16-1-31
Section 16-1-31 Elective course credit for participation in YMCA Youth and Government
programs. (a) Each public local board of education may provide that a high school student
who participates in YMCA Youth and Government programs may earn elective course credit for
participation providing that Section 16-28-5, which requires 140 days of instruction
by a certified teacher, is adhered to. (b) The amount of elective course credit granted for
participation in YMCA Youth and Government programs shall be determined by the local board
of education, but the credit shall not exceed one credit unit. (c) Participation by a student
in YMCA Youth and Government programs shall be certified by the local YMCA official responsible
for the program. (d) YMCA Youth and Government programs eligible for credit pursuant to this
section shall be approved by local boards of education. (e) Local boards of education
may adopt minimum standards for any program pursuant to this section including minimum
standards...
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16-1-50
Section 16-1-50 Possession and use of over-the-counter sunscreen by students. (a) Any
student in a public school under the jurisdiction of a local board of education or in a nonpublic
school may possess and apply federal Food and Drug Administration regulated over-the-counter
sunscreen at school and at school-based events notwithstanding any other provision of law,
including any rule of the State Board of Education or the State Board of Nursing. (b) No rule
of the State Board of Education or the State Board of Nursing shall apply to the possession
or use of federal Food and Drug Administration regulated over-the-counter sunscreen by students
at a public or nonpublic school. (c) Any student, parent, or guardian requesting a school
board employee to apply sunscreen to a student shall present to the nurse a Parent Prescriber
Authorization Form (PPA) containing a parent or guardian signature. A physician signature
or physician order shall not be required. (Act 2017-278, §1.)...
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16-36-61
Section 16-36-61 Adoptions. (a) Based upon the recommendations of the State Textbook
Committee, the State Board of Education shall adopt textbooks from which local boards of education
may adopt for use in their systems. Local boards of education shall not adopt textbooks nor
expend public funds for textbooks that have been rejected by the State Board of Education,
except for the length of an existing local contract approved by the state superintendent.
Members of any local board found doing so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not exceeding
five hundred dollars ($500) and also may be imprisoned or sentenced to hard labor for a term
not exceeding six months. (b) The State Board of Education shall divide the subjects of study
in the public schools so that all textbooks on a given subject for grades kindergarten through
12 shall be considered for adoption in one year. New adoptions made during any year shall
not be used in the public schools until the next ensuing scholastic...
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21-1-8
Section 21-1-8 Residential education and training programs for deaf, blind, etc., persons;
cooperation by local school boards, State Board of Education, etc. (a) The board of trustees
of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind is hereby authorized to provide for the education
and training of the deaf, the hearing impaired, the blind, and the visually handicapped in
residential programs at any location within the state, with no limitations on the age of participants
and no time limit on any participant. (b) All applicants must make satisfactory proof to the
president of the institute that they are citizens of the state, except as otherwise provided
in Section 21-1-14, and that they are proper candidates for admission. Proof may be
made by the applicant in person or by next best friend or by affidavit of any person cognizant
of the facts before the probate judge or notary public. No pupil shall be retained in school
after it has been ascertained that such pupil has ceased to make...
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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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16-5-31
Section 16-5-31 Duties. The steering committee shall perform each of the following duties:
(1) Seek methods to improve participation in two-year and four-year postsecondary education.
(2) Seek methods to improve high school retention. (3) Encourage the State Board of Education
and local boards of education to adopt courses of study that prepare students for two-year
and four-year technical, vocational, and academic programs. (4) Organize and supervise local
groups to perform each of the following functions: a. Encourage participation in two-year
and four-year postsecondary education. b. Improve high school retention. c. Encourage the
adoption by the local board of education of two-year and four-year postsecondary education
preparatory courses of study. d. Provide tutorial, counseling, and other educational assistance
to local junior and senior high school students. (5) Advise the Alabama Commission on Higher
Education regarding the operation of the Postsecondary Education Communication...
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16-1-48
Section 16-1-48 Anaphylaxis preparedness program. (a) The State Department of Education
shall develop an anaphylaxis preparedness program to be adopted by each local board of education
and implemented in each K-12 public school commencing with the 2015-2016 scholastic year.
The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy shall provide guidance, direction, and advice to the State
Department of Education in developing and administering the anaphylaxis preparedness program.
(b) The anaphylaxis preparedness program shall incorporate the following three levels of prevention
initiated by licensed public school nurses as a part of the health services program: (1) Level
I, primary prevention: Education programs that address food allergies and anaphylaxis through
both classroom and individual instruction for staff and students. (2) Level II, secondary
prevention: Identification and management of chronic illness. (3) Level III, tertiary prevention:
The development of a planned response to...
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16-13A-5
Section 16-13A-5 Supervision, fiduciary responsibility of chief school financial officer;
duties. (a) The chief school financial officer shall work under the direct supervision of
the local superintendent of education but shall have a fiduciary responsibility to the local
board of education. (b) The chief school financial officer shall perform each of the following
duties: (1) Verify the receipt of all funds to which the local board of education may be entitled
by law or which may come into its possession for public school purposes. (2) Verify the payment
of such funds, such payments to occur only on written order of the local superintendent of
education. (3) Keep an accurate record of all receipts and expenditures, and provide such
information to the local superintendent and the local board. (4) Make reports as may be required
by law, by the local board of education, or by rules and regulations of the State Board of
Education. (5) Personally notify, in writing, each board member and...
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16-22-14
Section 16-22-14 Personnel records of education employees. (a) Definitions. When used
in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) EMPLOYEE.
Any person employed by a school board. (2) EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The superintendent of any public
county or city school system; the President of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the
president of any two-year school or college under the auspices of the State Board of Education;
the Superintendent of the Department of Youth Services School District; the Executive Director
of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; and the Executive Director of the Alabama High School
of Mathematics and Science. (3) LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY PERSONNEL SYSTEM (LEAPS). The data
base established and maintained by the Alabama Department of Education for record keeping
of all data related to certificated and non-certificated personnel at each board of education.
(4) PERSONNEL AND ENROLLMENT REPORTING SYSTEM (PERS). The data base established and...
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16-24-65
Section 16-24-65 Validity of prior contracts. Any contract entered into between a public
school teacher and a local board of education prior to April 27, 2004, meeting the aforementioned
criteria, shall be deemed valid ab initio. (Act 2004-300, p. 425, §6.)...
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