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16-46A-2
Section 16-46A-2 Enrollment; participation and attendance; online course requirements.
(a) A full-time student enrolled in a virtual program shall be enrolled and counted in the
average daily membership of the local school, participate in state testing and accountability
requirements through the local school system, and, upon satisfying the graduation requirements
of the local board of education, receive a diploma from the local school system. (b) Any provision
of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, a student enrolled in a virtual school program
offered by his or her local school system shall be treated as if he or she is attending his
or her local school in the attendance zone in which they reside for purposes of participating
in extracurricular activities and shall be subject to the same requirements, including Alabama
High School Athletic Association rules, imposed on a traditional public school student enrolled
in the traditional public school. In addition, if local board...
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16-1-13
Section 16-1-13 Teaching pupils of disparate ability, background and achievement. Whenever
any city, county or other local school board determines it to be in the best interest of the
public school pupils of the local school system, it may prescribe and from time to time adjust
and adapt and further prescribe the manner, method and procedure to be employed in classrooms
for teaching pupils of disparate ability, background and achievement in the public schools
within its jurisdiction. Its authority in this respect shall include but shall not be limited
to prescribing the grouping and classification of students within the same grade level, based
upon considerations of native ability as indicated by intelligence tests; the general academic
achievement, and level of achievement in a particular subject area. Any such grouping of pupils
within a class or grade shall be prescribed by the local board of education only after consultation
with the superintendent of the school, teachers, students...
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16-1-14
Section 16-1-14 Removal, isolation, or separation of pupils creating disciplinary problems;
state approval necessary for rules implementing such measures; deprivation of right to equal
and adequate education may not result. Any city, county, or other local public school board
shall, consistent with Section 16-28-12, prescribe rules and regulations with respect
to behavior and discipline of pupils enrolled in the schools under its jurisdiction and, in
order to enforce such rules and regulations, may remove, isolate, or separate pupils who create
disciplinary problems in any classroom or other school activity and whose presence in the
class may be detrimental to the best interest and welfare of the pupils of such class as a
whole. Any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall be approved
by the State Board of Education. Any such removal, isolation, or separation may not deprive
such pupils of their full right to an equal and adequate education. (Acts 1963, No. 460, p....
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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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16-13-140
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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16-22A-3
Section 16-22A-3 Definitions. When used in this chapter only, the following terms shall
have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) APPLICANT. A certified or noncertified individual who submits an application for employment
to a local employing board or any nonpublic school, to act in any capacity in which the individual
will have unsupervised access to children in an educational environment. (2) APPLICANT FOR
CERTIFICATION. An individual who submits an application for certification issued by the State
Superintendent of Education. (3) AUTHORIZED EMPLOYER. Any educational entity authorized to
obtain criminal history background information, including the State Department of Education,
local employing boards, and nonpublic schools which are responsible for hiring employees or
contracting with private employers to provide personnel who have unsupervised access to children
in an educational setting. (4) CERTIFIED APPLICANT FOR EMPLOYMENT. A...
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16-6F-10
Section 16-6F-10 Reporting of enrollment, attendance, etc.; funding. (a) Enrollment.
Students enrolled in and attending public charter schools shall be included in all enrollment
and attendance counts of students of the local school system in which the students reside.
The public charter school shall report all such data to the local school systems of residence
in a timely manner. Each local school system shall report such enrollment, attendance, and
other counts of students to the department in the manner required by the department. (b) Operational
funding. (1) The following provisions govern operational funding: a. In their initial year,
and in subsequent years to accommodate growth as articulated in their application, funding
for public charter schools shall be provided from the Education Trust Fund in the Foundation
Program appropriation for current units. Subsequent year funding for public charter schools
shall be based on the Foundation Program allocation and other public school...
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16-13-234.1
Section 16-13-234.1 Funding salary increases mandated by Legislature. (a) Any local
board of education receiving a hold harmless allowance as provided for in Section 16-13-234,
may use part or all of the funds received by the local board from the Public School Fund for
capital outlay allowance to pay the costs of any salary increase mandated by the Legislature,
including the costs of fringe benefits, not covered by an adjustment to the hold harmless
allowance. (b) Prior to using its capital outlay allowance for salary increases mandated by
the Legislature, including the costs of fringe benefits, the local board of education, by
a majority vote, must adopt a resolution transferring the capital outlay allowance to the
general fund of the local board and earmark the funds for salary increases and associated
fringe benefits. The local board of education must also submit a copy of the resolution to
the State Superintendent of Education. (Acts 1997, No. 97-889, p. 249, ยงยง 1, 2.)...
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16-2-9
Section 16-2-9 Donation of surplus, non-expired food to charitable organizations for
redistribution to needy students. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
have the following meanings: (1) CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION. Any food bank or charitable organization
as defined in the federal Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. (2) DEPARTMENT. The
State Department of Education. (3) FOOD. Any raw, cooked, processed, or prepared edible substance,
ice, beverage, or ingredient used or intended for use in whole or in part for human consumption.
(4) SCHOOL. A public elementary school, middle school, or high school. (b) A local board of
education may allow any school under its jurisdiction to donate surplus, non-expired food
to a charitable organization through an official of the charitable organization who is directly
affiliated with the school, including a teacher, counselor, support staff, or any employee
of the school, or a parent of a student enrolled at the school. The...
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16-22A-7
Section 16-22A-7 Responsibilities of individuals to provide information. (a) An applicant
for certification, applicant for public employment, or public current employee under review
with the State Department of Education or local employing board, who has or will have unsupervised
access to a child or children in an educational setting, shall, upon request, submit the following
items to the State Department of Education: (1) Two functional acceptable fingerprint cards,
bearing the fingerprints of the individual, properly executed by a criminal justice agency
or other individual properly trained in fingerprinting techniques. (2) Written consent authorizing
the release of any criminal history background information to the State Department of Education.
(3) Acknowledgment that the applicant for certification, applicant for public employment,
or public current employee under review received notice that the State Superintendent of Education
will provide a suitability determination, based...
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