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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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16-22A-34
Section 16-22A-34 Satisfaction of contingencies; procedures. (a) The requirement to conduct
a criminal history background information check on public and nonpublic current employees
pursuant to this chapter is contingent upon the State Superintendent of Education determining
that sufficient funds have been appropriated by the Legislature or made available from another
source to fund such background checks and related procedures. The State Superintendent of
Education shall certify to each local employing board, each nonpublic school, the State Finance
Director, and the Code Commissioner when sufficient funds have been appropriated for use by
the State Department of Education for purposes of conducting background checks and related
procedures on public and nonpublic current employees. (b) Upon the satisfaction of contingencies
provided in subsection (a) and upon the State Superintendent of Education certifying in writing
to the State Board of Education and each authorized employer that...
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16-27-8
Section 16-27-8 School buses - Crossing control arm required. (a) No new school bus registered
in this state and purchased after August 1, 2000, to transport public and nonpublic school
students shall be operated or used as a school bus within this state unless the bus is equipped
with a crossing control arm on the front of the bus that conforms to equipment and installation
standards promulgated by the State Board of Education pursuant to the Administrative Procedure
Act, Chapter 22 of Title 41, commencing with Section 41-22-1. (b) Priority in the use of any
new school bus equipped with a crossing arm shall be given to the transportation of elementary
school students. (c) A crossing arm meeting the standards promulgated by the board shall be
designed to swing out at least seventy inches from the front of a school bus each time the
bus stops and opens its doors for school children to enter or exit the bus. (Act 2000-701,
p. 1424, §§1, 2; Act 2004-484, p. 901, §1.)...
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16-3-19
Section 16-3-19 Acceptance of federal funds by board. The State Board of Education may accept
for the State of Alabama any appropriation of money for the removal of illiteracy, the teaching
of immigrants and for other educational purposes which may hereafter be made out of the federal
Treasury by any acts of Congress; and the State Board of Education shall be constituted the
chief educational authority for the expenditure and administration of any such funds. Said
board may make rules and regulations for the expenditure of such funds, such expenditure to
be in accordance with the terms of the acts of Congress making such appropriations. The Treasurer
of the state is hereby designated as custodian for all funds received as apportionments under
the provisions of such act or acts of Congress. (School Code 1927, §49; Code 1940, T. 52,
§23.)...
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16-4-20
Section 16-4-20 Legislation. The State Superintendent of Education shall prepare, or cause
to be prepared, and submit for approval and adoption by the State Board of Education such
legislative measures as are in his opinion needed for the further development and improvement
of the free public schools of the state. (School Code 1927, §85; Code 1940, T. 52, §60.)...
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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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16-6F-4
Section 16-6F-4 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) APPLICANT. Any group with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status or that
has submitted an application for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status that develops and submits an
application for a public charter school to an authorizer. (2) APPLICATION. A proposal from
an applicant to an authorizer to enter into a charter contract whereby the proposed school
obtains public charter school status. (3) AT-RISK STUDENT. A student who has an economic or
academic disadvantage that requires special services and assistance to succeed in educational
programs. The term includes, but is not limited to, students who are members of economically
disadvantaged families, students who are identified as having special education needs, students
who are limited in English proficiency, students who are at risk of dropping out of high school,
and students who do not meet minimum standards of academic proficiency....
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16-13-180
Section 16-13-180 Petition for election; calling of election. Upon a petition signed by 200
or more qualified electors of any county to the county commission, said county commission
shall order an election to be held at the time specified in said petition to determine whether
or not a special tax shall be levied for public school purposes within said county; and, upon
request of the county board of education to the county commission, said court shall order
an election to be held at the time requested by the said board of education to determine whether
or not a special tax shall be levied for public school purposes within any school tax district
in the county under the control of such board; and, upon the request of any city board of
education to the county commission, said court shall order an election to be held at the time
requested by said board of education to determine whether or not a special tax shall be levied
for public school purposes within said city. (School Code 1927,...
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16-28-23
Section 16-28-23 Attendance register and rules and regulations as evidence. The registry of
attendance of pupils kept by any public school, private school, church school or private tutor
in compliance with the provisions of law or any rule and regulation promulgated by the State
Board of Education shall be admissible as evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the
facts it is required to show. A copy of any rule and regulation of the State Board of Education
duly certified as true and correct by the State Superintendent of Education shall be admissible
as evidence of the provisions of such rule and regulation, and the statement in the certificate
of the State Superintendent of Education of the date of the promulgation shall be admissible
as evidence that such rule or regulation was duly promulgated on the day and date named. (School
Code 1927, §325; Code 1940, T. 52, §321; Acts 1982, No. 82-218, p. 260, §8.)...
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16-3-35
Section 16-3-35 Contracts with Tuskegee Institute and Meharry Medical College for education
of Alabama students. (a) The State Board of Education is hereby authorized to contract with
the Tuskegee Institute for educational services for Alabama students including the following:
(1) Veterinary medicine; (2) Engineering; (3) Vocational agriculture; (4) Vocational home
economics; (5) Chemistry; (6) Nursing education; and (7) Such other educational services which
in the opinion of the board of education are in great enough demand to justify a contract.
(b) The state board is authorized to allocate to Tuskegee Institute any appropriation or any
part of any appropriation to the State Board of Education for Tuskegee Institute. (c) The
State Board of Education is hereby authorized to contract with Meharry Medical College or
the Board of Control for Southern Regional Education for medical and dental education of Alabama
students in said college out of any appropriation that may be made available...
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