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16-16B-1
Section 16-16B-1 Short title; electronic textbooks; wireless electronic devices; rule making
authority; implementation plan; Alabama Ahead Oversight Committee. (a) This chapter shall
be known and may be cited as the Alabama Ahead Act. (b)(1) Commencing with the 2016-2017 school
year, students may be provided textbooks in electronic format . Textbooks in electronic format
may be available to schools under the jurisdiction of those local boards of education which
choose to participate in Alabama Ahead, to the extent practicable and funding is obtainable,
to provide students with resources in the following three areas: a. Wireless broadband access
via high-quality WiFi infrastructure in schools, as a first priority pursuant to Section 16-6B-2.1.
b. Upgrades, expansions, and maintenance of existing WiFi infrastructure. c. Devices, digital
content, management systems, debt service, or support. (2) Digital textbooks or other instructional
materials provided in electronic format may also be...
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16-22A-5
Section 16-22A-5 Agencies required to conduct criminal history background information checks.
(a) A criminal history background information check shall be conducted on all applicants seeking
positions with, and on all current employees under review employed by any local employing
board, and any State Department of Education personnel as determined by the State Superintendent
of Education, who have unsupervised access to and provide education, training, instruction,
or supervision for children in an educational setting. (b) A criminal history background information
check shall be conducted on all applicants seeking positions with, and on all current employees
and current employees under review employed by any nonpublic school, who have unsupervised
access to or who provide education, training, instruction, or supervision for children in
an educational setting. (c) No institution listed in subsection (a) or subsection (b) shall
hire an individual who may have unsupervised access to a...
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16-49-55
Section 16-49-55 University has authority to accept funds, grants, services, etc. For the purposes
of this article the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University has the authority to accept
and receive funds, grants and service from the federal government or its agencies; from departments,
agencies and instrumentalities of state, municipal or local government; or from private or
civic sources. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-944, p. 283, §4.)...
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2-2-8
Section 2-2-8 Commissioner's powers and duties generally; assistance from other state agencies.
(a) The commissioner shall execute the agricultural and industrial policies of the State Board
of Agriculture and Industries. It shall be his duty: (1) To investigate and ascertain the
industrial possibilities of the State of Alabama and to seek to secure the development of
the same; (2) To collect statistics in regard to industrial development in the State of Alabama;
(3) To make investigations as to any matter relative to industrial development and possibilities;
(4) To cooperate in the fostering and development of the industrial interests of the state;
(5) To cooperate especially in the promotion, establishment and location of industries in
the smaller municipalities and rural communities of the state which use as a raw material
farm products of any character; (6) To cooperate with the state chamber of commerce, local
chambers of commerce and all local industrial boards to promote the...
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21-1-8
Section 21-1-8 Residential education and training programs for deaf, blind, etc., persons;
cooperation by local school boards, State Board of Education, etc. (a) The board of trustees
of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind is hereby authorized to provide for the education
and training of the deaf, the hearing impaired, the blind, and the visually handicapped in
residential programs at any location within the state, with no limitations on the age of participants
and no time limit on any participant. (b) All applicants must make satisfactory proof to the
president of the institute that they are citizens of the state, except as otherwise provided
in Section 21-1-14, and that they are proper candidates for admission. Proof may be made by
the applicant in person or by next best friend or by affidavit of any person cognizant of
the facts before the probate judge or notary public. No pupil shall be retained in school
after it has been ascertained that such pupil has ceased to make...
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31-11-2
Section 31-11-2 National Guard Mutual Assistance Counter-Drug Activities Compact. The National
Guard Mutual Assistance Counter-Drug Activities Compact is enacted into law and entered with
all other jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially as follows:
NATIONAL GUARD MUTUAL ASSISTANCE COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES COMPACT ARTICLE I As used in this
compact, the following words shall have the following meanings: 1. DEMAND REDUCTION. Providing
available National Guard personnel, equipment, support, and coordination to federal, state,
local and civil organizations, institutions, and agencies for the purposes of the prevention
of drug abuse and the reduction in the demand for illegal drugs. 2. DRUG INTERDICTION AND
COUNTER-DRUG COMPACT ACTIVITIES. The use of National Guard personnel, while not in federal
service, in any law enforcement support compact activities that are intended to reduce the
supply or use of illegal drugs in the United States. These compact activities...
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34-21-2
Section 34-21-2 Board of Nursing generally. (a) There is created the Board of Nursing, which
shall be composed of 13 members to be appointed and have the duties and powers enumerated
in this section. The membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender,
geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. In order to insure continuity
of administration, the nine board members provided for by Section 3 of Act 427, Regular Session
1975, shall continue to serve to the completion of the term for which they are serving. The
Governor, within 60 days of January 1, 1984, shall appoint a tenth member who shall be a licensed
practical nurse for a term of four years from a list of nominees furnished him or her by the
Alabama Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses, Incorporated, or its successor organization.
As the terms of all board members expire, their successors shall be appointed for terms of
four years each. Vacancies in unexpired terms shall be filled in...
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36-13-31
Section 36-13-31 Authorization for expenditures; type of expenditures; limitations. The Governor
is, at his discretion, authorized to make expenditures from the Governor's Contingency Fund
for expenses incident to the purposes of state government, or as the public service might
require, and for which no appropriation or an insufficient appropriation was made. Included
within the authorized expenditures by the Governor, but not limiting the general purposes
set forth herein, are: the ordinary expenses of the executive department of government, including
but not limited to the expenses of the Governor, the Governor's office and staff; the expenses
and any compensation of commissions and committees appointed by the Governor for public purposes;
expenses for law enforcement and for the better enforcement of the laws of Alabama and subdivisions
thereof; expenses for keeping the peace; for compensation and expenses of attorneys and experts
employed by or on behalf of the Governor, the state,...
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36-13-8
Section 36-13-8 Acceptance of federal grants and advances; requiring state agencies to meet
conditions imposed thereon. The Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to accept from
the federal government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in the name of and for the
State of Alabama, grants and advances of funds and real or other personal property for any
purpose of the state government not contrary to the Constitution of Alabama. The Governor
is further authorized and empowered, insofar as is not specifically prohibited by the constitution
and the then existing statutes, to meet and to require, by his executive order, any other
agency or instrumentality of the state government to meet the terms and conditions imposed
on such grants and advances in acts of the Congress of the United States, executive orders
of the President of the United States or any rule, regulation or order of any other agency
or instrumentality of the federal government, it being the intent of this section...
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40-23-4.2
Section 40-23-4.2 Food stamp purchases exempt. (a) As used in this section the following terms
shall have the following meanings: (1) FOOD STAMPS. The stamps provided by the United States
Department of Agriculture for issuance to qualified recipients under the federal Food Stamp
Act, 7 U.S.C. §2011 et seq. (2) FOOD STAMP SALES TAX AMENDMENT. Section 1505 of the Food
Security Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-198) which amended 7 U.S.C. §2013(a) and provides that
a state may not participate in the food stamp program if state or local taxes are collected
on purchases of food made with food stamps. (b) It is hereby declared by the Legislature that
this exemption is enacted in response to the coercive threat of Congress contained in the
Food Stamp Sales Tax Amendment in order to insure that all eligible citizens within the State
of Alabama will continue to receive food stamp benefits; that the State of Alabama has challenged
the constitutionality of the Food Stamp Sales Tax Amendment and the...
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