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16-22A-3
Section 16-22A-3 Definitions. When used in this chapter only, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)
APPLICANT. A certified or noncertified individual who submits an application for employment
to a local employing board or any nonpublic school, to act in any capacity in which the individual
will have unsupervised access to children in an educational environment. (2) APPLICANT FOR
CERTIFICATION. An individual who submits an application for certification issued by the State
Superintendent of Education. (3) AUTHORIZED EMPLOYER. Any educational entity authorized to
obtain criminal history background information, including the State Department of Education,
local employing boards, and nonpublic schools which are responsible for hiring employees or
contracting with private employers to provide personnel who have unsupervised access to children
in an educational setting. (4) CERTIFIED APPLICANT FOR EMPLOYMENT. A...
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16-1-20.5
Section 16-1-20.5 Protection of student religious liberties. (a) This section shall be known
and may be cited as the "Alabama Student Religious Liberties Act of 2015." (b) A
public local board of education may not discriminate against students or parents on the basis
of a religious viewpoint or religious expression. A local board of education shall treat a
student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible
subject in the same manner the local board of education treats a student's voluntary expression
of a secular or other viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject and may not discriminate
against the student based on a religious viewpoint expressed by the student on an otherwise
permissible subject. (c) Students may express their beliefs about religion in homework, artwork,
and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content
of their submissions. Homework and classroom assignments shall be judged by...
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16-22A-32
Section 16-22A-32 Collection of fingerprints; submission of materials. (a) Each local employing
board and other public educational entity required to obtain criminal history background information
checks of current public certified employees and current public noncertified employees pursuant
to this article shall cooperate with the State Department of Education in obtaining two complete
acceptable sets of fingerprints and written consent from each current employee who has or
seeks to have unsupervised access to a child or children. (b)(1) Each local employing board
and other public educational entity shall, upon request, submit the following items to the
State Department of Education for each current public certified employee and current public
noncertified employee: a. Two functional acceptable fingerprint cards, bearing the fingerprints
of the individual, properly executed by an individual properly trained in fingerprinting techniques.
b. Written consent authorizing the release of...
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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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16-1-44
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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16-1-45
Section 16-1-45 Automated external defibrillator requirements. (a) For purposes of this section,
the term automated external defibrillator is given the same definition as provided in subsection
(c) of Section 6-5-332.3. (b) An automated external defibrillator shall be placed in each
public K-12 school in Alabama. The superintendent of each local board of education shall designate
at least one employee at each school to be trained in the use of an automated external defibrillator.
(c) The State Department of Education shall implement and administer this section and shall
adopt such rules as are necessary. (Act 2009-754, p. 2278, §1.)...
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16-13-234.1
Section 16-13-234.1 Funding salary increases mandated by Legislature. (a) Any local board of
education receiving a hold harmless allowance as provided for in Section 16-13-234, may use
part or all of the funds received by the local board from the Public School Fund for capital
outlay allowance to pay the costs of any salary increase mandated by the Legislature, including
the costs of fringe benefits, not covered by an adjustment to the hold harmless allowance.
(b) Prior to using its capital outlay allowance for salary increases mandated by the Legislature,
including the costs of fringe benefits, the local board of education, by a majority vote,
must adopt a resolution transferring the capital outlay allowance to the general fund of the
local board and earmark the funds for salary increases and associated fringe benefits. The
local board of education must also submit a copy of the resolution to the State Superintendent
of Education. (Acts 1997, No. 97-889, p. 249, §§ 1, 2.)...
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16-25-19
Section 16-25-19 Administration. (a) The general administration and responsibility for the
proper operation of the retirement system and for making effective the provisions of this
chapter are hereby vested in a board of trustees which shall be known as the Board of Control
and shall be organized immediately after a majority of the trustees provided for in this section
shall have qualified and taken the oath of office. (b) The board shall consist of 15 trustees
as follows: (1) The State Superintendent of Education, ex officio. (2) The State Treasurer,
ex officio. (3) The state Director of Finance, ex officio. (4) Twelve elected members of the
retirement system. Those 12 members shall consist of representatives elected from each of
the following categories: two shall be retired members, one shall be a city or county superintendent,
one shall be a principal, one shall be a member from an institution of postsecondary education
that is part of the Alabama Community College System, two...
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16-36-68
Section 16-36-68 Purchasing textbooks and accountability for textbooks. (a) The local boards
of education, county commissions, and municipal councils or other governing boards of a municipality
may appropriate funds for the purpose of creating local revolving funds to be used in securing
and distributing textbooks and for the purpose of contributing to the expense of furnishing
textbooks. These revolving funds shall be reimbursed from moneys received from sales of textbooks.
(b) Local boards of education, county commissions, and other like governing bodies of the
counties or municipalities may appropriate funds for the purpose of purchasing textbooks for
free distribution or for rental to the patrons of its public schools under such rules and
regulations as shall be prescribed by the respective local boards of education. (c) All books
contracted for shall be shipped upon purchase orders of the local boards of education. The
publisher or publishing company shipping the books shall...
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16-16-14
Section 16-16-14 Use of bond proceeds for loans to local boards of education. The proceeds
derived from the sale of any bonds issued pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 3 of Act 98-373
shall be deposited in the State Treasury and shall be carried in a separate fund therein for
the account of the authority, which shall pay therefrom the expenses of issuance thereof.
The proceeds from the sale of the bonds remaining after payment of the expenses of issuance
thereof shall be retained in such fund and, until they are paid out, shall be invested by
the State Treasurer at the direction of the authority in permitted investments which mature
at such time or times as the authority shall direct. Monies in the fund (whether original
proceeds from the sale of the bonds or principal proceeds of matured permitted investments)
shall be available for loan by the authority. The authority is hereby authorized to loan,
and each local board of education is hereby authorized to borrow, such monies under...
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