16-6D-5
Section 16-6D-5 Innovative school system requirements and procedures. (a) Pursuant to this
chapter, to be considered as an innovative school system, a local school system shall successfully
comply with the requirements and procedures set forth by the State Department of Education
regarding school flexibility contracts, which include, but are not limited to: (1) Submission
to the State Department of Education of a letter of intent to pursue a school flexibility
contract. (2) Submission to the State Department of Education of a resolution adopted by the
local board of education supporting the intent of the local school system to pursue a school
flexibility contract. (3) Submission to the State Department of Education of a document of
assurance stating that the local board of education shall provide consistency in leadership
and a commitment to state standards, assessments, and academic rigor. (4) Submission to the
State Board of Education of a resolution adopted by the local board of...
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16-6F-5
Section 16-6F-5 Enrollment; credits; student capacity; records. (a) Open enrollment. (1) A
public charter school shall be open to any student residing in the state. (2) A school system
shall not require any student enrolled in the school system to attend a start-up public charter
school. (3) A public charter school shall not limit admission based on ethnicity, national
origin, religion, gender, income level, disability, proficiency in the English language, or
academic or athletic ability. (4) A public charter school may limit admission to students
within a given age group or grade level and may be organized around a special emphasis, theme,
or concept as stated in the school's charter application, but fluency or competence in the
theme may not be used as a standard for enrollment. (5) A public charter school shall enroll
all students who wish to attend the school, unless the number of students exceeds the capacity
of the facility identified for the public charter school. (6) If...
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16-13A-2
Section 16-13A-2 Financial oversight by State Superintendent of Education; appointment and
duties of Chief Education Financial Officer; internal audits of schools and school systems.
(a) The State Superintendent of Education shall oversee the financial integrity of the various
local boards of education and shall appoint a Chief Education Financial Officer who shall
be an employee of the State Department of Education. The Chief Education Financial Officer
shall be a certified public accountant or have equivalent experience as determined by the
State Superintendent of Education, shall have experience in educational or governmental finance,
shall complete the instructional program provided in Section 16-13A-3 within the later of
six months of its introduction or six months of appointment, and shall have passed the mandated
competency test provided in Section 16-13A-3 within the later of six months of its adoption
or six months of appointment. The Chief Education Financial Officer shall...
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16-22A-6
Section 16-22A-6 Request from schools for criminal history background information check. (a)
The State Department of Education, or other public authorized employer responsible for hiring
employees who will have unsupervised access to children in an educational setting, shall request
through the State Department of Education, that the Department of Public Safety secure from
both the Alabama Bureau of Investigation and Federal Bureau of Investigation a criminal history
background information check on each applicant for certification, certified applicant for
public employment, noncertified applicant for public employment, and public current employee
under review. (b) Any nonpublic school in which an individual may have unsupervised access
to children in an educational setting, shall through its duly authorized representative under
guidelines established by the nonpublic school employer, request that the Department of Public
Safety secure a state criminal history background information...
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16-1-34
Section 16-1-34 Donation by two-year college president of surplus property to local public
school system. A two-year college president under the jurisdiction of the Department of Postsecondary
Education and the State Board of Education and the State Board of Medical Examiners may donate
surplus personal property of the institution to a local city board of education or to a local
county board of education for use by public high schools, public middle schools, and public
elementary schools in the respective local public school system. Accurate records of the transactions
shall be kept by the two-year institution and the State Board of Medical Examiners and the
recipient local public school system. (Act 2000-689, p. 1400, §1.)...
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16-13-143
Section 16-13-143 When budget official; approval of funds for teachers' salaries; changes in
budget; approval prerequisite to receipt of funds. (a) A budget shall become official and
shall be followed in the matter relating to the financial operation of the schools of any
school system when it has been prepared by the superintendent of education and approved by
the county or city board of education, as the case may be, in accordance with the conditions
prescribed above, and when a copy has been filed with and approved by the State Superintendent
of Education. (b) The State Superintendent of Education shall not approve the expenditure
of public funds for the salaries of teachers unless said teachers hold valid teaching certificates
and have been nominated in writing by the county or city superintendent of education and appointed
by the county or city board of education, as the case may be. (c) A county or city superintendent
of education with the approval of his board shall have...
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16-22A-7
Section 16-22A-7 Responsibilities of individuals to provide information. (a) An applicant for
certification, applicant for public employment, or public current employee under review with
the State Department of Education or local employing board, who has or will have unsupervised
access to a child or children in an educational setting, shall, upon request, submit the following
items to the State Department of Education: (1) Two functional acceptable fingerprint cards,
bearing the fingerprints of the individual, properly executed by a criminal justice agency
or other individual properly trained in fingerprinting techniques. (2) Written consent authorizing
the release of any criminal history background information to the State Department of Education.
(3) Acknowledgment that the applicant for certification, applicant for public employment,
or public current employee under review received notice that the State Superintendent of Education
will provide a suitability determination, based...
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16-27-3
Section 16-27-3 Safety inspections by state school bus inspectors; reporting and remedying
deficiencies; records and reports. (a) Safety inspections provided for in the rules hereinabove
mentioned shall be made by authorized, qualified State Department of Education employees and
shall be made at least once each year and more often when, in the judgment of the State Superintendent
of Education, such inspections should be made. The state Director of Public Safety shall advise
and consult with the State Department of Education relative to the type and manner of inspections
to be made and the scheduling thereof. When a safety check by a state school bus inspector
indicates that a bus does not meet the safety standards set up by the State Board of Education,
the inspector shall immediately report this fact to the local board of education using such
bus. The report shall define the deficiency and prescribe the immediate status of the bus
regarding its use; and any bus found by the inspector...
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16-27-4
Section 16-27-4 Licensing of drivers. Regulations made pursuant to an order of the board of
education requiring and providing for special training and licensing of drivers of vehicles
used to transport pupils to and from school shall require an applicant for a school bus driver's
license to be the holder of a currently valid regular driver's license and to complete a minimum
of 12 clock-hours of approved instruction in school bus driving and to pass satisfactorily
a written examination and also a driving performance test. The written examination shall be
designed by the State Superintendent of Education with the cooperation of the state Director
of Public Safety and may be given to the applicant either by an employee of the State Department
of Education or a state trooper or other representative of the State Department of Public
Safety as the State Superintendent of Education and the Director of Public Safety agree; but
the driving performance test shall be given by a state trooper or...
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16-28-7
Section 16-28-7 Report of enrollment. At the end of the fifth day from the opening of the public
school, the principal teacher of each public school, private school, and each private tutor,
but not church school, shall report on forms prescribed by the State Superintendent of Education
to the county superintendent of education, in the event the school is operated in territory
under the control and supervision of the county board of education, or to the city superintendent
of schools, in the event the school is operated in territory under the control and supervision
of a city board of education, the names and addresses of all children of mandatory school
attendance age who have enrolled in such schools; and thereafter, throughout the compulsory
attendance period, the principal teacher of each school and private tutor shall report at
least weekly the names and addresses of all children of mandatory school attendance age who
enroll in the school or who, having enrolled, were absent...
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