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16-33-4
Section 16-33-4 Certain children may attend state institutions or trade schools without payment
of fees or tuition; provision of textbooks. (a) Any child in a family where the head of the
household is blind and the family income is not greater than 1.3 times the current poverty
income level, as determined by federal poverty guidelines based upon the number of family
members, may, without paying any instructional fees or tuition whatsoever, do either of the
following: (1) Attend any Alabama state institution of higher learning, college, or university
for a period of four standard academic years of nine months each, not to exceed 36 months
total. (2) Take a prescribed course in any Alabama state trade school or technical college,
for the length of the prescribed course of study of his or her choosing. (b) Training under
this section shall: (1) Be initiated within two years after high school graduation, but in
no case after the twenty-third birthday of the child. (2) Be completed within...
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16-44A-35
Section 16-44A-35 Legislative findings; designation and dedication as Veterans Living Legacy.
(a) The Legislature of Alabama finds and declares all of the following: (1) That pursuant
to Section 16-44A-31, a statewide extended classroom for education in critical academic areas
of citizenship, civics, American history, and government is now operational as "the American
Village" under the auspices of the Citizenship Trust, a public education corporation.
(2) The nationally pioneering educational program serves students statewide and also school
groups from other states. The United States Congress has provided support of the American
Village as a national model and as an innovative civic education initiative that provides
students with a better understanding of the United States Constitution and the historical
and civic foundation of American self-government. (3) Recent studies indicate that many students
have only a superficial knowledge and lack deeper understanding of the foundations...
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2-4-1
Section 2-4-1 Appointment of State Veterinarian; qualifications; compensation and powers and
duties. The State Veterinarian of Alabama shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries, the Governor of Alabama, and the President of the Alabama Veterinary Medical
Association, or majority of them, from the list of qualified applicants who have passed the
official examination and who have been certified to the aforesaid appointing authorities by
the State Personnel Department. The State Veterinarian appointed under the provisions of this
section shall be subject to the provisions of the Merit System, and his or her salary shall
be fixed by the State Personnel Board, upon recommendation of the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries with approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, which salary
shall be paid out of the appropriation provided by law for payment of salaries and expenses
of the employees of the Department of Agriculture and Industries. The...
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29-9-3
Section 29-9-3 Fiscal year appropriation cap. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law
to the contrary, beginning with appropriations made for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2013, appropriations from the Education Trust Fund shall not exceed the fiscal year appropriation
cap. (b) The fiscal year appropriation cap for the Education Trust Fund shall be equal to
the sum of all of the following: (1) The total of recurring revenues deposited into the Education
Trust Fund in the last completed fiscal year preceding the date on which the fiscal year appropriation
cap is calculated. (2) An amount equal to the amount in subdivision (1) multiplied by the
average annual percent of change in the recurring revenues deposited into the Education Trust
Fund for the 14 highest of the 15 completed fiscal years preceding the date on which the fiscal
year appropriation cap is calculated. (3) If new recurring revenue measures are enacted that
will be deposited into the Education Trust Fund, or...
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34-21-61
Section 34-21-61 Qualifications of applicants; applications; administration. (a) To be eligible
to receive a scholarship provided by this article, an applicant shall satisfy all of the following
requirements: (1) Be a resident of the State of Alabama for a period of at least one year
immediately preceding the time of making application. (2) Be a person of good character. (3)
Have an active, unencumbered license as a professional nurse in Alabama. (4) Be accepted for
an Alabama graduate program conducted by an accredited college or university. (5) Agree to
practice professional nursing or become a nursing instructor in the State of Alabama for at
least two years after completing the graduate degree. (b) The recipient of these scholarships
may apply to the Board of Nursing for a waiver from these requirements for extenuating circumstances
beyond the control of the recipient. (c) Preference shall be given to applicants pursuing
a career in nursing education. (d) These scholarships shall...
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16-1-41.1
Section 16-1-41.1 School board governance improvement. (a) This section shall be known and
may be cited as the School Board Governance Improvement Act of 2012. (b) The Legislature finds
and declares all of the following: (1) That the purpose of this section is to enhance the
effectiveness of public education governance in Alabama through the establishment of training
requirements, boardsmanship standards, and accountability measures that are designed to promote
informed deliberations and decisions, to revise the qualifications for serving as a member
of a local board of education, to provide for a code of conduct for each member of a local
board of education in order to better ensure that any decision or action of a local board
of education is based on the interests of students or the system, and to foster the development
and implementation of organizational practices that are designed to promote broad support
of the public schools. (2) A local board of education is the legally...
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41-29-333
Section 41-29-333 Alabama Office of Apprenticeship - Powers and duties; Alabama Committee on
Credentialing and Career Pathways. (a) The Alabama Office of Apprenticeship, with the advice
and consent of the Alabama Apprenticeship Council, shall develop a nationally recognized state
apprenticeship completion credential, as described in 29 C.F.R. ยง29.5, for completing a registered
or industry-recognized apprenticeship program registered with the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship.
(b) The Alabama Office of Apprenticeship may certify industry-recognized apprenticeships,
registered with the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship, as eligible training providers for the
purpose of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, P.L. 113-128, and may deliver
services to registered apprenticeship participants with qualifying training accounts under
Title I of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, P.L. 113-128, through the
eligible training provider list of each regional workforce...
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16-26D-4
Section 16-26D-4 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) There is created a
board of trustees for the school. The board of trustees shall be composed of the following
members: (1) An assistant state superintendent in charge of curriculum development with the
department, or his or her designee. (2) The President of Auburn University, or his or her
designee. (3) The President of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, or his or her designee.
(4) The President of Alabama A&M University, or his or her designee. (5) The President
of Tuskegee University, or his or her designee. (6) The President of the University of South
Alabama, or his or her designee. (7) The President of the University of Alabama, or his or
her designee. (8) The Chair of the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering Foundation.
(9) The Chair of the House Ways and Means Education Committee, or his or...
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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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16-6C-1
Section 16-6C-1 Legislative findings. (a) Just as there is value in assigning grades that reflect
the performance of public school students in Alabama, the Legislature finds that there is
also value in assigning grades that reflect the performance of the public schools attended
by public school students in Alabama. The Legislature further finds that an easy to understand
school grading system would best serve the interests of the public as a whole, and specifically
the parents and guardians of public school students, by providing another transparent layer
of accountability for the public dollars allocated to elementary and secondary education in
the state. (b) The Legislature also finds that there is a need for a program to reward public
K-12 schools in Alabama that demonstrate high achievement. The Legislature further finds that
performance-based incentives and increased autonomy are commonplace in the private sector
and should be infused into the public sector as a reward for...
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