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16-5-52
Section 16-5-52 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018
REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. For the
purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPROVED
INSTITUTION. A state-supported institution of higher education or a private nonprofit institution
of higher education that satisfies all of the following: a. Is accredited by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. b. Is approved by the State Board
of Education or the State Department of Education to prepare teachers of secondary math or
science, or both. c. Is eligible to receive Title IV federal student aid program funds. d.
Maintains its primary headquarters in Alabama. (2) COMMISSION. The Alabama Commission on Higher
Education. (3) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT. A person who satisfies the criteria set out in this article
and is found to be eligible by rules adopted by the Alabama Commission on...
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16-46B-8
Section 16-46B-8 Incorporation of computer science into Alabama Math and Science Teacher
Education Loan Repayment Program. (a) Subject to appropriations from the Legislature, the
teaching field of computer science shall be added to the list of eligible subject areas identified
within the Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Loan Repayment Program (AMSTEP), Article
3, commencing with Section 16-5-50, Chapter 5 of this title, with the following exceptions:
(1) Computer science recipients shall be eligible to receive a total of three thousand dollars
($3,000) per year or one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per semester worked. (2) Computer
science teachers are not eligible to receive the acute shortage area supplement, until such
time as the Alabama Commission on Higher Education and the State Department of Education concur
that there is sufficient need or resources, or both, available to allow its inclusion. (b)
The Alabama Commission on Higher Education may adopt any rules...
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16-5-53
Section 16-5-53 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018
REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The
Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program shall be administered by the commission,
which may adopt any rules necessary for the administration of the program. (b) The commission
shall adopt standards for awarding loan repayments to an Alabama public school teacher who
satisfies all of the following: (1) Has graduated from an approved institution. (2) Holds
a valid Alabama professional educator certificate endorsed in math or science. (3) Is teaching
in an Alabama public school full-time in the field of math or science. (4) Is eligible to
receive additional funds for teaching math or science in a public school in a geographic area
with acute teacher shortages in math or science, or both. (Act 2018-504, ยง4.)...
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16-5-54
Section 16-5-54 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018
REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) To
be eligible for the base program of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per semester,
an applicant shall satisfy all of the following: (1) Be a graduate of a State Board of Education
or State Department of Education approved program in math or science, at the baccalaureate
or master's level, from an approved institution leading to an initial secondary professional
educator certificate endorsed in math or science. A teacher who only earns a passing score
on the Praxis test in math or science to add a certificate endorsement for math or science,
and who has not completed an entire approved program, does not satisfy this requirement. (2)
Holds a valid Alabama professional educator certificate endorsed in secondary math or science,
or both. (3) Teaches math or science full-time in an Alabama public school district....
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16-5-55
Section 16-5-55 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018
REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The
program shall be used to provide a loan repayment for federal student loans in the following
amounts: (1) Five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year, or two thousand five hundred dollars
($2,500) per semester worked, for a maximum of four consecutive years for a teacher with a
valid Alabama professional educator certificate endorsed in secondary math or science who
graduated from a teacher education program at an approved institution after the 2018 spring
semester term and is teaching in an Alabama public school. (2) An additional two thousand
five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year, or one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($1,250)
per semester worked, for a maximum of four consecutive years for a teacher who satisfies all
criteria listed in Section 16-5-54 and who also is teaching math or science in a public
school in...
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16-23-16.1
Section 16-23-16.1 Creation of Professional Teachers Standards Commission; designation
or development of entry-level pre-certification examination for teacher candidates. (a) The
Legislature finds that Alabama is alone among the southern states in not testing teacher candidates
before allowing them in the classroom, and acknowledges that the need exists to establish,
maintain, and enforce minimum professional standards for teacher candidates in the State of
Alabama. In response to such need, there is hereby created a Professional Teachers Standards
Commission (the commission) for the State of Alabama. The commission shall consist of 11 members
appointed by the Governor in the following manner: The Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers
Association, Alabama School Board Association, Alabama Council for School Administration and
Supervision, Alabama Education Association, and the Alabama Association of Colleges for Teacher
Education shall each designate a representative that together...
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16-22-10
Section 16-22-10 Salary increases for certain public education employees; two-year colleges
salary schedule upgrade; miscellaneous pay provisions. (a) The State Budget Officer shall
allocate to the State Board of Education, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for
Deaf and Blind, the Board of Youth Services Department District, the Alabama School of Math
and Science, and the Alabama School of Fine Arts for disbursement to the employees thereof
funds based on the following criteria. It is the intent of the Legislature that this section
does not make appropriations. (1) KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 (K-12). A six and one-half
percent salary increase shall be given to each teacher employed in all public school programs
for the fiscal year 1993-94 over and above the salary received during the 1992-93 fiscal year.
A six and one-half percent salary increase shall be given to each public education support
worker employed for the fiscal year 1993-94 over and above the total salary...
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16-6G-6
Section 16-6G-6 Dyslexia therapist certification endoresement; accreditation of teacher
preparation programs; licensure and certification of teachers; professional learning. (a)
The State Superintendent of Education shall develop, and the State Board of Education shall
approve, a dyslexia therapist certification endorsement on or before December 31, 2019. (1)
K-12 and early childhood teachers who have completed an International Multisensory Structured
Language Education Council endorsed training course and have received a passing score on the
Academic Language Therapy Association's Certified Academic Language Therapy assessment, or
the International Dyslexia Association's Knowledge and Practice Examination of Effective Reading
Instruction, and who hold a valid Professional Educator Certificate shall be eligible for
a dyslexia therapist endorsement. (2) Teacher preparation programs at public colleges and
universities in the state shall offer dyslexia therapy teacher preparation courses...
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16-6A-15
Section 16-6A-15 Tuition grant program for certified teachers; limitations on tuition
reimbursement; letter of commitment; withholding records upon failure to satisfy agreement.
The Alabama Commission on Higher Education shall implement a tuition grant program for certified
teachers. Tuition grants in institutions of higher education for adding mathematics, science,
computer education or other critical needs areas to their certificates shall be provided to
able teachers certified in subject areas not designated critical needs areas. The Alabama
Commission on Higher Education shall adopt rules to implement the mathematics, science, computer
education or other critical needs areas tuition reimbursement program. Any full-time regularly
certified public school teacher in Alabama shall be eligible for this program. Tuition reimbursement
shall be limited to courses in mathematics, science, computer education or other critical
areas as determined by the board. Such courses shall be graduate...
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16-33B-1
Section 16-33B-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires
a different meaning, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ACHE. The
Alabama Commission on Higher Education. (2) APPROVED LENDER. Any eligible institution, or
any bank, trust company, savings and loan association, credit union, pension fund, or insurance
company, whose primary consumer credit function is not the making of insured student loans
and which is examined and supervised by the appropriate state or federal regulatory agency
or any other institution or agency defined as an eligible lender in accordance with the Federal
Student Loan Law. (3) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION. Any postsecondary educational institution which
is approved by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education for the purposes of this program.
However, an institution offering exclusively correspondence, independent study, or home study
courses is not an eligible institution. (4) FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN LAW. Title...
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