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38-11A-1
Section 38-11A-1 Legislative intent. The intent of this chapter is to assist public assistance
applicants and recipients to become wage earning, self-supporting citizens of the State of
Alabama. Thus, through the provisions of this chapter, the Department of Human Resources shall
develop and coordinate employment related programs, training activities including work experience,
vocational training, job finding skills, remedial education, and social services with the
goal of reducing welfare dependency and the costs thereof to the State of Alabama; to improve
the participants' economic quality of life, to improve personal functioning through acquisition
of general education and parenting skills, and to remove barriers to employment and financial
independence. (Acts 1989, No. 89-850, p. 1699, ยง1.)...
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15-18-174
Section 15-18-174 Powers, duties, authority of department. In addition to those otherwise provided
by law, the department shall have the following powers, duties, and authority: (1) Monitor
the community punishment and corrections program within the goals and mandates established
herein. (2) Conduct statewide public education programs concerning the purposes and goals
as established herein and make an annual report to the Prison Oversight Committee of the Legislature
and the Alabama Sentencing Commission regarding the effectiveness of diversion of offenders
from state and local correctional institutions. This annual report should also include data
showing the impact of diversion of offenders by race, gender, and location of the offender.
(3) Provide technical assistance to local governments, authorities and other nonprofit entities
and agencies, and local community punishment and corrections advisory boards regarding development
of a community punishment and corrections program. (4)...
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16-60-242
Section 16-60-242 Appointment of director of programs; contents of programs. (a) The Chancellor
of Postsecondary Education may appoint a director of displaced homemakers programs to conduct,
or cause to be conducted, programs to assist displaced homemakers at such two-year institutions
as the Chancellor may approve through a request for proposal process. (b) Programs to assist
displaced homemakers may include: (1) Job counseling services which are specifically designed
for displaced homemakers who may be entering the job market for the first time or who may
be reentering the job market after a number of years as a homemaker; (2) Job training and
job placement services which shall be developed by working with federal, state, and local
government agencies and the private sector; (3) Assistance in gaining admission to existing
public and private job training programs and opportunities; (4) Assistance in identifying
community needs and in creating new jobs for displaced homemakers in the...
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16-6A-16
Section 16-6A-16 Plan for in-service education centers; governing boards; requirements of centers;
school systems to affiliate with centers. (a) A comprehensive plan shall be established by
the Governor's Educational Reform Commission and implemented for the development and location
of in-service education centers for the purpose of providing rigorous in-service training
in critical needs areas for the state's public school personnel. These in-service centers
shall not replace the plan for in-service education which the State Department of Education
adopted by resolution on June 14, 1978. The in-service centers established pursuant to this
chapter shall be located in existing institutions of higher education located in strategic
areas of the state as recommended by the commission and approved by the Governor. Institutions
of higher education where such in-service centers may be located shall have resident faculty
members in education and the academic areas taught in the public schools....
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22-13A-4
Section 22-13A-4 Establishment and promotion of program; duties of officer; strategies for
raising public awareness and educating consumers and professionals. (a) The State Department
of Health, hereinafter referred to as "the department," shall establish, promote,
and maintain an osteoporosis prevention and treatment education program in order to raise
public awareness, educate consumers, educate and train health professionals, teachers, and
human service providers, and for other purposes. (b) For purposes of administering this chapter,
the State Health Officer shall do all of the following: (1) Provide sufficient staff to implement
the Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Program. (2) Provide appropriate training
for staff of the Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Program. (3) Identify the
appropriate entities to carry out the program. (4) Base the program on the most up-to-date
scientific information and findings. (5) Work to improve the capacity of...
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29-5A-63
Section 29-5A-63 Special fund for receipt of grants or contributions; public report. (a) The
Director of Legislative Services may establish a special fund in the State Treasury to receive
direct grants or contributions or fees from municipal, county, state, federal, or charitable
sources, or any other sources, to conduct studies, educate public officials, and carry on
the duties of the division. The funds in the special fund are continuously appropriated for
the exclusive use of the division, shall be maintained separately, and shall be in addition
to any other funds appropriated to the division. (b) This fund may be used to pay the actual
expenses of conducting the education functions of the Law Revision Division including the
provision of food and non-alcoholic beverages usual and customary for like events and the
actual and necessary expenses for participants and faculty of programs sponsored by the division
as approved by the Director of Legislative Services. (c) The Director of...
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9-10B-21
Section 9-10B-21 Critical use studies to determine if areas should be designated as capacity
stress areas. The division chief shall notify the commission of the designation of areas of
the state for which the Office of Water Resources, in coordination with, or with the assistance
of, other agencies of the state or federal government, shall conduct a critical use study
to determine if such areas should be designated as capacity stress areas. Each critical use
study shall include an analysis of reasonable alternatives to address the quantitative water
resources problems identified by the Office of Water Resources during the study. At a minimum,
the critical use study shall include an assessment of a no-action alternative, a conservation
alternative, a water resources development alternative, and a restrictive use alternative.
Within each area of the state for which a critical use study is proposed, the Office of Water
Resources shall consult with all persons holding a certificate of use...
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11-52-6
Section 11-52-6 Municipal Planning Commission - Powers and duties generally. (a) In general,
the commission shall have such powers as may be necessary to enable it to fulfill its functions,
promote municipal planning or carry out the purposes of this chapter. (b) The commission shall
have power to promote public interest in and understanding of the master plan and to that
end may publish and distribute copies of the plan or of any report and may employ such other
means of publicity and education as it may determine. (c) Members of the commission, when
duly authorized by the commission, may attend municipal planning conferences or meetings of
municipal planning institutes or hearings upon pending municipal planning legislation, and
the commission may, by resolution, spread upon its minutes, pay the reasonable traveling expenses
incident to such attendance. (d) The commission shall, from time to time, recommend to the
appropriate public officials programs for public structures and...
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16-6G-5
Section 16-6G-5 Reading and intervention programs; individual reading improvement plan; summer
reading camps; Alabama Summer Achievement Program; retention of students; reporting requirements.
(a) To ensure that public school students are able to read at or above grade level by the
end of third grade, each local education agency shall offer a comprehensive core reading program
to all students based on the science of reading which develops foundational reading skills.
In addition, no school district may use any curriculum for public K-3 students that does not
have instructional time included. (b) Based on the results of the reading assessment in Section
16-6G-3, each K-3 student who exhibits a reading deficiency, or the characteristics of dyslexia,
shall be provided an appropriate reading intervention program to address his or her specific
deficiencies. Additionally, students shall be evaluated after every grading period and, if
a student is determined to have a reading deficiency, the...
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41-23-121
Section 41-23-121 Powers of office. The office shall have the following powers to: (1) Ensure
that assets and needs of water transportation and intermodal infrastructure are properly considered
and reflected in the state's comprehensive transportation and strategic planning policies.
(2) Assist and coordinate with public and private entities in the development of the state's
rivers, ports, harbors, and intermodal facilities. (3) Coordinate with the Coalition of Alabama
Waterway Associations and other interests to formulate recommendations on annual budget requirements
for federal waterway projects, infrastructure development, and related needs. (4) Coordinate
with each of Alabama's individual waterway associations to promote the continued development,
maintenance, and multiple use benefits of federally maintained navigation channels within
the state and to market the benefits of improved water transportation. (5) Coordinate with
local and state development agencies to ensure a better...
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