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16-1-20.5
Section 16-1-20.5 Protection of student religious liberties. (a) This section
shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Student Religious Liberties Act of 2015."
(b) A public local board of education may not discriminate against students or parents on
the basis of a religious viewpoint or religious expression. A local board of education shall
treat a student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible
subject in the same manner the local board of education treats a student's voluntary expression
of a secular or other viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject and may not discriminate
against the student based on a religious viewpoint expressed by the student on an otherwise
permissible subject. (c) Students may express their beliefs about religion in homework, artwork,
and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content
of their submissions. Homework and classroom assignments shall be judged by...
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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-7
Section 16-22A-7 Responsibilities of individuals to provide information. (a) An applicant
for certification, applicant for public employment, or public current employee under review
with the State Department of Education or local employing board, who has or will have unsupervised
access to a child or children in an educational setting, shall, upon request, submit the following
items to the State Department of Education: (1) Two functional acceptable fingerprint cards,
bearing the fingerprints of the individual, properly executed by a criminal justice agency
or other individual properly trained in fingerprinting techniques. (2) Written consent authorizing
the release of any criminal history background information to the State Department of Education.
(3) Acknowledgment that the applicant for certification, applicant for public employment,
or public current employee under review received notice that the State Superintendent of Education
will provide a suitability determination, based...
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16-23-24
Section 16-23-24 Teacher Education Scholarship Loan Program established; use; subsequent
obligations; funding; rule-making authority; provisions for current scholarship recipients.
(a) Effective October 1, 1993, there is established a Teacher Education Scholarship Loan Program
(hereinafter referred to as "the program") to provide for the education of certified,
employed public school teachers to be trained in the use of integrating technology skills
in the curriculum. First priority shall be given to those certified public school teachers
in the fields of English, science, mathematics, and social science and history and those who
teach pupils in kindergarten to grade six, inclusive. Twenty-five percent of the funds available
through this program shall be targeted for minority teachers. When moneys are available for
scholarship loans for teachers above and beyond the first priority group, the State Board
of Education shall designate other critical needs areas for scholarship loans. (b)...
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16-63-5
Section 16-63-5 Duties of community schools advisory committees; membership. Every participating
local board of education shall establish one or more community schools advisory committees
which may become involved in matters affecting the educational process in accordance with
rules established by the local board of education and approved by the State Board of Education
and further shall consider ways of increasing community involvement in the public schools
and utilization of public school facilities. Community schools advisory committees may assist
local boards of education in the development and preparation of the plans and programs to
achieve such goals, may assist in the implementation of such plans and programs and may provide
such other assistance as may be requested by the local boards of education. Community schools
advisory committees shall work with local school officials and personnel, parent-teacher organizations,
and community groups and agencies in providing maximum...
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22-11A-38
Section 22-11A-38 Notification of third parties of disease; rules; who may be notified;
liability; confidentiality; disclosure of information for certain criminal proceedings; penalty.
(a) The State Committee of Public Health is hereby authorized to establish the rules by which
exceptions may be made to the confidentiality provisions of this article and establish rules
for notification of third parties of such disease when exposure is indicated or a threat to
the health and welfare of others. All notifications authorized by this section shall
be within the rules established pursuant to this subsection. (b) Physicians and hospital administrators
or their designee may notify pre-hospital transport agencies and emergency medical personnel
of a patient's contagious condition. In case of a death in which there was a known contagious
disease, the physician or hospital administrator or their designee may notify the funeral
home director. (c) The attending physician or the State Health Officer...
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34-22-4
Section 34-22-4 Limitation on application of chapter. (a) It is not the intent of this
chapter to prevent any school teacher, welfare worker, state, county, municipality, or other
public board, body, agency, institution, or official from determining in the course of their
official duties the probable need of visual services; provided, that the aforenamed person
or agency does not attempt to examine, diagnose, prescribe, or recommend any particular practitioner
and complies with the provisions of Section 38-1-2. (b) A license to practice optometry
shall not be required for the sale, preparation, or dispensing of eyeglasses or spectacles
in a retail optical dispensary or from a store, shop, or other permanently established place
of business with an optical department on prescription of a duly licensed physician skilled
in diseases of the eyes or a duly licensed optometrist authorized to practice under the laws
of this state. Contact lenses may be sold or dispensed in a retail optical...
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41-15B-2.2
Section 41-15B-2.2 Allocation of trust fund revenues. (a) For each fiscal year, beginning
October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues
and upon appropriation by the Legislature, an amount of up to and including two hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($225,000), or equivalent percentage of the total fund, shall be designated
for the administration of the fund by the council and the Commissioner of Children's Affairs.
(b) For the each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First
Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues, the remainder of the Children First Trust Fund, in
the amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1, shall be allocated as follows: (1)
Ten percent of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Public Health for distribution
to one or more of the following: a. The Children's Health Insurance Program. b. Programs for
tobacco control among children with the purpose being to reduce the consumption...
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45-38-242
Section 45-38-242 Disposition of funds from oil and gas severance task. (a) Of the proceeds
of the oil and gas severance tax provided by Sections 40-20-1 through 40-20-13, which are
distributed to the county General Fund of Lamar County, or to the general fund of any municipality
therein, 10 percent of such proceeds shall be transferred to the county education department
and shall be used as follows: Five percent shall be used for classroom supplies and equipment,
which shall be in addition to any classroom support provided by the state, and five percent
shall be used for the repair, renovation, or new construction of educational buildings or
facilities, or for the purchase of new school buses. (b) The five percent pledged for school
supplies shall be distributed by the Lamar County Board of Education to the principal of each
public school located within the county on a per student basis. (c) The principal of each
school shall control/distribute the moneys received by the school as...
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16-1-2.1
Section 16-1-2.1 New school construction to include approved safe space or hallway.
(a) Commencing on July 1, 2010, any new contract awarded for the construction of a new public
school, unless the school has an Alabama Building Commission approved safe space or hallway,
shall include an Alabama Building Commission approved safe space or hallway. (b) The State
Department of Education shall coordinate with the Alabama Building Commission and develop,
promulgate, and enforce any rules necessary for the implementation of this section.
(Act 2010-746, p. 1885, ยง1.)...
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