16-23-3
Section 16-23-3 Provisional certificates. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the State of Alabama shall modify its policies relative to the certification of teachers to permit an expanded alternative certification program for prospective teachers for grades six through 12. In addition to certificates issued pursuant to this chapter to individuals graduating from approved teacher education programs, the State Board of Education shall adopt policies, procedures, rules, regulations, or standards authorizing an alternative certificate to be issued by the State Superintendent of Education to an individual, regardless of whether the individual is a graduate of an approved teacher education program, where the applicant shall: (1) Hold an earned bachelor's or higher degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education. (2) Submit the required application forms and fees and, when required, a separate fingerprint fee, along with fingerprints and release forms. (3) Be...
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16-1-42
Section 16-1-42 High school fast track to college program. (a) The State Superintendent of Education, the Chancellor of the Department of Postsecondary Education, and the Alabama Commission on Higher Education shall develop a plan for a high school fast track to college program that offers qualified individuals an opportunity to earn a high school diploma while earning credits for a certificate program or an associate's degree. (b) To be eligible to earn a high school diploma pursuant to this section, an individual shall be either: (1) Eighteen years of age and not currently enrolled in school. (2) Between 16 and 18 years of age with consent from an administrator of the high school in which the individual is currently enrolled. (c) To complete the requirements for a high school diploma pursuant to this section, the individual shall satisfy all graduation requirements as required by law. (d) The department, in collaboration with the Department of Postsecondary Education and the Alabama...
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16-22A-33
Section 16-22A-33 Submission of additional reports; suitability determination. Upon request of the State Superintendent of Education, the Department of Public Safety shall request and obtain nationwide criminal history background information reports from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and statewide criminal history background information reports from the Alabama Bureau of Investigation for each current public certified employee and current public noncertified employee within a reasonable time after receipt of the request. Within a reasonable time after receipt of the reports, the Department of Public Safety shall submit both the nationwide and statewide criminal history background information reports directly to the State Department of Education. (1) If the criminal history background information reports pertain to a current public certified employee, the State Superintendent of Education shall review the criminal history record information reports and make a diligent effort to...
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16-23-1
Section 16-23-1 Certain public school employees must hold certificate. No person shall be employed in the public schools of the state as county superintendent of education, city superintendent of schools, assistant superintendent, supervisor, principal, teacher or attendance officer unless such person shall hold a certificate issued by the State Superintendent of Education. (School Code 1927, §339; Code 1940, T. 52, §322.)...
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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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45-45-101
Section 45-45-101 Election; term of office; vacancies; qualifications; compensation. (a)(1) At the time of expiration of the current contract held by the Madison County Superintendent of Education, or at the time of any vacancy in the office of county superintendent of education prior to the contract expiration date, the superintendent of education for Madison County shall be elected by those electors of Madison County who reside in those areas of Madison County that are outside the boundaries of any other school system. The county superintendent of education shall be nominated and elected in the same manner as other county officers are nominated and elected under the state election laws. In order to provide for continuity in the county superintendent's office, the election for the county superintendent of education shall be held either in conjunction with any regularly scheduled countywide election to be held at a time that sufficiently precedes the expiration of the tenure of office...
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45-39-101.03
Section 45-39-101.03 Powers and duties; qualifications. The county superintendent of education shall be charged with the same duties and shall exercise the same powers as are now or as may hereafter be provided by the general school laws of the state in the conduct of the office of county superintendent of education and no person shall be eligible for political party nomination or for election to the office of County Superintendent of Education of Lauderdale County who does not hold an Alabama Class A. Certificate in administration and supervision based as a minimum upon graduation from a standard teachers college and one year of additional study looking to a Masters Degree in administration and supervision of public education and must give proof of three years of successful experience as a teacher, principal, superintendent, or supervisor in the state in the last five years preceding the election and shall have and possess such other qualifications as may be provided by the general...
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16-13-305
Section 16-13-305 Approval of issue. (a) A board shall obtain the prior written approval of the State Superintendent for the issuance of any warrants under this article. Before entering into any agreement or contract for the issuance and sale, and before the issuance and sale, of any warrants under this article, the board by which such warrants are proposed to be issued shall cause an application for approval of such warrants to be filed with the State Superintendent. Such application shall be in such form and shall contain such information as the State Superintendent may prescribe, and the State Superintendent may require such further information he or she may deem necessary relating to the proposed warrants or other financial or educational matters under the control of such board. The State Superintendent shall not approve the issuance of any warrants hereunder (i) if it would jeopardize the state's Foundation Program of education, as prescribed by law and the rules and regulations...
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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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16-9-2
Section 16-9-2 Qualifications of superintendent. (a) The county superintendent of education shall be chosen for his general fitness and character and shall be a person of recognized ability as a school administrator. No person shall be eligible for appointment by any county board of education or for any political party nomination, or for election to the office of county superintendent of education unless such person: (1) Holds an Alabama certificate in administration and supervision based upon requirements established by the State Board of Education for such certificate; (2) Has had not less than five years of experience in public school work at the time he assumes office; (3) Submits proof to the State Superintendent of Education of three years of successful educational experience as a teacher, principal, supervisor, superintendent, educational administrator or instructor in school administration during the five years next preceding his appointment or election; (4) Submits proof to...
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