16-8-26
Section 16-8-26 Definitions; personal leave for teachers during time schools are in session; reimbursement for unused personal leave. (a) When used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. Any public city or county board of education; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the Alabama Youth Services Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Youth Services School District; the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Board of Directors of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science; and, as applied to two-year postsecondary education institutions, the State Board of Education. (2) SUPPORT PERSONNEL or SUPPORT EMPLOYEE. Maid, custodian, adult bus driver, lunchroom or cafeteria worker, secretary, clerk, clerical assistant, maintenance worker, or other non-certificated employee who works an average of at least 20 hours weekly, excluding those employees who are covered by the State...
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34-13-50
Section 34-13-50 Board recognition of schools and colleges. The Alabama Board of Funeral Service shall recognize and approve and accept applicants for examination from only those established embalming schools or colleges which are recognized by the board. The board shall recognize and approve any embalming school or college approved by the American Board of Funeral Service Education, and any additional embalming schools or colleges which offer courses of study which generally include the subjects set out in Section 34-13-94. The Alabama Board of Funeral Service shall not examine or issue an embalmer's license to any person who does not hold a certificate of graduation from an embalming school or college meeting the criteria or standards as defined in this section. The board may not examine or issue a funeral director's license to any person who has not completed a course of instruction in funeral arts at an accredited mortuary or funeral service school or college meeting the criteria...
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16-1-11.2
Section 16-1-11.2 Autonomy of nonpublic schools - Education selection by parents; exemption from licensure or regulation. (a) A parent or guardian shall have the right to select the type school or method of his or her choice for the K-12 education of his or her child, whether public or nonpublic, religious or nonreligious, and including home-based education. (b) Nonpublic schools, including private, church, parochial, and religious schools, offering educational instruction in grades K-12, as well as home-schooled students, are not subject to licensure or regulation by the state or any political subdivision of the state, including the State Department of Education. This section shall not be interpreted or construed as preventing a nonpublic school from voluntarily participating in state audits or other state administrative oversight in order to comply with requirements of federal grant provisions, except that any such voluntary participation may be withdrawn by the nonpublic school...
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16-1-13
Section 16-1-13 Teaching pupils of disparate ability, background and achievement. Whenever any city, county or other local school board determines it to be in the best interest of the public school pupils of the local school system, it may prescribe and from time to time adjust and adapt and further prescribe the manner, method and procedure to be employed in classrooms for teaching pupils of disparate ability, background and achievement in the public schools within its jurisdiction. Its authority in this respect shall include but shall not be limited to prescribing the grouping and classification of students within the same grade level, based upon considerations of native ability as indicated by intelligence tests; the general academic achievement, and level of achievement in a particular subject area. Any such grouping of pupils within a class or grade shall be prescribed by the local board of education only after consultation with the superintendent of the school, teachers, students...
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16-1-33
Section 16-1-33 Written reduction-in-force policy. (a) When used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. All public city and county boards of education, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Alabama Youth Services Department District Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Youth Services Department District, the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, and the Board of Trustees of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science. (2) EMPLOYEES. Employees or personnel of the board, except those employees covered under the state's Merit System and except those employees at the Alabama Industries for the Blind. (3) LAYOFF. An unavoidable reduction in the work force beyond normal attrition due to decreased student enrollment or shortage of revenues. (b) Each board shall adopt a written reduction-in-force policy consistent with Section 16-1-30. The policy shall include, but shall not...
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16-16B-2.1
Section 16-16B-2.1 Wireless infrastructure and mobile digital computing devices; application for funds; implementation plan. (a)(1) Contingent on funding, during the 2016-2017 school year, local school systems may begin installing sufficient, high-quality standards-based broadband WiFi infrastructure and, where possible, mobile digital devices to enable access to digital instructional materials and, to the extent practicable, textbooks in electronic format. (2) In order to accomplish subdivision (1), the following priorities are established: a. Wireless infrastructure: The first priority for the expenditure of Alabama Ahead Act funds is the establishment of a high-quality, standards-based wireless local area network (WLAN) infrastructure capable of providing all teachers and students with sufficient WiFi broadband access in all classrooms and common areas of schools, where feasible as described in WIRED. b. Standards: Local school systems shall use applicable funds to install wireless...
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16-26A-5
Section 16-26A-5 School year basis; summer program; short courses, seminars, etc.; extension courses and campuses. (a) The school shall, at the discretion of the board, operate on the same school year basis as all other public schools in Alabama. Full-time students shall be enrolled for the entire school year and may enroll in the summer program. (b) A summer program shall be offered for full-time students and for students who qualify to attend the school during such period. (c) The school shall also offer short courses, workshops, seminars, weekend instructional programs, and other innovative programs which can be used to offer instruction to students not enrolled as full-time students in the school. (d) The school, at the discretion of its board of directors may provide extension courses and campuses on the campuses of other colleges and universities within the State of Alabama. (Acts 1989, No. 89-880, p. 1772, ยง5.)...
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16-28B-8
Section 16-28B-8 Suicide prevention programs, training, and policies; advisory committee; liability. (a) To the extent that the Legislature shall appropriate funds, or to the extent that any local board may provide funds from other sources, each school system shall implement the following standards and policies for programs in an effort to prevent student suicide: (1) Foster individual, family, and group counseling services related to suicide prevention. (2) Make referral, crisis intervention, and other related information available for students, parents, and school personnel. (3) Foster training for school personnel who are responsible for counseling and supervising students. (4) Increase student awareness of the relationship between drug and alcohol use and suicide. (5) Educate students in recognizing signs of suicidal tendencies and other facts and warning signs of suicide. (6) Inform students of available community suicide prevention services. (7) Promote cooperative efforts...
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16-47-78
Section 16-47-78 Types of scholarships; disposition of funds; operation of programs. (a) The board shall establish four types of scholarships as follows: (1) A number of loans equal to 20 percent of the number of students enrolled in the University of Alabama School of Dentistry, based on the economic need and scholastic ability of the applicant, in an amount not to exceed the annual tuition per annum or four times that amount over a four-year period, shall be available to any bona fide resident of Alabama of good character who has been accepted for matriculation by the University of Alabama School of Dentistry or any other educational institution accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association. This section shall also apply to graduate students at the discretion of the board. (2) A number of nonrefundable merit scholarship awards equal in number to five percent of the number of students enrolled in the University of Alabama School of Dentistry,...
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45-30-103
Section 45-30-103 Formation of volunteer emergency security forces; training and supervision. (a) Upon a determination by the principal of any Franklin County public K-12 school that the safety of the students at the school is not adequately protected or that additional security is necessary to ensure the safety of the students or employees, he or she may request volunteers to serve on an emergency security force for the school. Volunteers shall consist of current employees of the school, retired employees of the school, and residents of the school district. (b) Once a list of volunteers has been compiled by the principal, the principal shall submit the list to the Sheriff of Franklin County. The sheriff shall review the list to determine whether the list contains a sufficient number of suitable volunteers to staff an emergency security force at the school. If the sheriff determines the number of suitable volunteers is sufficient, he or she may initiate an emergency security force...
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