16-5-31
Section 16-5-31 Duties. The steering committee shall perform each of the following duties:
(1) Seek methods to improve participation in two-year and four-year postsecondary education.
(2) Seek methods to improve high school retention. (3) Encourage the State Board of Education
and local boards of education to adopt courses of study that prepare students for two-year
and four-year technical, vocational, and academic programs. (4) Organize and supervise local
groups to perform each of the following functions: a. Encourage participation in two-year
and four-year postsecondary education. b. Improve high school retention. c. Encourage the
adoption by the local board of education of two-year and four-year postsecondary education
preparatory courses of study. d. Provide tutorial, counseling, and other educational assistance
to local junior and senior high school students. (5) Advise the Alabama Commission on Higher
Education regarding the operation of the Postsecondary Education Communication...
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16-13A-7
Section 16-13A-7 Audits. (a)(1) The yearly business and financial transactions of a local board
of education shall be audited as early as possible after the end of the fiscal year. (2) The
audits of the books and accounts of local boards of education shall be conducted by the Department
of Examiners of Public Accounts. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall audit,
review, and otherwise investigate the receipts and disbursements of funds of each local board
in the same manner as audits are performed on other agencies and departments of the State
of Alabama. (3) Any local board of education governing a city school system, other than those
city systems required by law to be audited by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts
on June 1, 2006, may employ a certified public accounting firm or firms or use the Department
of Examiners of Public Accounts to perform its yearly financial audit of its books and accounts
including a legal compliance audit and program compliance...
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16-35-3
Section 16-35-3 Duties generally. The Courses of Study Committee shall conduct continuing studies
and evaluations of the courses taught in the public elementary and secondary schools of the
state. It shall prepare the contents of the courses of study for each grade of the elementary
and secondary schools and revise the same from time to time. In evaluating the course of study,
consideration shall be given to the required basic content, texts used and available, the
educational objective of the course, changing scientific, technological and cultural developments,
as well as established facts of American history, tradition and patriotism. The committee
shall from time to time, but not less than once in each two years, prepare a report of its
recommendations with respect to the compulsory minimum content of courses of study and of
recommended revisions of courses, materials, subject content and treatment in specific courses
and subject areas. The report shall be submitted to the State...
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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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16-6B-11
Section 16-6B-11 Paperwork Reduction Committee. (a) The Legislature finds that the excessive
paperwork required of teachers and other public education employees hinders the prime responsibility
of public education: The education of the children of Alabama. The Legislature also finds
that excessive and time-consuming reporting requirements levied on school systems requires
automation in order to for timely reporting to occur. The Legislature further finds that the
excessive paperwork required of teachers has become so burdensome that teachers do not have
adequate time to prepare lesson plans or to devote individual attention to those students
who require special assistance. The Legislature further finds that, for teachers to have time
to teach, it is imperative that all unnecessary paperwork be eliminated from our public schools
and necessary paperwork be automated to the maximum practical extent. (b) The Paperwork Reduction
Committee is created. The membership of the committee shall...
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45-37A-50.06
Section 45-37A-50.06 Vacancies. A vacancy on the board of education shall be filled by appointment
by a majority of the remaining members of the board of education for the unexpired term. If
the vacancy is not filled by the remaining members of the board of education within 30 days,
the chair, or the vice chair in the absence of the chair, shall notify the Birmingham City
Council which shall fill the vacancy by appointment by a majority of the members of the city
council for the unexpired term. If the vacancy is not filled by the city council within 30
days after notification, the local superintendent of education shall notify the State Superintendent
of Education who shall fill the vacancy by appointment for the unexpired term. A person filling
a vacancy on the board of education shall reside in the district which the vacating member
represented. The provisions of Section 45-37A-50.05 apply only when one year or less remains
in the unexpired term. Otherwise a special election shall be...
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16-6G-3
Section 16-6G-3 Task force to make recommendations; membership; meetings; approved systems.
(a) The State Superintendent of Education shall convene a standing task force by December
1, 2019, to provide recommendations for comprehensive core reading and reading intervention
programs, a state continuum of teacher development for approved science of reading pursuant
to subsection (e) of Section 16-6G-6, and an annual list of vetted and approved assessments
that are valid and reliable reading screening, formative, and diagnostic assessment systems
for selection and use by local education agencies. The task force shall meet in regular session
at least twice a year. All appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments so that
diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas is reflective of the makeup of this state.
The membership of the task force shall include all of the following appointees, each of whom
shall have at least three years of experience with scientifically based...
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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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16-12-3
Section 16-12-3 Duties generally. (a) The city superintendent of schools shall be the chief
executive officer of the city board of education and shall see that the laws relating to the
schools and the rules and regulations of the city board of education are carried into effect.
(b) The city superintendent of schools shall explain the true intent and meaning of the school
laws, and of the rules and regulations of the city board of education and of the State Board
of Education, subject to the provisions of this title. (c) The superintendent shall decide,
without expense to the parties concerned, all controversies and disputes involving the rules
and regulations of the city board of education and the proper administration of the public
schools. (d) The superintendent shall have authority to administer oaths and to examine under
oath witnesses in any matter pertaining to the public schools of the city and to cause the
examinations to be reduced to writing. (e) The city board of education...
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16-46B-5
Section 16-46B-5 Computer science education task force. (a) The Governor shall establish a
computer science education task force to develop a state strategic plan for expanding computer
science education in the public schools in Alabama. (b) The membership of the task force shall
include all of the following: (1) One member of the House of Representatives, as appointed
by the Speaker of the House, and one member of the Senate, as appointed by the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate. (2) A representative of the board, as appointed by the board. (3) The
state computer science specialist and two additional representatives of the department, as
appointed by the superintendent. (4) A representative of the Department of Early Childhood
Education, as appointed by the secretary. (5) A representative of the Alabama Community College
System, as appointed by the board of trustees of the system. (6) A representative of the Alabama
Workforce Council, as appointed by the council. (7) A...
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