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16-35-5
Section 16-35-5 Studies required to be taught in elementary school. In every elementary
school in the state there shall be taught reading, spelling and writing, arithmetic, oral
and written English, geography, history of the United States and Alabama, elementary science,
health education, physical education and such other studies as may be prescribed by the State
Board of Education. (School Code 1927, §431; Code 1940, T. 52, §408.)...
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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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16-6G-5
Section 16-6G-5 Reading and intervention programs; individual reading improvement plan;
summer reading camps; Alabama Summer Achievement Program; retention of students; reporting
requirements. (a) To ensure that public school students are able to read at or above grade
level by the end of third grade, each local education agency shall offer a comprehensive core
reading program to all students based on the science of reading which develops foundational
reading skills. In addition, no school district may use any curriculum for public K-3 students
that does not have instructional time included. (b) Based on the results of the reading assessment
in Section 16-6G-3, each K-3 student who exhibits a reading deficiency, or the characteristics
of dyslexia, shall be provided an appropriate reading intervention program to address his
or her specific deficiencies. Additionally, students shall be evaluated after every grading
period and, if a student is determined to have a reading deficiency, the...
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34-4-21
Section 34-4-21 Application and examination; fees; expiration, renewal of licenses;
continuing education; discharge of apprentice; change of address. (a) Any person desiring
to enter into the auction business and obtain a license as an auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer
shall make written application for a license to the board. Each application shall be accompanied
by an examination fee of an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) which shall be
collected from each applicant to defray the expenses of the examination. The application shall
be submitted on forms prepared and furnished by the board. (b) Each applicant for a license
as an auctioneer shall be 19 years of age or over, and each applicant for a license as an
apprentice auctioneer shall be 18 years of age or over and shall be a citizen of the United
States or legally present in this state. Each applicant for an auctioneer's license shall:
(1) have completed a prescribed course of study at an accredited auctioneering...
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16-5-8
Section 16-5-8 Review, coordination, establishment, etc., of programs; transfer of credits;
Articulation and General Studies Committee. (a)(1) The Commission on Higher Education is authorized
to review periodically all new and existing programs and units of instruction, research, and
public service funded by state appropriations at the state universities and colleges and to
share with the appropriate governing board, through the president of the institution, and
state Legislature, its recommendations. (2) As a part of its program review process, the commission
shall enforce, monitor, and report on minimum degree productivity standards for all existing
programs of instruction at public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education.
Productivity standards shall be based, primarily, but not exclusively, on the annual average
number of degrees conferred during a five-year period for senior institutions and a three-year
period for two-year institutions, as verified by the...
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16-36-60
Section 16-36-60 State Textbook Committee. (a) The State Textbook Committee is created.
The committee shall consider the merit of textbooks offered for use in the public elementary
and high schools of the state and make recommendations for approval or rejection, or both,
to the State Board of Education as hereinafter provided. In making recommendations to the
State Board of Education, the State Textbook Committee shall also consider any recommendations
made by the State Courses of Study Committee or by the State Superintendent of Education.
(b) The State Textbook Committee shall be composed of 23 members. Four of the members shall
be secondary school classroom teachers and four elementary school classroom teachers. One
of these eight members shall be appointed from each of the seven United States Congressional
Districts, as such districts are constituted on July 1, 1998, and one shall be appointed statewide.
Four members shall be appointed from the state at large, and these four...
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16-35-3
Section 16-35-3 Duties generally. The Courses of Study Committee shall conduct continuing
studies and evaluations of the courses taught in the public elementary and secondary schools
of the state. It shall prepare the contents of the courses of study for each grade of the
elementary and secondary schools and revise the same from time to time. In evaluating the
course of study, consideration shall be given to the required basic content, texts used and
available, the educational objective of the course, changing scientific, technological and
cultural developments, as well as established facts of American history, tradition and patriotism.
The committee shall from time to time, but not less than once in each two years, prepare a
report of its recommendations with respect to the compulsory minimum content of courses of
study and of recommended revisions of courses, materials, subject content and treatment in
specific courses and subject areas. The report shall be submitted to the State...
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16-6G-4
Section 16-6G-4 Use of funds in support of Alabama Reading Initiative; literacy and
reading specialists. (a) Funds appropriated by the Legislature in support of the Alabama Reading
Initiative shall be allocated to support the following: (1) Local education agencies to support
local reading specialists. (2) The Alabama Summer Achievement Program. (3) Regional literacy
specialists. (4) Preservice and inservice teacher professional learning activities for elementary
school teachers in reading. (5) Curricula to support student interventions. (6) State administration.
(b) Funds dedicated to the Alabama Reading Initiative shall be expended on local and regional
reading specialists, professional learning activities, and administrative activities that
support all of the following activities for kindergarten through third grade students in public
K-12 schools; continued funding shall be contingent on measurable performance growth, as determined
by the task force established under subsection (a)...
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21-1-24
Section 21-1-24 Textbooks and instructional materials other than prescribed by State
Board of Education. The Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, upon
the recommendation of the president, may select and adopt for use in the tax-supported public
elementary and high school programs at the institute, textbooks and instructional materials,
other than prescribed by the State Board of Education, which are suitable for the needs of
deaf and blind students. Whenever textbooks and instructional materials are substituted for
the state-approved or state-adopted books and materials, such books or materials shall be
used by the teachers in the institute public school programs in teaching any course or courses
for which a substitution has been made. Provided, however, such Board of Trustees of the Alabama
Institute for Deaf and Blind shall provide free textbooks to all grades which would be provided
under the terms of subsection (c) of Section 16-36-65. (Acts 1983, 4th Ex....
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38-7-2
Section 38-7-2 Definitions. Terms used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires, have the meanings ascribed to them in this section. When not inconsistent
with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the singular
number include the plural number, and words in the plural number include the singular number,
and the word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory: (1) CHILD. Any
person under 19 years of age, a person under the continuing jurisdiction of the juvenile court
pursuant to Section 12-15-117, or a person under 21 years of age in foster care as
defined by the Department of Human Resources. (2) CHILD-CARE INSTITUTION or INSTITUTION FOR
CHILD CARE. A child-care facility where more than 10 children are received and maintained
for the purpose of providing them with care or training or both, or transitional living program
services, but does not include: a. Any institution for child care which is under the ownership
or control,...
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