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16-6C-2
Section 16-6C-2 School grading system. (a) In addition to any other labels or designations
assigned to public schools and public school districts pursuant to a federal, state, school,
district, or other assessment or accountability system, the State Superintendent of Education,
consistent with the provisions of this chapter, shall develop a school grading system reflective
of school and district performance. The grading system shall utilize the traditional A, B,
C, D, or F framework. (1) Schools receiving a grade of "A" are making excellent
progress. (2) Schools receiving a grade of "B" are making above average progress.
(3) Schools receiving a grade of "C" are making satisfactory progress. (4) Schools
receiving a grade of "D" are making less than satisfactory progress. (5) Schools
receiving a grade of "F" are failing to make adequate progress. (b) In developing
this school grading system, the State Superintendent of Education shall seek input from parents,
teachers, school...
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16-1-38
Section 16-1-38 Financial and education law training for newly elected superintendents of education.
(a)(1) Each person newly elected or appointed as a city or county superintendent of education
shall, prior to assuming office, attend and satisfactorily complete a training program on
school finances and education law. This requirement shall be applicable upon the development
and offering of the training program as provided in this section. (2) The State Superintendent
of Education, based upon reasonable cause, may allow a newly elected or appointed superintendent
to attend and satisfactorily complete the training program after assuming office. (3) Superintendents
serving on May 31, 2001, may attend such training program. (4) The Department of Education,
or its designee, shall provide the training program at no cost. (b)(1) The training program
shall be formulated by a committee comprised of the State Superintendent of Education and
each of the following: a. A representative of the...
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16-6B-3
Section 16-6B-3 Assistance programs. (a) Student strategy. The superintendent of the local
board of education along with the staff of each school shall develop an assistance program
at each school for at-risk students performing below the standards set by the State Board
of Education. The standards shall include the results of the required assessment program adopted
by the State Board of Education with emphasis on students who are found to be at one or more
grade levels below the prescribed norm. The local board of education shall budget at least
one hundred dollars ($100) per student so identified to be expended on tutorial assistance
programs including, but not limited to, after-school, Saturday school, or summer school, or
any combination of these programs. These funds may be budgeted from state or federal funds.
However, federal funds already budgeted for at-risk students may not be counted toward the
minimum one hundred dollars ($100) requirement set aside to be expended for...
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16-6G-3
Section 16-6G-3 Task force to make recommendations; membership; meetings; approved systems.
(a) The State Superintendent of Education shall convene a standing task force by December
1, 2019, to provide recommendations for comprehensive core reading and reading intervention
programs, a state continuum of teacher development for approved science of reading pursuant
to subsection (e) of Section 16-6G-6, and an annual list of vetted and approved assessments
that are valid and reliable reading screening, formative, and diagnostic assessment systems
for selection and use by local education agencies. The task force shall meet in regular session
at least twice a year. All appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments so that
diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas is reflective of the makeup of this state.
The membership of the task force shall include all of the following appointees, each of whom
shall have at least three years of experience with scientifically based...
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16-36-64
Section 16-36-64 Statewide textbook contracts. (a) No contract shall be made pursuant to this
article for the purchase of textbooks rejected by the State Board of Education. The only contracts
entered into by the State Board of Education pursuant to this article shall be for textbooks
considered by the State Textbook Committee and adopted by the State Board of Education as
provided for in this article. (b) In addition to all other laws which forbid the use of textbooks
in the public schools of the state by authors who are members of the Communist Party or members
of communist front organizations, all contracts with publishers for textbooks made pursuant
to this article shall stipulate that the author or authors of such book or books is not a
member of the Communist Party or known advocate of communism or Marxist socialism and is not
a member of a communist front organization. (c) The maximum price at which the State Board
of Education shall contract for local boards of education to pay...
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16-13-91
Section 16-13-91 Approval of issuance. Before issuing any warrants hereunder the county board
of education or the city board of education, as the case may be, shall cause an application
for approval of such issue to be filed with the State Superintendent of Education. Such application
shall be in such form and shall contain such information as the State Superintendent of Education
may prescribe, and he may require such further information as may be necessary relating to
the proposed warrants or other financial or educational matters under the control of such
board of education. He shall not approve the issue of any warrants which would jeopardize
the state's Foundation Program of education as prescribed by law and in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the State Board of Education. He shall not approve the issue of any
warrants hereunder when the principal or interest of any other warrants constituting a preferred
claim against the same tax is overdue and unpaid, except...
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16-22A-34
Section 16-22A-34 Satisfaction of contingencies; procedures. (a) The requirement to conduct
a criminal history background information check on public and nonpublic current employees
pursuant to this chapter is contingent upon the State Superintendent of Education determining
that sufficient funds have been appropriated by the Legislature or made available from another
source to fund such background checks and related procedures. The State Superintendent of
Education shall certify to each local employing board, each nonpublic school, the State Finance
Director, and the Code Commissioner when sufficient funds have been appropriated for use by
the State Department of Education for purposes of conducting background checks and related
procedures on public and nonpublic current employees. (b) Upon the satisfaction of contingencies
provided in subsection (a) and upon the State Superintendent of Education certifying in writing
to the State Board of Education and each authorized employer that...
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16-61C-3
Section 16-61C-3 Legislative intent - Program to augment science curriculum; administration
of program. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Alabama Science in Motion Program
shall augment the science curriculum of the public schools and be administered such that:
(1) The ASIM Program complement, enhance and facilitate the implementation of the Alabama
Course of Study: Science. (2) The State Superintendent of Education annually makes every effort
practical to expose the ASIM Program to the maximum number of students enrolled in science
coursework, regardless of the students' prior achievement levels in science or other academic
coursework. (3) Each of the core sciences covered under the ASIM Program be standardized among
the several networks, in terms of the scientific equipment that is utilized, the content of
instruction presented in the classroom and in the content and the extent of the staff development
training offered to science teachers. In the development of both the...
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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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16-6G-6
Section 16-6G-6 Dyslexia therapist certification endoresement; accreditation of teacher preparation
programs; licensure and certification of teachers; professional learning. (a) The State Superintendent
of Education shall develop, and the State Board of Education shall approve, a dyslexia therapist
certification endorsement on or before December 31, 2019. (1) K-12 and early childhood teachers
who have completed an International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council endorsed
training course and have received a passing score on the Academic Language Therapy Association's
Certified Academic Language Therapy assessment, or the International Dyslexia Association's
Knowledge and Practice Examination of Effective Reading Instruction, and who hold a valid
Professional Educator Certificate shall be eligible for a dyslexia therapist endorsement.
(2) Teacher preparation programs at public colleges and universities in the state shall offer
dyslexia therapy teacher preparation courses...
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