45-39A-12.09
Section 45-39A-12.09 Board of Education - Chair. The chair of the board shall have all of the
following duties: (1) To preside over all board meetings. (2) To set the meeting dates and
times of all board meetings consistent with state law. The chair shall endeavor to set meeting
times at 7:00 p.m. or at a similar time which will afford citizens the best opportunity to
attend. (3) To set the agenda of the board meetings in consultation with the city superintendent
of education. (4) To ensure proper and adequate notice to the public for public hearings on
the budget of the school system. (5) To maintain order at all board meetings. (6) To assist
the superintendent in seeking public input into the operations and support of the city school
system. (7) To vote on all matters which come before the board if he or she so desires. (8)
To ensure due process for the employees of the city school system according to duly adopted
written policies and applicable state laws. (9) To promote the city...
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16-1-11.1
Section 16-1-11.1 Autonomy of nonpublic schools - Legislative findings. The Legislature finds
and declares all of the following: (1) That a parent or guardian in Alabama has a constitutional
right to choose the type of K-12 education that is best for his or her child, whether public
or nonpublic, religious or nonreligious, and including home-based education. (2) That many
parents choose to home school or enroll their children in elementary and secondary nonpublic
schools, including private, church, parochial, or religious schools, that are not subject
to state regulation and do not receive state or federal funds. (3) That other than reporting
on the enrollment of students, these nonpublic K-12 schools have been primarily exempt from
state regulation and have only been required by state law to report the enrollment of students.
(4) That there is no national or state constitutional mandate that the government provide,
license, or regulate nonpublic education, including private, church,...
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16-40A-1
Section 16-40A-1 Legislative findings; purpose of chapter. (a) The Legislature finds that:
(1) Pregnancy and childbirth among unmarried adolescents, particularly young adolescents,
often results in severe adverse health, social, and economic consequences, including: a higher
percentage of pregnancy and childbirth complications; a higher incidence of low birth weight
babies; a higher frequency of developmental disabilities; higher infant mortality and morbidity;
a decreased likelihood of completing school; a greater likelihood that an adolescent marriage
will end in divorce; and higher risks of unemployment and welfare dependency. (2) Drug and
alcohol abuse diminish the strength and vitality of the young people of our nation and state;
an increasing number of substances, both legal and illegal, are being abused by increasing
numbers of school children, even at the grade school level; abuse of any substance causes
human behavior that influences many forces, including school, family,...
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16-41-4
Section 16-41-4 Administration of chapter by State Superintendent of Education; priorities
for implementation. (a) The State Superintendent of Education shall administer this chapter
pursuant to regulations adopted by the State Board of Education. In administering this chapter,
the superintendent shall seek and ask for advice and assistance from the medical association
of the State of Alabama and take into consideration the advice of the Department of Public
Health. (b) Priorities for the implementation of this program shall include the following:
(1) The implementation of in-service education programs for teachers, administrators and other
personnel. Special emphasis shall be placed on methods and materials necessary for the effective
teaching of drug abuse education. In-service teacher education materials which are based on
individual performance and designed for use with a minimum of supervision shall be developed
and made available to all county and city school systems; (2)...
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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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40-18-402
Section 40-18-402 Renewal of Alabama Commission. (a) There is hereby created the Renewal of
Alabama Commission. (b) The commission shall be comprised of all of the following persons:
(1) The Director of Finance, or his or her designee. (2) The Secretary of Commerce, or his
or her designee. (3) The Chair of the House Ways and Means Education Committee, or its successor
committee, if any, or his or her designee. (4) The Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation
Education Committee, or its successor committee, if any, or his or her designee. (5) Three
persons appointed by the Governor, at least one of whom shall be a resident of an area of
the state the source of whose primary power supply is the Tennessee Valley Authority or its
lawfully authorized distributor. (6) One person appointed by the Speaker of the House, who
shall be an employee, board member, or trustee of an Alabama public community college or four-year
institution of higher education. (7) One person appointed by the President...
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16-1-13
Section 16-1-13 Teaching pupils of disparate ability, background and achievement. Whenever
any city, county or other local school board determines it to be in the best interest of the
public school pupils of the local school system, it may prescribe and from time to time adjust
and adapt and further prescribe the manner, method and procedure to be employed in classrooms
for teaching pupils of disparate ability, background and achievement in the public schools
within its jurisdiction. Its authority in this respect shall include but shall not be limited
to prescribing the grouping and classification of students within the same grade level, based
upon considerations of native ability as indicated by intelligence tests; the general academic
achievement, and level of achievement in a particular subject area. Any such grouping of pupils
within a class or grade shall be prescribed by the local board of education only after consultation
with the superintendent of the school, teachers, students...
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16-28-3
Section 16-28-3 Ages of children required to attend school; exemption for church school students;
transfer students. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), every child between
the ages of six and 17 years shall be required to attend a public school, private school,
church school, or be instructed by a competent private tutor for the entire length of the
school term in every scholastic year except that, prior to attaining his or her 16th birthday
every child attending a church school as defined in Section 16-28-1 is exempt from the requirements
of this section, provided the child complies with enrollment and reporting procedures specified
in Section 16-28-7. Admission to public school shall be on an individual basis on the application
of the parents, legal custodian, or guardian of the child to the local board of education
at the beginning of each school year, under the rules as the board may prescribe; provided,
a person who is under 19 years of age and on track to...
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16-3-7
Section 16-3-7 Meetings. The State Board of Education shall hold a regular annual meeting on
the second Tuesday in July at the office of the Department of Education in Montgomery, at
which meeting one of its members shall be elected vice-president. Such other meetings may
be held as the needs of public education may require, on dates to be set by the board in official
session, by the president or by the State Superintendent of Education on written request of
a majority of the board members. The rules generally adopted by deliberative bodies for their
government shall be observed. (School Code 1927, §33; Code 1940, T. 52, §12; Acts 1969,
Ex. Sess., No. 16, p. 39, §4.)...
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12-15-505
Section 12-15-505 State Team established; membership; term; duties; hiring authority. (a) The
State Team is created and shall consist of a representative appointed by the head of the following
departments, agencies, or organizations: The Department of Education, the Department of Human
Resources, the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Public Health, the Department
of Youth Services, and the Alabama Chief Probation Officers Association. (b) The appointments
to the State Team shall be for a term of three years beginning October 1, 1993, and each three
years thereafter and until their successors are appointed, except that the initial appointments
of the representatives of the Department of Human Resources and the Department of Mental Health
shall be for three years; the initial appointments of the representatives of the Department
of Education and the Department of Youth Services shall be for two years; and the initial
appointments of representatives of the Department of...
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