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16-25A-41
Section 16-25A-41 Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings, unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BOARD. The Public Education Flexible Employees
Benefit Board. (2) EMPLOYEE. Any person employed by a state or local board of education, postsecondary
institution, or other employer with employees as defined by Sections 16-25A-1 and 16-25A-11
participating in a state health insurance program. (3) EMPLOYER. Any local board of education
within the State of Alabama or other public institution of education within the state that
provides instruction at any combination of grades K-14 exclusively, under the auspices of
the State Board of Education, or the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, or entities whose
employees are covered by the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan pursuant to
Section 16-25A-11. (4) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(5) PARTICIPATING EMPLOYEE. An employee who elects to participate in...
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16-6B-3
Section 16-6B-3 Assistance programs. (a) Student strategy. The superintendent of the local
board of education along with the staff of each school shall develop an assistance program
at each school for at-risk students performing below the standards set by the State Board
of Education. The standards shall include the results of the required assessment program adopted
by the State Board of Education with emphasis on students who are found to be at one or more
grade levels below the prescribed norm. The local board of education shall budget at least
one hundred dollars ($100) per student so identified to be expended on tutorial assistance
programs including, but not limited to, after-school, Saturday school, or summer school, or
any combination of these programs. These funds may be budgeted from state or federal funds.
However, federal funds already budgeted for at-risk students may not be counted toward the
minimum one hundred dollars ($100) requirement set aside to be expended for...
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16-1-20.5
Section 16-1-20.5 Protection of student religious liberties. (a) This section shall be known
and may be cited as the "Alabama Student Religious Liberties Act of 2015." (b) A
public local board of education may not discriminate against students or parents on the basis
of a religious viewpoint or religious expression. A local board of education shall treat a
student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible
subject in the same manner the local board of education treats a student's voluntary expression
of a secular or other viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject and may not discriminate
against the student based on a religious viewpoint expressed by the student on an otherwise
permissible subject. (c) Students may express their beliefs about religion in homework, artwork,
and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content
of their submissions. Homework and classroom assignments shall be judged by...
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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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16-13-140
Section 16-13-140 Established for county and city school systems; form of annual budget required;
public hearings required. (a) There shall be a budget system for the public schools of each
county and city for the purpose of promoting economy and efficiency in the finances of the
public schools. (b) The State Department of Education shall prepare proposed annual budget
forms for each local board of education and shall make the forms available to each local superintendent
of education by August 1 of the first year of each legislative quadrennium and by July 1 of
each subsequent year of each legislative quadrennium for use with public hearings. The forms
shall be clear, uniform, and concise in order to promote understanding by the general public
of the budget process. (c) Each local board of education shall hold at least two open public
hearings pertaining to its proposed annual budget. Copies of the proposed budget shall be
provided to the public at each hearing on forms provided by the...
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16-13A-7
Section 16-13A-7 Audits. (a)(1) The yearly business and financial transactions of a local board
of education shall be audited as early as possible after the end of the fiscal year. (2) The
audits of the books and accounts of local boards of education shall be conducted by the Department
of Examiners of Public Accounts. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall audit,
review, and otherwise investigate the receipts and disbursements of funds of each local board
in the same manner as audits are performed on other agencies and departments of the State
of Alabama. (3) Any local board of education governing a city school system, other than those
city systems required by law to be audited by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts
on June 1, 2006, may employ a certified public accounting firm or firms or use the Department
of Examiners of Public Accounts to perform its yearly financial audit of its books and accounts
including a legal compliance audit and program compliance...
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16-60-110.1
Section 16-60-110.1 Alabama Community College System established; board of trustees; transfer
of duties. (a) There is created the Alabama Community College System as a body corporate under
the name of the Alabama Community College System, which shall replace and succeed to the duties
of the Department of Postsecondary Education and shall operate a system of community and technical
colleges within the state. All references in state law to the Department of Postsecondary
Education, Postsecondary Education Department, and Alabama College System, or terms of like
import, shall be deemed to refer to the Alabama Community College System. The body corporate
created by this subsection shall have all the rights, privileges, and powers necessary to
the end of its creation. (b) The Alabama Community College System shall be governed by the
Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System, as created in this article for
the purpose of governing the community and technical colleges of the...
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16-1-24.1
Section 16-1-24.1 Safe school and drug-free school policy; treatment of policy violators; promulgation
and distribution of discipline policy; liability limited for discipline actions; local boards
may adopt more stringent guidelines. (a) The Legislature finds a compelling public interest
in ensuring that schools are made safe and drug-free for all students and school employees.
The Legislature finds the need for a comprehensive safe school and drug-free school policy
to be adopted by the State Board of Education. This policy should establish minimum standards
for classes of offenses and prescribe uniform minimum procedures and penalties for those who
violate the policies. It is the intent of the Legislature that our schools remain safe and
drug-free for all students and school employees. The State Board of Education shall adopt
and all local boards of education shall uniformly enforce policies that protect all students
and school employees. The State Board of Education shall require...
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16-12-3
Section 16-12-3 Duties generally. (a) The city superintendent of schools shall be the chief
executive officer of the city board of education and shall see that the laws relating to the
schools and the rules and regulations of the city board of education are carried into effect.
(b) The city superintendent of schools shall explain the true intent and meaning of the school
laws, and of the rules and regulations of the city board of education and of the State Board
of Education, subject to the provisions of this title. (c) The superintendent shall decide,
without expense to the parties concerned, all controversies and disputes involving the rules
and regulations of the city board of education and the proper administration of the public
schools. (d) The superintendent shall have authority to administer oaths and to examine under
oath witnesses in any matter pertaining to the public schools of the city and to cause the
examinations to be reduced to writing. (e) The city board of education...
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16-8-3
Section 16-8-3 Special annual public meeting; notice. The county board of education shall hold
a meeting each year for the purpose of giving the public an opportunity of presenting to the
board matters relating to the allotment of public school funds or any other matter relating
to the administration of the public schools of the county. The time and location of such meeting
shall be determined by each local board of education and shall be given public notice. (School
Code 1927, §90; Code 1940, T. 52, §66; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-876, p. 418, §1.)...
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