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16-1-24.1
Section 16-1-24.1 Safe school and drug-free school policy; treatment of policy violators; promulgation
and distribution of discipline policy; liability limited for discipline actions; local boards
may adopt more stringent guidelines. (a) The Legislature finds a compelling public interest
in ensuring that schools are made safe and drug-free for all students and school employees.
The Legislature finds the need for a comprehensive safe school and drug-free school policy
to be adopted by the State Board of Education. This policy should establish minimum standards
for classes of offenses and prescribe uniform minimum procedures and penalties for those who
violate the policies. It is the intent of the Legislature that our schools remain safe and
drug-free for all students and school employees. The State Board of Education shall adopt
and all local boards of education shall uniformly enforce policies that protect all students
and school employees. The State Board of Education shall require...
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16-13A-2
Section 16-13A-2 Financial oversight by State Superintendent of Education; appointment and
duties of Chief Education Financial Officer; internal audits of schools and school systems.
(a) The State Superintendent of Education shall oversee the financial integrity of the various
local boards of education and shall appoint a Chief Education Financial Officer who shall
be an employee of the State Department of Education. The Chief Education Financial Officer
shall be a certified public accountant or have equivalent experience as determined by the
State Superintendent of Education, shall have experience in educational or governmental finance,
shall complete the instructional program provided in Section 16-13A-3 within the later of
six months of its introduction or six months of appointment, and shall have passed the mandated
competency test provided in Section 16-13A-3 within the later of six months of its adoption
or six months of appointment. The Chief Education Financial Officer shall...
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16-22A-3
Section 16-22A-3 Definitions. When used in this chapter only, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)
APPLICANT. A certified or noncertified individual who submits an application for employment
to a local employing board or any nonpublic school, to act in any capacity in which the individual
will have unsupervised access to children in an educational environment. (2) APPLICANT FOR
CERTIFICATION. An individual who submits an application for certification issued by the State
Superintendent of Education. (3) AUTHORIZED EMPLOYER. Any educational entity authorized to
obtain criminal history background information, including the State Department of Education,
local employing boards, and nonpublic schools which are responsible for hiring employees or
contracting with private employers to provide personnel who have unsupervised access to children
in an educational setting. (4) CERTIFIED APPLICANT FOR EMPLOYMENT. A...
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16-27-1
Section 16-27-1 State Board of Education to prescribe rules and regulations. The State Board
of Education shall prescribe rules and regulations: (1) Requiring all local boards of education
which provide transportation services for pupils going to and from public elementary and secondary
schools of Alabama or in school-related activities, and the presidents of all state community,
junior and technical colleges and directors of all state technical institutes and trade schools
which provide transportation services for pupils going to and from said technical institutes
and trade schools or community, junior and technical colleges to employ a competent supervisor
or manager of such transportation services, whether such transportation services are provided
in publicly owned or privately owned buses; (2) Requiring periodic safety inspection of all
vehicles used for transporting pupils, whether such vehicles are publicly or privately owned;
(3) Requiring and providing for special training and...
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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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16-34-2
Section 16-34-2 County and city boards to cooperate with state board. It shall be the duty
of county and city boards of education to cooperate with the State Board of Education in the
removal of illiteracy in the territory under their respective jurisdictions, and to this end
the said boards may appropriate from public school funds such amounts as may be necessary
to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (School Code 1927, §422; Code 1940, T. 52, §400.)...
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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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16-36-60
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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45-2-100.02
Section 45-2-100.02 Formation and operation of city school systems; city boards of education;
transfer of rights, titles, and interests. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(1) The magnitude and patterns of the historical and projected increases of population in
Baldwin County, Alabama, continue to create significant needs for the acquisition, construction,
and capital improvement of the public school facilities of the county board of education.
(2) The costs of such public school facilities, including the payment of indebtedness incurred
therefor, require significant capital expenditures of the county board of education in each
fiscal year. (3) The local sources of funds of the county board of education for public school
facilities consist of the proceeds of ad valorem, and privilege license and excise, taxes
levied on a county-wide basis in Baldwin County. (4) Given the county-wide tax base of the
county board of education, the formation of a city board of education...
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16-13B-2
Section 16-13B-2 Exceptions to competitive bidding requirements. (a) Competitive bids shall
not be required for utility services for county or city boards of education, the rates for
which are fixed by law, regulation, or ordinance, and the competitive bidding requirements
of this chapter shall not apply to: (1) The purchase of insurance. (2) Contracts for securing
services of attorneys, physicians, architects, teachers, superintendents of construction,
artists, appraisers, engineers, consultants, certified public accountants, public accountants,
or other individuals possessing a high degree of professional skill where the personality
of the individual plays a decisive part. (3) Contracts of employment in the regular civil
service. (4) Contracts for fiscal or financial advice or services. (5) Purchases of products
made or manufactured by the blind or visually handicapped under the direction or supervision
of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind in accordance with Sections 21-2-1 to...
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