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16-6A-9
Section 16-6A-9 Development of plan for improving courses in critical needs areas. (a)
The State Board of Education shall develop and establish a comprehensive plan for improving
courses in science, mathematics, computer education and other critical needs areas. In developing
such plan, the superintendent shall consult with teacher organizations, school personnel,
legislative leaders, the Governor's office, representatives from private industry, public
and private higher education and from the fields of education, mathematics, science and computer
education. Such program shall be divided into three phases with the first phase being introduced
at the beginning of the 1985-1986 school year and another phase to begin each of the following
two years. The entire program should be operative at the end of three years. (b) The comprehensive
plan shall provide a framework for the preparation and approval of programs, provide direction
for program development and shall include the following...
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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-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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16-6B-11
Section 16-6B-11 Paperwork Reduction Committee. (a) The Legislature finds that the excessive
paperwork required of teachers and other public education employees hinders the prime responsibility
of public education: The education of the children of Alabama. The Legislature also finds
that excessive and time-consuming reporting requirements levied on school systems requires
automation in order to for timely reporting to occur. The Legislature further finds that the
excessive paperwork required of teachers has become so burdensome that teachers do not have
adequate time to prepare lesson plans or to devote individual attention to those students
who require special assistance. The Legislature further finds that, for teachers to have time
to teach, it is imperative that all unnecessary paperwork be eliminated from our public schools
and necessary paperwork be automated to the maximum practical extent. (b) The Paperwork Reduction
Committee is created. The membership of the committee shall...
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34-7B-26
Section 34-7B-26 Application and licensure requirements to operate school. (a) Before
being licensed by the board to operate a school, an applicant shall satisfy all of the requirements
of this section. (1) An applicant shall submit to the board all of the following: a.
A bond, in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to protect potential students in
the event of closure. b. Proof of sufficient liability insurance coverage. c. A current financial
statement prepared by a reputable source and, if required by the board, a letter of credit.
d. A list of equipment owned by the school. e. A sample of student contract agreements and
financial forms relating to tuition, grants, and scholarships. f. Furnish affidavits from
an adequate number of prospective students as approved by the board stating their intent to
enroll when the school opens. (2) The applicant, owner, proposed dean, or proper corporate
executive may be required to appear before the board. (3) The applicant shall...
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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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41-29-334
Section 41-29-334 Alignment of training and instruction; development of Alabama Industry
Recognized and Registered Apprenticeship model. (a) The Alabama Office of Apprenticeship,
in consultation with the Governor's Office of Education and Workforce Transformation, the
P-20W Council, the Alabama Workforce Council Committee on Credentialing and Career Pathways,
the State Department of Education, the Alabama Community College System, the Alabama Workforce
Council, the regional workforce councils, the State Workforce Development Board, and the local
workforce development boards, to the maximum extent practicable and permissible under state
and federal law, shall align the required technical instruction and on-the-job training required
for the completion of registered and industry-recognized apprenticeship programs in the state
offered to career and technical education concentrators, to the regional and statewide lists
of in-demand career pathways credentials, and to the two-prong career...
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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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22-57-20
Section 22-57-20 Establishment of regional autism centers; constituency board; rules
and regulations. (a)(1) There is established in determined geographic regions of the state
one or more autism centers whose purpose is to provide nonresidential resource and training
services for persons of all ages and of all levels of intellectual functioning who have any
of the following: a. Autism. b. A pervasive developmental disorder that is not otherwise specified.
c. As determined by the Alabama Interagency Autism Coordinating Council, other disability
populations which may receive benefit from the services and activities of the regional centers.
(2) Each center shall be operationally and fiscally independent, and provide evidence-based
services within its geographical region of the state. Service delivery shall be consistent
for all centers. Each center shall coordinate services within and between state and local
agencies and school districts but may not duplicate services provided by those...
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16-22-13.5
Section 16-22-13.5 Fiscal year 2007 - 2008 adjustments. (a) Pay increases, FY 2007-08.
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 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, 2007, 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 seven percent...
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