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16-35-1
Section 16-35-1 Composition; appointment, qualifications and terms of members. The State Board
of Education shall appoint a courses of study committee as set forth below for the purposes
and functions as hereinafter provided. The State Courses of Study Committee shall consist
of 28 members to be selected as follows: (1) One elementary teacher (grades K through six)
and one secondary teacher (grades seven through 12) from each of the seven congressional districts
who are teaching in the course of study areas to be revised during their terms of office;
(2) Four members from the state at-large actively engaged in a supervisory or administrative
capacity in the field of education and who are knowledgeable or who have had previous teaching
experience in the course of study areas to be revised during their term of office; (3) Three
members who are employees of state institutions of higher learning and who are specialists
in the course of study areas to be revised during their terms of...
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16-6C-3
Section 16-6C-3 Legislative School Performance Recognition Program. (a) The Legislative School
Performance Recognition Program is created within the State Department of Education to reward
public schools that either: (1) Demonstrate high performance by being ranked in the top 25
percent of public schools, as ranked in the school grading system created in Section 16-6C-2.
(2) Demonstrate exemplary progress by improving the overall annual ranking of the school by
at least one letter grade, as ranked in the school grading system created in Section 16-6C-2.
(b) All public schools that are ranked in the school grading system created in Section 16-6C-2
are eligible to participate in the program. (c) The State Superintendent of Education shall
prescribe guidelines for how the program shall be administered and implemented by not later
than December 31, 2013, but the program may not be implemented by the State Superintendent
of Education or the State Department of Education until both of the...
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16-1-38.1
Section 16-1-38.1 Professional development program for county and city superintendents of education.
(a) The School Superintendents of Alabama, a professional organization, shall establish and
administer a professional development program for all county and city superintendents of education.
(b) This program shall draw guidance from the National Staff Development Council definition
of professional development that is included in the proposal to amend ESEA Section 9101 (34)(C),
currently before the U.S. Congress and defined as "a comprehensive, sustained and intensive
approach to improving superintendents effectiveness in raising student achievement."
(c) Professional development fosters collective responsibility for improved student performance
and must be comprised of professional learning that: (1) Is aligned with rigorous standards,
as well as related local educational agency and school improvement goals. (2) Is conducted
among learning teams of educators, including teachers,...
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16-22-13.4
Section 16-22-13.4 Fiscal year 2006-2007 adjustments. (a) PAY INCREASES, FY 2006-07. The State
Budget Officer shall allocate to the State Board of Education, 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
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 for the designated fiscal years. (1) Certificated personnel
(K-12). For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2006, and each year thereafter, each certificated
employee at all city and county school systems and the teachers at the Department of Youth
Services School District shall receive a five percent salary...
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16-6B-10
Section 16-6B-10 Budget requirements for Foundation and Vocational/Technical Education Program.
(a) Foundation Program. It is the intent of the Legislature to see that funds allocated for
classroom instructional support actually reach the classroom. To that end, the State Department
of Education shall monitor the flow of funds appropriated for various instructional purposes.
Classroom instructional support shall be defined as those funds appropriated for instructional
supplies, library enhancement, textbooks, technology and professional development. The Legislature
believes that the classroom instructional support funds have a direct impact upon the ability
of classroom teachers to have the resources and assistance necessary to assist them in the
performance of their responsibilities. School budgets for instructional supplies shall be
developed within each school as is required by Section 16-1-30 relating to the adoption of
school board policies. It is the intent of the Legislature...
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16-1-8.1
Section 16-1-8.1 Classroom instructional support. (a) For purposes of this section, classroom
instructional support means all elements of classroom instructional support as provided in
the Foundation Program, with the exception of textbook funds, as specified in Sections 16-6B-10
and 16-13-231, including, but not limited to, library enhancement, student materials, professional
development, technology, common purchases, and other classroom instructional support approved
by the State Board of Education. All funds allocated in the Foundation Program for library
enhancement, student materials, technology, professional development, and common purchases
shall be spent only for the purpose for which they were allocated. Library media specialists
shall be consulted in budgeting all library enhancement funds. (b) The procedures for ordering,
and the regulations applying to, classroom instructional support shall be as follows: (1)
BUDGET COMMITTEE. Each school shall have a budget committee. The...
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16-22-13.2
Section 16-22-13.2 Fiscal year 2002-2003 adjustments. (a) Pay increases, FY 2002-2003. The
State Budget Officer shall allocate to the State Board of Education, 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 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, 2002, and each year thereafter, each certificated
employee at all city and county school systems and the teachers at the Department of Youth
Services School District shall receive a three percent salary increase. Each step and cell
on...
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16-5-4
Section 16-5-4 Organization; chairperson; meetings, quorum, agenda, etc.; expenses; executive
director and employees; retirement system. (a) The commission shall elect annually from its
own members a chairperson and such other officers as it deems desirable and shall adopt rules
for its organization in the conduct of its business. (b) The commission shall hold regular
meetings at such times as are specified in its rules. Special or additional meetings may be
held on call of the chairperson, or upon a call signed by at least six members, or upon call
of the Governor. The commission is encouraged to meet as often as seems desirable on the campuses
of institutions of higher education in the state. The commission shall meet at least once
every three months. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum
at all its meetings but the approval of a new unit or program of instruction, or a new public
institution of higher education, or the recommendation for a new unit of...
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16-13-231.1
Section 16-13-231.1 Local salary schedules; written retirement application; appropriations.
(a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, each county and city board of education shall
adopt a local salary schedule which is at least 100 percent of the State Minimum Salary Schedule
as established by Sections 16-6B-8 and 16-13-231. Each teacher employed by the board shall
receive at least 100 percent pay for the appropriate salary cell on the State Minimum Salary
Schedule for that teacher's level of experience and degree. (b) The provisions of subsection
(a) shall be phased in over a two year period as specified below. (1) For the fiscal year
beginning October 1, 1997, each local board of education shall adopt a salary schedule that
shall pay each teacher employed at least one half of the difference between the board's 1996-97
salary schedule and 100 percent of the appropriate cell of the State Minimum Salary Schedule
as determined by the Legislature. (2) For the fiscal year beginning...
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16-16B-1
Section 16-16B-1 Short title; electronic textbooks; wireless electronic devices; rule making
authority; implementation plan; Alabama Ahead Oversight Committee. (a) This chapter shall
be known and may be cited as the Alabama Ahead Act. (b)(1) Commencing with the 2016-2017 school
year, students may be provided textbooks in electronic format . Textbooks in electronic format
may be available to schools under the jurisdiction of those local boards of education which
choose to participate in Alabama Ahead, to the extent practicable and funding is obtainable,
to provide students with resources in the following three areas: a. Wireless broadband access
via high-quality WiFi infrastructure in schools, as a first priority pursuant to Section 16-6B-2.1.
b. Upgrades, expansions, and maintenance of existing WiFi infrastructure. c. Devices, digital
content, management systems, debt service, or support. (2) Digital textbooks or other instructional
materials provided in electronic format may also be...
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