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16-3-17.3
Section 16-3-17.3 Flexible school terms. It is the intent of the Legislature that local
school systems be permitted to develop flexible school terms extending over the course of
the 12 month calendar year. School systems desiring to use flexible school terms may utilize
such scheduling to develop tutorial programs or innovative programs for at-risk students or
students deemed academically deficient and to relieve overcrowded classroom conditions. Local
school systems desiring to develop flexible school terms shall, upon approval of the local
board of education, submit a plan to the State Superintendent of Education and upon his recommendation
and approval by the State Board of Education, the plan shall be adopted. No provision of The
Alabama Education Improvement Act of 1991 (Acts 1991, No. 91-323), shall be interpreted to
require personnel employed in local school systems to work longer than their current contract
provides. School personnel may work extended contract periods provided...
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16-22-9
Section 16-22-9 Educational authority sick leave bank plans. (a) The following terms
shall have the following meanings, respectively: (1) CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS. Any illness, injury,
or pregnancy or medical condition related to childbirth, certified by a licensed physician
which causes the employee to be absent from work for an extended period of time. (2) CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The superintendent of any public county or city school system; the President
of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the president of any two-year school or college
under the auspices of the State Board of Education; the President of Alabama Agricultural
and Mechanical University; the Superintendent of the Department of Youth Services School District;
the Executive Director of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; and the Executive Director of the
Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science. (3) EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITY or AUTHORITY or
BOARD. Each city and county board of education; the Board of Trustees of the...
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16-1-41.1
Section 16-1-41.1 School board governance improvement. (a) This section shall
be known and may be cited as the School Board Governance Improvement Act of 2012. (b) The
Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) That the purpose of this section
is to enhance the effectiveness of public education governance in Alabama through the establishment
of training requirements, boardsmanship standards, and accountability measures that are designed
to promote informed deliberations and decisions, to revise the qualifications for serving
as a member of a local board of education, to provide for a code of conduct for each member
of a local board of education in order to better ensure that any decision or action of a local
board of education is based on the interests of students or the system, and to foster the
development and implementation of organizational practices that are designed to promote broad
support of the public schools. (2) A local board of education is the legally...
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16-28-3.1
Section 16-28-3.1 Guidelines and procedures for withdrawal from school; dropout prevention
program. (a) A child over the age of 17 may withdraw from public school prior to graduation
if both of the following circumstances exist: (1) Written consent is granted by the child's
parent or legal guardian. (2) An exit interview is conducted where the student and the student's
parent or legal guardian have been advised that withdrawal from school shall likely reduce
the student's future earning potential and increase the student's likelihood of being unemployed
in the future. During the exit interview, the student who is withdrawing from school shall
be given information that has been prepared and supplied by the State Department of Education
regarding the detrimental impacts and effects of early withdrawal from school along with any
available training and employment opportunity programs, provided such information is available.
(b) The State Department of Education shall work with local public...
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41-15B-2.2
Section 41-15B-2.2 Allocation of trust fund revenues. (a) For each fiscal year, beginning
October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues
and upon appropriation by the Legislature, an amount of up to and including two hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($225,000), or equivalent percentage of the total fund, shall be designated
for the administration of the fund by the council and the Commissioner of Children's Affairs.
(b) For the each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First
Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues, the remainder of the Children First Trust Fund, in
the amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1, shall be allocated as follows: (1)
Ten percent of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Public Health for distribution
to one or more of the following: a. The Children's Health Insurance Program. b. Programs for
tobacco control among children with the purpose being to reduce the consumption...
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16-6D-8
Section 16-6D-8 Tax credits; Failing Schools Income Tax Credit Account. (a) To provide
educational flexibility and state accountability for students in failing schools: (1) For
tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2013, an Alabama income tax credit is made available
to the parent of a student enrolled in or assigned to attend a failing school to help offset
the cost of transferring the student to a nonfailing public school or nonpublic school of
the parent's choice. The income tax credit shall be an amount equal to 80 percent of the average
annual state cost of attendance for a public K-12 student during the applicable tax year or
the actual cost of attending a nonfailing public school or nonpublic school, whichever is
less. The actual cost of attending a nonfailing public school or nonpublic school shall be
calculated by adding together any tuition amounts or mandatory fees charged by the school
to the student as a condition of enrolling or of maintaining enrollment in the...
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16-6F-6
Section 16-6F-6 Authorization of establishment; Alabama Public Charter School Commission;
registration requirements; powers and duties of authorizers. (a) Eligible authorizing entities.
(1) A public charter school shall not be established in this state unless its establishment
is authorized by this section. No governmental entity or other entity, other than an
entity expressly granted chartering authority as set forth in this section, may assume
any authorizing function or duty in any form. The following entities shall be authorizers
of public charter schools: a. A local school board, for chartering of schools within the boundaries
of the school system under its jurisdiction, pursuant to state law. b. The Alabama Public
Charter School Commission, pursuant to this section. (2) A local school board that
registers as an authorizer may approve or deny an application to form a public charter school
within the boundaries of the local school system overseen by the local school board. (3) All...
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16-26A-4
Section 16-26A-4 Board of directors generally. (a) There is hereby created a board of
directors for the school, sometimes hereinafter referred to as the "board." The
board shall be composed of 21 members as follows: (1) The State Department of Education assistant
state superintendent in charge of curriculum development, or his or her designee. (2) The
Chancellor of the University of Alabama System, or his or her designee. (3) The President
of Auburn University, or his or her designee. (4) The President of the University of South
Alabama, or his or her designee. (5) The President of Alabama A&M University, or his or
her designee. (6) The Chair of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science Foundation.
(7) The Chair of the House Standing Committee on Education, or his or her designee. (8) The
Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Education, or his or her designee. (9) The Chair
of the House Standing Committee on Ways and Means Education, or his or her designee. (10)
The Chair...
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41-4-110
Section 41-4-110 Established; duties; contracts for stationery, printing, paper, and
fuel; use of approved credit cards for certain purchases; State Procurement Fund. (a) There
shall be in the Department of Finance the Division of Purchasing. The functions and duties
of the Division of Purchasing shall be as follows: (1) To purchase all personal property and
nonprofessional services, except alcoholic beverages, which shall be purchased by the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board and except as otherwise provided by law, for the state and each department,
board, bureau, commission, agency, office, and institution thereof, except as provided in
subsection (e). (2) To make and supervise the execution of all contracts and leases for the
use or acquisition of any personal property and nonprofessional services unless otherwise
provided by law. (3) To fix standards of quality and quantity and to develop standard specifications
for all personal property and nonprofessional services acquired by the...
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16-6D-9
Section 16-6D-9 Tax credit claims; administrative accountability; verification of requirements;
rules and procedures. (a)(1) An individual taxpayer who files a state income tax return and
is not claimed as a dependent of another taxpayer, a taxpayer subject to the corporate income
tax levied by Chapter 18 of Title 40, an Alabama S corporation as defined in Section
40-18-160, or a Subchapter K entity as defined in Section 40-18-1 may claim a credit
for a contribution made to a scholarship granting organization. If the credit is claimed by
an Alabama S corporation or Subchapter K entity, the credit shall pass through to and may
be claimed by any taxpayer eligible to claim a credit under this subdivision who is a shareholder,
partner, or member thereof, based on the taxpayer's pro rata or distributive share, respectively,
of the credit. (2) The tax credit may be claimed by an individual taxpayer or a married couple
filing jointly in an amount equal to 100 percent of the total...
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