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16-6D-3
Section 16-6D-3 Legislative findings and intent. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all
of the following: (1) To further the goals of public education throughout the state, each
school system should be able to have maximum possible flexibility to meet the needs of students
and the communities within its jurisdiction. (2) There is a critical need for innovative models
of public education that are tailored to the unique circumstances and needs of the students
in all schools and communities, and especially in schools and communities that are struggling
to improve academic outcomes and close the achievement gap. (3) To better serve students and
better use available resources, local boards of education, local school systems, and parents
need the ability to explore flexible alternatives in an effort to be more efficient and effective
in providing operational and programmatic services. (b) Therefore, it is the intent of the
Legislature to do all of the following: (1) Allow school systems...
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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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16-1-13
Section 16-1-13 Teaching pupils of disparate ability, background and achievement. Whenever
any city, county or other local school board determines it to be in the best interest of the
public school pupils of the local school system, it may prescribe and from time to time adjust
and adapt and further prescribe the manner, method and procedure to be employed in classrooms
for teaching pupils of disparate ability, background and achievement in the public schools
within its jurisdiction. Its authority in this respect shall include but shall not be limited
to prescribing the grouping and classification of students within the same grade level, based
upon considerations of native ability as indicated by intelligence tests; the general academic
achievement, and level of achievement in a particular subject area. Any such grouping of pupils
within a class or grade shall be prescribed by the local board of education only after consultation
with the superintendent of the school, teachers, students...
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16-1-24.3
Section 16-1-24.3 Local boards of education to implement policies requiring expulsion of students
who possess firearms in school areas. (a) All city and county boards of education shall develop
and implement local policies and procedures requiring the expulsion of students, for a period
of one year, who are determined to have brought to school or have in their possession a firearm
in a school building, on school grounds, on school buses, or at other school-sponsored functions.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, city and county boards of education and the local superintendent
of education of each board may modify the expulsion requirement for a student on a case-by-case
basis. Students who are expelled for violation of this section shall not be allowed to attend
regular school classes in any public school in the state during the expulsion period. Students
who are expelled from schools for firearm possession may be permitted to attend alternative
schools designed to provide education...
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16-13-191
Section 16-13-191 School tax district - Boundaries fixed by county board. In order to make
it possible to work out a system of local tax units adapted to the needs of the whole county,
the county board of education of its own initiative shall fix the boundaries of any school
tax district within its jurisdiction in which it is proposed to levy a local school tax. In
making application for a special election in any such district, the county board of education
shall submit a map made by the county surveyor, or other competent person, showing the boundaries
of the school tax district for which a special tax levy is proposed, indicating the section
or sections and ranges, together with the correct description of the boundaries of the said
district for which a special tax levy is proposed. These maps shall also show the location
of public utilities, such as power plants, railroad and telegraph lines, if any, in such districts,
and the railroad mileage for each and every corporation having...
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16-13A-6
Section 16-13A-6 Required reports. (a) The State Board of Education shall by regulation provide
for various financial and other information which local superintendents of education shall
have prepared for the local boards of education, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) A monthly financial statement showing the financial status of the local board of education
accounts with itemized categories specified by the State Board of Education. (2) A monthly
report showing all receipts and the sources thereof. (3) A monthly report showing all expenditures
with itemized categories specified by the State Board of Education. (4) An annual projected
budget. (5) Monthly and/or quarterly reports showing expenditures relative to such projected
budget. (6) A yearly report of the fixed assets inventory of the local board of education
with itemized categories specified by the State Board of Education. (7) Financial and other
information necessary to participate in national statistical...
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16-25-45
Section 16-25-45 Appropriations; funding for benefits. (a) There is hereby appropriated from
the Education Trust Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama $7,276,740 for the
fiscal year beginning October 1, 1988, or such amounts as are necessary to carry out the provisions
of this section as it relates to the Teachers' Retirement System. (b) There is hereby appropriated
from the Education Trust Fund to the Employees' Retirement System $22,500 for the fiscal year
beginning October 1, 1988, or such amounts as are necessary to carry out the provisions of
this section as they relate to retired employees of local boards of education and state institutions
of higher education who are retired under the Employees' Retirement System. (c) The Board
of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System shall determine annually the amount to pay the
cost of the benefits provided in this article and shall notify the chief fiscal officer of
each employer the percentum rate of earnable compensation...
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16-25-62
Section 16-25-62 Appropriation; funding for benefits. (a) There is hereby appropriated from
the Education Trust Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama $13,878,629.00 for
the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1990. In addition to the appropriation provided herein
any available amounts from the existing funds of the Teachers' Retirement System which may
be expended without increasing the unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement
System, as determined by the system's actuary, or any other appropriation to the Teachers'
Retirement System for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1990, may be allocated and expended
by the Secretary-Treasurer to partially fund the benefits provided herein for the fiscal year
beginning October 1, 1990. In the event that funding from the Teachers' Retirement System
is utilized to fund a portion of the benefits provided herein for the fiscal year beginning
October 1, 1990 and in the further event that unencumbered funds shall be available...
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16-28B-8
Section 16-28B-8 Suicide prevention programs, training, and policies; advisory committee; liability.
(a) To the extent that the Legislature shall appropriate funds, or to the extent that any
local board may provide funds from other sources, each school system shall implement the following
standards and policies for programs in an effort to prevent student suicide: (1) Foster individual,
family, and group counseling services related to suicide prevention. (2) Make referral, crisis
intervention, and other related information available for students, parents, and school personnel.
(3) Foster training for school personnel who are responsible for counseling and supervising
students. (4) Increase student awareness of the relationship between drug and alcohol use
and suicide. (5) Educate students in recognizing signs of suicidal tendencies and other facts
and warning signs of suicide. (6) Inform students of available community suicide prevention
services. (7) Promote cooperative efforts...
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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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