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16-6A-2
Section 16-6A-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the respective meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) A.C.H.E. The Alabama
Commission on Higher Education. (2) BOARD or BOARD OF EDUCATION. The State Board of Education.
(3) COMMISSION. The Governor's Educational Reform Commission created by this chapter. (4)
CRITICAL NEEDS AREAS. Those curriculum and teaching areas where there is an urgent need for
action. These areas include mathematics, science, computer education and other areas to be
identified from time to time by the State Board of Education. (5) IN-SERVICE EDUCATION. The
training of regularly certified education professionals who hold positions in the public schools
of the state. (6) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. County and city boards of education and the
school systems over which these boards of education have authority. (7) PLAN FOR EXCELLENCE.
A Plan for Excellence; Alabama's Public Schools, a report to the Alabama State Board of...
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16-6F-6
Section 16-6F-6 Authorization of establishment; Alabama Public Charter School Commission;
registration requirements; powers and duties of authorizers. (a) Eligible authorizing entities.
(1) A public charter school shall not be established in this state unless its establishment
is authorized by this section. No governmental entity or other entity, other than an
entity expressly granted chartering authority as set forth in this section, may assume
any authorizing function or duty in any form. The following entities shall be authorizers
of public charter schools: a. A local school board, for chartering of schools within the boundaries
of the school system under its jurisdiction, pursuant to state law. b. The Alabama Public
Charter School Commission, pursuant to this section. (2) A local school board that
registers as an authorizer may approve or deny an application to form a public charter school
within the boundaries of the local school system overseen by the local school board. (3) All...
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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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16-6G-7
Section 16-6G-7 Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading. (a) The State Superintendent
of Education shall establish the Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading. The committee shall
consist of three members appointed from each State Board of Education district. The Governor,
the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate shall each appoint one member from each district. The appointing authorities
shall coordinate their appointments so that diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas
is reflective of the makeup of this state. (b) Each member of the committee shall be a parent
or legal guardian of a state K-12 public school student, a practicing teacher, a retired teacher,
or employed in the field of education. (c) On or before June 30, 2020, the committee shall
revise the 2011 Alabama Action Plan for Literacy Birth Through Grade 12 in consultation with
the Campaign for Grade Level Reading group, which shall be...
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16-6A-16
Section 16-6A-16 Plan for in-service education centers; governing boards; requirements
of centers; school systems to affiliate with centers. (a) A comprehensive plan shall be established
by the Governor's Educational Reform Commission and implemented for the development and location
of in-service education centers for the purpose of providing rigorous in-service training
in critical needs areas for the state's public school personnel. These in-service centers
shall not replace the plan for in-service education which the State Department of Education
adopted by resolution on June 14, 1978. The in-service centers established pursuant to this
chapter shall be located in existing institutions of higher education located in strategic
areas of the state as recommended by the commission and approved by the Governor. Institutions
of higher education where such in-service centers may be located shall have resident faculty
members in education and the academic areas taught in the public schools....
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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-5
Section 16-6G-5 Reading and intervention programs; individual reading improvement plan;
summer reading camps; Alabama Summer Achievement Program; retention of students; reporting
requirements. (a) To ensure that public school students are able to read at or above grade
level by the end of third grade, each local education agency shall offer a comprehensive core
reading program to all students based on the science of reading which develops foundational
reading skills. In addition, no school district may use any curriculum for public K-3 students
that does not have instructional time included. (b) Based on the results of the reading assessment
in Section 16-6G-3, each K-3 student who exhibits a reading deficiency, or the characteristics
of dyslexia, shall be provided an appropriate reading intervention program to address his
or her specific deficiencies. Additionally, students shall be evaluated after every grading
period and, if a student is determined to have a reading deficiency, the...
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16-6G-3
Section 16-6G-3 Task force to make recommendations; membership; meetings; approved systems.
(a) The State Superintendent of Education shall convene a standing task force by December
1, 2019, to provide recommendations for comprehensive core reading and reading intervention
programs, a state continuum of teacher development for approved science of reading pursuant
to subsection (e) of Section 16-6G-6, and an annual list of vetted and approved assessments
that are valid and reliable reading screening, formative, and diagnostic assessment systems
for selection and use by local education agencies. The task force shall meet in regular session
at least twice a year. All appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments so that
diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas is reflective of the makeup of this state.
The membership of the task force shall include all of the following appointees, each of whom
shall have at least three years of experience with scientifically based...
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16-6G-6
Section 16-6G-6 Dyslexia therapist certification endoresement; accreditation of teacher
preparation programs; licensure and certification of teachers; professional learning. (a)
The State Superintendent of Education shall develop, and the State Board of Education shall
approve, a dyslexia therapist certification endorsement on or before December 31, 2019. (1)
K-12 and early childhood teachers who have completed an International Multisensory Structured
Language Education Council endorsed training course and have received a passing score on the
Academic Language Therapy Association's Certified Academic Language Therapy assessment, or
the International Dyslexia Association's Knowledge and Practice Examination of Effective Reading
Instruction, and who hold a valid Professional Educator Certificate shall be eligible for
a dyslexia therapist endorsement. (2) Teacher preparation programs at public colleges and
universities in the state shall offer dyslexia therapy teacher preparation courses...
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40-18-402
Section 40-18-402 Renewal of Alabama Commission. (a) There is hereby created the Renewal
of Alabama Commission. (b) The commission shall be comprised of all of the following persons:
(1) The Director of Finance, or his or her designee. (2) The Secretary of Commerce, or his
or her designee. (3) The Chair of the House Ways and Means Education Committee, or its successor
committee, if any, or his or her designee. (4) The Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation
Education Committee, or its successor committee, if any, or his or her designee. (5) Three
persons appointed by the Governor, at least one of whom shall be a resident of an area of
the state the source of whose primary power supply is the Tennessee Valley Authority or its
lawfully authorized distributor. (6) One person appointed by the Speaker of the House, who
shall be an employee, board member, or trustee of an Alabama public community college or four-year
institution of higher education. (7) One person appointed by the President...
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