16-1-20.6
Section 16-1-20.6 Released time for student participation in religious instruction. (a) This
section shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Released Time Credit Act. (b) The Legislature
finds and declares all of the following: (1) That the United States Supreme Court, in its
decision in Zorach v. Clauson, 343 U.S. 306 (1952), upheld the constitutionality of released
time programs for religious instruction for public school students during the school day.
(2) That the United States Constitution and state law allows local school districts to offer
religious released time education for the benefit of public school students. (3) That the
purpose of this section is to incorporate a constitutionally acceptable method of allowing
school districts to offer released time classes and, in grades where credit is earned, to
award students elective credit for classes taken during the school day in released time programs.
(c) As used in this section, the term released time means a period of...
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16-3-40
Section 16-3-40 Public high school graduation examination available to nonpublic high school
students. (a) If the State Board of Education requires public high school students to take
a high school graduation examination prior to graduation, the board shall make the examination
available to nonpublic high school students in the state. (b) This section shall not be construed
as requiring nonpublic high schools to give the graduation examination. The examination shall
be made available to nonpublic high school students so that those students may use the results
of the examination to satisfy admission requirements of institutions of higher education.
(c) The board may establish and charge each nonpublic high school student taking the examination
a reasonable fee to cover costs of providing the examination. (d) The board may promulgate
necessary rules and regulations to implement this section. (Acts 1997, No. 97-932, p. 391,
§1.)...
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16-46-5
Section 16-46-5 License for operation of schools; fees; financial stability. (a) No private
postsecondary institution, except those enumerated in Section 16-46-3, shall operate within
this state unless the private postsecondary institution first secures a license from the Department
of Postsecondary Education, regardless of whether the private postsecondary institution enrolls
Alabama students or has a physical presence within the State of Alabama. Procedures for licensing
and bonding of private postsecondary institutions operating courses in separate locations
shall be established in the rules and regulations pursuant to Section 16-46-7. (b) For all
applicable private postsecondary schools or institutions that apply for a license and that
meet the criteria identified in this section, the Department of Postsecondary Education shall
issue a license to be publicly displayed on the premises where the private postsecondary institution
operates. (c) The application for a license for a...
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16-6G-5
Section 16-6G-5 Reading and intervention programs; individual reading improvement plan; summer
reading camps; Alabama Summer Achievement Program; retention of students; reporting requirements.
(a) To ensure that public school students are able to read at or above grade level by the
end of third grade, each local education agency shall offer a comprehensive core reading program
to all students based on the science of reading which develops foundational reading skills.
In addition, no school district may use any curriculum for public K-3 students that does not
have instructional time included. (b) Based on the results of the reading assessment in Section
16-6G-3, each K-3 student who exhibits a reading deficiency, or the characteristics of dyslexia,
shall be provided an appropriate reading intervention program to address his or her specific
deficiencies. Additionally, students shall be evaluated after every grading period and, if
a student is determined to have a reading deficiency, the...
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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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16-22-10
Section 16-22-10 Salary increases for certain public education employees; two-year colleges
salary schedule upgrade; miscellaneous pay provisions. (a) The State Budget Officer shall
allocate to the State Board of Education, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for
Deaf and Blind, the Board of Youth Services Department District, the Alabama School of Math
and Science, and the Alabama School of Fine Arts for disbursement to the employees thereof
funds based on the following criteria. It is the intent of the Legislature that this section
does not make appropriations. (1) KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 (K-12). A six and one-half
percent salary increase shall be given to each teacher employed in all public school programs
for the fiscal year 1993-94 over and above the salary received during the 1992-93 fiscal year.
A six and one-half percent salary increase shall be given to each public education support
worker employed for the fiscal year 1993-94 over and above the total salary...
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16-22-11
Section 16-22-11 Cost-of-living increase for certain public education employees; salary schedules
for two-year postsecondary institutions; miscellaneous pay provisions. (a) The State Budget
Officer shall allocate to the State Board of Education, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama
Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Board of Youth Services Department District, the Alabama
School of Fine Arts, and the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science, for disbursement to
the employees thereof funds based on the following criteria. It is not the intent of the Legislature
to make an appropriation in this section. (1) KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 (K-12). An eight
and one-half percent salary increase shall be given to each teacher employed in all public
school programs for the fiscal year 1994-95 over and above the salary received during the
1993-94 fiscal year. An eight and one-half percent salary increase shall be given to each
public education support worker employed for the fiscal year 1994-95...
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16-25-11.21
Section 16-25-11.21 Purchase of credit for prior service to certain institutions of higher
education. (a) Any active, vested, and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System
who has been employed in public education for a minimum of 10 years may claim and purchase
service credit in the system not to exceed five years for prior service between 1974 and 1989
rendered to an educational institution of higher education that receives direct appropriations
from the Education Trust Fund but does not participate in the Teachers' Retirement System.
The certification of prior service claimed under this section shall conform to applicable
administrative rules and procedures of the Teachers' Retirement System. Members shall receive
credit for the prior service when they remit to the system the contributions required by subsection
(b). No member shall receive credit for any service for which the member is already credited
within the system or any public retirement plan, with the exception...
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16-33-4
Section 16-33-4 Certain children may attend state institutions or trade schools without payment
of fees or tuition; provision of textbooks. (a) Any child in a family where the head of the
household is blind and the family income is not greater than 1.3 times the current poverty
income level, as determined by federal poverty guidelines based upon the number of family
members, may, without paying any instructional fees or tuition whatsoever, do either of the
following: (1) Attend any Alabama state institution of higher learning, college, or university
for a period of four standard academic years of nine months each, not to exceed 36 months
total. (2) Take a prescribed course in any Alabama state trade school or technical college,
for the length of the prescribed course of study of his or her choosing. (b) Training under
this section shall: (1) Be initiated within two years after high school graduation, but in
no case after the twenty-third birthday of the child. (2) Be completed within...
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16-64-6
Section 16-64-6 Annual audit of out-of-state tuition practices. The out-of-state tuition practices
of each institution, and particularly decisions regarding resident and nonresident status
and reporting thereof, shall be audited annually by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education
or by the Examiners of Public Accounts. (Acts 1996, No. 96-663, p. 1088, §6.)...
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