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16-23-16.1
Section 16-23-16.1 Creation of Professional Teachers Standards Commission; designation or development
of entry-level pre-certification examination for teacher candidates. (a) The Legislature finds
that Alabama is alone among the southern states in not testing teacher candidates before allowing
them in the classroom, and acknowledges that the need exists to establish, maintain, and enforce
minimum professional standards for teacher candidates in the State of Alabama. In response
to such need, there is hereby created a Professional Teachers Standards Commission (the commission)
for the State of Alabama. The commission shall consist of 11 members appointed by the Governor
in the following manner: The Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers Association, Alabama
School Board Association, Alabama Council for School Administration and Supervision, Alabama
Education Association, and the Alabama Association of Colleges for Teacher Education shall
each designate a representative that together...
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16-60-110
Section 16-60-110 Definitions. (a) The Legislature finds and determines all of the following:
(1) That it is necessary to the welfare of the state that it provide workforce development
initiatives that are responsive to industry needs from highly specialized training programs
that help prepare entry level employees to meet growing demands. (2) That the needs of the
citizens, businesses, and industries of the state are best served by a unified system of institutions
and programs delivering excellence in academic education, adult education, and workforce development.
(3) That a unified system is best supported and supervised by a board of trustees devoted
solely to providing the best possible facilities, teaching, and instruction through the Alabama
Community College System. (4) That high quality, affordable, local educational opportunities
for students to obtain associate's degrees and to prepare for continuing their education at
four-year institutions have been a hallmark of Alabama's...
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34-8B-4
Section 34-8B-4 Alabama Board of Court Reporting - Creation; composition; meetings; compensation.
(a) There is created the Alabama Board of Court Reporting. The board shall be operative within
60 days of June 1, 2006. ACRA shall provide administrative support to the board until such
time as the board employs sufficient employees to implement and administer this chapter. (b)
The board shall consist of seven members as follows: (1) Four court reporters certified by
ABCR, NCRA, NVRA, or by the board, two of whom shall be employed in official capacities and
two of whom shall be employed in a freelance setting. (2) Two members in good standing with
the Alabama State Bar Association. (3) One additional member. (c) Appointments to the board
shall be made as follows: (1) The Governor shall appoint one official court reporter, one
freelance court reporter, and one member of the Alabama State Bar Association. ACRA, NCRA,
NVRA, and the Alabama State Bar Association shall respectively submit a...
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29-2-105
Section 29-2-105 Coordination council - Composition; meetings; duties. (a) The committee shall
convene a council composed of the chair of the committee or his or her designee and the commissioner
or the commissioner's designee of each department of state government that administers services
to children, youth, and their families, including, but not limited to, the Department of Education,
the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Public
Health, the Medicaid Agency, the Department of Youth Services, the Department of Rehabilitation
Services, one member from the Alabama Association of County Directors of Human Resources appointed
by that organization, one member from the Alabama Residential Child Care Association appointed
by that organization, two members from the Alabama Foster Parent Association appointed by
that organization, one member from the Juvenile Court Judges Association appointed by that
organization, one guardian ad litem...
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32-5A-191.2
Section 32-5A-191.2 Administration and disposition of funds in Alabama Head and Spinal Cord
Injury Trust Fund. (a) Beginning October 1, 1994, moneys in the Alabama Head and Spinal Cord
Injury Trust Fund shall be distributed to the Division of Rehabilitation Services in the State
Department of Education for the following purposes: (1) As a payer of last resort for the
costs of care provided in this state for citizens of this state who have survived neuro-trauma
with head or spinal cord injuries. Expenditures for spinal cord injury and head injury care
shall be made by the Division of Rehabilitation Services according to criteria established
by the Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board. Expenditures may include
but need not be limited to, post acute medical care, rehabilitation therapies, medication,
attendant care, home accessibility modification, and equipment necessary for activities of
daily living. (2) Public information, prevention education, and research...
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36-14-11
Section 36-14-11 Acts and resolutions of Legislature - Distribution to departments, officers,
courts, etc.; electronic storage and distribution. (a) The Secretary of State shall retain
for the use of the executive offices and the two houses of the Legislature the number of copies
of all volumes of the acts and resolutions of each session necessary to provide for distribution
pursuant to law. The Secretary of State shall transmit to the Department of State of the United
States two copies of each volume, and distribute to the Governor, Treasurer, Auditor, Superintendent
of Education, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, State Health Officer, Adjutant General,
the Department of Corrections, President and each Associate Commissioner of the Public Service
Commission, Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, Department of Revenue, Clerk
of the Supreme Court, Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives two
copies of each volume, to the Attorney General...
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16-24C-6
Section 16-24C-6 Termination of employment - Grounds for termination; procedures; appeals.
(a) Tenured teachers and nonprobationary classified employees may be terminated at any time
because of a justifiable decrease in the number of positions or for incompetency, insubordination,
neglect of duty, immorality, failure to perform duties in a satisfactory manner, or other
good and just cause, subject to the rights and procedures hereinafter provided. However, a
vote or decision to approve a recommended termination on the part of a president of a two-year
educational institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary
Education or the governing board shall not be made for political or personal reasons. (b)
The termination of a tenured teacher or nonprobationary classified employee who is not an
employee of a two-year educational institution operated under the authority and control of
the Department of Postsecondary Education shall be initiated by the...
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16-6B-11
Section 16-6B-11 Paperwork Reduction Committee. (a) The Legislature finds that the excessive
paperwork required of teachers and other public education employees hinders the prime responsibility
of public education: The education of the children of Alabama. The Legislature also finds
that excessive and time-consuming reporting requirements levied on school systems requires
automation in order to for timely reporting to occur. The Legislature further finds that the
excessive paperwork required of teachers has become so burdensome that teachers do not have
adequate time to prepare lesson plans or to devote individual attention to those students
who require special assistance. The Legislature further finds that, for teachers to have time
to teach, it is imperative that all unnecessary paperwork be eliminated from our public schools
and necessary paperwork be automated to the maximum practical extent. (b) The Paperwork Reduction
Committee is created. The membership of the committee shall...
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23-6-1
Section 23-6-1 Definitions. Where used in this chapter the following words and terms shall
be given the following respective meanings unless the context hereof clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors of the corporation. (2) CODE. The Code of Alabama
1975, as amended. (3) CORPORATION. The public corporation authorized to be created by this
chapter. (4) GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Any bonds or other obligations which as to principal and
interest constitute direct obligations of, or are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United
States of America, including obligations of any federal agency to the extent such obligations
are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America and any certificates or any
other evidences of an ownership interest in such obligations of, or unconditionally guaranteed
by, the United States of America or in specified portions thereof (which may consist of the
principal thereof or the interest thereon). (5) INDUSTRIAL ACCESS...
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40-2B-2
Section 40-2B-2 Alabama Tax Tribunal. (a) Statement of Purpose. To increase public confidence
in the fairness of the state tax system, the state shall provide an independent agency with
tax expertise to resolve disputes between the Department of Revenue and taxpayers, prior to
requiring the payment of the amounts in issue or the posting of a bond, but after the taxpayer
has had a full opportunity to attempt settlement with the Department of Revenue based, among
other things, on the hazards of litigation. By establishing an independent Alabama Tax Tribunal
within the executive branch of government, this chapter provides taxpayers with a means of
resolving controversies that insures both the appearance and the reality of due process and
fundamental fairness. The tax tribunal shall provide hearings in all tax matters, except those
specified by statute, and render decisions and orders relating thereto. A tax tribunal hearing
shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of appeal protesting...
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