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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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16-6G-4
Section 16-6G-4 Use of funds in support of Alabama Reading Initiative; literacy and reading
specialists. (a) Funds appropriated by the Legislature in support of the Alabama Reading Initiative
shall be allocated to support the following: (1) Local education agencies to support local
reading specialists. (2) The Alabama Summer Achievement Program. (3) Regional literacy specialists.
(4) Preservice and inservice teacher professional learning activities for elementary school
teachers in reading. (5) Curricula to support student interventions. (6) State administration.
(b) Funds dedicated to the Alabama Reading Initiative shall be expended on local and regional
reading specialists, professional learning activities, and administrative activities that
support all of the following activities for kindergarten through third grade students in public
K-12 schools; continued funding shall be contingent on measurable performance growth, as determined
by the task force established under subsection (a)...
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16-6A-9
Section 16-6A-9 Development of plan for improving courses in critical needs areas. (a) The
State Board of Education shall develop and establish a comprehensive plan for improving courses
in science, mathematics, computer education and other critical needs areas. In developing
such plan, the superintendent shall consult with teacher organizations, school personnel,
legislative leaders, the Governor's office, representatives from private industry, public
and private higher education and from the fields of education, mathematics, science and computer
education. Such program shall be divided into three phases with the first phase being introduced
at the beginning of the 1985-1986 school year and another phase to begin each of the following
two years. The entire program should be operative at the end of three years. (b) The comprehensive
plan shall provide a framework for the preparation and approval of programs, provide direction
for program development and shall include the following...
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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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16-6A-2
Section 16-6A-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) A.C.H.E. The Alabama Commission
on Higher Education. (2) BOARD or BOARD OF EDUCATION. The State Board of Education. (3) COMMISSION.
The Governor's Educational Reform Commission created by this chapter. (4) CRITICAL NEEDS AREAS.
Those curriculum and teaching areas where there is an urgent need for action. These areas
include mathematics, science, computer education and other areas to be identified from time
to time by the State Board of Education. (5) IN-SERVICE EDUCATION. The training of regularly
certified education professionals who hold positions in the public schools of the state. (6)
LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. County and city boards of education and the school systems over
which these boards of education have authority. (7) PLAN FOR EXCELLENCE. A Plan for Excellence;
Alabama's Public Schools, a report to the Alabama State Board of...
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16-30B-3
Section 16-30B-3 Rulemaking authority; school nurse requirements; training guidelines. (a)
The State Board of Education shall adopt rules regarding the administration of Palliative
and End of Life Individual Health Plans in the school setting; provided, however, the board
may not propose rules without approval from the task force created pursuant to Section 16-30B-6.
For purposes of this subsection, approval requires an affirmative vote from at least three-fifths
of the task force members. The rules shall include, but are not limited to, the contents of
a plan and procedures for the execution and termination of a plan. The final rules shall be
certified to the Legislative Services Agency not later than June 1, 2019. (b) A Palliative
and End of Life Individual Health Plan administered under this chapter shall be developed
by the school nurse, in conjunction with the representative of the qualified minor. (c) A
plan shall include an Order for Pediatric Palliative and End of Life Care...
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16-22-9
Section 16-22-9 Educational authority sick leave bank plans. (a) The following terms shall
have the following meanings, respectively: (1) CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS. Any illness, injury,
or pregnancy or medical condition related to childbirth, certified by a licensed physician
which causes the employee to be absent from work for an extended period of time. (2) CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The superintendent of any public county or city school system; the President
of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the president of any two-year school or college
under the auspices of the State Board of Education; the President of Alabama Agricultural
and Mechanical University; the Superintendent of the Department of Youth Services School District;
the Executive Director of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; and the Executive Director of the
Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science. (3) EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITY or AUTHORITY or
BOARD. Each city and county board of education; the Board of Trustees of the...
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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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16-23-16.1
Section 16-23-16.1 Creation of Professional Teachers Standards Commission; designation or development
of entry-level pre-certification examination for teacher candidates. (a) The Legislature finds
that Alabama is alone among the southern states in not testing teacher candidates before allowing
them in the classroom, and acknowledges that the need exists to establish, maintain, and enforce
minimum professional standards for teacher candidates in the State of Alabama. In response
to such need, there is hereby created a Professional Teachers Standards Commission (the commission)
for the State of Alabama. The commission shall consist of 11 members appointed by the Governor
in the following manner: The Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers Association, Alabama
School Board Association, Alabama Council for School Administration and Supervision, Alabama
Education Association, and the Alabama Association of Colleges for Teacher Education shall
each designate a representative that together...
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40-9B-3
Section 40-9B-3 Definitions. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases
mean: (1) ABATE, ABATEMENT. A reduction or elimination of a taxpayer's liability for tax or
payments required to be made in lieu thereof. An abatement of transaction taxes imposed under
Chapter 23 of this title, or payments required to be made in lieu thereof, shall relieve the
seller from the obligation to collect and pay over the transaction tax as if the sale were
to a person exempt, to the extent of the abatement, from the transaction tax. (2) ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY RESOURCES. The definition given in Section 40-18-1. (3) CONSTRUCTION RELATED TRANSACTION
TAXES. The transaction taxes imposed by Chapter 23 of this title, or payments required to
be made in lieu thereof, on tangible personal property and taxable services incorporated into
an industrial development property, the cost of which may be added to capital account with
respect to the property, determined without regard to any rule which...
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