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16-6C-2
Section 16-6C-2 School grading system. (a) In addition to any other labels or designations
assigned to public schools and public school districts pursuant to a federal, state, school,
district, or other assessment or accountability system, the State Superintendent of Education,
consistent with the provisions of this chapter, shall develop a school grading system reflective
of school and district performance. The grading system shall utilize the traditional A, B,
C, D, or F framework. (1) Schools receiving a grade of "A" are making excellent
progress. (2) Schools receiving a grade of "B" are making above average progress.
(3) Schools receiving a grade of "C" are making satisfactory progress. (4) Schools
receiving a grade of "D" are making less than satisfactory progress. (5) Schools
receiving a grade of "F" are failing to make adequate progress. (b) In developing
this school grading system, the State Superintendent of Education shall seek input from parents,
teachers, school...
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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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16-6C-3
Section 16-6C-3 Legislative School Performance Recognition Program. (a) The Legislative School
Performance Recognition Program is created within the State Department of Education to reward
public schools that either: (1) Demonstrate high performance by being ranked in the top 25
percent of public schools, as ranked in the school grading system created in Section 16-6C-2.
(2) Demonstrate exemplary progress by improving the overall annual ranking of the school by
at least one letter grade, as ranked in the school grading system created in Section 16-6C-2.
(b) All public schools that are ranked in the school grading system created in Section 16-6C-2
are eligible to participate in the program. (c) The State Superintendent of Education shall
prescribe guidelines for how the program shall be administered and implemented by not later
than December 31, 2013, but the program may not be implemented by the State Superintendent
of Education or the State Department of Education until both of the...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers
to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and
deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military
families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the
transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in entrance/age
requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military
families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing,
grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for
enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic,
and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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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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16-22-13.7
Section 16-22-13.7 Fiscal year 2016-2017 adjustments. (a) PAY INCREASES, FY 2016-2017. The
State Budget Officer shall allocate to the State Board of Education, the Board of Trustees
of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Board of Youth Services School District,
the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, and the Board of Trustees of the
Alabama School of Mathematics and Science and for disbursement to the employees thereof funds
based on the criteria established in this section. It is not the intent of this section to
make appropriations, but the appropriations required by this section shall be made in the
annual Education Trust Fund budget act for the designated fiscal year. (1) CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL
EARNING LESS THAN $75,000 (K-12). For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2016, and each
year thereafter, each certificated employee at all city and county school systems and the
teachers at the Department of Youth Services School District earning less than...
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16-13-234
Section 16-13-234 Allocation of funds. (a) In making apportionment of the Public School Fund
held by the state, to the local boards of education, the State Superintendent of Education
shall first set apart and distribute to the schools of each township the amount due from the
state thereto as interest on its sixteenth section fund, or other trust fund held by the state.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to insure that no local board of education receive
less state funds per pupil than it received in fiscal year 1994-95. For this reason the Foundation
Program for each local board of education shall be supplemented, if necessary, by a hold harmless
allowance. The base amount of each local board's hold harmless allowance calculation is the
1994-95 program cost as defined herein. The 1994-95 program cost of each local board of education
was determined by using the first forty scholastic days of average daily membership from 1993-94.
Beginning with the fiscal year 1995-96, the hold...
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16-22-14
Section 16-22-14 Personnel records of education employees. (a) Definitions. When used in this
section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) EMPLOYEE. Any person employed
by a school board. (2) EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The superintendent of any public county or city
school system; the President of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the president of
any two-year school or college under the auspices of the State Board of Education; the Superintendent
of the Department of Youth Services School District; the Executive Director of the Alabama
School of Fine Arts; and the Executive Director of the Alabama High School of Mathematics
and Science. (3) LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY PERSONNEL SYSTEM (LEAPS). The data base established
and maintained by the Alabama Department of Education for record keeping of all data related
to certificated and non-certificated personnel at each board of education. (4) PERSONNEL AND
ENROLLMENT REPORTING SYSTEM (PERS). The data base established and...
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16-1-36
Section 16-1-36 Tutoring programs for students accessed below average SAT scores. (a) Beginning
in the 2000-2001 school year, any public school student in this state who is required by statute
or regulation of the State Department of Education to be tested or assessed by Stanford Achievement
Test (SAT) or any other assessment used by the school system who scores or is assessed at
a range of one grade below any subject or subjects, or falls below the average of the school
system assessment shall be provided tutoring programs for reading skills and other subjects
by the department. The tutoring program shall be provided within the school system of the
student. Tutoring programs shall continue two additional times for any student while attending
the school for any subject or subjects until the student scores or is assessed in the average
range or above for each subject being tutored, however, the school system may continue the
tutoring sessions, and the program shall remain for all other...
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16-13-232
Section 16-13-232 Determining number of teacher units and instructional support units; grade
level divisors. (a) In determining the number of teacher units for the purpose of apportioning
the state Foundation Program, one teacher unit or fraction thereof shall be allowed for the
specified number of pupils in average daily membership as provided for in subsection (b),
during the first 20 scholastic days following Labor Day of the preceding school year in the
public schools. In extreme circumstances involving natural occurrences, health-related occurrences,
or other extenuating circumstances as determined and approved by the State Superintendent
of Education, average daily membership for local boards of education may be calculated using
alternative days to the first 20 scholastic days following Labor Day. Such alternative calculation
shall be determined by the State Department of Education on a case by case basis. If a request
from a local board is made to the State Superintendent, the...
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