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16-26B-3
Section 16-26B-3 Funded; board of trustees; exemptions from required curriculum. (a) There
is created the Alabama School of Fine Arts, which shall be a residential and commuter institution
located in the City of Birmingham, Jefferson County. The school shall be funded by legislative
appropriations and by grants, donations, and funds from other sources, including the public
and private sector. (b) The school shall be governed by a board of trustees as provided in
Section 16-26B-4. (c) The administration and faculty of the school may identify certain talented
and gifted students whose career interests lie in the arts and with appropriate counseling
may enter into a contract with the student, his or her parents, or his or her guardian to
allow the student to be exempted from up to three Carnegie units of study from the state's
required curriculum for high school graduation. Upon approval of the exemption by the school,
notice of the exemption shall be filed with the State Department of...
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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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16-6D-9
Section 16-6D-9 Tax credit claims; administrative accountability; verification of requirements;
rules and procedures. (a)(1) An individual taxpayer who files a state income tax return and
is not claimed as a dependent of another taxpayer, a taxpayer subject to the corporate income
tax levied by Chapter 18 of Title 40, an Alabama S corporation as defined in Section 40-18-160,
or a Subchapter K entity as defined in Section 40-18-1 may claim a credit for a contribution
made to a scholarship granting organization. If the credit is claimed by an Alabama S corporation
or Subchapter K entity, the credit shall pass through to and may be claimed by any taxpayer
eligible to claim a credit under this subdivision who is a shareholder, partner, or member
thereof, based on the taxpayer's pro rata or distributive share, respectively, of the credit.
(2) The tax credit may be claimed by an individual taxpayer or a married couple filing jointly
in an amount equal to 100 percent of the total...
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16-5-8
Section 16-5-8 Review, coordination, establishment, etc., of programs; transfer of credits;
Articulation and General Studies Committee. (a)(1) The Commission on Higher Education is authorized
to review periodically all new and existing programs and units of instruction, research, and
public service funded by state appropriations at the state universities and colleges and to
share with the appropriate governing board, through the president of the institution, and
state Legislature, its recommendations. (2) As a part of its program review process, the commission
shall enforce, monitor, and report on minimum degree productivity standards for all existing
programs of instruction at public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education.
Productivity standards shall be based, primarily, but not exclusively, on the annual average
number of degrees conferred during a five-year period for senior institutions and a three-year
period for two-year institutions, as verified by the...
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25-4-10
Section 25-4-10 Employment. (a) Subject to other provisions of this chapter, "employment"
means: (1) Any service performed prior to January 1, 1978, which was employment as defined
in this section prior to such date and, subject to the other provisions of this section, services
performed for remuneration after December 31, 1977, including service in interstate commerce,
by: a. Any officer of a corporation; or b. Any individual who, under the usual common law
rules applicable in determining the employer-employee relationship, has the status of an employee;
or c. Any individual other than an individual who is an employee under paragraphs a. or b.
of this subdivision (1) who performs services for remuneration for any person: 1. As an agent-driver
or commission-driver engaged in distributing meat products, bakery products, beverages (other
than milk) or laundry or dry cleaning services for a principal; 2. As a traveling or city
salesman engaged upon a full-time basis in the solicitation on...
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16-6B-2
Section 16-6B-2 Core curriculum. Every Alabama student shall be given instruction in grades
kindergarten through twelve to prepare him or her to enter the world of work and/or to complete
course work at the postsecondary level. In addition to a comprehensive core curriculum of
academics, each local board of education shall offer a program of vocational/technical education.
(a) The following words and phrases used in this section shall, in the absence of a clear
implication otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations: (1) REQUIRED COURSES.
Courses which are required to be taken by every student enrolled in public schools in the
State of Alabama. (2) ELECTIVE COURSES. Courses which are neither mandatory nor required to
be taken by any student enrolled in public schools in the State of Alabama. (b) The Legislature
finds that students must become more literate in the basic skills needed to earn a living
or to continue their education. The Legislature further finds that the...
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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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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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16-22-13.1
Section 16-22-13.1 Fiscal year 2000-2001 adjustments. (a) 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
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 budget act for the public schools and
colleges for the designated fiscal years. (1) CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL (K-12). For the fiscal
year beginning October 1, 2000, and each year thereafter, each step and cell on the State
Minimum Salary Schedule contained in the annual budget act for the public schools shall be
increased by the amounts below in addition to the amounts contained in the...
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16-22-13.4
Section 16-22-13.4 Fiscal year 2006-2007 adjustments. (a) PAY INCREASES, FY 2006-07. 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 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 budget act for
the public schools and colleges for the designated fiscal years. (1) Certificated personnel
(K-12). For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2006, 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 shall receive a five percent salary...
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