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12-15-301
Section 12-15-301 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) ABANDONMENT. A voluntary and intentional relinquishment
of the custody of a child by a parent, or a withholding from the child, without good cause
or excuse, by the parent, of his or her presence, care, love, protection, maintenance, or
the opportunity for the display of filial affection, or the failure to claim the rights of
a parent, or failure to perform the duties of a parent. (2) AGE APPROPRIATE or DEVELOPMENTALLY
APPROPRIATE. Activities or items that are generally accepted as suitable for children of the
same chronological age or level of maturity or that are determined to be developmentally appropriate
for a child based on the development of cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral capacities
that are typical for an age or age group and, in the case of a specific child, activities
or items that are suitable for the child based on the...
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14-7-7
Section 14-7-7 Purpose of chapter. It is hereby declared to be the intent of this chapter:
(1) To provide more adequate, regular and suitable employment for the vocational training
and rehabilitation of the prisoners of this state, consistent with proper penal purposes.
(2) To utilize the labor of prisoners for self-maintenance, reimbursing this state for expenses
incurred by reason of their crimes and imprisonment, and for initial living expenses upon
reentry into the community following release from prison. (3) To effect the requisitioning
and disbursement of prison products directly through established state authorities without
possibility of private profits therefrom. (4) To provide prison industry projects designed
to place inmates in working and training environments in which they are able to acquire marketable
skills and earn money to off-set the cost of incarceration, make payments for restitution
to their victims, provide support for their families, and prepare for their...
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16-24C-2
Section 16-24C-2 Legislative intent. The purpose of this chapter is to improve the quality
of public education in the State of Alabama by doing all of the following: (1) Providing for
fundamental fairness and due process to employees covered by this chapter. (2) Restoring primary
authority and responsibility for maintaining a competent educational workforce to employers
covered by this chapter. (3) Enhancing the ability of public educational agencies to increase
student academic achievement and student performance through effective allocation of personnel
resources. (4) Investing employers covered by this chapter with the discretion and flexibility
necessary to make the most effective use of limited educational resources. (5) Eliminating
costly, cumbersome, and counterproductive legal challenges to routine personnel decisions
by simplifying administrative adjudication and review of contested personnel decisions. (Act
2011-270, p. 494, §2.)...
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16-33C-1
Section 16-33C-1 Legislative intent. The Legislature of Alabama hereby finds and determines
that the advancement and improvement of higher education in the State of Alabama is a proper
governmental function and purpose of the State of Alabama. Additionally, the Legislature of
Alabama intends to establish a qualified ABLE Program in this state which will encourage and
assist Alabama individuals and families in saving private funds for the purpose of supporting
Alabama citizens with disabilities. It is therefore the legislative intent of this chapter
to establish the Wallace-Folsom Savings Investment Plan that consists of the ABLE Program,
ACES Program, and the PACT Program. In establishing this plan, it is further the intent of
the Legislature to encourage timely financial planning for higher education and other qualified
disability expenses. (Acts 1989, No. 89-862, p. 1717, §1; Acts 1990, No. 90-570, p. 970,
§1; Act 2001-427, p. 544, §1; Act 2015-442, §1.)...
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41-4-412
Section 41-4-412 Alabama Construction Industry Craft Training Program; Craft Training Board.
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish and provide for a coordinated effort
between the construction industry and institutions of higher education and other entities,
including, but not limited to, union training programs, to enhance the availability and quality
of programs which promote construction industry craft training and education, and thereby
enhance the availability and competence of the work force for supporting the industry. (b)
In order to provide for efficient, competent, and resourceful construction industry craft
training programs that will deliver the knowledge and skills necessary for persons to learn
and meet the skill requirements for a craft and career in the construction industry trades
and thereby enhance the development of a quality labor pool to support the construction industry
of this state, there is established within the Division of Construction...
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16-22A-3
Section 16-22A-3 Definitions. When used in this chapter only, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)
APPLICANT. A certified or noncertified individual who submits an application for employment
to a local employing board or any nonpublic school, to act in any capacity in which the individual
will have unsupervised access to children in an educational environment. (2) APPLICANT FOR
CERTIFICATION. An individual who submits an application for certification issued by the State
Superintendent of Education. (3) AUTHORIZED EMPLOYER. Any educational entity authorized to
obtain criminal history background information, including the State Department of Education,
local employing boards, and nonpublic schools which are responsible for hiring employees or
contracting with private employers to provide personnel who have unsupervised access to children
in an educational setting. (4) CERTIFIED APPLICANT FOR EMPLOYMENT. A...
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16-30A-3
Section 16-30A-3 Training of school employees for care of students with diabetic medical needs.
(a) No later than the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year, the State Department of Education,
in consultation with the Alabama Board of Nursing, shall develop guidelines for the training
of school employees in the care needed for students with diabetic medical needs according
to the student's Individual Health Plan, the medical authorizations of which are limited to
permitting the administration of injectable medications specific to his or her diabetes. No
other delegation of injectable medications shall be allowed under this chapter. These guidelines
shall be developed in consideration of the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics,
the National Diabetes Education Program, and any other appropriate published medical guidelines.
Each local board of education shall ensure that diabetes training programs are provided for
all school nurses and unlicensed medication assistants...
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16-61C-3
Section 16-61C-3 Legislative intent - Program to augment science curriculum; administration
of program. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Alabama Science in Motion Program
shall augment the science curriculum of the public schools and be administered such that:
(1) The ASIM Program complement, enhance and facilitate the implementation of the Alabama
Course of Study: Science. (2) The State Superintendent of Education annually makes every effort
practical to expose the ASIM Program to the maximum number of students enrolled in science
coursework, regardless of the students' prior achievement levels in science or other academic
coursework. (3) Each of the core sciences covered under the ASIM Program be standardized among
the several networks, in terms of the scientific equipment that is utilized, the content of
instruction presented in the classroom and in the content and the extent of the staff development
training offered to science teachers. In the development of both the...
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41-9-413
Section 41-9-413 Purpose; functions. The purpose of the commission is to improve and advance
the lives of women in the State of Alabama. The commission may study, make recommendations,
educate, and promote constructive action on issues related to women which shall include, but
not be limited to, economic development, education, employment, health, legal rights, political
participation, and the quality of individual and family life. The areas of responsibility
may include any or all of the following: (1) To create public awareness and understanding
of the responsibilities, needs, potentials, and contributions of women and their roles in
the changing society. (2) To research, assemble, analyze, and disseminate pertinent data and
educational materials relating to activities and programs which will assist in meeting the
needs of women. (3) To institute, conduct, or support, or any combination thereof, educational
and other programs, meetings, conferences, hearings, forums, and discussion...
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16-64-2
Section 16-64-2 Requirements for qualification as resident student; rules and guidelines. (a)
For purposes of admission and tuition, a public institution of higher education may consider
that the term resident student includes any of the following: (1) One who, at the time of
registration, is not a minor and satisfies one of the following: a. Is a full-time permanent
employee of the institution at which the student is registering or is the spouse of such an
employee. b. Can verify full-time permanent employment within the State of Alabama or is the
spouse of such an employee and will commence the employment within 90 days of registration
with the institution. c. Is employed as a graduate assistant or fellow by the institution
at which the student is registering. d. Is an accredited member of or the spouse of an accredited
member of a consular staff assigned to duties in Alabama. e. Is in a program or takes courses
within an interstate consortium of colleges or universities that either...
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