16-35-1
Section 16-35-1 Composition; appointment, qualifications and terms of members. The State Board of Education shall appoint a courses of study committee as set forth below for the purposes and functions as hereinafter provided. The State Courses of Study Committee shall consist of 28 members to be selected as follows: (1) One elementary teacher (grades K through six) and one secondary teacher (grades seven through 12) from each of the seven congressional districts who are teaching in the course of study areas to be revised during their terms of office; (2) Four members from the state at-large actively engaged in a supervisory or administrative capacity in the field of education and who are knowledgeable or who have had previous teaching experience in the course of study areas to be revised during their term of office; (3) Three members who are employees of state institutions of higher learning and who are specialists in the course of study areas to be revised during their terms of...
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16-36-66
Section 16-36-66 Required affidavits for the State Board of Education and local boards of education. (a) The State Superintendent of Education, members of the State Board of Education, local superintendents of education, and members of local boards of education shall not do any of the following: (1) Possess an interest, directly or indirectly, in any contract that might be made pursuant to this article for the purchase of textbooks by the state or local boards of education. (2) Possess any interest as an author, an associate author, a publisher, a representative or agent of an author or of a publisher of any textbook. (3) Possess any pecuniary interest, directly or indirectly, in the business or profits of any person, firm or corporation engaged in manufacturing, publishing, or selling of textbooks. (4) Accept any emolument, promise of future reward or consideration of value of any kind from any publisher of textbooks or his or her agent. (b) Each member of the State Board of Education...
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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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16-61C-4
Section 16-61C-4 Rules and regulations; schedule for expansion of program; advisory committee. (a) The State Board of Education may promulgate necessary rules and regulations for the effective administration of the Alabama Science in Motion Program, in accordance with applicable state laws. Upon the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education the State Board of Education shall adopt a flexible schedule, of not more than five years, that will provide for the complete statewide expansion of the Alabama Science in Motion Program to eleven networks, one network to operate within the service region of each of the eleven existing Alabama Regional Inservice Centers. ASIM Program expansion shall be completed when each network shall operate one van for each of the three core sciences, namely biology, chemistry and physics. The schedule shall consist of three or more phases; provided, that all effort shall be made to ensure that no geographic region of the state shall be unduly...
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45-28A-41.26
Section 45-28A-41.26 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE APRIL 6, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. A vacancy on the board of education shall be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining members of the board of education for the unexpired term. If the vacancy is not filled by the remaining members of the board of education within 60 days, the city council, or a designee of the city council, shall notify the State Superintendent of Education who shall fill the vacancy by appointment. A person filling a vacancy on the board shall be a resident of the City of Gadsden and the district the person is appointed to represent. (Act 2018-565, ยง7.)...
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16-6B-11
Section 16-6B-11 Paperwork Reduction Committee. (a) The Legislature finds that the excessive paperwork required of teachers and other public education employees hinders the prime responsibility of public education: The education of the children of Alabama. The Legislature also finds that excessive and time-consuming reporting requirements levied on school systems requires automation in order to for timely reporting to occur. The Legislature further finds that the excessive paperwork required of teachers has become so burdensome that teachers do not have adequate time to prepare lesson plans or to devote individual attention to those students who require special assistance. The Legislature further finds that, for teachers to have time to teach, it is imperative that all unnecessary paperwork be eliminated from our public schools and necessary paperwork be automated to the maximum practical extent. (b) The Paperwork Reduction Committee is created. The membership of the committee shall...
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16-16B-1
Section 16-16B-1 Short title; electronic textbooks; wireless electronic devices; rule making authority; implementation plan; Alabama Ahead Oversight Committee. (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Ahead Act. (b)(1) Commencing with the 2016-2017 school year, students may be provided textbooks in electronic format . Textbooks in electronic format may be available to schools under the jurisdiction of those local boards of education which choose to participate in Alabama Ahead, to the extent practicable and funding is obtainable, to provide students with resources in the following three areas: a. Wireless broadband access via high-quality WiFi infrastructure in schools, as a first priority pursuant to Section 16-6B-2.1. b. Upgrades, expansions, and maintenance of existing WiFi infrastructure. c. Devices, digital content, management systems, debt service, or support. (2) Digital textbooks or other instructional materials provided in electronic format may also be...
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2-27-6
Section 2-27-6 Pesticide Advisory Committee. (a) Creation. A pesticide advisory committee is hereby created and established to consist of 13 members to be appointed from and by certain agencies, departments, institutions, and organizations as provided in this section. The Pesticide Advisory Committee's membership, their term of service, method of appointment, authority, duties, and functions shall be as follows: (1) Two members from the School of Agriculture and the Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University, to be appointed by its dean and director; (2) Two members from the Cooperative Agricultural Extension Service of Auburn University, to be appointed by its director; (3) Two members in the employ of the state Department of Agriculture and Industries, to be appointed by its commissioner; (4) Two members in the employ of the State Department of Public Health, to be appointed by the State Health Officer; (5) Two members in the employ of the state Department of Conservation...
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45-31-120.03
Section 45-31-120.03 Board members. (a) The personnel program established by this part shall be administered by the board. The board shall be composed of five members who shall be appointed as follows: (1) One member shall be appointed by the judge of probate and the initial term shall be for two years. (2) One member shall be appointed by the sheriff and the initial term shall be for three years. (3) One member shall be appointed by the revenue commissioner and the initial term shall be for five years. (4) Effective January 1, 1997, the member appointed by the circuit clerk shall be replaced by a successor selected by a committee of employees. The employee representative selection committee shall be composed of one employee from the sheriff's office, one employee from the probate office, one employee from the office of revenue commissioner, and two employees from the road and bridge department. The employees on the committee shall be selected by the employees of the appropriate office...
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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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