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40-9-34
Section 40-9-34 Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology. (a) The following is hereby found
and declared by the Legislature of Alabama: (1) The lack of content in natural and bio-science
education offered to students in kindergarten through high school is a nationwide problem.
(2) Such lack in curricular offerings to students will be detrimental in the long-term to
the economy of the state and the welfare of the citizens during the scientific revolution
now engulfing the world. (3) The biotechnology institute can provide to education leaders
of the distance learning program of the state cutting edge biotechnology curriculum recommendations
and content for Alabama high schools, by providing information about cutting edge biotechnology
curriculum and content to students in kindergarten through high school pursuant to the distance
learning program of the state, the state course of study, and state textbooks. (4) By educating
Alabama high school students in the field of biotechnology, such...
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12-25-9
Section 12-25-9 Duties. The commission shall have the following responsibilities: (1) To review
state sentencing structure, including laws, policies, and practices, and recommend changes
to the criminal code, criminal rules of procedure, and other aspects of sentencing necessary
to accomplish the purposes and objectives of this article. (2) To review the overcrowding
problem in county jails, with particular emphasis on funding for the county jails and the
proper removal of state prisoners from county jails pursuant to state law and state and federal
court orders, and to make recommendations for resolution of these issues to the Governor,
Legislature, Attorney General, and Judicial System Study Commission before the 2002 Regular
Legislative Session. (3) To make recommendations to the Governor, Legislature, Attorney General,
and Judicial System Study Commission concerning the enactment of laws relating to criminal
offenses, sentencing, and correctional or probation matters. (4) To...
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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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41-15B-2
Section 41-15B-2 Children First Trust Fund. (a) There is established a special fund in the
State Treasury to be known as the Children First Trust Fund. (b) The existence of the fund
is contingent upon the receipt by the state of tobacco revenues. (c) The fund shall consist
of tobacco revenues and any appropriations or revenues received from any other source. The
amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1 shall be deposited into the fund from tobacco revenues
with the remainder of the tobacco revenues being distributed as provided in Division 1, Article
17, Chapter 10 of this title. (d) The council shall keep detailed permanent records of all
expenditures and distributions from the fund and shall file a monthly written report of all
transactions, and any other information requested, with the permanent Joint Legislative Oversight
Committee of the Children First Trust Fund. (e) The council shall prepare an annual report
to the Governor and the Legislature detailing the expenditures and...
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16-46B-3
Section 16-46B-3 Funding for teacher professional learning programs. (a) Subject to appropriation
from the Legislature, funds shall be appropriated to the department and the department shall
allocate those funds to eligible entities to develop and implement teacher professional learning
programs for the required computer science courses and content. (b) For the purposes of this
section, eligible entities shall include high quality computer science professional learning
providers, including institutions of higher education physically located in the state, nonprofits
dedicated to providing high quality computer science professional learning as determined by
the superintendent, and private entities. (c) For the purposes of this section, eligible entities
do not include a local education agency or a consortium of local education agencies. (d) Eligible
uses of funds appropriated for computer science professional learning are as follows: (1)
High quality professional learning for K-12...
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16-57-5
Section 16-57-5 Funding from Education Trust Fund. The Legislature finds that Tuskegee University
has a unique relationship to the State of Alabama. The Legislature further finds that due
to the unique nature of the circumstances related to the establishment and development of
Tuskegee Institute which differs from that of private schools and colleges receiving funds
from the state and from the state's public colleges and universities, the institution should
be afforded a unique treatment relative to funding from the Education Trust Fund. Tuskegee
Institute was established by an act of the Legislature in 1881 and separately incorporated
by an act of the Legislature in 1892; the Governor appoints five commissioners who serve as
voting members on the Tuskegee Board; and the State Superintendent of Education serves as
an ex officio voting commissioner on the Tuskegee Board. Tuskegee has received appropriations
from the Legislature since 1881. Being a private institution as well as a state...
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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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16-5-9
Section 16-5-9 Budget proposals; open hearings; unified budget report; recommendations. (a)
The governing boards of the public institutions of higher education shall submit to the commission
through their appropriate administrative officers, not later than 90 days prior to each legislative
session, its budget proposals for the operation and capital needs of the institution under
its governance or supervision. (b) The commission shall receive, evaluate and coordinate budget
requests for the public institutions of higher education of this state, shall hold open hearings
on the budget requests of the separate institutions and shall present to each institution
and to the Governor and the Legislature, a single unified budget report containing budget
recommendations for separate appropriations to each of the institutions. The consolidated
budget and analysis of the commission shall be accompanied by the original requests and their
justifications as submitted by each institution. The...
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16-54-3
Section 16-54-3 Purpose; mission. The University of Montevallo is established generally for
the purpose of giving therein instructions in the liberal arts and sciences and in technical
and professional subjects suitable for both men and women. To that end, departments or subjects
of instruction may be established from time to time by the trustees upon the recommendation
of the president in accord with the provisions of Section 16-5-6. The overriding mission of
the University of Montevallo, unique in Alabama higher education, is to provide to students
from throughout the state an affordable, geographically accessible, "small college"
public higher educational experience of high quality with a strong emphasis on undergraduate
liberal studies and with professional programs supported by a broad base of arts and sciences,
designed for their intellectual and personal growth in pursuit of meaningful employment and
responsible, informed citizenship. Growing out of that mission and inherent in...
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16-61C-2
Section 16-61C-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature of the State of Alabama hereby finds:
(1) That the Alabama Science in Motion Program (the ASIM Program) of six pilot networks, created
by Act No. 94-673, to augment the science curriculum of the public schools, have demonstrated
efficacy as a model in advancing the state's efforts towards the following goals and directives
of the "Alabama Education Improvement Act of 1991." (2) That by the year 2000, Alabama
students should be among the country's leaders in mathematics and science achievement and
that special attention be given to science in the Alabama Course of Study. (3) That the State
Board of Education provide "a plan for the cooperative development and execution of research,
demonstration, evaluation and dissemination of activities related to the effective use of
technologies in teaching and learning"; and that these activities be carried out in cooperation
with the existing Alabama Regional Inservice Centers and local school...
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