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16-6F-2
Section 16-6F-2 Legislative intent. (a) Public charter schools may be established in
Alabama in accordance with this chapter. All public charter schools in the state established
under this chapter are public schools and are part of the public education system of the state.
(b) This chapter shall be interpreted to support the findings and purposes of this chapter
and to advance the continued commitment of the state to the mission and goals of public education.
(c) No private or nonpublic school may establish a public charter school pursuant to this
chapter. (Act 2015-3, ยง2.)...
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16-6F-6
Section 16-6F-6 Authorization of establishment; Alabama Public Charter School Commission;
registration requirements; powers and duties of authorizers. (a) Eligible authorizing entities.
(1) A public charter school shall not be established in this state unless its establishment
is authorized by this section. No governmental entity or other entity, other than an
entity expressly granted chartering authority as set forth in this section, may assume
any authorizing function or duty in any form. The following entities shall be authorizers
of public charter schools: a. A local school board, for chartering of schools within the boundaries
of the school system under its jurisdiction, pursuant to state law. b. The Alabama Public
Charter School Commission, pursuant to this section. (2) A local school board that
registers as an authorizer may approve or deny an application to form a public charter school
within the boundaries of the local school system overseen by the local school board. (3) All...
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16-6F-7
Section 16-6F-7 Applicant proposals; conversion to public charter school; terms of charters;
contracts. (a) Request for proposals. (1) To solicit, encourage, and guide the development
of quality public charter school applications, every local school board, in its role as public
charter school authorizer, shall issue and broadly publicize a request for proposals for public
charter school applications by July 17, 2015, and by November 1 in each subsequent year. The
content and dissemination of the request for proposals shall be consistent with the purposes
and requirements of this act. (2) Public charter school applicants may submit a proposal for
a particular public charter school to no more than one local school board at a time. (3) The
department shall annually establish and disseminate a statewide timeline for charter approval
or denial decisions, which shall apply to all authorizers in the state. (4) Each local school
board's request for proposals shall present the board's strategic...
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29-9-4
Section 29-9-4 Education Trust Fund Budget Stabilization Fund; Education Trust Fund
Advancement and Technology Fund. There is hereby created in the State Treasury an Education
Trust Fund Budget Stabilization Fund and an Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology
Fund. Any monetary interest which accrues in the Education Trust Fund Budget Stabilization
Fund shall be retained in the fund from year to year and shall be subject only to the provisions
of this chapter. On or before November 15 of each fiscal year, if the total revenues deposited
into the Education Trust Fund during the immediately preceding fiscal year exceed the fiscal
year appropriation cap for the immediately preceding fiscal year, the excess shall be transferred
to the Education Trust Fund Rainy Day Account until the account has been repaid in full. If
the account has been repaid in full, any excess remaining shall be transferred to the Education
Trust Fund Budget Stabilization Fund and the Education Trust Fund...
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16-6F-9
Section 16-6F-9 Legal status and powers of public charter schools; employees. (a) Legal
status of a public charter school. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
to the extent that any provision of this chapter is inconsistent with any other state or local
law, rule, or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall govern and be controlling.
(2) A public charter school shall be subject to all federal laws and authorities enumerated
herein or arranged by charter contract with the school's authorizer, where such contracting
is consistent with applicable laws, rules, and regulations. (3) Except as provided in this
chapter, a public charter school shall not be subject to the state's education statutes or
any state or local rule, regulation, policy, or procedure relating to non-charter public schools
within an applicable local school system regardless of whether such rule, regulation, policy,
or procedure is established by the local school board, the State Board of...
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16-6F-8
Section 16-6F-8 Performance framework; oversight; renewal; revocation; school closure
and dissolution; reporting. (a) Performance framework. (1) The performance provisions within
the charter contract shall be based on a performance framework that clearly sets forth the
academic and operational performance indicators, measures, and metrics that will guide the
authorizer's evaluations of each public charter school. The performance framework shall include
indicators, measures, and metrics for, at a minimum: a. Student academic proficiency, which
includes, but is not limited to, performance on state standardized assessments. b. Student
academic growth, which includes, but is not limited to, performance on state standardized
assessments. c. Achievement gaps in both proficiency and growth between major student subgroups.
d. Attendance. e. Recurrent enrollment from year to year. f. Postsecondary readiness for high
schools. g. Financial performance and sustainability. h. Board performance and...
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16-46B-5
Section 16-46B-5 Computer science education task force. (a) The Governor shall establish
a computer science education task force to develop a state strategic plan for expanding computer
science education in the public schools in Alabama. (b) The membership of the task force shall
include all of the following: (1) One member of the House of Representatives, as appointed
by the Speaker of the House, and one member of the Senate, as appointed by the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate. (2) A representative of the board, as appointed by the board. (3) The
state computer science specialist and two additional representatives of the department, as
appointed by the superintendent. (4) A representative of the Department of Early Childhood
Education, as appointed by the secretary. (5) A representative of the Alabama Community College
System, as appointed by the board of trustees of the system. (6) A representative of the Alabama
Workforce Council, as appointed by the council. (7) A...
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16-6F-4
Section 16-6F-4 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) APPLICANT. Any group with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status or
that has submitted an application for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status that develops and submits
an application for a public charter school to an authorizer. (2) APPLICATION. A proposal from
an applicant to an authorizer to enter into a charter contract whereby the proposed school
obtains public charter school status. (3) AT-RISK STUDENT. A student who has an economic or
academic disadvantage that requires special services and assistance to succeed in educational
programs. The term includes, but is not limited to, students who are members of economically
disadvantaged families, students who are identified as having special education needs, students
who are limited in English proficiency, students who are at risk of dropping out of high school,
and students who do not meet minimum standards of academic proficiency....
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22-22-9
Section 22-22-9 Powers and duties; enforcement of orders; permits; civil penalties for
violations. (a) It shall be the duty of the commission to control pollution in the waters
of the state, and it shall specifically have the following powers: (1) To study and investigate
all problems concerned with the improvement and conservation of the waters of the state; (2)
To conduct, independently and in cooperation with others, studies, investigation and research
and to prepare, or in cooperation with others prepare, a program or programs, any or all of
which shall pertain to the purity and conservation of the waters of the state or to the treatment
and disposal of pollutants or other wastes, which studies, investigations, research and program
or programs shall be intended to result in the reduction of pollution of the waters of the
state according to the conditions and particular circumstances existing in the various communities
throughout the state; and (3) To propose remedial measures...
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44-2-10
Section 44-2-10 Text of compact. The Interstate Compact for Juveniles is enacted into
law and entered into with all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially
as follows: THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES Article I. Purpose. The compacting states
to this interstate compact recognize that each state is responsible for the proper supervision
or return of juveniles, delinquents and status offenders who are on probation or parole and
who have absconded, escaped or run away from supervision and control and in so doing have
endangered their own safety and the safety of others. The compacting states also recognize
that each state is responsible for the safe return of juveniles who have run away from home
and in doing so have left their state of residence. The compacting states also recognize that
Congress, by enacting the Crime Control Act, 4 U.S.C. Section 112 (1965), has authorized
and encouraged compacts for cooperative efforts and mutual assistance in the...
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