16-61C-3
Section 16-61C-3 Legislative intent - Program to augment science curriculum; administration of program. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Alabama Science in Motion Program shall augment the science curriculum of the public schools and be administered such that: (1) The ASIM Program complement, enhance and facilitate the implementation of the Alabama Course of Study: Science. (2) The State Superintendent of Education annually makes every effort practical to expose the ASIM Program to the maximum number of students enrolled in science coursework, regardless of the students' prior achievement levels in science or other academic coursework. (3) Each of the core sciences covered under the ASIM Program be standardized among the several networks, in terms of the scientific equipment that is utilized, the content of instruction presented in the classroom and in the content and the extent of the staff development training offered to science teachers. In the development of both the...
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16-61C-5
Section 16-61C-5 Appointment of director; responsibilities of superintendent. The State Superintendent of Education may appoint a full-time director for the Science in Motion Program who shall be responsible for the day-to-day administration, monitoring and coordination of the ASIM Program. The State Superintendent of Education shall be responsible for the following: (1) Initiate the preparation of proposals for funding grants from governmental, corporate or private sources. If, as a requirement for receiving grant funds, the grant-awarding entity requires the participation of private schools in the Alabama Science in Motion Program, the superintendent is hereby authorized to include private schools to the extent that the requirement is satisfied. (2) Establish the ASIM Program standards upon approval of the State Board of Education and certify that each network annually meets the overall standards of the ASIM Program as a prior condition for the allocation of the respective shares of...
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16-61C-2
Section 16-61C-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature of the State of Alabama hereby finds: (1) That the Alabama Science in Motion Program (the ASIM Program) of six pilot networks, created by Act No. 94-673, to augment the science curriculum of the public schools, have demonstrated efficacy as a model in advancing the state's efforts towards the following goals and directives of the "Alabama Education Improvement Act of 1991." (2) That by the year 2000, Alabama students should be among the country's leaders in mathematics and science achievement and that special attention be given to science in the Alabama Course of Study. (3) That the State Board of Education provide "a plan for the cooperative development and execution of research, demonstration, evaluation and dissemination of activities related to the effective use of technologies in teaching and learning"; and that these activities be carried out in cooperation with the existing Alabama Regional Inservice Centers and local school...
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40-9-34
Section 40-9-34 Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology. (a) The following is hereby found and declared by the Legislature of Alabama: (1) The lack of content in natural and bio-science education offered to students in kindergarten through high school is a nationwide problem. (2) Such lack in curricular offerings to students will be detrimental in the long-term to the economy of the state and the welfare of the citizens during the scientific revolution now engulfing the world. (3) The biotechnology institute can provide to education leaders of the distance learning program of the state cutting edge biotechnology curriculum recommendations and content for Alabama high schools, by providing information about cutting edge biotechnology curriculum and content to students in kindergarten through high school pursuant to the distance learning program of the state, the state course of study, and state textbooks. (4) By educating Alabama high school students in the field of biotechnology, such...
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16-22-13
Section 16-22-13 Cost-of-living adjustment for certain public education employees; miscellaneous pay provisions. (a) The state Budget Officer shall allocate to the State Board of Education, the boards of trustees of the public universities, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Board of Youth Services School District, the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, and the Board of Trustees of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science for disbursement to the employees thereof funds based on the criteria established in this section. It is not the intent of this section to make appropriations, but the appropriations required by this section shall be made in the annual budget act for the public schools and colleges. (1) CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL (K-12). For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1998, and each year thereafter, each cell on the State Minimum Salary Schedule contained in the annual budget act for the public schools shall be...
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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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16-6G-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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16-61C-4
Section 16-61C-4 Rules and regulations; schedule for expansion of program; advisory committee. (a) The State Board of Education may promulgate necessary rules and regulations for the effective administration of the Alabama Science in Motion Program, in accordance with applicable state laws. Upon the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education the State Board of Education shall adopt a flexible schedule, of not more than five years, that will provide for the complete statewide expansion of the Alabama Science in Motion Program to eleven networks, one network to operate within the service region of each of the eleven existing Alabama Regional Inservice Centers. ASIM Program expansion shall be completed when each network shall operate one van for each of the three core sciences, namely biology, chemistry and physics. The schedule shall consist of three or more phases; provided, that all effort shall be made to ensure that no geographic region of the state shall be unduly...
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16-13-231
Section 16-13-231 Purposes and plan of apportionment. (a) In addition to all other appropriations and apportionments of public school money now provided by law and made available for public schools there shall be apportioned and paid to local boards of education from the Foundation Program Fund, the amounts to be determined as hereinafter provided and in accordance with regulations of the State Board of Education. This Foundation Program Fund shall be used principally: (1) To aid in providing at least a 180 full instructional day minimum school term, or the hourly equivalent thereof, except as otherwise provided in paragraph c. of subdivision (1) of subsection (b); and, (2) To assist in the promotion of educational opportunity for all children in the public schools. (b) The following requirements and procedures, supplemented when necessary by regulations of the State Board of Education, shall govern the apportionment of the fund: (1) REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FUND. In order for...
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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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