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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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16-13-231
Section 16-13-231 Purposes and plan of apportionment. (a) In addition to all other appropriations
and apportionments of public school money now provided by law and made available for public
schools there shall be apportioned and paid to local boards of education from the Foundation
Program Fund, the amounts to be determined as hereinafter provided and in accordance with
regulations of the State Board of Education. This Foundation Program Fund shall be used principally:
(1) To aid in providing at least a 180 full instructional day minimum school term, or the
hourly equivalent thereof, except as otherwise provided in paragraph c. of subdivision (1)
of subsection (b); and, (2) To assist in the promotion of educational opportunity for all
children in the public schools. (b) The following requirements and procedures, supplemented
when necessary by regulations of the State Board of Education, shall govern the apportionment
of the fund: (1) REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FUND. In order for...
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22-13A-4
Section 22-13A-4 Establishment and promotion of program; duties of officer; strategies for
raising public awareness and educating consumers and professionals. (a) The State Department
of Health, hereinafter referred to as "the department," shall establish, promote,
and maintain an osteoporosis prevention and treatment education program in order to raise
public awareness, educate consumers, educate and train health professionals, teachers, and
human service providers, and for other purposes. (b) For purposes of administering this chapter,
the State Health Officer shall do all of the following: (1) Provide sufficient staff to implement
the Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Program. (2) Provide appropriate training
for staff of the Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Program. (3) Identify the
appropriate entities to carry out the program. (4) Base the program on the most up-to-date
scientific information and findings. (5) Work to improve the capacity of...
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16-3-40
Section 16-3-40 Public high school graduation examination available to nonpublic high school
students. (a) If the State Board of Education requires public high school students to take
a high school graduation examination prior to graduation, the board shall make the examination
available to nonpublic high school students in the state. (b) This section shall not be construed
as requiring nonpublic high schools to give the graduation examination. The examination shall
be made available to nonpublic high school students so that those students may use the results
of the examination to satisfy admission requirements of institutions of higher education.
(c) The board may establish and charge each nonpublic high school student taking the examination
a reasonable fee to cover costs of providing the examination. (d) The board may promulgate
necessary rules and regulations to implement this section. (Acts 1997, No. 97-932, p. 391,
ยง1.)...
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16-60-115
Section 16-60-115 Adult Education, State Approving Agency, and Private School Licensure programs.
(a) All powers, duties, responsibilities, and functions of, and all related records, property,
equipment of, and all rights, obligations of, and unexpended balances of appropriations including
federal and other funds or allocations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, of the
Adult Education program, the State Approving Agency program, and the Private School Licensure
program for postsecondary proprietary schools of the State Department of Education shall be
transferred by the State Board of Education to the Postsecondary Education Department. Commencing
on May 12, 2015, all authority vested in the Postsecondary Education Department pursuant to
this subsection shall be transferred from the Postsecondary Education Department to the Alabama
Community College System pursuant to Section 16-60-110.1. (b) All funds appropriated to the
State Department of Education for the fiscal year...
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16-1-38.1
Section 16-1-38.1 Professional development program for county and city superintendents of education.
(a) The School Superintendents of Alabama, a professional organization, shall establish and
administer a professional development program for all county and city superintendents of education.
(b) This program shall draw guidance from the National Staff Development Council definition
of professional development that is included in the proposal to amend ESEA Section 9101 (34)(C),
currently before the U.S. Congress and defined as "a comprehensive, sustained and intensive
approach to improving superintendents effectiveness in raising student achievement."
(c) Professional development fosters collective responsibility for improved student performance
and must be comprised of professional learning that: (1) Is aligned with rigorous standards,
as well as related local educational agency and school improvement goals. (2) Is conducted
among learning teams of educators, including teachers,...
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16-33B-4
Section 16-33B-4 Basic powers and duties of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education for
the Alabama Guaranteed Student Loan Program. (a) Basic powers. The Alabama Commission on Higher
Education (ACHE) is authorized to administer the Alabama Guaranteed Student Loan Program in
accordance with the Federal Student Loan Law, and empowered to promulgate such rules, regulations,
policies, and procedures as may be reasonable and proper in order to carry out the provisions
and purposes of this chapter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the ACHE is
authorized and empowered: (1) To establish regulations deemed necessary to comply with federal
regulations and legislation relative to guaranteed student loans and the Federal Student Loan
Law. (2) To establish eligibility criteria for participating postsecondary educational institutions.
(3) To establish reasonable eligibility criteria for the initial and continuing participation
of approved lenders in the student loan program. (4)...
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16-1-31
Section 16-1-31 Elective course credit for participation in YMCA Youth and Government programs.
(a) Each public local board of education may provide that a high school student who participates
in YMCA Youth and Government programs may earn elective course credit for participation providing
that Section 16-28-5, which requires 140 days of instruction by a certified teacher, is adhered
to. (b) The amount of elective course credit granted for participation in YMCA Youth and Government
programs shall be determined by the local board of education, but the credit shall not exceed
one credit unit. (c) Participation by a student in YMCA Youth and Government programs shall
be certified by the local YMCA official responsible for the program. (d) YMCA Youth and Government
programs eligible for credit pursuant to this section shall be approved by local boards of
education. (e) Local boards of education may adopt minimum standards for any program pursuant
to this section including minimum standards...
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16-1-38
Section 16-1-38 Financial and education law training for newly elected superintendents of education.
(a)(1) Each person newly elected or appointed as a city or county superintendent of education
shall, prior to assuming office, attend and satisfactorily complete a training program on
school finances and education law. This requirement shall be applicable upon the development
and offering of the training program as provided in this section. (2) The State Superintendent
of Education, based upon reasonable cause, may allow a newly elected or appointed superintendent
to attend and satisfactorily complete the training program after assuming office. (3) Superintendents
serving on May 31, 2001, may attend such training program. (4) The Department of Education,
or its designee, shall provide the training program at no cost. (b)(1) The training program
shall be formulated by a committee comprised of the State Superintendent of Education and
each of the following: a. A representative of the...
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16-46A-1
Section 16-46A-1 Adoption of policy governing virtual school program. (a)(1) Before the 2016-2017
school year, each local board of education shall adopt a policy providing, at a minimum, a
virtual education option for eligible students in grades nine to 12, inclusive, beginning
with that school year. (2) Any virtual school operating in this state that provides educational
services to public school students shall comply with this chapter. (b) The policy adopted
by the local board of education pursuant to this chapter shall govern the virtual school program
offered by the local board of education. The policy shall offer students in grades nine to
12, inclusive, an online pathway for earning a high school diploma and, at a minimum, shall
include all of the following: (1) The scope and delivery of virtual options. (2) Student eligibility
criteria for initial and continuing participation in the virtual program. (3) Specific requirements
for monitoring performance and testing protocol...
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