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16-61C-3
Section 16-61C-3 Legislative intent - Program to augment science curriculum; administration
of program. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Alabama Science in Motion Program
shall augment the science curriculum of the public schools and be administered such that:
(1) The ASIM Program complement, enhance and facilitate the implementation of the Alabama
Course of Study: Science. (2) The State Superintendent of Education annually makes every effort
practical to expose the ASIM Program to the maximum number of students enrolled in science
coursework, regardless of the students' prior achievement levels in science or other academic
coursework. (3) Each of the core sciences covered under the ASIM Program be standardized among
the several networks, in terms of the scientific equipment that is utilized, the content of
instruction presented in the classroom and in the content and the extent of the staff development
training offered to science teachers. In the development of both the...
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16-44A-35
Section 16-44A-35 Legislative findings; designation and dedication as Veterans Living
Legacy. (a) The Legislature of Alabama finds and declares all of the following: (1) That pursuant
to Section 16-44A-31, a statewide extended classroom for education in critical academic
areas of citizenship, civics, American history, and government is now operational as "the
American Village" under the auspices of the Citizenship Trust, a public education corporation.
(2) The nationally pioneering educational program serves students statewide and also school
groups from other states. The United States Congress has provided support of the American
Village as a national model and as an innovative civic education initiative that provides
students with a better understanding of the United States Constitution and the historical
and civic foundation of American self-government. (3) Recent studies indicate that many students
have only a superficial knowledge and lack deeper understanding of the foundations...
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16-36-70
Section 16-36-70 Adequate textbooks. (a) The Legislature finds that textbooks and other
instructional materials are among the basic tools of learning that must exist if Alabama students
are to succeed. (b) All students in the public schools shall be provided with adequate and
current textbooks and other necessary instructional supplies for use in their education. Textbooks
and other supporting materials shall be appropriate for their course work and shall be in
suitable condition. Where textbooks are issued pursuant to Section 16-36-69, every
student shall have his or her own copy of the issued textbook of the correct edition, which
he or she shall be permitted to take home each day for home study for the entire school year
or for the portion of the year when the book is issued. (c) It is the intent of the Legislature
that it is the student's responsibility, as well as the student's parent or guardian, to care
for the textbooks and instructional supplies provided by the state in a...
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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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41-15B-2.2
Section 41-15B-2.2 Allocation of trust fund revenues. (a) For each fiscal year, beginning
October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues
and upon appropriation by the Legislature, an amount of up to and including two hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($225,000), or equivalent percentage of the total fund, shall be designated
for the administration of the fund by the council and the Commissioner of Children's Affairs.
(b) For the each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First
Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues, the remainder of the Children First Trust Fund, in
the amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1, shall be allocated as follows: (1)
Ten percent of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Public Health for distribution
to one or more of the following: a. The Children's Health Insurance Program. b. Programs for
tobacco control among children with the purpose being to reduce the consumption...
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16-24C-3
Section 16-24C-3 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The chief administrative and executive
officer of an entity, institution, agency, or political subdivision of the state that is subject
to this chapter and includes, without limitation, superintendents of city or county boards
of education and presidents of two-year educational institutions operated under authority
and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education. The term includes persons serving
in such a capacity on an acting or interim basis under lawful appointment or by operation
of law. (2) CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE. All adult bus drivers, all full-time lunchroom or cafeteria
workers, janitors, custodians, maintenance personnel, secretaries and clerical assistants,
instructional aides or assistants, whether or not certificated, non-certificated supervisors,
and, except as hereinafter provided, all other persons who are not teachers as...
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16-16B-2.1
Section 16-16B-2.1 Wireless infrastructure and mobile digital computing devices; application
for funds; implementation plan. (a)(1) Contingent on funding, during the 2016-2017 school
year, local school systems may begin installing sufficient, high-quality standards-based broadband
WiFi infrastructure and, where possible, mobile digital devices to enable access to digital
instructional materials and, to the extent practicable, textbooks in electronic format. (2)
In order to accomplish subdivision (1), the following priorities are established: a. Wireless
infrastructure: The first priority for the expenditure of Alabama Ahead Act funds is the establishment
of a high-quality, standards-based wireless local area network (WLAN) infrastructure capable
of providing all teachers and students with sufficient WiFi broadband access in all classrooms
and common areas of schools, where feasible as described in WIRED. b. Standards: Local school
systems shall use applicable funds to install wireless...
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16-22-13.7
Section 16-22-13.7 Fiscal year 2016-2017 adjustments. (a) PAY INCREASES, FY 2016-2017.
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 and 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 Education Trust Fund budget act for the designated fiscal year. (1) CERTIFICATED
PERSONNEL EARNING LESS THAN $75,000 (K-12). For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2016,
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 earning less than...
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16-6B-2.1
Section 16-6B-2.1 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2016
REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE APRIL 11, 2016. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a)(1)
Contingent on funding, during the 2016-2017 school year, local school systems may begin installing
sufficient, high-quality standards-based broadband WiFi infrastructure and, where possible,
mobile digital devices to enable access to digital instructional materials and, to the extent
practicable, textbooks in electronic format. (2) In order to accomplish subdivision (1), the
following priorities are established: a. Wireless infrastructure: The first priority for the
expenditure of Alabama Ahead Act funds is the establishment of a high-quality, standards-based
wireless local area network (WLAN) infrastructure capable of providing all teachers and students
with sufficient WiFi broadband access in all classrooms and common areas of schools, where
feasible as described in WIRED. b. Standards: Local school systems...
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16-24C-6
Section 16-24C-6 Termination of employment - Grounds for termination; procedures; appeals.
(a) Tenured teachers and nonprobationary classified employees may be terminated at any time
because of a justifiable decrease in the number of positions or for incompetency, insubordination,
neglect of duty, immorality, failure to perform duties in a satisfactory manner, or other
good and just cause, subject to the rights and procedures hereinafter provided. However, a
vote or decision to approve a recommended termination on the part of a president of a two-year
educational institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary
Education or the governing board shall not be made for political or personal reasons. (b)
The termination of a tenured teacher or nonprobationary classified employee who is not an
employee of a two-year educational institution operated under the authority and control of
the Department of Postsecondary Education shall be initiated by the...
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