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16-6F-11
Section 16-6F-11 Public School and College Authority funding; local school system facilities
and land. (a) Access to Alabama Public School and College Authority (PSCA) funds. (1) Public
charter schools shall have the same rights and access to PSCA funding opportunities as non-charter
public schools. (2) The PSCA and the department shall adopt and maintain a policy to ensure
that public charter schools receive access to equitable facilities funding. (b) Access to
local school system facilities and land. (1) A public charter school shall have a right of
first refusal to purchase or lease at or below fair market value a closed or unused public
school facility or property located in a school system from which it draws its students if
the school system decides to sell or lease the public school facility or property. (2) Unused
facility means a school building or other local board of education owned building that is
or could be appropriate for school use, in which more than 60 percent of the...
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45-22-223
Section 45-22-223 Creation of board; composition; powers; funding. (a) In Cullman County, there
is established the Joppa Historical Board to own, operate, manage, and preserve the former
Joppa School property in the unincorporated community of Joppa, including any ball fields
and other historical structures, owned by the Cullman County Board of Education. The Joppa
Historical Board shall be composed of five members appointed by the Cullman County Legislative
Delegation for terms of four years. Members of the board shall continue to serve until a successor
is appointed. Members of the board are immune from civil liability for actions taken in the
conduct of their duties to the extent allowed under Section 36-1-12. (b)(1) The Joppa Historical
Board may accept title to the former Joppa School property owned by the Cullman County Board
of Education and may hold the property for the benefit and use of the public, particularly
the unincorporated community of Joppa. The Joppa Historical Board...
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16-1-20.5
Section 16-1-20.5 Protection of student religious liberties. (a) This section shall be known
and may be cited as the "Alabama Student Religious Liberties Act of 2015." (b) A
public local board of education may not discriminate against students or parents on the basis
of a religious viewpoint or religious expression. A local board of education shall treat a
student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible
subject in the same manner the local board of education treats a student's voluntary expression
of a secular or other viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject and may not discriminate
against the student based on a religious viewpoint expressed by the student on an otherwise
permissible subject. (c) Students may express their beliefs about religion in homework, artwork,
and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content
of their submissions. Homework and classroom assignments shall be judged by...
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16-1-24
Section 16-1-24 Reporting of property damage and physical assaults on students and school personnel;
legislative intent; penalties. (a) For purposes of this section, the following words and phrases
shall have the following respective meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) INCIDENT. Any act of physical violence, with or without a weapon, trespass, vandalism,
or property damage which occurs. a. On school property; or b. During school activities, on
or off school property; or c. At any other times when such incident can be reasonably related
to school functions. Provided, however, that incidents involving only students from the same
school wherein no dangerous weapon was involved and no bodily injury requiring medical attention
occurs shall not be required to be reported as provided herein. All attacks or incidents involving
teachers or other school personnel shall be promptly reported. (2) PRINCIPAL. The principal
or top administrator of any public elementary,...
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16-28-3
Section 16-28-3 Ages of children required to attend school; exemption for church school students;
transfer students. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), every child between
the ages of six and 17 years shall be required to attend a public school, private school,
church school, or be instructed by a competent private tutor for the entire length of the
school term in every scholastic year except that, prior to attaining his or her 16th birthday
every child attending a church school as defined in Section 16-28-1 is exempt from the requirements
of this section, provided the child complies with enrollment and reporting procedures specified
in Section 16-28-7. Admission to public school shall be on an individual basis on the application
of the parents, legal custodian, or guardian of the child to the local board of education
at the beginning of each school year, under the rules as the board may prescribe; provided,
a person who is under 19 years of age and on track to...
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16-6B-2
Section 16-6B-2 Core curriculum. Every Alabama student shall be given instruction in grades
kindergarten through twelve to prepare him or her to enter the world of work and/or to complete
course work at the postsecondary level. In addition to a comprehensive core curriculum of
academics, each local board of education shall offer a program of vocational/technical education.
(a) The following words and phrases used in this section shall, in the absence of a clear
implication otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations: (1) REQUIRED COURSES.
Courses which are required to be taken by every student enrolled in public schools in the
State of Alabama. (2) ELECTIVE COURSES. Courses which are neither mandatory nor required to
be taken by any student enrolled in public schools in the State of Alabama. (b) The Legislature
finds that students must become more literate in the basic skills needed to earn a living
or to continue their education. The Legislature further finds that the...
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17-17-5
Section 17-17-5 Improper use of state property, time, etc., for political activities (a) No
person in the employment of the State of Alabama, a county, a city, a local school board,
or any other governmental agency, whether classified or unclassified, shall use any state,
county, city, local school board, or other governmental agency funds, property, or time, for
any political activities. (b)(1) No person in the employment of the State of Alabama, a county,
a city, a local school board, or any other governmental agency may arrange by salary deduction
or otherwise for any payments to a political action committee or arrange by salary deduction
or otherwise for any payments for the dues of any person so employed to a membership organization
which uses any portion of the dues for political activity. For purposes of this subsection
only, political activity shall be limited to all of the following: a. Making contributions
to or contracting with any entity which engages in any form of...
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16-28B-6
Section 16-28B-6 Duties of schools. Each school shall do all of the following: (1) Develop
and implement evidence-based practices to promote a school environment that is free of harassment,
intimidation, violence, and threats of violence. (2) Develop and implement evidence-based
practices to prevent harassment, intimidation, violence, and threats of violence based, as
a minimum, on the criteria established by this chapter and local board policy, and to intervene
when such incidents occur. (3) Incorporate into civility, citizenship, and character education
curricula awareness of and sensitivity to the prohibitions of this chapter and local board
policy against harassment, intimidation, violence, and threats of violence. (4) Report statistics
to the local board of actual violence, submitted reports of threats of violence, and harassment.
The local board shall provide the statistics of the school system and each school in the school
system to the department for posting on the department...
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16-6F-5
Section 16-6F-5 Enrollment; credits; student capacity; records. (a) Open enrollment. (1) A
public charter school shall be open to any student residing in the state. (2) A school system
shall not require any student enrolled in the school system to attend a start-up public charter
school. (3) A public charter school shall not limit admission based on ethnicity, national
origin, religion, gender, income level, disability, proficiency in the English language, or
academic or athletic ability. (4) A public charter school may limit admission to students
within a given age group or grade level and may be organized around a special emphasis, theme,
or concept as stated in the school's charter application, but fluency or competence in the
theme may not be used as a standard for enrollment. (5) A public charter school shall enroll
all students who wish to attend the school, unless the number of students exceeds the capacity
of the facility identified for the public charter school. (6) If...
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40-9-19.1
Section 40-9-19.1 Governing body of municipality authorized to exempt homesteads of certain
residents from ad valorem property tax increase imposed for public school purposes. (a) The
governing body of any municipality may, upon the request of the board of education of such
municipality, grant, by resolution, an exemption in whole or in part from the increased portion
of any ad valorem property tax which has been increased pursuant to the procedures specified
in paragraph (f) of Amendment No. 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 for public school
purposes, on homesteads of residents of such municipality over 65 years of age, or who are
retired due to permanent and total disability, regardless of age, or who are blind, as defined
in Section 1-1-3, regardless of age or whether such person is retired. Any homestead exemption
granted pursuant to this section may be adjusted, rescinded or reinstated at any time upon
the request of the board of education of such municipality by...
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