16-22A-5
or certification in a position requiring unsupervised access to children of the nonpublic current employee or current employee under review, until such time as written permission has been given to the local employing board, State Department of Education, or other appropriate chief executive officer to conduct the criminal history background information check. (j)(1) No current employee under review shall be subjected to a criminal history background information check for political or personal reasons. A review of a current employee under review, which may be conducted at any time, irrespective of whether a prior criminal history background information check has been conducted on the employee, shall be based upon reasonable suspicion. (2) A current employee under review shall be apprised in writing of the reasons supporting a request for a criminal history background information check, including the grounds supporting reasonable suspicion, and shall be provided the opportunity to...
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16-1-41.1
local board of education, and in addition to all other requirements imposed by law, prospective members shall be required for each term of office to affirm publicly and in writing all of the following principles of educational governance: a. That each decision, action, and vote taken or made as a member of a local board of education shall be based solely on the needs and interests of students or the system. b. That no decision, action, or vote shall be taken or made to serve or promote the personal, political, or pecuniary interests of the member. c. That each decision, action, and vote shall be based on the interests of the school system as a whole. d. That the views of all members of the local board of education and of the local superintendent of education shall be considered before making a decision or taking an action on any measure or proposal before the local board of education. e. That, except to the extent otherwise provided by law, each member of a local board of education...
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16-63-4
Section 16-63-4 Duties of local boards of education; establishment of community schools advisory committees and employment of coordinators; agreements; local funds. Every local board of education which elects to apply for funding pursuant to this chapter shall: (1) Develop programs and plans for increased community involvement in the public schools based upon policies and guidelines adopted by the State Board of Education. (2) Develop programs and plans for increased community use of public school facilities based upon policies and guidelines adopted by the State Board of Education. (3) Establish rules governing the implementation of such programs and plans in its public schools and submit these rules along with adopted programs and plans to the State Board of Education for approval by the State Board of Education. Programs and plans developed by a local board of education shall provide for the establishment of one or more community schools advisory committees for the public schools...
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16-63-5
Section 16-63-5 Duties of community schools advisory committees; membership. Every participating local board of education shall establish one or more community schools advisory committees which may become involved in matters affecting the educational process in accordance with rules established by the local board of education and approved by the State Board of Education and further shall consider ways of increasing community involvement in the public schools and utilization of public school facilities. Community schools advisory committees may assist local boards of education in the development and preparation of the plans and programs to achieve such goals, may assist in the implementation of such plans and programs and may provide such other assistance as may be requested by the local boards of education. Community schools advisory committees shall work with local school officials and personnel, parent-teacher organizations, and community groups and agencies in providing maximum...
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16-22-4.1
Section 16-22-4.1 Education employee liability insurance; self-insurance. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL. Full-time teachers, principals, and other education employees employed by a local board of education and required to hold a certificate issued by the State Superintendent of Education. (2) LOCAL BOARD OF EDUCATION. A 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, and the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science. (3) STUDENT TEACHER. A college or university student in an education degree program who, as part of the degree program, is assigned to teach in a local public school classroom, is providing instruction to students, and is being...
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16-22A-3
the employee to teach or have responsibility for the safety and well-being of children, or both, as defined in this chapter. (17) SUITABILITY CRITERIA. a. Suitability Criteria for Nonpublic Employment. Pertains to an applicant for employment, nonpublic current employee, or a current employee under review in a nonpublic school. An individual who has not been convicted of a child abuse crime, as defined herein as a crime committed under the law of the state that involves the physical or mental injury, sexual abuse or exploitation, or maltreatment of a child, shall be deemed suitable for employment. b. Suitability Criteria for Public Employment. Pertains to an applicant for certification, certified applicant for employment, current public certified employee, current public noncertified employee, and current employee under review in a public school. An individual who has not been convicted of a child abuse crime, as defined herein as a crime committed under the law of the state that...
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16-22A-9
Section 16-22A-9 Collection and transfer of fingerprints, fees, and information. (a) Local employing boards and other public authorized employers required to obtain criminal history background information checks under this chapter shall collect and forward to the State Department of Education, two complete acceptable sets of fingerprints, written consent, and nonrefundable fee, when applicable, from applicants for certification, applicants for public employment, or public current employees under review, who have or seek to have unsupervised access to a child or children. (b) Nonpublic school employers shall voluntarily collect and forward two complete acceptable sets of fingerprints, written consent, and nonrefundable fee, when applicable, from applicants for nonpublic employment, nonpublic current employees, or nonpublic current employees under review, who have or seek to have unsupervised access to a child or children, to the Department of Public Safety to request a criminal history...
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16-6B-1
Section 16-6B-1 Student achievement. (a) The Legislature finds that the people of Alabama desire two basic things from their public schools: (1) High achievement for students. (2) A safe and orderly environment in which to learn. (b) The Legislature encourages the State Board of Education to assist local boards of education in the development of a strong disciplinary policy and directs the State Board of Education to develop a program to closely monitor student achievement. (1) The State Board of Education shall require implementation of an assessment program for the public schools of Alabama. The assessment program may include nationally normed tests or criterion referenced tests, or both. These tests may be used to assist in the assessment of student achievement. The State Board of Education may also require the use of other tests and assessments as the board may deem necessary. (2) In grades 11 and 12, the State Board of Education shall implement an assessment and remediation...
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16-25A-8
Section 16-25A-8 Funding of health insurance plan; participation; Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Fund. (a) The Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board is hereby authorized to provide under the contract or contracts entered into under the provisions of this article an insurance benefit plan for each covered employee and, under certain conditions, retired employees; the cost of such plan may be funded in part or in full through monthly premiums per active employee from the same source of funds as those used for the payment of salaries of active members and in part from other funds. (b) On or before January 1 next preceding each regular meeting of the Legislature, the board shall certify to the Governor and to the Legislature the amount or amounts necessary to fund coverage for benefits authorized by this article for the following fiscal year for employees and for retired employees as a monthly premium per active member per month. The Legislature shall set the...
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41-4-66
Section 41-4-66 Online database of requests for a proposal for a public contract. (a) The Division of Control and Accounts with the State Department of Finance shall establish and maintain and post on the state's website a statewide database of each request for a proposal for a public contract by the State of Alabama, any agency, board, commission, or department of the state which receives state or federally appropriated funds, the State Board of Education, a public college or trade school, or a public university. (b) The Division of Control and Accounts shall establish procedures and adopt rules to implement this section. (c) Each agency, board, commission, department, State Board of Education, public college or trade school and public university shall cooperate with and provide information to the Division of Control and Accounts as necessary to implement and administer the section. (d) Beginning on October 1, 2013, the Division of Control and Accounts may charge any agency, board,...
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