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16-28A-1
Section 16-28A-1 Legislative findings. It is the finding of the Alabama Legislature that the
people of Alabama have two basic expectations of their public schools: (1) that students be
allowed to learn in a safe classroom setting where order and discipline are maintained; and
(2) that students learn at the level of their capabilities and achieve accordingly. The Legislature
finds further that every child in Alabama is entitled to have access to a program of instruction
which gives him or her the right to learn in a non-disruptive environment. No student has
a right to be unruly in his or her classroom to the extent that such disruption denies fellow
students of their right to learn. The teacher in each classroom is expected to maintain order
and discipline. Teachers are hereby given the authority and responsibility to use appropriate
means of discipline up to and including corporal punishment as may be prescribed by the local
board of education. So long as teachers follow approved...
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16-40-8
Section 16-40-8 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (a) Effective upon the effective dates of this
section, all students enrolled in health classes in the tenth grade in the public schools
of Alabama shall receive instruction in the techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hereinafter
referred to as "CPR." (b) The State Department of Education shall administer the
CPR instruction program and be responsible for the training of personnel, and shall provide
proper CPR training for teacher personnel from September 1, 1983, to be completed by September
1, 1984. (1) CPR training programs for instructors shall continue after this period of time
to provide for refresher courses and updating of new techniques and information. Specific
personnel within local school districts are required to receive training and be certified
prior to providing classroom instruction. (2) In those school systems which have trained and
certified personnel available, classroom instruction shall begin as of September...
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16-8-17
Section 16-8-17 Consolidation of schools - County and city systems. (a) Whenever a county board
of education and the city board or boards of education in the county shall deem it advisable
to consolidate the administration of their respective systems under the county board of education
and shall reach an agreement to that effect through resolutions adopted by and recorded in
the minutes of each board, which agreement shall provide for the payment of their respective
indebtedness, said consolidation shall be made to become effective at the time designated
in the resolutions providing for such consolidation; provided, that, if within 30 days after
the adoption of said resolutions 25 percent of the qualified electors of the territory covered
by either of the school systems concerned shall submit a protest in writing, the consolidation
procedure shall be as follows: (1) REQUEST FOR REFERENDUM. The boards concerned shall adopt
resolutions asking for a referendum on the proposed...
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16-22-11
Section 16-22-11 Cost-of-living increase for certain public education employees; salary schedules
for two-year postsecondary institutions; miscellaneous pay provisions. (a) The State Budget
Officer shall allocate to the State Board of Education, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama
Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Board of Youth Services Department District, the Alabama
School of Fine Arts, and the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science, for disbursement to
the employees thereof funds based on the following criteria. It is not the intent of the Legislature
to make an appropriation in this section. (1) KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 (K-12). An eight
and one-half percent salary increase shall be given to each teacher employed in all public
school programs for the fiscal year 1994-95 over and above the salary received during the
1993-94 fiscal year. An eight and one-half percent salary increase shall be given to each
public education support worker employed for the fiscal year 1994-95...
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16-39-5
Section 16-39-5 Responsibilities of State Board of Education. The State Board of Education
shall adopt regulations covering: (1) The qualifications of specialists for each type of exceptionality
and standards for certification of exceptional children; (2) Minimum standards of instruction
and special services to be provided for each type of exceptionality at each age or grade level;
(3) Reasonable qualifications for teachers, instructors, therapists and other personnel needed
to work with exceptional children; (4) Guidelines for suitable five-year incremental plans
for implementation of the program set forth in this chapter for various types of typical situations
likely to be encountered by school boards in the State of Alabama; and (5) Such other rules
and regulations as may be necessary or appropriate for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
Said regulations may be amended from time to time, said amended regulations to be effective
90 days after written notice of said amendments...
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16-6B-4
Section 16-6B-4 Financial accountability. Following the analysis of the financial integrity
of each local board of education as provided in subsection (a) or (b) of Section 16-13A-2,
if a local board of education is determined to have submitted fiscally unsound financial reports,
the State Department of Education shall provide assistance and advice. If during the assistance
the State Superintendent of Education determines that the local board of education is in an
unsound fiscal position, a person or persons shall be appointed by the State Superintendent
of Education to advise the day-to-day financial operations of the local board of education.
If after a reasonable period of time the State Superintendent of Education determines that
the local board of education is still in an unsound fiscal condition, a request shall be made
to the State Board of Education for the direct control of the fiscal operation of the local
board of education. If the request is granted, the State...
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16-6G-3
Section 16-6G-3 Task force to make recommendations; membership; meetings; approved systems.
(a) The State Superintendent of Education shall convene a standing task force by December
1, 2019, to provide recommendations for comprehensive core reading and reading intervention
programs, a state continuum of teacher development for approved science of reading pursuant
to subsection (e) of Section 16-6G-6, and an annual list of vetted and approved assessments
that are valid and reliable reading screening, formative, and diagnostic assessment systems
for selection and use by local education agencies. The task force shall meet in regular session
at least twice a year. All appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments so that
diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas is reflective of the makeup of this state.
The membership of the task force shall include all of the following appointees, each of whom
shall have at least three years of experience with scientifically based...
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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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16-8-18
Section 16-8-18 Joint maintenance of schools - Between counties; attendance by pupils near
county lines. The county boards of education of two or more counties shall have power to provide
jointly for the maintenance of schools in or near the dividing line of such counties on the
basis of the enrollment in such school from the counties represented. Each pupil who lives
within five miles of a county boundary line shall attend the school nearest to his residence.
The administration and supervision of such school shall be placed under one of the county
boards of education of said counties by agreement between the county boards of education,
and if no agreement as to administration and supervision is made, it shall be under the board
of education of the county in which the schoolhouse is located. (School Code 1927, §101;
Code 1940, T. 52, §77; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 199, p. 2178.)...
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45-39-101.03
Section 45-39-101.03 Powers and duties; qualifications. The county superintendent of education
shall be charged with the same duties and shall exercise the same powers as are now or as
may hereafter be provided by the general school laws of the state in the conduct of the office
of county superintendent of education and no person shall be eligible for political party
nomination or for election to the office of County Superintendent of Education of Lauderdale
County who does not hold an Alabama Class A. Certificate in administration and supervision
based as a minimum upon graduation from a standard teachers college and one year of additional
study looking to a Masters Degree in administration and supervision of public education and
must give proof of three years of successful experience as a teacher, principal, superintendent,
or supervisor in the state in the last five years preceding the election and shall have and
possess such other qualifications as may be provided by the general...
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