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16-26-1
Section 16-26-1 Administration of high school affairs. In the establishment and operation of
high schools, matters relating to the minimum standards prescribed by the State Board of Education
on the courses of study, organization, instruction, qualifications of principals and teachers,
building and equipment and of sanitary conditions shall be administered through the professional
assistants in the Department of Education, directed by the State Superintendent of Education.
Manuals of instruction, bulletins setting out programs of study, rules and regulations and
other matters relating to secondary education shall be printed from time to time by the State
Board of Education. The requirements for accreditment of high schools and the list of approved
institutions shall be submitted to and approved and printed by the State Board of Education
on the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education and supplied in sufficient
quantities to meet the needs of high school principals,...
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16-60-350
Section 16-60-350 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words shall
have the following meanings: (1) CAREER-TECHNICAL DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM. A program that
allows eligible high school students to enroll in college-level career technical education
courses, as designed by the Chancellor of the Department of Postsecondary Education, that
are offered at Alabama Community College System institutions and allows such enrolled students
to concurrently earn high school and college credit in courses toward a certificate or degree,
or both, and which prepares them to enter the workforce in high skill, high wage, or high
demand occupations. (2) CONTRIBUTION. A donation of cash. (3) ELIGIBLE STUDENT. A high school
student who meets the eligibility requirements and standards as prescribed by State Board
of Education policy to enroll for Career-Technical Dual Enrollment Program courses. (4) QUALIFYING
EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES. Tuition, fees, books, materials, and supplies...
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16-46A-2
Section 16-46A-2 Enrollment; participation and attendance; online course requirements. (a)
A full-time student enrolled in a virtual program shall be enrolled and counted in the average
daily membership of the local school, participate in state testing and accountability requirements
through the local school system, and, upon satisfying the graduation requirements of the local
board of education, receive a diploma from the local school system. (b) Any provision of this
chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, a student enrolled in a virtual school program offered
by his or her local school system shall be treated as if he or she is attending his or her
local school in the attendance zone in which they reside for purposes of participating in
extracurricular activities and shall be subject to the same requirements, including Alabama
High School Athletic Association rules, imposed on a traditional public school student enrolled
in the traditional public school. In addition, if local board...
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16-6F-3
Section 16-6F-3 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) It is in the best interests of the people of Alabama to provide all children with access
to high quality public schools. (2) It is necessary to continue to search for ways to strengthen
the academic performance of elementary and secondary public school students. (3) Different
students learn differently and public schools should have the ability to customize programs
to fit the needs of individual students. (4) Those who know students best, parents and educators,
make the best education-related decisions regarding their students. (5) Parents and local
educators have a right and responsibility to actively participate in the educational institutions
that serve the children of Alabama. (6) Public school programs, whenever possible, should
be customized to fit the needs of individual children. (7) Students of all backgrounds are
entitled to access to a high quality education. (8) Therefore,...
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16-24C-4
Section 16-24C-4 Tenure of teachers; nonprobationary status of classified employees. No action
may be proposed or approved based upon personal or political reasons on the part of the employer,
chief executive officer, or governing board. A teacher shall attain tenure, and a classified
employee shall attain nonprobationary status as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided
by Section 16-23-3, a teacher who is not an employee of a two-year educational institution
operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education, shall
attain tenure upon the completion of three complete, consecutive school years of full-time
employment as a teacher with the same employer unless the governing board approves and issues
written notice of termination to the teacher on or before the last day of the teacher's third
consecutive, complete school year of employment. For purposes of this chapter, a probationary
teacher whose employment or reemployment is effective prior to...
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16-24C-7
Section 16-24C-7 Transfers and reassignments. (a) Except as otherwise specified, employees
may be transferred or reassigned at any time as the needs of the employer require to any position
for which they are qualified by skill, training, or experience by the president of a two-year
educational institution alone or upon the recommendation of the chief executive officer and
the approval of the governing board. (b) A chief executive officer may reassign a teacher
to any grade, position, or work location within the same school, campus, instructional facility,
or, for two-year institutions operated under the authority and control of the Department of
Postsecondary Education, to any teaching position or work location that is under the control
and jurisdiction of the institution, as the needs of the employer require. For a tenured teacher,
except as required by acts of God or disasters that are beyond the reasonable control of the
employer, written notice of the reassignment must be issued to...
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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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16-44A-31
Section 16-44A-31 Citizenship Trust established. (a) The State of Alabama hereby establishes
and authorizes the Citizenship Trust, herein referred to as the "trust." (b) The
purpose of the trust is to strengthen and renew the foundation of American liberty and self-government
through citizenship education. The trust shall provide students with high quality educational
programs, learning experiences, and resources inside and outside the classroom which enhance
their understanding and appreciation of the principles of American citizenship, and knowledge
of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and other essential foundations of the American Republic,
and which encourage them to serve and lead their communities, state, and nation as active,
responsible, informed, and law-abiding citizens. Programs shall be focused on improving student
learning and achievement in the critical academic areas of American history, government, civics,
and citizenship. (c) The trust shall encourage voluntary,...
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16-13-281
Section 16-13-281 Average salaries to match national average; funding; compliance. (a) The
average salary of Alabama teachers, including the State Minimum Salary Schedule, local salary
supplementals, state incentive pay such as National Board of Professional Teaching Standards
certification, and any other salary compensation paid to Alabama teachers, shall be increased
to the national average for teacher salaries as provided in this article. Beginning in the
fiscal year 2001-2002, and continuing each fiscal year thereafter until such time as the Alabama
teacher salary average has reached the national average for teacher salaries, there shall
be allocated 41.15 percent of the growth in the Education Trust Fund for teacher salaries.
The 41.15 percent of the growth shall not apply to any future new revenue source to the Education
Trust Fund, including any revenue generated from an increase in the rate or a substantial
change in the base of existing revenue sources. Provided, however, an...
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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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