16-1-11.1
Section 16-1-11.1 Autonomy of nonpublic schools - Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) That a parent or guardian in Alabama has a constitutional right to choose the type of K-12 education that is best for his or her child, whether public or nonpublic, religious or nonreligious, and including home-based education. (2) That many parents choose to home school or enroll their children in elementary and secondary nonpublic schools, including private, church, parochial, or religious schools, that are not subject to state regulation and do not receive state or federal funds. (3) That other than reporting on the enrollment of students, these nonpublic K-12 schools have been primarily exempt from state regulation and have only been required by state law to report the enrollment of students. (4) That there is no national or state constitutional mandate that the government provide, license, or regulate nonpublic education, including private, church,...
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16-33A-1
Section 16-33A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ACHE. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education. (2) ALABAMA RESIDENT. A person who has been domiciled in the State of Alabama for a period of at least 12 consecutive months immediately preceding application for a grant under the Alabama Student Grant Program. The ACHE shall promulgate and enforce regulations further defining and limiting the term domicile so as to limit the benefits of this legislation to bona fide Alabama citizens, based upon criteria including residency of parents and guardians, voter registration of students and parents, driver's license registration, and other facts indicating bona fide citizenship. (3) APPROVED INSTITUTION. Any independent nonprofit postsecondary institution of higher learning located in the State of Alabama which is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of...
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24-11-2
Section 24-11-2 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 28, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. Legislative Declaration. The Legislature recognizes that saving for the purchase of a first home is very challenging in today's economy. The Legislature declares that first-time and second chance home buyer savings accounts provide an opportunity for Alabama residents to save funds for home ownership. The first-time and second chance home buyer savings account program is intended to enable first-time and second chance home buyers in Alabama to plan for and utilize a tax incentive to save funds for a down payment and closing costs for the purchase of a first home in Alabama. (Act 2018-467, §2.)...
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40-16-4
Section 40-16-4 Levy; reporting of tax; promulgation of rules. (a)(1) Every such financial institution engaging in any of the following businesses: (i) Banking; (ii) Conducting the business of a financial institution as defined in this chapter; (iii) Conducting a credit card business through the issuance of credit cards to Alabama residents or businesses; or (iv) Conducting a business employing moneyed capital coming into competition with the business of national banks shall pay to the state annually for each taxable year an excise tax measured by its net income allocated and apportioned for the taxable year at the rate of six and one-half percent of the net income. (2) For purposes of the excise tax imposed by this chapter, any financial institution which has income from business activity that is taxable both within and without this state shall allocate and apportion its net income as provided in rules which shall be prescribed by the Department of Revenue, provided that such rules...
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9-21-2
Section 9-21-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that the management and stewardship of aquatic plants is important to the State of Alabama. It is the intent of the Legislature that the management of aquatic plants in the waters of the Tennessee River be carried out under the general supervision and stewardship of a board, as preventing the spread of and managing the infestation of invasive aquatic plants in public waters of the Tennessee River and its tributaries is best accomplished through coordinated educational and management activities. (Act 2013-384, p. 1442, §2.)...
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10A-20-5.01
Section 10A-20-5.01 Amendment of charter; fees for filing same; certified copy thereof. (a) Any educational institution heretofore incorporated under special act of the Legislature or under the general laws of the state may amend its charter as follows: (1) The trustees of the corporation must adopt a resolution embracing the desired amendment of the charter, which must be spread upon the minutes of the trustees; (2) If the trustees are not self-perpetuating, but are appointed or elected by any persons or organization other than the trustees themselves, a resolution embracing the desired amendments to the charter shall be submitted to the persons or organization having the power to elect or appoint the trustees, and the resolution shall be approved by the persons or organization having the power to elect or appoint the trustees; (3) The resolution must then be submitted to the Governor, together with the approval of the persons or organization having the power to appoint or elect the...
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16-13-37
Section 16-13-37 Use of county sales and use tax funds for general educational purposes. (a) When approved at a referendum election held for such purposes in the manner hereinafter prescribed, any local board of education may divert any earmarked revenue derived by it from county sales and use taxes heretofore levied and imposed by local laws enacted by the Legislature of Alabama which exclusively earmarked such county sales and use taxes for capital outlay, construction and maintenance of public schools and use or spend the same for general educational purposes, including payment of teachers' salaries, other current school expenses, and costs of school transportation, the provisions of any general, special or local law to the contrary notwithstanding. (b) Upon the written request of the local board of education to the county commission, the referendum elections referred to in subsection (a) of this section may be called, held and conducted as nearly as may be in accordance with state...
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16-24C-3
Section 16-24C-3 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The chief administrative and executive officer of an entity, institution, agency, or political subdivision of the state that is subject to this chapter and includes, without limitation, superintendents of city or county boards of education and presidents of two-year educational institutions operated under authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education. The term includes persons serving in such a capacity on an acting or interim basis under lawful appointment or by operation of law. (2) CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE. All adult bus drivers, all full-time lunchroom or cafeteria workers, janitors, custodians, maintenance personnel, secretaries and clerical assistants, instructional aides or assistants, whether or not certificated, non-certificated supervisors, and, except as hereinafter provided, all other persons who are not teachers as...
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16-24C-4
Section 16-24C-4 Tenure of teachers; nonprobationary status of classified employees. No action may be proposed or approved based upon personal or political reasons on the part of the employer, chief executive officer, or governing board. A teacher shall attain tenure, and a classified employee shall attain nonprobationary status as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided by Section 16-23-3, a teacher who is not an employee of a two-year educational institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education, shall attain tenure upon the completion of three complete, consecutive school years of full-time employment as a teacher with the same employer unless the governing board approves and issues written notice of termination to the teacher on or before the last day of the teacher's third consecutive, complete school year of employment. For purposes of this chapter, a probationary teacher whose employment or reemployment is effective prior to...
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16-25-19
Section 16-25-19 Administration. (a) The general administration and responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system and for making effective the provisions of this chapter are hereby vested in a board of trustees which shall be known as the Board of Control and shall be organized immediately after a majority of the trustees provided for in this section shall have qualified and taken the oath of office. (b) The board shall consist of 15 trustees as follows: (1) The State Superintendent of Education, ex officio. (2) The State Treasurer, ex officio. (3) The state Director of Finance, ex officio. (4) Twelve elected members of the retirement system. Those 12 members shall consist of representatives elected from each of the following categories: two shall be retired members, one shall be a city or county superintendent, one shall be a principal, one shall be a member from an institution of postsecondary education that is part of the Alabama Community College System, two...
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