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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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16-3-16
Section 16-3-16 Teachers' training and certification; reciprocity. (a) Subject to the provisions
of Chapter 23 of this title, the State Board of Education, through its executive officer,
shall prescribe rules and regulations governing the training and the certification of teachers
in the public schools of the state, and for the acceptance of the diplomas of the colleges
and universities of Alabama, as well as of other states. The State Board of Education, with
the advice of the State Superintendent of Education, shall have full power and authority to
promulgate and adopt rules and regulations governing the issuance of professional and special,
alternative, and emergency certificates consistent with the provisions of Chapter 23 of this
title. (b) Alabama shall use certification by the National Boards of Professional Teaching
Standards as national reciprocity when national certification has been fully implemented.
(School Code 1927, §41; Code 1940, T. 52, §20; Acts 1991, No. 91-323, p....
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16-1-24.1
Section 16-1-24.1 Safe school and drug-free school policy; treatment of policy violators; promulgation
and distribution of discipline policy; liability limited for discipline actions; local boards
may adopt more stringent guidelines. (a) The Legislature finds a compelling public interest
in ensuring that schools are made safe and drug-free for all students and school employees.
The Legislature finds the need for a comprehensive safe school and drug-free school policy
to be adopted by the State Board of Education. This policy should establish minimum standards
for classes of offenses and prescribe uniform minimum procedures and penalties for those who
violate the policies. It is the intent of the Legislature that our schools remain safe and
drug-free for all students and school employees. The State Board of Education shall adopt
and all local boards of education shall uniformly enforce policies that protect all students
and school employees. The State Board of Education shall require...
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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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16-23-2
Section 16-23-2 Issuance, extension and renewal of certificates. All matters relating to the
issuance, extension and renewal of certificates based upon credentials, including transcripts
of applicants' records submitted by institutions of higher learning in Alabama approved for
the training of teachers, or by institutions operated under the control of the State Board
of Education for the training of teachers, or by institutions located in other states whose
standards of training teachers are the same or equivalent to those approved by the State Board
of Education shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education.
It shall be the duty of the State Superintendent of Education to submit for the approval of
the State Board of Education from time to time rules and regulations governing the issuance,
renewal and extension of certificates and to have printed a bulletin or bulletins which shall
contain full information relating to the issuance, renewal and extension...
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16-28-23
Section 16-28-23 Attendance register and rules and regulations as evidence. The registry of
attendance of pupils kept by any public school, private school, church school or private tutor
in compliance with the provisions of law or any rule and regulation promulgated by the State
Board of Education shall be admissible as evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the
facts it is required to show. A copy of any rule and regulation of the State Board of Education
duly certified as true and correct by the State Superintendent of Education shall be admissible
as evidence of the provisions of such rule and regulation, and the statement in the certificate
of the State Superintendent of Education of the date of the promulgation shall be admissible
as evidence that such rule or regulation was duly promulgated on the day and date named. (School
Code 1927, §325; Code 1940, T. 52, §321; Acts 1982, No. 82-218, p. 260, §8.)...
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16-13-143
Section 16-13-143 When budget official; approval of funds for teachers' salaries; changes in
budget; approval prerequisite to receipt of funds. (a) A budget shall become official and
shall be followed in the matter relating to the financial operation of the schools of any
school system when it has been prepared by the superintendent of education and approved by
the county or city board of education, as the case may be, in accordance with the conditions
prescribed above, and when a copy has been filed with and approved by the State Superintendent
of Education. (b) The State Superintendent of Education shall not approve the expenditure
of public funds for the salaries of teachers unless said teachers hold valid teaching certificates
and have been nominated in writing by the county or city superintendent of education and appointed
by the county or city board of education, as the case may be. (c) A county or city superintendent
of education with the approval of his board shall have...
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16-12-3
Section 16-12-3 Duties generally. (a) The city superintendent of schools shall be the chief
executive officer of the city board of education and shall see that the laws relating to the
schools and the rules and regulations of the city board of education are carried into effect.
(b) The city superintendent of schools shall explain the true intent and meaning of the school
laws, and of the rules and regulations of the city board of education and of the State Board
of Education, subject to the provisions of this title. (c) The superintendent shall decide,
without expense to the parties concerned, all controversies and disputes involving the rules
and regulations of the city board of education and the proper administration of the public
schools. (d) The superintendent shall have authority to administer oaths and to examine under
oath witnesses in any matter pertaining to the public schools of the city and to cause the
examinations to be reduced to writing. (e) The city board of education...
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16-26-1
Section 16-26-1 Administration of high school affairs. In the establishment and operation of
high schools, matters relating to the minimum standards prescribed by the State Board of Education
on the courses of study, organization, instruction, qualifications of principals and teachers,
building and equipment and of sanitary conditions shall be administered through the professional
assistants in the Department of Education, directed by the State Superintendent of Education.
Manuals of instruction, bulletins setting out programs of study, rules and regulations and
other matters relating to secondary education shall be printed from time to time by the State
Board of Education. The requirements for accreditment of high schools and the list of approved
institutions shall be submitted to and approved and printed by the State Board of Education
on the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education and supplied in sufficient
quantities to meet the needs of high school principals,...
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16-27-4
Section 16-27-4 Licensing of drivers. Regulations made pursuant to an order of the board of
education requiring and providing for special training and licensing of drivers of vehicles
used to transport pupils to and from school shall require an applicant for a school bus driver's
license to be the holder of a currently valid regular driver's license and to complete a minimum
of 12 clock-hours of approved instruction in school bus driving and to pass satisfactorily
a written examination and also a driving performance test. The written examination shall be
designed by the State Superintendent of Education with the cooperation of the state Director
of Public Safety and may be given to the applicant either by an employee of the State Department
of Education or a state trooper or other representative of the State Department of Public
Safety as the State Superintendent of Education and the Director of Public Safety agree; but
the driving performance test shall be given by a state trooper or...
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