16-25-1
Section 16-25-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter the following terms, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following respective meanings: (1) RETIREMENT SYSTEM. The Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama as defined in Section 16-25-2. (2) PUBLIC SCHOOL. Any day school conducted within the state under the authority and supervision of a duly elected or appointed county or city board of education and any educational institution supported by and under the control of the state or any private nondenominational school operated nonprofit for the education of children of school age residing within a district where no public school is available for the children. (3) TEACHER. Any teacher, principal, superintendent, supervisor, college professor, administrative officer, or clerk employed in any public school or public college within the state or employed in any private nondenominational school operated nonprofit for the education of children of...
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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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16-6F-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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36-26-121
Section 36-26-121 Annual itemized statement of employee and retirement benefits, and total employer contributions to retirement systems and health insurance plans. (a) As used in this article, the following words have the following meanings: (1) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT. Any benefit a public employee received or accrued from his or her employer, including, but not limited to, salary or wages; insurance; allowance for days off such as vacation, holidays, sick leave, or personal days; and contributions toward retirement or pension benefits. (2) HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN. Either of the following health insurance plans as it applies to an individual public employee or retiree: a. The State Employees' Health Insurance Plan. b. The Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan. (3) RETIREE. A retiree or a beneficiary of a deceased retiree who receives an employee benefit or pension benefit from a retirement system, as defined in this section. (4) RETIREMENT SYSTEM. One of the following as it applies...
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26-24-3
Section 26-24-3 Duties of secretary. The duties of the secretary shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) Advising the Governor and the Legislature in matters relating to the coordination of services for children under the age of 19. (2) Serving as a liaison between the Governor and state agencies providing programs or services for children. (3) Educating and informing legislators and other elected officials about issues affecting children. (4) Coordinating local effort by creating a network of existing local and community groups and advocates dedicated to children to enable beneficial organizations throughout the state to assist and educate each other. (5) Actively seeking and applying for federal and private grants to fund children's programs. (6) Establishing a repository for information on programs other than education programs offered by the Department of Education for K-12 in Alabama, which offer services for, or are for the benefit of, or in any way affect...
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27-54A-2
Section 27-54A-2 Treatment under certain policies and contracts. (a) As used in this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS. The design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral stimuli and consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including the use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between environment and behavior. (2) AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. Any of the pervasive developmental disorders or autism spectrum disorders as defined by the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the edition that was in effect at the time of diagnosis. (3) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT. Counseling and treatment programs, including applied behavior analysis that are both of the following: a. Necessary to develop, maintain, or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the functioning of an...
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34-14A-20
Section 34-14A-20 Alabama Construction Trade Academy Fund; Alabama Construction Trade Advisory Council; applications for funding; program guidelines. (a) The Alabama Construction Trade Academy Fund is established in the State Treasury. The fund shall be comprised of federal, state, and private funding through direct budgetary funding and grants for the expansion of construction trade education. To the extent practicable, monies in the fund shall be used to leverage other forms of funding from private sources. A percentage of matching funds, as established by the advisory council, must come from private, non-governmental sources. The board may not use more than 15 percent of the monies in the fund for administrative and operational costs incurred in the implementation and administration of this section. (b) The board, in cooperation with public and private sector partners, shall establish a program to provide funding mechanisms for tool grants, program incentives, supplies, mobile...
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16-24C-4
Section 16-24C-4 Tenure of teachers; nonprobationary status of classified employees. No action may be proposed or approved based upon personal or political reasons on the part of the employer, chief executive officer, or governing board. A teacher shall attain tenure, and a classified employee shall attain nonprobationary status as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided by Section 16-23-3, a teacher who is not an employee of a two-year educational institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education, shall attain tenure upon the completion of three complete, consecutive school years of full-time employment as a teacher with the same employer unless the governing board approves and issues written notice of termination to the teacher on or before the last day of the teacher's third consecutive, complete school year of employment. For purposes of this chapter, a probationary teacher whose employment or reemployment is effective prior to...
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36-30-50
Section 36-30-50 Supplemental insurance coverage for firefighters with cancer. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CANCER. Includes bladder, blood, brain, breast, cervical, esophageal, intestinal, kidney, lymphatic, lung, prostate, rectum, respiratory tract, skin, testicular, and thyroid cancer, leukemia, multiple myeloma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. (2) CAREER FIREFIGHTER. Any person employed with the state, a county or municipal government, an airport authority, or a fire district who has obtained certification as a firefighter through and as defined by the Alabama Firefighters' Personnel Standards and Education Commission, or a firefighter employed by the Alabama Forestry Commission who has been certified by the State Forester as having met the wild land firefighter training standard of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, and is offered typical employment benefits, including health insurance...
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45-37-121.01
Section 45-37-121.01 Personnel board - Extent of authority. In and for each separate county of the State of Alabama which has a population of 400,000 or more people according to the last or any future federal census, there shall be a personnel board for the government and control by rules and regulations and practices hereinafter set out or authorized of all employees and appointees holding positions in the classified service of such counties and the municipalities therein whose population according to the last federal census was 5,000 or more and the county board of health, and such personnel board is vested with such power, authority, and jurisdiction. Provided, however, that such board shall not govern any officers or appointees holding positions in the unclassified service. The unclassified service shall include: All employees or appointees of a city or county board of education, or a library board; persons engaged in the profession of teaching in the public schools; officers...
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