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16-46B-1
Includes grades kindergarten to six, inclusive. (6) HIGH QUALITY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. Professional
development activities that satisfy all of the following: a. Clarify the conceptual foundations
of computer science. b. Teach research-based practices, including hands-on and inquiry-based
learning. c. Are intended for existing teachers, with or without previous exposure to computer
science. (7) HIGH QUALITY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PROVIDERS. Institutions of higher education,
nonprofits, or private entities that have successfully designed, implemented, and scaled
high quality, evidence-based computer science professional learning for teachers and recommended
by the superintendent and approved by the board. (8) HIGH SCHOOL. Includes grades nine to
12, inclusive. (9) MIDDLE SCHOOL. Includes grades seven and eight. (10) PUBLIC SCHOOL. Includes
public K-12 elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools. (11) SUPERINTENDENT. The
State Superintendent of Education. (Act 2019-389, ยง1.)...
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16-46B-6
Section 16-46B-6 Duties of department. Before June 30, 2020, the department shall create all
of the following: (1) A secondary computer science certification pathway for preservice teachers.
(2) An endorsement in computer science for all teachers who hold a valid Professional Educator
Certificate and demonstrate sufficient content knowledge in the course material as determined
by the department. Upon passing the Praxis, this certification does not have a two-year time
and service requirement to begin teaching. (3) A course-specific permit for teachers without
a secondary computer science certification or endorsement, who hold a valid Professional Educator
Certificate. The course-specific permit shall be issued upon the completion of a nationally
recognized professional learning course that is linked to a recognized high quality middle
school or high school computer science course or an approved preservice computer science pathway
offered at an institution of higher education for a...
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16-46B-5
Section 16-46B-5 Computer science education task force. (a) The Governor shall establish a
computer science education task force to develop a state strategic plan for expanding computer
science education in the public schools in Alabama. (b) The membership of the task force shall
include all of the following: (1) One member of the House of Representatives, as appointed
by the Speaker of the House, and one member of the Senate, as appointed by the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate. (2) A representative of the board, as appointed by the board. (3) The
state computer science specialist and two additional representatives of the department, as
appointed by the superintendent. (4) A representative of the Department of Early Childhood
Education, as appointed by the secretary. (5) A representative of the Alabama Community College
System, as appointed by the board of trustees of the system. (6) A representative of the Alabama
Workforce Council, as appointed by the council. (7) A...
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16-6G-5
intervention based on student need. d. Explicit and systematic instruction with more detailed
explanations, more extensive opportunities for guided practice, and more opportunities for
error correction and feedback. e. Frequent monitoring of the progress of the reading skills
of each student throughout the school year and adjusting instruction according to student
need. (3) Before school or after school, or both, supplemental evidence-based reading intervention
delivered by a teacher or tutor with specialized reading training. (4) A read at home
plan, including participation in parent training workshops or regular parent guided home reading
activities. (h) Commencing with the 2021-2022 school year, third grade students shall demonstrate
sufficient reading skills for promotion to fourth grade. Students shall be provided all of
the following options to demonstrate sufficient reading skills for promotion to fourth grade,
and the State Superintendent of Education shall provide...
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16-46B-3
allocate those funds to eligible entities to develop and implement teacher professional learning
programs for the required computer science courses and content. (b) For the purposes of this
section, eligible entities shall include high quality computer science professional learning
providers, including institutions of higher education physically located in the state, nonprofits
dedicated to providing high quality computer science professional learning as determined by
the superintendent, and private entities. (c) For the purposes of this section, eligible
entities do not include a local education agency or a consortium of local education agencies.
(d) Eligible uses of funds appropriated for computer science professional learning are as
follows: (1) High quality professional learning for K-12 computer science content, stipends
for attending professional learning, traveling to professional learning activities, and participating
in mentoring and coaching. (2) Credentialing for K-12...
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16-6G-4
Section 16-6G-4 Use of funds in support of Alabama Reading Initiative; literacy and reading
specialists. (a) Funds appropriated by the Legislature in support of the Alabama Reading Initiative
shall be allocated to support the following: (1) Local education agencies to support local
reading specialists. (2) The Alabama Summer Achievement Program. (3) Regional literacy specialists.
(4) Preservice and inservice teacher professional learning activities for elementary school
teachers in reading. (5) Curricula to support student interventions. (6) State administration.
(b) Funds dedicated to the Alabama Reading Initiative shall be expended on local and regional
reading specialists, professional learning activities, and administrative activities that
support all of the following activities for kindergarten through third grade students in public
K-12 schools; continued funding shall be contingent on measurable performance growth, as determined
by the task force established under subsection (a)...
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16-22A-3
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 certified
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. (5) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The State Superintendent of Education;
the superintendent of any public county or city...
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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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16-46B-2
Section 16-46B-2 Computer science course or instruction requirements. (a)(1) Beginning in the
2020-2021 school year, each public high school shall offer at least one authentic computer
science course from a department-approved list. (2) Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year,
each public middle school shall offer instruction in middle school computer science courses
approved by the department. (3) Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, each public elementary
school shall offer instruction on the basics of computer science and computational thinking.
(b) A computer science course or instruction in computer science offered by a public school
shall satisfy all of the following: (1) Be of high quality, as defined by the department.
(2) Meet or exceed the standards and curriculum requirements, as they relate to authentic
computer science, established by the board in the state course of study for digital literacy
and computer science pursuant to Section 16-35-4 and be on the approved list...
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38-7-2
State of Alabama, or which is operated or certified or licensed by another agency or department
of the State of Alabama; b. Any juvenile detention home established and operated by the State
of Alabama; c. Any bona fide boarding school in which children are primarily taught branches
of education corresponding to those taught in public schools, grades 1 through 12, or taught
in public elementary schools, high schools, or both elementary and high schools. (3) CHILD-PLACING
AGENCY. A public or private child-care facility which receives, places, or arranges
for the placement of any child or children in adoptive or foster family homes or other facilities
for child care apart from the custody of the child's or children's parents. The term includes,
but is not limited to, all agencies established and maintained by a municipality or other
political subdivision of the State of Alabama to protect, guard, train, or care for children
outside their own homes, but does not include any circuit court...
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