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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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16-1-42
Section 16-1-42 High school fast track to college program. (a) The State Superintendent
of Education, the Chancellor of the Department of Postsecondary Education, and the Alabama
Commission on Higher Education shall develop a plan for a high school fast track to college
program that offers qualified individuals an opportunity to earn a high school diploma while
earning credits for a certificate program or an associate's degree. (b) To be eligible to
earn a high school diploma pursuant to this section, an individual shall be either:
(1) Eighteen years of age and not currently enrolled in school. (2) Between 16 and 18 years
of age with consent from an administrator of the high school in which the individual is currently
enrolled. (c) To complete the requirements for a high school diploma pursuant to this section,
the individual shall satisfy all graduation requirements as required by law. (d) The department,
in collaboration with the Department of Postsecondary Education and the Alabama...
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16-60-115
Section 16-60-115 Adult Education, State Approving Agency, and Private School Licensure
programs. (a) All powers, duties, responsibilities, and functions of, and all related records,
property, equipment of, and all rights, obligations of, and unexpended balances of appropriations
including federal and other funds or allocations for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2002, of the Adult Education program, the State Approving Agency program, and the Private
School Licensure program for postsecondary proprietary schools of the State Department of
Education shall be transferred by the State Board of Education to the Postsecondary Education
Department. Commencing on May 12, 2015, all authority vested in the Postsecondary Education
Department pursuant to this subsection shall be transferred from the Postsecondary Education
Department to the Alabama Community College System pursuant to Section 16-60-110.1.
(b) All funds appropriated to the State Department of Education for the fiscal year...
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16-1-35
Section 16-1-35 Governor's Academic Achievement Program. (a) The "Governor's Academic
Achievement Program" is created to encourage and reward academic improvement in the public
schools of this state. (b) Pursuant to the State Board of Education Academic Assistance Program,
the status of each public school is classified as one of the following: (1) Academic Clear.
(2) Academic Caution. (3) Academic Alert. (4) Academic Intervention. (c) Pursuant to the Governor's
Academic Achievement Program, any public school in the state that improves its academic achievement
status by one or more steps from the previous year shall receive a financial reward. (1) A
two thousand dollar ($2,000) reward shall be paid to any school that improves by one step
from Academic Intervention to Academic Alert, from Academic Alert to Academic Caution, or
from Academic Caution to Academic Clear. (2) A three thousand dollar ($3,000) reward shall
be paid to any school that improves by two steps from Academic...
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16-13-231
Section 16-13-231 Purposes and plan of apportionment. (a) In addition to all other appropriations
and apportionments of public school money now provided by law and made available for public
schools there shall be apportioned and paid to local boards of education from the Foundation
Program Fund, the amounts to be determined as hereinafter provided and in accordance with
regulations of the State Board of Education. This Foundation Program Fund shall be used principally:
(1) To aid in providing at least a 180 full instructional day minimum school term, or the
hourly equivalent thereof, except as otherwise provided in paragraph c. of subdivision (1)
of subsection (b); and, (2) To assist in the promotion of educational opportunity for all
children in the public schools. (b) The following requirements and procedures, supplemented
when necessary by regulations of the State Board of Education, shall govern the apportionment
of the fund: (1) REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FUND. In order for...
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16-13-234
Section 16-13-234 Allocation of funds. (a) In making apportionment of the Public School
Fund held by the state, to the local boards of education, the State Superintendent of Education
shall first set apart and distribute to the schools of each township the amount due from the
state thereto as interest on its sixteenth section fund, or other trust fund held by
the state. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to insure that no local board of education
receive less state funds per pupil than it received in fiscal year 1994-95. For this reason
the Foundation Program for each local board of education shall be supplemented, if necessary,
by a hold harmless allowance. The base amount of each local board's hold harmless allowance
calculation is the 1994-95 program cost as defined herein. The 1994-95 program cost of each
local board of education was determined by using the first forty scholastic days of average
daily membership from 1993-94. Beginning with the fiscal year 1995-96, the hold...
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16-60-195
Section 16-60-195 Advisory councils. The advisory councils for the state vocational
trade schools shall each consist of not less than four nor more than nine members appointed
by the Governor upon the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education. The Governor
shall designate one member as chairman. The members of the councils shall serve for terms
of one year and shall be eligible for reappointment. The membership of each advisory council
shall reflect, as nearly as possible, an equal representation of employer and employee groups
or organizations. The councils shall serve in an advisory capacity to the directors of the
state vocational trade schools and to the State Board of Education in promoting the interests
of the individual schools and the development of the regional trade school program. (Acts
1953, No. 889, p. 1197, ยง 1.)...
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16-13-232
Section 16-13-232 Determining number of teacher units and instructional support units;
grade level divisors. (a) In determining the number of teacher units for the purpose of apportioning
the state Foundation Program, one teacher unit or fraction thereof shall be allowed for the
specified number of pupils in average daily membership as provided for in subsection (b),
during the first 20 scholastic days following Labor Day of the preceding school year in the
public schools. In extreme circumstances involving natural occurrences, health-related occurrences,
or other extenuating circumstances as determined and approved by the State Superintendent
of Education, average daily membership for local boards of education may be calculated using
alternative days to the first 20 scholastic days following Labor Day. Such alternative calculation
shall be determined by the State Department of Education on a case by case basis. If a request
from a local board is made to the State Superintendent, the...
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16-22A-8
Section 16-22A-8 Fingerprint training courses. (a) The Department of Public Safety and
the State Department of Education shall cooperatively schedule sufficient training throughout
the state to train all local superintendents of education, or their duly appointed representatives,
in proper fingerprinting techniques. (b) The chief executive officers of nonpublic schools
shall arrange with the Department of Public Safety for sufficient training in proper fingerprinting
techniques of their superintendent, headmaster, or other duly appointed representatives. (c)
The Department of Public Safety shall notify the State Superintendent of Education regarding
the dates and times of scheduled training sessions. The State Superintendent of Education
shall then notify all local superintendents of education. (d) Nonpublic schools required or
desiring to participate in fingerprint training sessions shall contact the Department of Public
Safety for information concerning dates, times, and cost of...
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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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