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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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16-22-9
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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16-28-3.1
Section 16-28-3.1 Guidelines and procedures for withdrawal from school; dropout prevention
program. (a) A child over the age of 17 may withdraw from public school prior to graduation
if both of the following circumstances exist: (1) Written consent is granted by the child's
parent or legal guardian. (2) An exit interview is conducted where the student and the student's
parent or legal guardian have been advised that withdrawal from school shall likely reduce
the student's future earning potential and increase the student's likelihood of being unemployed
in the future. During the exit interview, the student who is withdrawing from school shall
be given information that has been prepared and supplied by the State Department of Education
regarding the detrimental impacts and effects of early withdrawal from school along with any
available training and employment opportunity programs, provided such information is available.
(b) The State Department of Education shall work with local public...
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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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16-22-12
Section 16-22-12 Cost-of-living adjustment for public education employees; miscellaneous pay
provisions. (a) The State Budget Officer shall allocate to the State Board of Education, the
Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Board of Youth Services
Department District, the Alabama School of Fine Arts, and the Alabama High School of Mathematics
and Science, for disbursement to the employees thereof funds based on the following criteria.
It is not the intent of the Legislature to make an appropriation in this section. (1) CERTIFICATED
PERSONNEL (K-12). For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1996, and each year thereafter,
each cell on the State Minimum Salary Schedule contained in the annual budget act for the
public schools shall be increased by four percent (4%) in addition to the amounts contained
in the 1995-96 annual budget act as required and provided by Acts 95-313 and 95-314 and as
contained in Section 16-6B-8 and Section 16-13-231 as amended. If the...
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16-1-51
Section 16-1-51 Grants to public schools for advanced educational and specialized programs
for gifted and talented children. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1)
It is vital that Alabama's public schools challenge and encourage students who are capable
of completing accelerated academic work. (2) Programs to encourage accelerated students can
often be maintained by schools, after an initial start cost, with funding roughly equivalent
to what they currently receive. (3) This state should encourage schools to develop and implement
gifted and talented student programs to provide options for students capable of doing advanced
class work. (b)(1) The State Department of Education shall award available grants to public
schools for the purpose of initiating new programs or continuing existing programs to offer
advanced and specialized educational services to gifted or talented children. The number of
schools receiving grants under this section shall be determined based...
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16-40-9
Section 16-40-9 Instruction for avoiding child sexual abuse. (a)(1) The Legislature recognizes
that Erin Merryn was raped and molested for six and a half years by a neighbor and a family
member. She began a crusade her senior year of high school in 2004 to end the silence and
shame around sexual abuse. Erin's Law has been adopted in a number of states to help address
the problem of child sexual abuse. (2) The intent of Erin's Law is to shatter the silence
and stigma around child sexual abuse, and to educate children and empower them to recognize
and to report abuse. (3) The Legislature finds that without a specific initiative like Erin's
Law, schools generally fail to give young students adequate awareness and a voice in this
issue. (b) The Governor's Task Force on Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children created under
subsection (c) shall adopt guidelines for a child sexual abuse prevention instructional program.
The guidelines shall: (1) Educate children in grades pre-kindergarten...
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16-1-34
Section 16-1-34 Donation by two-year college president of surplus property to local public
school system. A two-year college president under the jurisdiction of the Department of Postsecondary
Education and the State Board of Education and the State Board of Medical Examiners may donate
surplus personal property of the institution to a local city board of education or to a local
county board of education for use by public high schools, public middle schools, and public
elementary schools in the respective local public school system. Accurate records of the transactions
shall be kept by the two-year institution and the State Board of Medical Examiners and the
recipient local public school system. (Act 2000-689, p. 1400, ยง1.)...
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16-5-32
Section 16-5-32 Postsecondary Education Communication Center created; center to operate statewide
computer network, develop interactive communication system, establish annual ninth graders
data base, operate toll-free numbers, and research factors affecting educational choices.
(a) The commission shall enter into a contract with a state educational institution to establish
a Postsecondary Education Communication Center to operate a statewide computer network and
to perform the functions prescribed in this section. The commission shall supervise the operation
of the center. The functions and services of the Postsecondary Education Communication Center
shall not duplicate the functions and services provided by the Computer Articulation Program
operated by Troy State University. (b) The center shall assist and support the steering committee
and local groups in fulfilling their duties. (c) The center shall develop and provide an interactive
communication system that accomplishes each of...
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16-6B-3
Section 16-6B-3 Assistance programs. (a) Student strategy. The superintendent of the local
board of education along with the staff of each school shall develop an assistance program
at each school for at-risk students performing below the standards set by the State Board
of Education. The standards shall include the results of the required assessment program adopted
by the State Board of Education with emphasis on students who are found to be at one or more
grade levels below the prescribed norm. The local board of education shall budget at least
one hundred dollars ($100) per student so identified to be expended on tutorial assistance
programs including, but not limited to, after-school, Saturday school, or summer school, or
any combination of these programs. These funds may be budgeted from state or federal funds.
However, federal funds already budgeted for at-risk students may not be counted toward the
minimum one hundred dollars ($100) requirement set aside to be expended for...
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