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16-36-70
Section 16-36-70 Adequate textbooks. (a) The Legislature finds that textbooks and other instructional
materials are among the basic tools of learning that must exist if Alabama students are to
succeed. (b) All students in the public schools shall be provided with adequate and current
textbooks and other necessary instructional supplies for use in their education. Textbooks
and other supporting materials shall be appropriate for their course work and shall be in
suitable condition. Where textbooks are issued pursuant to Section 16-36-69, every student
shall have his or her own copy of the issued textbook of the correct edition, which he or
she shall be permitted to take home each day for home study for the entire school year or
for the portion of the year when the book is issued. (c) It is the intent of the Legislature
that it is the student's responsibility, as well as the student's parent or guardian, to care
for the textbooks and instructional supplies provided by the state in a...
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16-6B-10
Section 16-6B-10 Budget requirements for Foundation and Vocational/Technical Education Program.
(a) Foundation Program. It is the intent of the Legislature to see that funds allocated for
classroom instructional support actually reach the classroom. To that end, the State Department
of Education shall monitor the flow of funds appropriated for various instructional purposes.
Classroom instructional support shall be defined as those funds appropriated for instructional
supplies, library enhancement, textbooks, technology and professional development. The Legislature
believes that the classroom instructional support funds have a direct impact upon the ability
of classroom teachers to have the resources and assistance necessary to assist them in the
performance of their responsibilities. School budgets for instructional supplies shall be
developed within each school as is required by Section 16-1-30 relating to the adoption of
school board policies. It is the intent of the Legislature...
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16-6F-6
Section 16-6F-6 Authorization of establishment; Alabama Public Charter School Commission; registration
requirements; powers and duties of authorizers. (a) Eligible authorizing entities. (1) A public
charter school shall not be established in this state unless its establishment is authorized
by this section. No governmental entity or other entity, other than an entity expressly granted
chartering authority as set forth in this section, may assume any authorizing function or
duty in any form. The following entities shall be authorizers of public charter schools: a.
A local school board, for chartering of schools within the boundaries of the school system
under its jurisdiction, pursuant to state law. b. The Alabama Public Charter School Commission,
pursuant to this section. (2) A local school board that registers as an authorizer may approve
or deny an application to form a public charter school within the boundaries of the local
school system overseen by the local school board. (3) All...
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16-6G-3
Section 16-6G-3 Task force to make recommendations; membership; meetings; approved systems.
(a) The State Superintendent of Education shall convene a standing task force by December
1, 2019, to provide recommendations for comprehensive core reading and reading intervention
programs, a state continuum of teacher development for approved science of reading pursuant
to subsection (e) of Section 16-6G-6, and an annual list of vetted and approved assessments
that are valid and reliable reading screening, formative, and diagnostic assessment systems
for selection and use by local education agencies. The task force shall meet in regular session
at least twice a year. All appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments so that
diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas is reflective of the makeup of this state.
The membership of the task force shall include all of the following appointees, each of whom
shall have at least three years of experience with scientifically based...
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25-8-32.1
Section 25-8-32.1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Labor. (2) ELIGIBILITY
TO WORK FORM. A form issued by the head administrator, counselor, or, if home schooled an
instructor of the school which a 14- or 15-year-old minor attends certifying satisfactory
grades and attendance of the minor in order for a 14- or 15-year-old minor to be employed.
(3) EMPLOY. To employ, permit, or suffer to work with or without compensation. (4) EMPLOYEE.
Any person employed by an employer, but shall not include an individual engaged in the activities
of an educational, charitable, religious, scientific, historical, literary, or nonprofit organization
where the employer-employee relationship does not in fact exist or where the services rendered
are on a voluntary basis. (5) EMPLOYER. Any owner or any person, entity, franchise, corporation,
or division of a corporation, government agency, or...
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41-15B-2.2
Section 41-15B-2.2 Allocation of trust fund revenues. (a) For each fiscal year, beginning October
1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues and upon
appropriation by the Legislature, an amount of up to and including two hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($225,000), or equivalent percentage of the total fund, shall be designated
for the administration of the fund by the council and the Commissioner of Children's Affairs.
(b) For the each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First
Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues, the remainder of the Children First Trust Fund, in
the amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1, shall be allocated as follows: (1) Ten percent
of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Public Health for distribution to one
or more of the following: a. The Children's Health Insurance Program. b. Programs for tobacco
control among children with the purpose being to reduce the consumption...
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16-1-16.1
Section 16-1-16.1 Alabama Council on Family and Children. (a) The Legislature finds that there
is at present a need in Alabama to coordinate, at the state and local level, the efforts of
existing providers of services supporting early childhood development and family involvement
in education. (b) There is hereby established the Alabama Council on Family and Children to
be composed of the Governor, who shall be chairperson; the State Superintendent of Education;
the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources; the State Health Officer; the Commissioner
of the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation; the Chairman of the Children's
Trust Fund; and the Director of the Department of Youth Services, or their designated representatives,
and one additional member from each congressional district to be appointed by the Governor.
Said council shall exist for the purpose of coordinating existing services, at the state and
local level, supporting early childhood development and...
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16-28B-8
Section 16-28B-8 Suicide prevention programs, training, and policies; advisory committee; liability.
(a) To the extent that the Legislature shall appropriate funds, or to the extent that any
local board may provide funds from other sources, each school system shall implement the following
standards and policies for programs in an effort to prevent student suicide: (1) Foster individual,
family, and group counseling services related to suicide prevention. (2) Make referral, crisis
intervention, and other related information available for students, parents, and school personnel.
(3) Foster training for school personnel who are responsible for counseling and supervising
students. (4) Increase student awareness of the relationship between drug and alcohol use
and suicide. (5) Educate students in recognizing signs of suicidal tendencies and other facts
and warning signs of suicide. (6) Inform students of available community suicide prevention
services. (7) Promote cooperative efforts...
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16-24C-3
Section 16-24C-3 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The chief administrative and executive
officer of an entity, institution, agency, or political subdivision of the state that is subject
to this chapter and includes, without limitation, superintendents of city or county boards
of education and presidents of two-year educational institutions operated under authority
and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education. The term includes persons serving
in such a capacity on an acting or interim basis under lawful appointment or by operation
of law. (2) CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE. All adult bus drivers, all full-time lunchroom or cafeteria
workers, janitors, custodians, maintenance personnel, secretaries and clerical assistants,
instructional aides or assistants, whether or not certificated, non-certificated supervisors,
and, except as hereinafter provided, all other persons who are not teachers as...
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16-40-9
Section 16-40-9 Instruction for avoiding child sexual abuse. (a)(1) The Legislature recognizes
that Erin Merryn was raped and molested for six and a half years by a neighbor and a family
member. She began a crusade her senior year of high school in 2004 to end the silence and
shame around sexual abuse. Erin's Law has been adopted in a number of states to help address
the problem of child sexual abuse. (2) The intent of Erin's Law is to shatter the silence
and stigma around child sexual abuse, and to educate children and empower them to recognize
and to report abuse. (3) The Legislature finds that without a specific initiative like Erin's
Law, schools generally fail to give young students adequate awareness and a voice in this
issue. (b) The Governor's Task Force on Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children created under
subsection (c) shall adopt guidelines for a child sexual abuse prevention instructional program.
The guidelines shall: (1) Educate children in grades pre-kindergarten...
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