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16-28-3
Section 16-28-3 Ages of children required to attend school; exemption for church school students;
transfer students. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), every child between
the ages of six and 17 years shall be required to attend a public school, private school,
church school, or be instructed by a competent private tutor for the entire length of the
school term in every scholastic year except that, prior to attaining his or her 16th birthday
every child attending a church school as defined in Section 16-28-1 is exempt from the requirements
of this section, provided the child complies with enrollment and reporting procedures specified
in Section 16-28-7. Admission to public school shall be on an individual basis on the application
of the parents, legal custodian, or guardian of the child to the local board of education
at the beginning of each school year, under the rules as the board may prescribe; provided,
a person who is under 19 years of age and on track to...
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16-36-64
Section 16-36-64 Statewide textbook contracts. (a) No contract shall be made pursuant to this
article for the purchase of textbooks rejected by the State Board of Education. The only contracts
entered into by the State Board of Education pursuant to this article shall be for textbooks
considered by the State Textbook Committee and adopted by the State Board of Education as
provided for in this article. (b) In addition to all other laws which forbid the use of textbooks
in the public schools of the state by authors who are members of the Communist Party or members
of communist front organizations, all contracts with publishers for textbooks made pursuant
to this article shall stipulate that the author or authors of such book or books is not a
member of the Communist Party or known advocate of communism or Marxist socialism and is not
a member of a communist front organization. (c) The maximum price at which the State Board
of Education shall contract for local boards of education to pay...
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16-4-7
Section 16-4-7 Publication of laws, rules, etc.; examination of reports, expenditures, etc.
The State Superintendent of Education shall prepare and publish the school laws of the state
and the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education and such other pamphlets as
will stimulate public interest, promote the work of education and foster in teachers professional
insight and efficiency. He shall receive and examine all the reports required under the rules
and regulations of the State Board of Education and, in person or through his assistants,
shall examine the expenditures and accounts of county boards of education and of boards of
education of cities under a city board of education, and shall supervise their business methods.
(School Code 1927, §70; Code 1940, T. 52, §46.)...
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16-8-1
Section 16-8-1 Composition; election; single member election districts; qualifications. (a)
The county board of education shall be composed of five members, who shall be elected by the
qualified electors of the county. (b) County boards of education unless otherwise provided
by law may use the provisions of this subsection to establish single member election districts
with one board member elected from each district. School boards exercising this option may
establish five or seven such districts. Such plan shall be considered only after two weeks
public notice has been given, outlining generally the school districts under consideration.
The members so elected, or appointed in the event of a vacancy, shall be residents of the
school district. Such residency shall have been established at least one year before the general
election at which the candidate is to be elected, or appointed in the event of a vacancy.
Whenever a member of a county board of education moves his or her domicile...
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16-8-42.1
Section 16-8-42.1 Authority for risk management cooperative. (a) Definitions. For the purpose
of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings subscribed to them by this section:
(1) RISK MANAGEMENT COOPERATIVE. An entity or entities, to be formed by local boards of education
in any combination of 25 or more for the purpose of pooling resources and funds to jointly
purchase insurance or to self-insure such boards of education, their members and employees,
against risks to which they are exposed. (2) MEMBER BOARDS OF EDUCATION. A city board of education,
county board of education, Department of Youth Services School District, Alabama Institute
for Deaf and Blind, State Board of Education or other public education governing board which
elects to pool its resources and funds with one or more other boards of education for the
purpose of forming a risk management cooperative. (b) Boards of education in any combination
of 25 or more may establish a risk management cooperative for...
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34-7B-13
Section 34-7B-13 Exemptions from chapter. This chapter does not apply to any of the following
persons, activities, or services: (1) Service in the case of emergency or domestic upheaval,
without compensation. (2) Licensed medical professionals operating within the scope of their
normal practice. (3) Personnel of the United States armed services performing their ordinary
duties. (4) Any public trade school or other public school or school program under the purview
of the State Board of Education or a local board of education. (5) Any person who only occasionally
dresses hair and receives no compensation therefor, or does any other act or thing mentioned
in this chapter, without holding himself or herself out to the public as a provider of any
practices defined in this chapter for compensation. (6) Departments in retail establishments
where cosmetics are demonstrated and offered for sale but where no other acts of cosmetology
or barbering are performed. (7) The licensees of any county or...
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16-13-300
Section 16-13-300 Legislative intent; construction. (a) It is the intention of the Legislature
by the adoption of this article to authorize each county board of education and each city
board of education in the State of Alabama to issue and sell, at public or private sale, upon
the prior written approval of the State Superintendent of Education, warrants payable from,
and secured by a pledge of, revenues of such board which are lawfully available and are designated
by the board therefor, for educational and public school purposes, including, without limitation,
payment of the costs of public school facilities and the refunding of valid indebtedness of
such board, regardless of whether such indebtedness was incurred under this article or under
other provisions of law and regardless of whether such indebtedness is a direct or indirect
obligation of such board and to authorize counties and municipalities to provide financial
and other assistance to boards of education within the...
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16-28B-3
Section 16-28B-3 Definitions. The following terms have the following meanings: (1) BULLYING.
A continuous pattern of intentional behavior that takes place on or off of school property,
on a school bus, or at a school-sponsored function including, but not limited to, cyberbullying
or written, electronic, verbal, or physical acts that are reasonably perceived as being motivated
by any characteristic of a student, or by the association of a student with an individual
who has a particular characteristic, if the characteristic falls into one of the categories
of personal characteristics contained in the model policy adopted by the department or by
a local board, and implemented at each school. To constitute bullying, a pattern of behavior
may do any of the following: a. Place a student in reasonable fear of harm to his or her person
or damage to his or her property. b. Have the effect of substantially interfering with the
educational performance, opportunities, or benefits of a student. c....
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16-6A-2
Section 16-6A-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) A.C.H.E. The Alabama Commission
on Higher Education. (2) BOARD or BOARD OF EDUCATION. The State Board of Education. (3) COMMISSION.
The Governor's Educational Reform Commission created by this chapter. (4) CRITICAL NEEDS AREAS.
Those curriculum and teaching areas where there is an urgent need for action. These areas
include mathematics, science, computer education and other areas to be identified from time
to time by the State Board of Education. (5) IN-SERVICE EDUCATION. The training of regularly
certified education professionals who hold positions in the public schools of the state. (6)
LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. County and city boards of education and the school systems over
which these boards of education have authority. (7) PLAN FOR EXCELLENCE. A Plan for Excellence;
Alabama's Public Schools, a report to the Alabama State Board of...
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16-6D-4
Section 16-6D-4 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ACADEMIC YEAR. The 12-month period beginning on July 1 and ending
on the following June 30. (2) DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. The Alabama Department of Revenue. (3)
EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP. A grant made by a scholarship granting organization to an eligible
student to cover all or part of the tuition and mandatory fees for one academic year charged
by a qualifying school to the eligible student receiving the scholarship; provided, however,
that an educational scholarship shall not exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000) for an elementary
school student, eight thousand dollars ($8,000) for a middle school student, or ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) for a high school student per academic year. The term does not include a
lump sum, block grant, or similar payment by a scholarship granting organization to a qualifying
school that assigns the responsibility in whole or in part for...
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