16-46B-6
Section 16-46B-6 Duties of department. Before June 30, 2020, the department shall create all of the following: (1) A secondary computer science certification pathway for preservice teachers. (2) An endorsement in computer science for all teachers who hold a valid Professional Educator Certificate and demonstrate sufficient content knowledge in the course material as determined by the department. Upon passing the Praxis, this certification does not have a two-year time and service requirement to begin teaching. (3) A course-specific permit for teachers without a secondary computer science certification or endorsement, who hold a valid Professional Educator Certificate. The course-specific permit shall be issued upon the completion of a nationally recognized professional learning course that is linked to a recognized high quality middle school or high school computer science course or an approved preservice computer science pathway offered at an institution of higher education for a...
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21-1-24
Section 21-1-24 Textbooks and instructional materials other than prescribed by State Board of Education. The Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, upon the recommendation of the president, may select and adopt for use in the tax-supported public elementary and high school programs at the institute, textbooks and instructional materials, other than prescribed by the State Board of Education, which are suitable for the needs of deaf and blind students. Whenever textbooks and instructional materials are substituted for the state-approved or state-adopted books and materials, such books or materials shall be used by the teachers in the institute public school programs in teaching any course or courses for which a substitution has been made. Provided, however, such Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall provide free textbooks to all grades which would be provided under the terms of subsection (c) of Section 16-36-65. (Acts 1983, 4th Ex....
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16-1-24
Section 16-1-24 Reporting of property damage and physical assaults on students and school personnel; legislative intent; penalties. (a) For purposes of this section, the following words and phrases shall have the following respective meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) INCIDENT. Any act of physical violence, with or without a weapon, trespass, vandalism, or property damage which occurs. a. On school property; or b. During school activities, on or off school property; or c. At any other times when such incident can be reasonably related to school functions. Provided, however, that incidents involving only students from the same school wherein no dangerous weapon was involved and no bodily injury requiring medical attention occurs shall not be required to be reported as provided herein. All attacks or incidents involving teachers or other school personnel shall be promptly reported. (2) PRINCIPAL. The principal or top administrator of any public elementary,...
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16-6F-10
Section 16-6F-10 Reporting of enrollment, attendance, etc.; funding. (a) Enrollment. Students enrolled in and attending public charter schools shall be included in all enrollment and attendance counts of students of the local school system in which the students reside. The public charter school shall report all such data to the local school systems of residence in a timely manner. Each local school system shall report such enrollment, attendance, and other counts of students to the department in the manner required by the department. (b) Operational funding. (1) The following provisions govern operational funding: a. In their initial year, and in subsequent years to accommodate growth as articulated in their application, funding for public charter schools shall be provided from the Education Trust Fund in the Foundation Program appropriation for current units. Subsequent year funding for public charter schools shall be based on the Foundation Program allocation and other public school...
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16-22A-9
Section 16-22A-9 Collection and transfer of fingerprints, fees, and information. (a) Local employing boards and other public authorized employers required to obtain criminal history background information checks under this chapter shall collect and forward to the State Department of Education, two complete acceptable sets of fingerprints, written consent, and nonrefundable fee, when applicable, from applicants for certification, applicants for public employment, or public current employees under review, who have or seek to have unsupervised access to a child or children. (b) Nonpublic school employers shall voluntarily collect and forward two complete acceptable sets of fingerprints, written consent, and nonrefundable fee, when applicable, from applicants for nonpublic employment, nonpublic current employees, or nonpublic current employees under review, who have or seek to have unsupervised access to a child or children, to the Department of Public Safety to request a criminal history...
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16-1-24.1
Section 16-1-24.1 Safe school and drug-free school policy; treatment of policy violators; promulgation and distribution of discipline policy; liability limited for discipline actions; local boards may adopt more stringent guidelines. (a) The Legislature finds a compelling public interest in ensuring that schools are made safe and drug-free for all students and school employees. The Legislature finds the need for a comprehensive safe school and drug-free school policy to be adopted by the State Board of Education. This policy should establish minimum standards for classes of offenses and prescribe uniform minimum procedures and penalties for those who violate the policies. It is the intent of the Legislature that our schools remain safe and drug-free for all students and school employees. The State Board of Education shall adopt and all local boards of education shall uniformly enforce policies that protect all students and school employees. The State Board of Education shall require...
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16-1-24.3
Section 16-1-24.3 Local boards of education to implement policies requiring expulsion of students who possess firearms in school areas. (a) All city and county boards of education shall develop and implement local policies and procedures requiring the expulsion of students, for a period of one year, who are determined to have brought to school or have in their possession a firearm in a school building, on school grounds, on school buses, or at other school-sponsored functions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, city and county boards of education and the local superintendent of education of each board may modify the expulsion requirement for a student on a case-by-case basis. Students who are expelled for violation of this section shall not be allowed to attend regular school classes in any public school in the state during the expulsion period. Students who are expelled from schools for firearm possession may be permitted to attend alternative schools designed to provide education...
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16-1-33
Section 16-1-33 Written reduction-in-force policy. (a) When used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. All public city and county boards of education, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Alabama Youth Services Department District Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Youth Services Department District, the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, and the Board of Trustees of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science. (2) EMPLOYEES. Employees or personnel of the board, except those employees covered under the state's Merit System and except those employees at the Alabama Industries for the Blind. (3) LAYOFF. An unavoidable reduction in the work force beyond normal attrition due to decreased student enrollment or shortage of revenues. (b) Each board shall adopt a written reduction-in-force policy consistent with Section 16-1-30. The policy shall include, but shall not...
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16-26B-3
Section 16-26B-3 Funded; board of trustees; exemptions from required curriculum. (a) There is created the Alabama School of Fine Arts, which shall be a residential and commuter institution located in the City of Birmingham, Jefferson County. The school shall be funded by legislative appropriations and by grants, donations, and funds from other sources, including the public and private sector. (b) The school shall be governed by a board of trustees as provided in Section 16-26B-4. (c) The administration and faculty of the school may identify certain talented and gifted students whose career interests lie in the arts and with appropriate counseling may enter into a contract with the student, his or her parents, or his or her guardian to allow the student to be exempted from up to three Carnegie units of study from the state's required curriculum for high school graduation. Upon approval of the exemption by the school, notice of the exemption shall be filed with the State Department of...
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16-37-8
Section 16-37-8 City and county boards of education authorized to operate jointly vocational high schools. (a) In order to further develop the human and natural resources of this state and to correlate and make available information and training in local communities for instruction in such subjects as mechanics, home economics, industrial, livestock, poultry, horticulture, farming and dairying, and to provide exhibits of an educational and cultural nature, and to provide for lectures, extension courses from the state universities and colleges or other sources, the various city or counties or cities and county boards of education are hereby authorized to create vocational high schools. (b) Any city or county board of education, or any combinations of city or county boards of education are hereby authorized by agreement to jointly or severally contract for the erection, maintenance and operation of vocational high schools and to contract for the construction by each for such sums as said...
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