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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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16-6F-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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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-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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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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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove
barriers to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent
moves and deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children
of military families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty
in the transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in
entrance/age requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children
of military families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling,
sequencing, grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility
for enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic,
and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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34-21-2
Section 34-21-2 Board of Nursing generally. (a) There is created the Board of Nursing,
which shall be composed of 13 members to be appointed and have the duties and powers enumerated
in this section. The membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial,
gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. In order to insure continuity
of administration, the nine board members provided for by Section 3 of Act 427, Regular
Session 1975, shall continue to serve to the completion of the term for which they are serving.
The Governor, within 60 days of January 1, 1984, shall appoint a tenth member who shall be
a licensed practical nurse for a term of four years from a list of nominees furnished him
or her by the Alabama Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses, Incorporated, or its successor
organization. As the terms of all board members expire, their successors shall be appointed
for terms of four years each. Vacancies in unexpired terms shall be filled in...
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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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16-6D-6
Section 16-6D-6 Innovation plan. (a) The innovation plan of a local school system shall
include, at a minimum, all of the following: (1) The school year that the local school system
expects the school flexibility contract to begin. (2) The list of state laws, regulations,
and policies, including rules, regulations, and policies promulgated by the State Board of
Education and the State Department of Education, that the local school system is seeking to
waive in its school flexibility contract. (3) A list of schools included in the innovation
plan of the local school system. (b) A local school system is accountable to the state for
the performance of all schools in its system, including innovative schools, under state and
federal accountability requirements. (c) A local school system may not, pursuant to this chapter,
waive requirements imposed by federal law, requirements related to the health and safety of
students or employees, requirements imposed by ethics laws, requirements imposed...
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31-13-27
Section 31-13-27 Verification of citizenship and immigration status of students enrolling
in public schools; annual reports; disclosure of information. (a)(1) Every public elementary
and secondary school in this state, at the time of enrollment in kindergarten or any grade
in such school, shall determine whether the student enrolling in public school was born outside
the jurisdiction of the United States or is the child of an alien not lawfully present in
the United States and qualifies for assignment to an English as Second Language class or other
remedial program. (2) The public school, when making the determination required by subdivision
(1), shall rely upon presentation of the student's original birth certificate, or a certified
copy thereof. (3) If, upon review of the student's birth certificate, it is determined that
the student was born outside the jurisdiction of the United States or is the child of an alien
not lawfully present in the United States, or where such certificate...
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