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26-24-1
Section 26-24-1 Department established and renamed. (a) Commencing on August 1, 2015, the Department
of Children's Affairs shall be known as the Department of Early Childhood Education. The department
is a part of the Executive Department of state government, principally established to enable
the Governor to effectively and efficiently coordinate efforts and programs to serve children
throughout the state. (b) All references to the Department of Children's Affairs and to the
Commissioner of the Department of Children's Affairs in this code are changed to the Department
of Early Childhood Education and the Secretary of the Department of Early Childhood Education,
respectively. All other laws, rules, regulations, and legal references of any kind to the
Department of Children's Affairs or to the Commissioner of the Department of Children's Affairs
shall be changed to the Department of Early Childhood Education or the Secretary of the Department
of Early Childhood Education, respectively...
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26-24-30
Section 26-24-30 Alabama Children's Policy Council. (a) The Alabama Children's Policy Council
is hereby created and shall consist of the following members: Three appointees from business
and industry made by the Governor; the Lieutenant Governor; the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
two members of the Alabama Senate, one appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and one appointed
by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; two members of the House of Representatives appointed
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Alabama; the legal advisor to the Governor; the Attorney General; the President of the Juvenile
and Family Court Judges' Association; the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections; the
President of the District Attorneys' Association; the President of the Chief Juvenile Probation
Officers' Association; the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources; the Administrative
Director of Courts; the Secretary of the...
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16-1-16.1
Section 16-1-16.1 Alabama Council on Family and Children. (a) The Legislature finds that there
is at present a need in Alabama to coordinate, at the state and local level, the efforts of
existing providers of services supporting early childhood development and family involvement
in education. (b) There is hereby established the Alabama Council on Family and Children to
be composed of the Governor, who shall be chairperson; the State Superintendent of Education;
the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources; the State Health Officer; the Commissioner
of the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation; the Chairman of the Children's
Trust Fund; and the Director of the Department of Youth Services, or their designated representatives,
and one additional member from each congressional district to be appointed by the Governor.
Said council shall exist for the purpose of coordinating existing services, at the state and
local level, supporting early childhood development and...
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41-15B-2.2
Section 41-15B-2.2 Allocation of trust fund revenues. (a) For each fiscal year, beginning October
1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues and upon
appropriation by the Legislature, an amount of up to and including two hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($225,000), or equivalent percentage of the total fund, shall be designated
for the administration of the fund by the council and the Commissioner of Children's Affairs.
(b) For the each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First
Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues, the remainder of the Children First Trust Fund, in
the amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1, shall be allocated as follows: (1) Ten percent
of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Public Health for distribution to one
or more of the following: a. The Children's Health Insurance Program. b. Programs for tobacco
control among children with the purpose being to reduce the consumption...
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41-15B-2
Section 41-15B-2 Children First Trust Fund. (a) There is established a special fund in the
State Treasury to be known as the Children First Trust Fund. (b) The existence of the fund
is contingent upon the receipt by the state of tobacco revenues. (c) The fund shall consist
of tobacco revenues and any appropriations or revenues received from any other source. The
amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1 shall be deposited into the fund from tobacco revenues
with the remainder of the tobacco revenues being distributed as provided in Division 1, Article
17, Chapter 10 of this title. (d) The council shall keep detailed permanent records of all
expenditures and distributions from the fund and shall file a monthly written report of all
transactions, and any other information requested, with the permanent Joint Legislative Oversight
Committee of the Children First Trust Fund. (e) The council shall prepare an annual report
to the Governor and the Legislature detailing the expenditures and...
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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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26-24-34
Section 26-24-34 County children's policy councils - Duties. The duties of the county children's
policy council shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Reviewing the needs of
children in the county and the responsibilities assigned each department or agency by law;
determining areas of responsibility and identifying areas of duplication or conflict between
departments and agencies in the county; identifying local resources and developing, in conjunction
with the Department of Early Childhood Education, and up-dating annually, a local resource
guide to services available to children which shall include procedural information concerning
how to access those local services; articulating and communicating to the local community
the needs of children; and submitting an annual report to the Department of Early Childhood
Education by July 1 of each year on the local services provided to children, local needs of
children, and recommendations of the county children's policy council...
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26-24-23
Section 26-24-23 Duties of office. The Office of School Readiness shall do all of the following:
(1) Establish criteria and administer such programs and services as may be necessary for the
operation and management of a voluntary prekindergarten program. (2) Administer such programs
and services as may be necessary for the operation and management of preschool and certain
child development programs coordinating with the Department of Education for the inclusion
of preschool special education. (3) Ensure that the prekindergarten program provides a developmentally
appropriate preschool program emphasizing growth in language and literacy, math concepts,
science, arts, physical development, and personal and social competence. (4) Receive and disperse
any funds appropriated to the office from the Legislature for the establishment, operation,
and administration of the prekindergarten program. The budget of the office shall be part
of the Department of Early Childhood Education. (5) Assist...
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22-57-3
Section 22-57-3 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings: (1) AUTISM SERVICES. Any developmental services that include all of the
following: a. Are designed to meet developmental needs of an individual with ASD across the
lifespan, including transitions from early intervention to preschool, childhood to adolescence,
and adolescence to adulthood. b. Are selected in collaboration with the parents or guardians
of children with ASD or adults with ASD. c. Are delivered in inclusive environments, to the
extent practical. d. Are part of a coordinated system of care. (2) AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
(ASD). ASD is a developmental disability that causes substantial impairments in social interaction
and communication and the presence of unusual behaviors and interests. Many people with ASD
have unusual ways of learning, paying attention, and reacting to different sensations. The
thinking and learning abilities of people with ASD can vary from...
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26-24-3
Section 26-24-3 Duties of secretary. The duties of the secretary shall include, but not be
limited to, all of the following: (1) Advising the Governor and the Legislature in matters
relating to the coordination of services for children under the age of 19. (2) Serving as
a liaison between the Governor and state agencies providing programs or services for children.
(3) Educating and informing legislators and other elected officials about issues affecting
children. (4) Coordinating local effort by creating a network of existing local and community
groups and advocates dedicated to children to enable beneficial organizations throughout the
state to assist and educate each other. (5) Actively seeking and applying for federal and
private grants to fund children's programs. (6) Establishing a repository for information
on programs other than education programs offered by the Department of Education for K-12
in Alabama, which offer services for, or are for the benefit of, or in any way affect...
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