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16-26A-3
Section 16-26A-3 Creation of Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science; governance by
board of directors. (a) There is hereby created a pilot program to be called the Alabama High
School of Mathematics and Science, which shall be a residential institution located in Mobile
County, at a site to be determined by the board of directors. The school shall open and formally
begin operation with the fall semester of 1991. The school shall be funded by the state from
moneys appropriated therefor; or grants, donations and funds from any other sources, including
corporations, individuals and foundations. (b) The school shall be governed by a board of
directors whose membership, powers, duties, and responsibilities shall be as hereinafter provided.
(c) The school shall coordinate its programs and curriculum with the Department of Education,
but shall be independent of the control of the state superintendent and of all local and state
education boards except its board of directors, except...
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16-5-30
Section 16-5-30 Committee established to improve postsecondary education participation; membership.
The Alabama Commission on Higher Education shall establish a statewide steering committee
to improve participation in two-year and four-year postsecondary education. The commission
shall appoint the members of the steering committee. The committee shall be composed of representatives
of each of the following groups: (1) Two-year postsecondary institutions. (2) Four-year postsecondary
institutions. (3) The State Parent-Teacher Association. (4) The organization that represents
the majority of education employees in the state. (5) The organization that represents the
majority of school boards. (6) Governmental agencies. (7) Foundations. (8) The business community.
(9) The Alabama AFL-CIO. (Acts 1993, No. 93-369, p. 630, §1.)...
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16-61C-3
Section 16-61C-3 Legislative intent - Program to augment science curriculum; administration
of program. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Alabama Science in Motion Program
shall augment the science curriculum of the public schools and be administered such that:
(1) The ASIM Program complement, enhance and facilitate the implementation of the Alabama
Course of Study: Science. (2) The State Superintendent of Education annually makes every effort
practical to expose the ASIM Program to the maximum number of students enrolled in science
coursework, regardless of the students' prior achievement levels in science or other academic
coursework. (3) Each of the core sciences covered under the ASIM Program be standardized among
the several networks, in terms of the scientific equipment that is utilized, the content of
instruction presented in the classroom and in the content and the extent of the staff development
training offered to science teachers. In the development of both the...
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16-61C-4
Section 16-61C-4 Rules and regulations; schedule for expansion of program; advisory committee.
(a) The State Board of Education may promulgate necessary rules and regulations for the effective
administration of the Alabama Science in Motion Program, in accordance with applicable state
laws. Upon the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education the State Board of
Education shall adopt a flexible schedule, of not more than five years, that will provide
for the complete statewide expansion of the Alabama Science in Motion Program to eleven networks,
one network to operate within the service region of each of the eleven existing Alabama Regional
Inservice Centers. ASIM Program expansion shall be completed when each network shall operate
one van for each of the three core sciences, namely biology, chemistry and physics. The schedule
shall consist of three or more phases; provided, that all effort shall be made to ensure that
no geographic region of the state shall be unduly...
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16-33B-4
Section 16-33B-4 Basic powers and duties of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education for
the Alabama Guaranteed Student Loan Program. (a) Basic powers. The Alabama Commission on Higher
Education (ACHE) is authorized to administer the Alabama Guaranteed Student Loan Program in
accordance with the Federal Student Loan Law, and empowered to promulgate such rules, regulations,
policies, and procedures as may be reasonable and proper in order to carry out the provisions
and purposes of this chapter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the ACHE is
authorized and empowered: (1) To establish regulations deemed necessary to comply with federal
regulations and legislation relative to guaranteed student loans and the Federal Student Loan
Law. (2) To establish eligibility criteria for participating postsecondary educational institutions.
(3) To establish reasonable eligibility criteria for the initial and continuing participation
of approved lenders in the student loan program. (4)...
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36-1-12
Section 36-1-12 Sovereign immunity. (a) For the purposes of this section, "education employee"
means a certified or noncertified employee of the State Board of Education or any local board
of education and an employee of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Alabama School
of Fine Arts, the Department of Youth Services, or the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science.
(b) An officer, employee, or agent of the state, including, but not limited to, an education
employee, acting in his or her official capacity is immune from civil liability in any suit
pursuant to Article I, Section 14, of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (c) An officer,
employee, or agent of the state, including, but not limited to, an education employee, is
immune from civil liability in his or her personal capacity when the conduct made the basis
of the claim is based upon the agent's doing any of the following: (1) Formulating plans,
policies, or designs. (2) Exercising his or her judgment in the...
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16-22-15
Section 16-22-15 Notice of personnel vacancy; board policies; emergency situations. (a) For
the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD
OF EDUCATION or BOARD. All public county and city boards of education; the Board of Trustees
of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the Alabama Youth Services Department School
Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Youth Services School District; the
Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama
High School of Mathematics and Science; and the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community
College System as applied to two-year postsecondary education institutions. (2) 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 Executive Director of the...
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16-35-5
Section 16-35-5 Studies required to be taught in elementary school. In every elementary school
in the state there shall be taught reading, spelling and writing, arithmetic, oral and written
English, geography, history of the United States and Alabama, elementary science, health education,
physical education and such other studies as may be prescribed by the State Board of Education.
(School Code 1927, §431; Code 1940, T. 52, §408.)...
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16-6A-5
Section 16-6A-5 Governor's Educational Reform Commission - Composition; funding. (a) There
is hereby created the Governor's Educational Reform Commission. Such commission shall be composed
of the Governor, the State Superintendent of Education, the President of the Alabama Parent-Teacher
Association, the Executive Director of the Alabama Education Association, the Executive Director
of the Alabama Association of School Boards, the Executive Director of the Alabama Commission
on Higher Education, the president of the Alabama Education Association, the Executive Director
of the Alabama Council of School Administrators and Supervisors, the Chancellor of postsecondary
education, one member who shall be a business person appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation
of the Alabama Association of School Boards, one member of the Senate appointed by the Governor,
one member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Governor, and three black members
appointed by the Governor as...
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16-6G-7
Section 16-6G-7 Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading. (a) The State Superintendent of Education
shall establish the Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading. The committee shall consist
of three members appointed from each State Board of Education district. The Governor, the
Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore
of the Senate shall each appoint one member from each district. The appointing authorities
shall coordinate their appointments so that diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas
is reflective of the makeup of this state. (b) Each member of the committee shall be a parent
or legal guardian of a state K-12 public school student, a practicing teacher, a retired teacher,
or employed in the field of education. (c) On or before June 30, 2020, the committee shall
revise the 2011 Alabama Action Plan for Literacy Birth Through Grade 12 in consultation with
the Campaign for Grade Level Reading group, which shall be...
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