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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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22-55-1
Section 22-55-1 Enactment of compact; terms. The Interstate Compact on Mental Health
is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other states legally joining
therein in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH The contracting
states solemnly agree that: Article I The party states find that the proper and expeditious
treatment of the mentally ill and mentally deficient can be facilitated by cooperative action
to the benefit of the patients, their families and society as a whole. Further, the party
states find the necessity of and desirability for furnishing such care and treatment bear
no primary relation to the residence or citizenship of the patient but that, on the contrary,
the controlling factors of community safety and humanitarianism require that facilities and
services be made available for all who are in need of them. Consequently, it is the purpose
of this compact and of the party states to provide the necessary legal basis...
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16-33C-10
Section 16-33C-10 ACES Program generally. (a) The ACES Program is established as one
college savings alternative under the plan whereby contributors open ACES savings accounts
according to savings agreements for the payment of qualified higher education costs for a
designated beneficiary at eligible educational institutions, terms as defined in Section
529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other applicable federal law. The
ACES Program includes the ACES Trust Fund, the ACES Administrative Fund, and the ACES Opportunity
Enhancement Fund created pursuant to this chapter. The ACES Program may be marketed under
a different name than ACES. (b) The ACES Trust Fund is hereby created and shall be comprised
of separate ACES savings accounts held in segregated accounts as established by savings agreements.
Funds contributed to the ACES savings accounts established pursuant to the ACES Program are
held in trust by the Savings Board for the sole benefit of the contributor and...
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26-24-30
Section 26-24-30 Alabama Children's Policy Council. (a) The Alabama Children's Policy
Council is hereby created and shall consist of the following members: Three appointees from
business and industry made by the Governor; the Lieutenant Governor; the Speaker of the House
of Representatives; two members of the Alabama Senate, one appointed by the Lieutenant Governor
and one appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; two members of the House of
Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; the Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of Alabama; the legal advisor to the Governor; the Attorney General;
the President of the Juvenile and Family Court Judges' Association; the Commissioner of the
Department of Corrections; the President of the District Attorneys' Association; the President
of the Chief Juvenile Probation Officers' Association; the Commissioner of the Department
of Human Resources; the Administrative Director of Courts; the Secretary of the...
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41-15B-2.2
Section 41-15B-2.2 Allocation of trust fund revenues. (a) For each fiscal year, beginning
October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues
and upon appropriation by the Legislature, an amount of up to and including two hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($225,000), or equivalent percentage of the total fund, shall be designated
for the administration of the fund by the council and the Commissioner of Children's Affairs.
(b) For the each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First
Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues, the remainder of the Children First Trust Fund, in
the amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1, shall be allocated as follows: (1)
Ten percent of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Public Health for distribution
to one or more of the following: a. The Children's Health Insurance Program. b. Programs for
tobacco control among children with the purpose being to reduce the consumption...
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12-25-32
Section 12-25-32 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms
have the following meanings: (1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Sentencing Commission, established
as a state agency under the Supreme Court by this chapter. (2) CONTINUUM OF PUNISHMENTS. An
array of punishment options, from probation to incarceration, graduated in restrictiveness
according to the degree of supervision of the offender including, but not limited to, all
of the following: a. Active Incarceration. A sentence, other than an intermediate punishment
or unsupervised probation, that requires an offender to serve a sentence of imprisonment.
The term includes time served in a work release program operated as a custody option by the
Alabama Department of Corrections or in the Supervised Intensive Restitution program of the
Department of Corrections pursuant to Article 7, commencing with Section 15-18-110,
of Chapter 18 of Title 15. b. Intermediate Punishment. A sentence that may include assignment
to any...
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16-33B-4
Section 16-33B-4 Basic powers and duties of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education
for the Alabama Guaranteed Student Loan Program. (a) Basic powers. The Alabama Commission
on Higher Education (ACHE) is authorized to administer the Alabama Guaranteed Student Loan
Program in accordance with the Federal Student Loan Law, and empowered to promulgate such
rules, regulations, policies, and procedures as may be reasonable and proper in order to carry
out the provisions and purposes of this chapter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the ACHE is authorized and empowered: (1) To establish regulations deemed necessary to comply
with federal regulations and legislation relative to guaranteed student loans and the Federal
Student Loan Law. (2) To establish eligibility criteria for participating postsecondary educational
institutions. (3) To establish reasonable eligibility criteria for the initial and continuing
participation of approved lenders in the student loan program. (4)...
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16-44A-32
Section 16-44A-32 Powers and duties of board. In furtherance of the purposes of the
trust, the board of trustees shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Accept gifts,
contributions, donations of funds or land, bequests, grants, appropriations, membership fees,
or other forms of financial assistance for educational and other purposes in furtherance of
this article, from any federal entity, from the state, its agencies and various political
subdivisions, or any public or other entity, any and all of which are hereby authorized to
grant any of the foregoing forms of assistance, or from any private person, foundation, corporation,
or other agency, and to comply with any rules and regulations concerning grants by the federal
government or other grantors, which are not in contravention of the Constitution and laws
of this state or the United States. In fulfillment of its statewide civic educational mission,
the trust may enter into cooperative agreements with local, state, regional,...
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22-27-45
Section 22-27-45 State Solid Waste Management Plan. The Director of the Alabama Department
of Environmental Management, with the advice and consultation of the Solid Waste Management
Advisory Committee, is directed to prepare a State Solid Waste Management Plan. In developing
the state plan, the department will seek to achieve the following goals: (1) That solid waste
facilities and management systems are provided for in an orderly manner consistent with the
needs and plans of the state and its regions and local governments; (2) That alternative methods
of solid waste management are encouraged as a means of reducing the state's dependence on
landfilling; (3) That all aspects of local, regional and state planning, zoning, population
estimates, and economics are taken into consideration; and (4) That appropriate time schedules
are set for the phasing in of the required component parts of the system. Said plan shall
be developed in two phases: a. The first phase of the plan shall be...
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27-54A-2
Section 27-54A-2 Treatment under certain policies and contracts. (a) As used in this
section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.
The design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral
stimuli and consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including
the use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between
environment and behavior. (2) AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. Any of the pervasive developmental
disorders or autism spectrum disorders as defined by the most recent edition of the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the edition that was in effect at the
time of diagnosis. (3) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT. Counseling and treatment programs, including
applied behavior analysis that are both of the following: a. Necessary to develop, maintain,
or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the functioning of an...
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