|
16-6C-1
Section 16-6C-1 Legislative findings. (a) Just as there is value in assigning grades that reflect
the performance of public school students in Alabama, the Legislature finds that there is
also value in assigning grades that reflect the performance of the public schools attended
by public school students in Alabama. The Legislature further finds that an easy to understand
school grading system would best serve the interests of the public as a whole, and specifically
the parents and guardians of public school students, by providing another transparent layer
of accountability for the public dollars allocated to elementary and secondary education in
the state. (b) The Legislature also finds that there is a need for a program to reward public
K-12 schools in Alabama that demonstrate high achievement. The Legislature further finds that
performance-based incentives and increased autonomy are commonplace in the private sector
and should be infused into the public sector as a reward for...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/16-6C-1.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
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)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/16-6G-4.htm - 10K - Match Info - Similar pages
2-26-52
Section 2-26-52 Cooperation of Department of Agriculture and Industries and Agricultural Extension
Service and Experiment Station of Auburn University. The Department of Agriculture and Industries,
the Agricultural Extension Service and the Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University
are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate and work with such associations of farmers
to accomplish the following purposes: (1) To implement an Alabama seed improvement program
encompassing activities of foundation seed production, seed certification and labeling and
quality control in the production of seed in order to make available for agriculture in this
state high quality seed; (2) To conduct educational programs stressing the benefits of the
use of seed of superior varieties and strains; and (3) To otherwise formulate and implement
such programs as will insure that quality seed is properly produced, processed, certified
and distributed in the state. (Acts 1945, No. 404, p. 643, §4;...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/2-26-52.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
22-6-191
Section 22-6-191 Legislative intent. The intent of this article is to allow the only PACE provider
in the State of Alabama to continue to provide services to nursing home eligible patients
as the PACE program provides treatment to patients for fewer federal and state taxpayer dollars
than other programs existing in the state. The Legislature declares that this article is broad-based
in nature as the assessment herein is imposed on all health care or services in the class
of providers and is uniformly imposed across all providers. The Legislature further declares
that the entire PACE industry in Alabama exists only in Class 2 municipalities. The Legislature
further recognizes that a Class 2 municipality bill is a general bill under the Alabama Constitution.
(Act 2014-126, p. 236, §2.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/22-6-191.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
23-1-50.1
Section 23-1-50.1 Road machinery and equipment management program; Equipment Management Surplus
Reserve Account. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to give the State Department of Transportation
authority to accumulate depreciation, equipment replacement allowances, and salvage value
on road machinery and equipment sufficient to upgrade, replace, or make extraordinary repairs
to the road machinery and equipment of the State Department of Transportation, as determined
by a road machinery and equipment management program to be developed by the department. (b)
Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and phrases will have
the following meanings: (1) STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DIVISIONS. Those divisions
of the Department of Transportation responsible for road construction and maintenance over
a specified geographic area of the state. (2) DEPRECIATION. That process of allocating the
original cost per fixed asset over the productive life of the asset...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/23-1-50.1.htm - 7K - Match Info - Similar pages
40-1-50
Section 40-1-50 Reporting requirements of state agencies administering economic tax incentives.
(a) For the purpose of this section, the term economic tax incentive shall mean any tax credits,
deductions, exemptions, abatements, preferential rates, or rebates given as an economic incentive.
For the purpose of this section, the term economic incentive shall mean an inducement provided
by the government, where the government promises to forgo tax revenues to which it is otherwise
entitled or to provide some other benefit to an individual or an entity and in exchange the
individual or entity promises to take specific action that contributes to economic development.
In order for the Legislature to get accurate and complete information regarding the costs
and benefits of economic tax incentives, each state agency that administers an economic tax
incentive shall annually report the information required herein to the Legislature. (b) The
head of each state agency that administers any economic...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/40-1-50.htm - 5K - Match Info - Similar pages
40-18-140
Section 40-18-140 Contribution designations. (a)(1) Each Alabama resident individual income
taxpayer desiring to contribute to any of the programs listed in subsection (b) may designate
an amount of his or her refund, rounded off in whole dollars, in an appropriate box on the
state income tax return form, to be credited to the program. (2) All future check-offs, duly
enacted by the Legislature subsequent to April 17, 2006, shall be accorded an appropriate
box on the state income tax return forms, subject to the terms and conditions prescribed herein,
without the requirement that they be added by amendment to this section. (b) Contributions
received for the following authorized charitable and nonpolitical income tax check-off recipients,
less costs of administration to the Department of Revenue not to exceed five percent, shall
be distributed and appropriated as provided herein: (1) Contributions to the Alabama Aging
Program shall be deposited with the State Treasurer into the Alabama...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/40-18-140.htm - 6K - Match Info - Similar pages
41-29-280
Section 41-29-280 Legislative findings. The Legislature makes the following findings: (1) The
Alabama Industrial Development and Training Institute, hereinafter AIDT, was established in
fiscal year 1970-1971 as a contract program reporting to the State Board of Education through
the Division of Vocational-Technical Education. In 1976, the State Board of Education adopted
a resolution approving the establishment of AIDT as a mobile training institute, appointed
a director, established staff positions and salary schedules, and mandated personnel procedures
for the staff identical to those with technical colleges. AIDT continued operating under the
Department of Postsecondary Education when the Legislature established the department and
position of Chancellor. AIDT has been continuously funded through an annual line item in the
Education Trust Fund budget. (2) AIDT provides quality workforce development for the new and
expanding businesses in the state and expands the opportunities of its...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/41-29-280.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
9-7-11
Section 9-7-11 Purpose of chapter; legislative findings. The purpose of this chapter is to
promote, improve and safeguard the lands and waters located in the coastal areas of this state
through a comprehensive and cooperative program designed to preserve, enhance and develop
such valuable resources for the present and future well-being and general welfare of the citizens
of this state. In promulgating such a program, the Legislature of Alabama recognizes and declares
that: (1) The coastal area is rich in a variety of natural, commercial, recreational, industrial
and aesthetic resources of immediate and potential value to the present and future well-being
of the state; (2) There are increasing and competing demands upon the lands and waters of
the coastal area occasioned by population growth and economic development, including requirements
for industry, commerce, residential development, recreation, extraction of mineral resources
and fossil fuels, transportation and navigation, waste...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/9-7-11.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
2-27-30
Section 2-27-30 Establishment and operation; policy committee and executive committee therefor.
The commissioner and state Department of Agriculture and Industries shall have authority to
provide for the establishment and operation of a laboratory to obtain reliable analysis of
raw and processed agricultural products, the materials used in production of agricultural
products for harmful pesticide residues for the protection of public health and interest,
to aid in developing and expanding markets for agricultural products, the protection and production
of fish and wildlife, and the use of recreational areas as related to pesticide residues.
In connection therewith, there shall be established a policy committee to be composed of the
following: (1) The Director, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, who shall be chairman
of the committee; (2) The Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Industries; (3)
The Director, Alabama Experiment Station System; (4) The State Health...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/2-27-30.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
|