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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16-1-47
Section 16-1-47 Information on meningococcal meningitis disease and its vaccine to be provided to parents and guardians of students. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Jessica Elkins Act. (b) If a local board of education provides information on immunizations, infectious diseases, medications, or other school health issues to parents and guardians of students in grades six through 12, then all of the following information about meningococcal meningitis disease and its vaccine shall be included: (1) A description of causes, symptoms, and means of transmission. (2) A list of sources for additional information. (3) Related recommendations issued by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (c) The State Department of Education, in cooperation with the Department of Public Health, shall develop and make available the information about meningococcal meningitis disease and its vaccine to local school systems as required under subsection (b) in an efficient...
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16-17-1
Section 16-17-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall be given the following respective meanings: (1) ANCILLARY IMPROVEMENTS. Educational and related facilities of every kind including, but without limitation to, classrooms, scientific and other laboratories, libraries, auditoriums, gymnasiums, cafeterias, dining rooms, dormitories, student and faculty apartments, student union buildings, recreational and social facilities, student and faculty infirmaries and clinics and facilities for washing, laundering and cleaning clothing and fabrics of every kind, or any combination of any thereof, and shall also include equipment and furniture and fixtures used or useful in educational and related facilities of every kind. (2) APPLICANT.A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of any municipality in accordance with the provisions of Section 16-17-3. (3) AUTHORITY. Any public corporation organized pursuant to the...
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16-26D-5
Section 16-26D-5 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The board of trustees may perform the following functions: (1) Accept donations, bequests, or other forms of financial assistance for educational purposes from any public or private person or agency and comply with rules and regulations governing grants from the federal government or from any other person or agency, which are not in contravention of the constitution and laws. (2) Purchase or lease real estate and equipment and make improvements to facilities necessary for the use of the school, in accordance with applicable law. (3) Lease land or other property belonging to the board of trustees or to the school. (4) Sell or exchange land or other real property not needed for school purposes, but only when specifically authorized by law and then only in accordance with the procedures provided for the sale of unused...
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16-6G-4
Section 16-6G-4 Use of funds in support of Alabama Reading Initiative; literacy and reading specialists. (a) Funds appropriated by the Legislature in support of the Alabama Reading Initiative shall be allocated to support the following: (1) Local education agencies to support local reading specialists. (2) The Alabama Summer Achievement Program. (3) Regional literacy specialists. (4) Preservice and inservice teacher professional learning activities for elementary school teachers in reading. (5) Curricula to support student interventions. (6) State administration. (b) Funds dedicated to the Alabama Reading Initiative shall be expended on local and regional reading specialists, professional learning activities, and administrative activities that support all of the following activities for kindergarten through third grade students in public K-12 schools; continued funding shall be contingent on measurable performance growth, as determined by the task force established under subsection (a)...
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16-8-25
Section 16-8-25 Vacations and leaves of absence. The county board of education shall have the authority, under the rules and regulations promulgated from time to time by the State Board of Education, to provide for leaves of absence and vacations by the employees of the boards and for the payment from public funds to the employees of the boards for leaves of absence or vacations, or both. The boards may provide leaves of absence during the times the schools are not in session for the teachers and employees on full pay when the teacher or employee devotes the leave of absence to instructing in or attending schools for teacher training or in the manner approved by the State Board of Education as beneficial to the educational work of the county and may also provide for the payment of any full-time teachers for absences during the time schools are in session where the absence results from sickness or some other unavoidable cause which prevents the teacher from discharging his or her...
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17-4-33
Section 17-4-33 Computerized statewide voter registration list. (a) The State of Alabama shall provide, through the Secretary of State, a nondiscriminatory, single, uniform, official, centralized, interactive computerized statewide voter registration list defined, maintained, and administered by the Secretary of State, with advice from the Voter Registration Advisory Board and the President of the Alabama Probate Judges Association, which contains the name and registration information of every legally registered voter in the state. The computerized list shall comply with the following requirements: (1) It shall serve as the single system for storing and managing the official list of registered voters throughout the state. (2) It shall contain the name, address, and voting location, as well as other information deemed necessary by the Voter Registration Advisory Board or the Secretary of State, of every legally registered voter in the state. (3) A unique identifier shall be assigned to...
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22-8A-16
Section 22-8A-16 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 28, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) A task force is created to serve under the supervision of the Department of Public Health to establish the Order for PPEL Care form. The task force shall include all of the following representatives: (1) One representative of urban emergency medical services, appointed by the Governor. (2) One representative of rural emergency medical services, appointed by the Governor. (3) One pediatrician caring for medically complex children in an urban area, appointed by the Governor. (4) One pediatrician caring for medically complex children in a rural area, appointed by the Governor. (5) Two pediatric specialists from any of the following disciplines, appointed by the Governor: Oncology, cardiology, neurology, or pulmonology. (6) One pediatric ethicist, appointed by the Governor. (7) One nurse, appointed by the Alabama Board of...
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34-21A-2
Section 34-21A-2 Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them as used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning: (1) BOARD. The Alabama Onsite Wastewater Board. (2) CONVENTIONAL ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM. An onsite sewage system consisting of a septic tank, or an Alabama Department of Public Health approved pretreatment device, with effluent discharging into a subsurface effluent disposal medium, where all portions of the effluent disposal field sidewalls are installed below the elevation of undisturbed native soil, including a conventional onsite sewage system as defined by the Alabama Department of Public Health regulations. (3) ENGINEERED ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM. An onsite sewage system that varies from conventional onsite sewage system equipment, methods, processes, and installation procedures in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Alabama Department of Public Health. (4) GOOD STANDING WITH LOCAL HEALTH...
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36-29-1
Section 36-29-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BOARD. The State Employees' Insurance Board. (2) CLASS. An employee or retiree shall be included in one of the following classes: (i) active employee single, (ii) active employee family, (iii) non-Medicare retiree single, (iv) non-Medicare retiree family, (v) Medicare retiree single, (vi) Medicare retiree family, (vii) non-Medicare retiree with Medicare eligible dependent(s), or (viii) Medicare retiree with non-Medicare dependent(s). (3) EMPLOYEE. A person who works full time for the State of Alabama or for a county health department and who receives his or her full compensation on a monthly basis through means of a state warrant drawn upon the State Treasury or by check drawn by the Treasurer of the Alabama State Port Authority or by check drawn by the treasurer of the Alabama state agency for surplus property...
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