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16-26-1
Section 16-26-1 Administration of high school affairs. In the establishment and operation
of high schools, matters relating to the minimum standards prescribed by the State Board of
Education on the courses of study, organization, instruction, qualifications of principals
and teachers, building and equipment and of sanitary conditions shall be administered through
the professional assistants in the Department of Education, directed by the State Superintendent
of Education. Manuals of instruction, bulletins setting out programs of study, rules and regulations
and other matters relating to secondary education shall be printed from time to time by the
State Board of Education. The requirements for accreditment of high schools and the list of
approved institutions shall be submitted to and approved and printed by the State Board of
Education on the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education and supplied in sufficient
quantities to meet the needs of high school principals,...
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16-60-350
Section 16-60-350 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words
shall have the following meanings: (1) CAREER-TECHNICAL DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM. A program
that allows eligible high school students to enroll in college-level career technical education
courses, as designed by the Chancellor of the Department of Postsecondary Education, that
are offered at Alabama Community College System institutions and allows such enrolled students
to concurrently earn high school and college credit in courses toward a certificate or degree,
or both, and which prepares them to enter the workforce in high skill, high wage, or high
demand occupations. (2) CONTRIBUTION. A donation of cash. (3) ELIGIBLE STUDENT. A high school
student who meets the eligibility requirements and standards as prescribed by State Board
of Education policy to enroll for Career-Technical Dual Enrollment Program courses. (4) QUALIFYING
EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES. Tuition, fees, books, materials, and supplies...
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16-46A-2
Section 16-46A-2 Enrollment; participation and attendance; online course requirements.
(a) A full-time student enrolled in a virtual program shall be enrolled and counted in the
average daily membership of the local school, participate in state testing and accountability
requirements through the local school system, and, upon satisfying the graduation requirements
of the local board of education, receive a diploma from the local school system. (b) Any provision
of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, a student enrolled in a virtual school program
offered by his or her local school system shall be treated as if he or she is attending his
or her local school in the attendance zone in which they reside for purposes of participating
in extracurricular activities and shall be subject to the same requirements, including Alabama
High School Athletic Association rules, imposed on a traditional public school student enrolled
in the traditional public school. In addition, if local board...
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16-6F-3
Section 16-6F-3 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following: (1) It is in the best interests of the people of Alabama to provide all children
with access to high quality public schools. (2) It is necessary to continue to search for
ways to strengthen the academic performance of elementary and secondary public school students.
(3) Different students learn differently and public schools should have the ability to customize
programs to fit the needs of individual students. (4) Those who know students best, parents
and educators, make the best education-related decisions regarding their students. (5) Parents
and local educators have a right and responsibility to actively participate in the educational
institutions that serve the children of Alabama. (6) Public school programs, whenever possible,
should be customized to fit the needs of individual children. (7) Students of all backgrounds
are entitled to access to a high quality education. (8) Therefore,...
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16-24C-4
Section 16-24C-4 Tenure of teachers; nonprobationary status of classified employees.
No action may be proposed or approved based upon personal or political reasons on the part
of the employer, chief executive officer, or governing board. A teacher shall attain tenure,
and a classified employee shall attain nonprobationary status as follows: (1) Except as otherwise
provided by Section 16-23-3, a teacher who is not an employee of a two-year educational
institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education,
shall attain tenure upon the completion of three complete, consecutive school years of full-time
employment as a teacher with the same employer unless the governing board approves and issues
written notice of termination to the teacher on or before the last day of the teacher's third
consecutive, complete school year of employment. For purposes of this chapter, a probationary
teacher whose employment or reemployment is effective prior to...
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16-24C-7
Section 16-24C-7 Transfers and reassignments. (a) Except as otherwise specified, employees
may be transferred or reassigned at any time as the needs of the employer require to any position
for which they are qualified by skill, training, or experience by the president of a two-year
educational institution alone or upon the recommendation of the chief executive officer and
the approval of the governing board. (b) A chief executive officer may reassign a teacher
to any grade, position, or work location within the same school, campus, instructional facility,
or, for two-year institutions operated under the authority and control of the Department of
Postsecondary Education, to any teaching position or work location that is under the control
and jurisdiction of the institution, as the needs of the employer require. For a tenured teacher,
except as required by acts of God or disasters that are beyond the reasonable control of the
employer, written notice of the reassignment must be issued to...
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16-26B-3
Section 16-26B-3 Funded; board of trustees; exemptions from required curriculum. (a)
There is created the Alabama School of Fine Arts, which shall be a residential and commuter
institution located in the City of Birmingham, Jefferson County. The school shall be funded
by legislative appropriations and by grants, donations, and funds from other sources, including
the public and private sector. (b) The school shall be governed by a board of trustees as
provided in Section 16-26B-4. (c) The administration and faculty of the school may
identify certain talented and gifted students whose career interests lie in the arts and with
appropriate counseling may enter into a contract with the student, his or her parents, or
his or her guardian to allow the student to be exempted from up to three Carnegie units of
study from the state's required curriculum for high school graduation. Upon approval of the
exemption by the school, notice of the exemption shall be filed with the State Department
of...
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16-44A-31
Section 16-44A-31 Citizenship Trust established. (a) The State of Alabama hereby establishes
and authorizes the Citizenship Trust, herein referred to as the "trust." (b) The
purpose of the trust is to strengthen and renew the foundation of American liberty and self-government
through citizenship education. The trust shall provide students with high quality educational
programs, learning experiences, and resources inside and outside the classroom which enhance
their understanding and appreciation of the principles of American citizenship, and knowledge
of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and other essential foundations of the American Republic,
and which encourage them to serve and lead their communities, state, and nation as active,
responsible, informed, and law-abiding citizens. Programs shall be focused on improving student
learning and achievement in the critical academic areas of American history, government, civics,
and citizenship. (c) The trust shall encourage voluntary,...
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16-13-281
Section 16-13-281 Average salaries to match national average; funding; compliance. (a)
The average salary of Alabama teachers, including the State Minimum Salary Schedule, local
salary supplementals, state incentive pay such as National Board of Professional Teaching
Standards certification, and any other salary compensation paid to Alabama teachers, shall
be increased to the national average for teacher salaries as provided in this article. Beginning
in the fiscal year 2001-2002, and continuing each fiscal year thereafter until such time as
the Alabama teacher salary average has reached the national average for teacher salaries,
there shall be allocated 41.15 percent of the growth in the Education Trust Fund for teacher
salaries. The 41.15 percent of the growth shall not apply to any future new revenue source
to the Education Trust Fund, including any revenue generated from an increase in the rate
or a substantial change in the base of existing revenue sources. Provided, however, an...
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16-28B-8
Section 16-28B-8 Suicide prevention programs, training, and policies; advisory committee;
liability. (a) To the extent that the Legislature shall appropriate funds, or to the extent
that any local board may provide funds from other sources, each school system shall implement
the following standards and policies for programs in an effort to prevent student suicide:
(1) Foster individual, family, and group counseling services related to suicide prevention.
(2) Make referral, crisis intervention, and other related information available for students,
parents, and school personnel. (3) Foster training for school personnel who are responsible
for counseling and supervising students. (4) Increase student awareness of the relationship
between drug and alcohol use and suicide. (5) Educate students in recognizing signs of suicidal
tendencies and other facts and warning signs of suicide. (6) Inform students of available
community suicide prevention services. (7) Promote cooperative efforts...
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