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16-28B-4
Section 16-28B-4 Prohibited behavior; complaints; school plans or programs. (a) No student
shall engage in or be subjected to bullying, intimidation, violence, or threats of violence
on or off of school property, on a school bus, or at any school-sponsored function by any
other student in his or her school system. (b) No person shall engage in reprisal, retaliation,
or false accusation against a victim, witness, or other person who has reliable information
about an act of bullying, violence, or threat of violence. (c) Any student, or parent or guardian
of the student, who is the object of bullying may file a complaint outlining the details of
the bullying, on a form authorized by the local board, and submit the form to the official
designated by the local board to receive complaints at the school. A copy of the form shall
be prominently posted and accessible on the website of each local board of education and school,
shall be available at each school office, and shall be included in...
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16-28B-5
Section 16-28B-5 Model policy. The department shall develop a model policy prohibiting bullying,
violence, and threats of violence on or off of school property, on a school bus, or at any
school-sponsored function. The model policy, at a minimum, shall contain all of the following
components: (1) A statement prohibiting bullying, violence, and threats of violence. (2) Definitions
of the terms bullying, as provided in subdivision (1) of Section 16-28B-3, intimidation, and
threats of violence. (3) A description of the behavior expected of each student. (4) A series
of graduated consequences for any student who commits an act of intimidation, bullying, violence,
or threats of violence. Punishment shall conform with applicable federal and state disability,
antidiscrimination, and education laws and school discipline policies. (5) A procedure for
reporting an act of intimidation, threat of suicide, bullying, violence, or threat of violence.
An anonymous report may not be the basis for...
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16-28B-2
Section 16-28B-2 Legislative intent. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the
adoption of policies in public school systems to prevent the bullying of students. It is the
further intent of the Legislature that this chapter apply only to student against student
bullying, intimidation, violence, and threats of violence in the public schools of Alabama,
and between students while not on school property, in grades prekindergarten through 12, and
that the State Department of Education develop, and each local board of education adopt procedural
policies to manage and possibly prevent these acts against any student by another student
or students based on the characteristics of a student. Additionally, it is the intent of the
Legislature that the filing of a complaint of bullying be in writing and submitted by the
affected student, or the parent or guardian of the affected student, and not by an education
employee on behalf of an affected student or his or her parent or guardian....
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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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16-1-44
Section 16-1-44 School emergency operation plans. (a)(1) Each local board of education shall
develop and adopt a comprehensive school emergency operations plan for each school under the
authority of the board. (2) The local board or its agent shall examine the conditions and
operations of each school under the authority of the local board to determine hazards to student
and staff safety and shall propose changes, if needed to promote the prevention of dangerous
problems and circumstances. (3) In developing the plan for each school, the local board or
its agent shall involve community law enforcement and safety officials, including community
fire and emergency management assigned to the school. (b)(1) The board shall incorporate into
each comprehensive school emergency operations plan the following: a. Protocols for addressing
each type of serious threats to the safety of school property, students, employees, or administrators
which shall include, but not be limited to: Security-related...
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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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16-28-3.1
Section 16-28-3.1 Guidelines and procedures for withdrawal from school; dropout prevention
program. (a) A child over the age of 17 may withdraw from public school prior to graduation
if both of the following circumstances exist: (1) Written consent is granted by the child's
parent or legal guardian. (2) An exit interview is conducted where the student and the student's
parent or legal guardian have been advised that withdrawal from school shall likely reduce
the student's future earning potential and increase the student's likelihood of being unemployed
in the future. During the exit interview, the student who is withdrawing from school shall
be given information that has been prepared and supplied by the State Department of Education
regarding the detrimental impacts and effects of early withdrawal from school along with any
available training and employment opportunity programs, provided such information is available.
(b) The State Department of Education shall work with local public...
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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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16-6B-3
Section 16-6B-3 Assistance programs. (a) Student strategy. The superintendent of the local
board of education along with the staff of each school shall develop an assistance program
at each school for at-risk students performing below the standards set by the State Board
of Education. The standards shall include the results of the required assessment program adopted
by the State Board of Education with emphasis on students who are found to be at one or more
grade levels below the prescribed norm. The local board of education shall budget at least
one hundred dollars ($100) per student so identified to be expended on tutorial assistance
programs including, but not limited to, after-school, Saturday school, or summer school, or
any combination of these programs. These funds may be budgeted from state or federal funds.
However, federal funds already budgeted for at-risk students may not be counted toward the
minimum one hundred dollars ($100) requirement set aside to be expended for...
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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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