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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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16-13-231
Section 16-13-231 Purposes and plan of apportionment. (a) In addition to all other appropriations
and apportionments of public school money now provided by law and made available for public
schools there shall be apportioned and paid to local boards of education from the Foundation
Program Fund, the amounts to be determined as hereinafter provided and in accordance with
regulations of the State Board of Education. This Foundation Program Fund shall be used principally:
(1) To aid in providing at least a 180 full instructional day minimum school term, or the
hourly equivalent thereof, except as otherwise provided in paragraph c. of subdivision (1)
of subsection (b); and, (2) To assist in the promotion of educational opportunity for all
children in the public schools. (b) The following requirements and procedures, supplemented
when necessary by regulations of the State Board of Education, shall govern the apportionment
of the fund: (1) REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FUND. In order for...
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22-56-7
Section 22-56-7 Abuse, exploitation, neglect - Providers to implement written policies
and procedures. All providers of mental health services in Alabama shall develop and implement
written policies and procedures that prohibit abuse, exploitation, or neglect of consumers
in programs operated by the providers. At a minimum, these policies and procedures shall accomplish
the following: (1) Affirm and safeguard the rights of a consumer stated pursuant to this chapter.
(2) Ensure that prompt action is taken to prevent the potential of further abuse while an
investigation is in process. (3) Provide for an immediate and thorough investigation of all
allegations of abuse, exploitation, or neglect by trained, experienced personnel delegated
with all necessary authority. The status of all investigations shall be reported to the administrator(s)
of the program or his or her designated representative on a continuous basis. (4) Establish
reasonable and appropriate corrective action, including...
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16-1-8.1
Section 16-1-8.1 Classroom instructional support. (a) For purposes of this section,
classroom instructional support means all elements of classroom instructional support as provided
in the Foundation Program, with the exception of textbook funds, as specified in Sections
16-6B-10 and 16-13-231, including, but not limited to, library enhancement, student materials,
professional development, technology, common purchases, and other classroom instructional
support approved by the State Board of Education. All funds allocated in the Foundation Program
for library enhancement, student materials, technology, professional development, and common
purchases shall be spent only for the purpose for which they were allocated. Library media
specialists shall be consulted in budgeting all library enhancement funds. (b) The procedures
for ordering, and the regulations applying to, classroom instructional support shall be as
follows: (1) BUDGET COMMITTEE. Each school shall have a budget committee. The...
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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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16-1-24.3
Section 16-1-24.3 Local boards of education to implement policies requiring expulsion
of students who possess firearms in school areas. (a) All city and county boards of education
shall develop and implement local policies and procedures requiring the expulsion of students,
for a period of one year, who are determined to have brought to school or have in their possession
a firearm in a school building, on school grounds, on school buses, or at other school-sponsored
functions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, city and county boards of education and the local
superintendent of education of each board may modify the expulsion requirement for a student
on a case-by-case basis. Students who are expelled for violation of this section shall
not be allowed to attend regular school classes in any public school in the state during the
expulsion period. Students who are expelled from schools for firearm possession may be permitted
to attend alternative schools designed to provide education...
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16-5-32
Section 16-5-32 Postsecondary Education Communication Center created; center to operate
statewide computer network, develop interactive communication system, establish annual ninth
graders data base, operate toll-free numbers, and research factors affecting educational choices.
(a) The commission shall enter into a contract with a state educational institution to establish
a Postsecondary Education Communication Center to operate a statewide computer network and
to perform the functions prescribed in this section. The commission shall supervise
the operation of the center. The functions and services of the Postsecondary Education Communication
Center shall not duplicate the functions and services provided by the Computer Articulation
Program operated by Troy State University. (b) The center shall assist and support the steering
committee and local groups in fulfilling their duties. (c) The center shall develop and provide
an interactive communication system that accomplishes each of...
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22-57-20
Section 22-57-20 Establishment of regional autism centers; constituency board; rules
and regulations. (a)(1) There is established in determined geographic regions of the state
one or more autism centers whose purpose is to provide nonresidential resource and training
services for persons of all ages and of all levels of intellectual functioning who have any
of the following: a. Autism. b. A pervasive developmental disorder that is not otherwise specified.
c. As determined by the Alabama Interagency Autism Coordinating Council, other disability
populations which may receive benefit from the services and activities of the regional centers.
(2) Each center shall be operationally and fiscally independent, and provide evidence-based
services within its geographical region of the state. Service delivery shall be consistent
for all centers. Each center shall coordinate services within and between state and local
agencies and school districts but may not duplicate services provided by those...
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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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16-6F-4
Section 16-6F-4 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) APPLICANT. Any group with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status or
that has submitted an application for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status that develops and submits
an application for a public charter school to an authorizer. (2) APPLICATION. A proposal from
an applicant to an authorizer to enter into a charter contract whereby the proposed school
obtains public charter school status. (3) AT-RISK STUDENT. A student who has an economic or
academic disadvantage that requires special services and assistance to succeed in educational
programs. The term includes, but is not limited to, students who are members of economically
disadvantaged families, students who are identified as having special education needs, students
who are limited in English proficiency, students who are at risk of dropping out of high school,
and students who do not meet minimum standards of academic proficiency....
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