32-5A-154
Section 32-5A-154 Overtaking and passing school bus or church bus; penalties and fines. (a)
The driver of a vehicle upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus which
has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children on a highway,
on a roadway, on school property, or upon a private road or any church bus which has stopped
for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers shall bring the vehicle to a complete
stop before reaching the school or church bus when there is in operation on the school or
church bus a visual signal as specified in Section 32-5A-155. The driver shall not proceed
until the school or church bus resumes motion or is signaled by the school or church bus driver
to proceed or the visual signals are no longer actuated. (b) Every bus used for the transportation
of school children shall bear upon the front and rear thereof plainly visible signs containing
the words "school bus" in letters not less than eight inches in...
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16-27-6
Section 16-27-6 Seat belts. (a) No school bus shall be operated on a public street, highway
or elsewhere unless it shall be equipped with a seat belt for the driver. (b) The driver of
a school bus while transporting pupils on a public street or highway or elsewhere shall wear
a properly fastened seat belt when the bus is in motion. Failure of a bus driver to comply
with this requirement shall be prima facie evidence of nonfeasance of duty, and any driver
who fails to comply with this requirement shall be subject to dismissal. (c) Every contract
between a board of education and a school bus contract operator shall contain a clause requiring
the driver of a school bus to wear a properly fastened seat belt when the bus is being used
for the transporting of pupils on a public street or highway or elsewhere. Failure of any
driver to comply with this requirement shall constitute a breach of contract on the part of
the contract operator. (Acts 1969, No. 281, p. 614, §5.)...
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16-4-4
Section 16-4-4 Duties generally. The State Superintendent of Education shall explain the true
intent and meaning of the school laws and of the rules and regulations of the State Board
of Education. He shall decide, without expense to the parties concerned, all controversies
and disputes involving the proper administration of the public school system. The State Superintendent
of Education shall enforce all the provisions of this title and the rules and regulations
of the State Board of Education. He shall file charges with the State Board of Education or
other controlling authority and shall recommend for removal or institute proceedings for the
removal of any person appointed under the provisions of this title for immorality, misconduct
in office, insubordination, incompetency or willful neglect of duty. (School Code 1927, §68;
Code 1940, T. 52, §44.)...
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16-6C-2
Section 16-6C-2 School grading system. (a) In addition to any other labels or designations
assigned to public schools and public school districts pursuant to a federal, state, school,
district, or other assessment or accountability system, the State Superintendent of Education,
consistent with the provisions of this chapter, shall develop a school grading system reflective
of school and district performance. The grading system shall utilize the traditional A, B,
C, D, or F framework. (1) Schools receiving a grade of "A" are making excellent
progress. (2) Schools receiving a grade of "B" are making above average progress.
(3) Schools receiving a grade of "C" are making satisfactory progress. (4) Schools
receiving a grade of "D" are making less than satisfactory progress. (5) Schools
receiving a grade of "F" are failing to make adequate progress. (b) In developing
this school grading system, the State Superintendent of Education shall seek input from parents,
teachers, school...
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16-1-2
Section 16-1-2 Inspection of buildings during and after construction; acceptance of completed
construction; forms for construction contracts. In order to eliminate the causes of school
fires and other conditions which jeopardize the health and safety of school children: (1)
The county or city superintendent of education shall notify the State Superintendent of Education
within 10 days after the beginning of the construction of a building; and, upon the request
of the county or city superintendent of education, the State Superintendent of Education or
his agent shall inspect said building during construction for the purpose of seeing that plans
and specifications upon which the contract was let are being complied with. (2) A county or
city superintendent of education shall not recommend and a county or city board of education
shall not approve for payment more than 90 percent of the contract price of the building constructed
by the county or city board of education until the State...
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16-13-234
Section 16-13-234 Allocation of funds. (a) In making apportionment of the Public School Fund
held by the state, to the local boards of education, the State Superintendent of Education
shall first set apart and distribute to the schools of each township the amount due from the
state thereto as interest on its sixteenth section fund, or other trust fund held by the state.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to insure that no local board of education receive
less state funds per pupil than it received in fiscal year 1994-95. For this reason the Foundation
Program for each local board of education shall be supplemented, if necessary, by a hold harmless
allowance. The base amount of each local board's hold harmless allowance calculation is the
1994-95 program cost as defined herein. The 1994-95 program cost of each local board of education
was determined by using the first forty scholastic days of average daily membership from 1993-94.
Beginning with the fiscal year 1995-96, the hold...
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16-4-15
Section 16-4-15 Census for schools. (a) The State Superintendent of Education shall prepare,
or cause to be prepared, and submit for approval and adoption by the State Board of Education
rules and regulations for the taking of a decennial school census of all children in the state
between six and 16 years of age, also the forms and blanks to be employed in taking such census
and in compiling the reports thereon. The next school census shall be taken in 2008 and every
10 years thereafter, and the State Superintendent of Education may cause the whole or any
part of the school census of any county or of any city to be retaken at any time, if, in the
judgment of the State Superintendent of Education, the whole or any part of the census has
not been properly taken. (b) Should a constitutional amendment removing the requirements of
the school census be ratified by the people, the provisions of this section thereby shall
be automatically repealed without further action required of the...
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16-41-4
Section 16-41-4 Administration of chapter by State Superintendent of Education; priorities
for implementation. (a) The State Superintendent of Education shall administer this chapter
pursuant to regulations adopted by the State Board of Education. In administering this chapter,
the superintendent shall seek and ask for advice and assistance from the medical association
of the State of Alabama and take into consideration the advice of the Department of Public
Health. (b) Priorities for the implementation of this program shall include the following:
(1) The implementation of in-service education programs for teachers, administrators and other
personnel. Special emphasis shall be placed on methods and materials necessary for the effective
teaching of drug abuse education. In-service teacher education materials which are based on
individual performance and designed for use with a minimum of supervision shall be developed
and made available to all county and city school systems; (2)...
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16-4-21
Section 16-4-21 Inventory; federal grants; special studies. The State Superintendent of Education
shall make an inventory of all school buildings and sites and keep a continuous inventory
of the same thereafter, cooperate with county and city boards of education in securing federal
grants to assist in school building construction by making special studies of school building
needs on request of local school authorities and making the same available to the proper federal
agencies and make special studies presenting the need of public education in Alabama for general
federal aid for the support of the public schools and shall make the same available to appropriate
federal agencies. (Acts 1939, No. 441, p. 585, § 1; Code 1940, T. 52, §61.)...
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16-4-5
Section 16-4-5 Apportionment of school funds. The State Superintendent of Education shall make
the annual apportionment of school funds to the local boards of education of the state as
provided in this title. (School Code 1927, §67; Code 1940, T. 52, §43; Acts 1995, No. 95-314,
p. 634, §11.)...
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