to be determined as hereinafter provided and in accordance with
regulations of the State Board of Education. This Foundation Program Fund shall be used principally:
(1) To aid in providing at least a 180 full instructional day minimum school term, or the
hourly equivalent thereof, except as otherwise provided in paragraph c. of subdivision (1)
of subsection (b); and, (2) To assist in the promotion of educational opportunity for all
children in the public schools. (b) The following requirements and procedures, supplemented
when necessary by regulations of the State Board of Education, shall govern the apportionment
of the fund: (1) REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FUND. In order for...
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16-13-234.1
Section 16-13-234.1 Funding salary increases mandated by Legislature. (a) Any local board of
education receiving a hold harmless allowance as provided for in Section 16-13-234, may use
part or all of the funds received by the local board from the Public School Fund for capital
outlay allowance to pay the costs of any salary increase mandated by the Legislature, including
the costs of fringe benefits, not covered by an adjustment to the hold harmless allowance.
(b) Prior to using its capital outlay allowance for salary increases mandated by the Legislature,
including the costs of fringe benefits, the local board of education, by a majority vote,
must adopt a resolution transferring the capital outlay allowance to the general fund of the
local board and earmark the funds for salary increases and associated fringe benefits. The
local board of education must also submit a copy of the resolution to the State Superintendent
of Education. (Acts 1997, No. 97-889, p. 249, §§ 1, 2.)...
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16-6B-3
Section 16-6B-3 Assistance programs. (a) Student strategy. The superintendent of the local
board of education along with the staff of each school shall develop an assistance program
at each school for at-risk students performing below the standards set by the State Board
of Education. The standards shall include the results of the required assessment program adopted
by the State Board of Education with emphasis on students who are found to be at one or more
grade levels below the prescribed norm. The local board of education shall budget at least
one hundred dollars ($100) per student so identified to be expended on tutorial assistance
programs including, but not limited to, after-school, Saturday school, or summer school, or
any combination of these programs. These funds may be budgeted from state or federal funds.
However, federal funds already budgeted for at-risk students may not be counted toward the
minimum one hundred dollars ($100) requirement set aside to be expended for...
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16-1-44.2
Section 16-1-44.2 Electronic notification system. (a) The Department of Education shall implement
an electronic notification system designed to allow local schools and local school systems
to input specific information relating to school delays, early releases, shelter-in-place
information, as well as other emergency-related information to be compiled in one central
electronic repository that is accessible by the department and the Governor. (b) The department
shall implement the electronic notification system under subsection (a) by October 1, 2017.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that all local schools and local school systems use
the electronic notification system implemented by the department as a means of relaying information
as set forth in subsection (a). (Act 2017-401, §1.)...
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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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