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31-13-27
Section 31-13-27 Verification of citizenship and immigration status of students enrolling in
public schools; annual reports; disclosure of information. (a)(1) Every public elementary
and secondary school in this state, at the time of enrollment in kindergarten or any grade
in such school, shall determine whether the student enrolling in public school was born outside
the jurisdiction of the United States or is the child of an alien not lawfully present in
the United States and qualifies for assignment to an English as Second Language class or other
remedial program. (2) The public school, when making the determination required by subdivision
(1), shall rely upon presentation of the student's original birth certificate, or a certified
copy thereof. (3) If, upon review of the student's birth certificate, it is determined that
the student was born outside the jurisdiction of the United States or is the child of an alien
not lawfully present in the United States, or where such certificate...
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41-10-590
Section 41-10-590 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares the following: That
the State of Alabama places a high priority on the recruitment of industries to locate or
expand their operations in Alabama; that it is a vital economic development tool for the state
to be able to offer strategic incentives to such industries in the form of limited financial
commitments; that the Alabama Incentives Financing Authority has heretofore been created for
the purpose of funding such financial commitments made prior to July 20, 1995; and that by
the passage of Act 99-198 of the 1999 Regular Session it is the intention of the Legislature
to enable the authority to meet commitments made by the state to industries committing to
locate or expand in the state after such date and, further, to enable the authority to lease
or convey title to worker training facilities to the Alabama Public School and College Authority
and to the Alabama Industrial Development Training Institute. The...
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16-1-20.3
Section 16-1-20.3 Student-initiated voluntary prayer. (a) The legislative intent and purpose
for this section is to protect the freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment to
the United States Constitution and Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution of Alabama of
1901, to define for the citizens of Alabama the rights and privileges that are accorded them
on public school and other public property and at school-related events, and to provide guidance
to public school officials on the rights and requirements of law they must apply. Further,
the intent and purpose of the Legislature is to properly accommodate the free exercise of
religious rights of its student citizens in the public schools and at public school events
as mandated by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and the judicial interpretations
thereof as given by the United States Supreme Court. (b) On public school, other public, or
other property, non-sectarian, non-proselytizing student-initiated...
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45-2-100.2
Section 45-2-100.2 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION,
EFFECTIVE JUNE 5, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The Legislature finds
and declares the following: (1) The magnitude and patterns of the historical and projected
increases of population in Baldwin County, Alabama, continue to create significant needs for
the acquisition, construction, and capital improvement of the public school facilities of
the county board of education. (2) The costs of such public school facilities, including the
payment of indebtedness incurred therefor, require significant capital expenditures of the
county board of education in each fiscal year. (3) The local sources of funds of the county
board of education for public school facilities consist of the proceeds of ad valorem, and
privilege license and excise, taxes levied on a county-wide basis in Baldwin County. (4) Given
the county-wide tax base of the county board of education, the...
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16-25-19
Section 16-25-19 Administration. (a) The general administration and responsibility for the
proper operation of the retirement system and for making effective the provisions of this
chapter are hereby vested in a board of trustees which shall be known as the Board of Control
and shall be organized immediately after a majority of the trustees provided for in this section
shall have qualified and taken the oath of office. (b) The board shall consist of 15 trustees
as follows: (1) The State Superintendent of Education, ex officio. (2) The State Treasurer,
ex officio. (3) The state Director of Finance, ex officio. (4) Twelve elected members of the
retirement system. Those 12 members shall consist of representatives elected from each of
the following categories: two shall be retired members, one shall be a city or county superintendent,
one shall be a principal, one shall be a member from an institution of postsecondary education
that is part of the Alabama Community College System, two...
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16-28B-3
Section 16-28B-3 Definitions. The following terms have the following meanings: (1) BULLYING.
A continuous pattern of intentional behavior that takes place on or off of school property,
on a school bus, or at a school-sponsored function including, but not limited to, cyberbullying
or written, electronic, verbal, or physical acts that are reasonably perceived as being motivated
by any characteristic of a student, or by the association of a student with an individual
who has a particular characteristic, if the characteristic falls into one of the categories
of personal characteristics contained in the model policy adopted by the department or by
a local board, and implemented at each school. To constitute bullying, a pattern of behavior
may do any of the following: a. Place a student in reasonable fear of harm to his or her person
or damage to his or her property. b. Have the effect of substantially interfering with the
educational performance, opportunities, or benefits of a student. c....
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16-44A-30
Section 16-44A-30 Legislative findings. (a) Under Article 1 of this chapter, the Joint Legislative
Committee on Southern Leadership Goals authorized and consented to the formation of a non-profit
entity, subsequently organized as The Citizenship Trust and domiciled in Shelby County, Alabama,
for the purpose of, among other things, proposing to the Legislature a voluntary compact to
promote citizenship education programs. (b) The Legislature now finds that the voluntary partnership,
compact, or trust should be authorized and ratified whereby public and private entities which
desire to work together may do so to enhance and expand citizenship education for students.
The Legislature further finds that citizenship and character education of young people in
the principles of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and other great foundations of the American
Republic are essential to the civic, political, economic, security, and social well-being
of our society, and to the advancement and progress...
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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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29-6-7.1
Section 29-6-7.1 Legislative findings as to speech and debate; definitions; privileged and
confidential communication; waiver of privilege. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares
the following: (1) Section 56 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section
56 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, contains
a speech or debate clause virtually identical to Section 6 of Article I of the Constitution
of the United States, the federal speech and debate clause. (2) In the case of Gravel v. United
States, 408 U.S. 606, the Supreme Court of the United States held the speech and debate clause
in the Constitution of the United States makes the communications between members of the Congress
and their staff privileged and confidential. (3) The Supreme Court explained its reasoning
as follows: "[T]he day-to-day work of [legislative] aides is so critical to the Members'
performance that they must be treated as the latter's alter ego;...
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16-22-13
Section 16-22-13 Cost-of-living adjustment for certain public education employees; miscellaneous
pay provisions. (a) The state Budget Officer shall allocate to the State Board of Education,
the boards of trustees of the public universities, 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 High 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, 1998,
and each year thereafter, each cell on the State Minimum Salary Schedule contained in the
annual budget act for the public schools shall be...
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