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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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