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16-6D-7
Section 16-6D-7 Equal opportunity for applicants. The State Board of Education and the State
Department of Education shall ensure equal opportunity for all school systems that apply for
programmatic flexibility or budgetary flexibility, or both, as delineated in this chapter,
and in no way shall one local school system be favored over another local school system based
upon its size, location, student population, or any other possible discriminatory measure.
(Act 2013-64, p. 112, ยง7.)...
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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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16-6D-8
Section 16-6D-8 Tax credits; Failing Schools Income Tax Credit Account. (a) To provide educational
flexibility and state accountability for students in failing schools: (1) For tax years beginning
on and after January 1, 2013, an Alabama income tax credit is made available to the parent
of a student enrolled in or assigned to attend a failing school to help offset the cost of
transferring the student to a nonfailing public school or nonpublic school of the parent's
choice. The income tax credit shall be an amount equal to 80 percent of the average annual
state cost of attendance for a public K-12 student during the applicable tax year or the actual
cost of attending a nonfailing public school or nonpublic school, whichever is less. The actual
cost of attending a nonfailing public school or nonpublic school shall be calculated by adding
together any tuition amounts or mandatory fees charged by the school to the student as a condition
of enrolling or of maintaining enrollment in the...
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16-6D-5
Section 16-6D-5 Innovative school system requirements and procedures. (a) Pursuant to this
chapter, to be considered as an innovative school system, a local school system shall successfully
comply with the requirements and procedures set forth by the State Department of Education
regarding school flexibility contracts, which include, but are not limited to: (1) Submission
to the State Department of Education of a letter of intent to pursue a school flexibility
contract. (2) Submission to the State Department of Education of a resolution adopted by the
local board of education supporting the intent of the local school system to pursue a school
flexibility contract. (3) Submission to the State Department of Education of a document of
assurance stating that the local board of education shall provide consistency in leadership
and a commitment to state standards, assessments, and academic rigor. (4) Submission to the
State Board of Education of a resolution adopted by the local board of...
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16-6D-3
Section 16-6D-3 Legislative findings and intent. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all
of the following: (1) To further the goals of public education throughout the state, each
school system should be able to have maximum possible flexibility to meet the needs of students
and the communities within its jurisdiction. (2) There is a critical need for innovative models
of public education that are tailored to the unique circumstances and needs of the students
in all schools and communities, and especially in schools and communities that are struggling
to improve academic outcomes and close the achievement gap. (3) To better serve students and
better use available resources, local boards of education, local school systems, and parents
need the ability to explore flexible alternatives in an effort to be more efficient and effective
in providing operational and programmatic services. (b) Therefore, it is the intent of the
Legislature to do all of the following: (1) Allow school systems...
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16-6D-4
Section 16-6D-4 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ACADEMIC YEAR. The 12-month period beginning on July 1 and ending
on the following June 30. (2) DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. The Alabama Department of Revenue. (3)
EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP. A grant made by a scholarship granting organization to an eligible
student to cover all or part of the tuition and mandatory fees for one academic year charged
by a qualifying school to the eligible student receiving the scholarship; provided, however,
that an educational scholarship shall not exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000) for an elementary
school student, eight thousand dollars ($8,000) for a middle school student, or ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) for a high school student per academic year. The term does not include a
lump sum, block grant, or similar payment by a scholarship granting organization to a qualifying
school that assigns the responsibility in whole or in part for...
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16-13-231
Section 16-13-231 Purposes and plan of apportionment. (a) In addition to all other appropriations
and apportionments of public school money now provided by law and made available for public
schools there shall be apportioned and paid to local boards of education from the Foundation
Program Fund, the amounts to be determined as hereinafter provided and in accordance with
regulations of the State Board of Education. This Foundation Program Fund shall be used principally:
(1) To aid in providing at least a 180 full instructional day minimum school term, or the
hourly equivalent thereof, except as otherwise provided in paragraph c. of subdivision (1)
of subsection (b); and, (2) To assist in the promotion of educational opportunity for all
children in the public schools. (b) The following requirements and procedures, supplemented
when necessary by regulations of the State Board of Education, shall govern the apportionment
of the fund: (1) REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FUND. In order for...
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16-1-40
Section 16-1-40 Education Trust Fund proration relief. (a) During fiscal year 2009 and any
fiscal year in which proration is declared by the Governor in an amount equal to or greater
than three percent, local boards of education, with the recommendation of the local superintendent,
may transfer Education Trust Fund line item appropriations including the Public School Fund,
except Public School Fund monies dedicated to a specific capital outlay project or debt service
and except for Alabama Public School and College Authority funds which are allocated for a
specific capital outlay project, between and among appropriated line item categories. No state
funds shall be transferred from funds appropriated for salaries, fringe benefits, or student
materials allocations. (b) Prior to any implementation of the flexibility provisions of this
section, the local board of education shall produce a plan indicating the source and amount
to be transferred from each line item and show that the transfer...
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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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