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16-5-52
Section 16-5-52 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION,
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. For the purposes of this
article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPROVED INSTITUTION.
A state-supported institution of higher education or a private nonprofit institution of higher
education that satisfies all of the following: a. Is accredited by the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. b. Is approved by the State Board of Education
or the State Department of Education to prepare teachers of secondary math or science, or
both. c. Is eligible to receive Title IV federal student aid program funds. d. Maintains its
primary headquarters in Alabama. (2) COMMISSION. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education.
(3) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT. A person who satisfies the criteria set out in this article and is
found to be eligible by rules adopted by the Alabama Commission on...
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16-46B-8
Section 16-46B-8 Incorporation of computer science into Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education
Loan Repayment Program. (a) Subject to appropriations from the Legislature, the teaching field
of computer science shall be added to the list of eligible subject areas identified within
the Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Loan Repayment Program (AMSTEP), Article 3,
commencing with Section 16-5-50, Chapter 5 of this title, with the following exceptions: (1)
Computer science recipients shall be eligible to receive a total of three thousand dollars
($3,000) per year or one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per semester worked. (2) Computer
science teachers are not eligible to receive the acute shortage area supplement, until such
time as the Alabama Commission on Higher Education and the State Department of Education concur
that there is sufficient need or resources, or both, available to allow its inclusion. (b)
The Alabama Commission on Higher Education may adopt any rules...
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16-5-53
Section 16-5-53 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION,
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The Alabama Math and
Science Teacher Education Program shall be administered by the commission, which may adopt
any rules necessary for the administration of the program. (b) The commission shall adopt
standards for awarding loan repayments to an Alabama public school teacher who satisfies all
of the following: (1) Has graduated from an approved institution. (2) Holds a valid Alabama
professional educator certificate endorsed in math or science. (3) Is teaching in an Alabama
public school full-time in the field of math or science. (4) Is eligible to receive additional
funds for teaching math or science in a public school in a geographic area with acute teacher
shortages in math or science, or both. (Act 2018-504, ยง4.)...
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16-5-54
Section 16-5-54 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION,
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) To be eligible for
the base program of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per semester, an applicant
shall satisfy all of the following: (1) Be a graduate of a State Board of Education or State
Department of Education approved program in math or science, at the baccalaureate or master's
level, from an approved institution leading to an initial secondary professional educator
certificate endorsed in math or science. A teacher who only earns a passing score on the Praxis
test in math or science to add a certificate endorsement for math or science, and who has
not completed an entire approved program, does not satisfy this requirement. (2) Holds a valid
Alabama professional educator certificate endorsed in secondary math or science, or both.
(3) Teaches math or science full-time in an Alabama public school district....
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16-5-55
Section 16-5-55 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION,
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The program shall
be used to provide a loan repayment for federal student loans in the following amounts: (1)
Five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year, or two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per
semester worked, for a maximum of four consecutive years for a teacher with a valid Alabama
professional educator certificate endorsed in secondary math or science who graduated from
a teacher education program at an approved institution after the 2018 spring semester term
and is teaching in an Alabama public school. (2) An additional two thousand five hundred dollars
($2,500) per year, or one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($1,250) per semester worked,
for a maximum of four consecutive years for a teacher who satisfies all criteria listed in
Section 16-5-54 and who also is teaching math or science in a public school in...
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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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16-22-10
Section 16-22-10 Salary increases for certain public education employees; two-year colleges
salary schedule upgrade; 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 Math
and Science, and the Alabama School of Fine Arts for disbursement to the employees thereof
funds based on the following criteria. It is the intent of the Legislature that this section
does not make appropriations. (1) KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 (K-12). A six and one-half
percent salary increase shall be given to each teacher employed in all public school programs
for the fiscal year 1993-94 over and above the salary received during the 1992-93 fiscal year.
A six and one-half percent salary increase shall be given to each public education support
worker employed for the fiscal year 1993-94 over and above the total salary...
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16-6G-6
Section 16-6G-6 Dyslexia therapist certification endoresement; accreditation of teacher preparation
programs; licensure and certification of teachers; professional learning. (a) The State Superintendent
of Education shall develop, and the State Board of Education shall approve, a dyslexia therapist
certification endorsement on or before December 31, 2019. (1) K-12 and early childhood teachers
who have completed an International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council endorsed
training course and have received a passing score on the Academic Language Therapy Association's
Certified Academic Language Therapy assessment, or the International Dyslexia Association's
Knowledge and Practice Examination of Effective Reading Instruction, and who hold a valid
Professional Educator Certificate shall be eligible for a dyslexia therapist endorsement.
(2) Teacher preparation programs at public colleges and universities in the state shall offer
dyslexia therapy teacher preparation courses...
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16-6A-15
Section 16-6A-15 Tuition grant program for certified teachers; limitations on tuition reimbursement;
letter of commitment; withholding records upon failure to satisfy agreement. The Alabama Commission
on Higher Education shall implement a tuition grant program for certified teachers. Tuition
grants in institutions of higher education for adding mathematics, science, computer education
or other critical needs areas to their certificates shall be provided to able teachers certified
in subject areas not designated critical needs areas. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education
shall adopt rules to implement the mathematics, science, computer education or other critical
needs areas tuition reimbursement program. Any full-time regularly certified public school
teacher in Alabama shall be eligible for this program. Tuition reimbursement shall be limited
to courses in mathematics, science, computer education or other critical areas as determined
by the board. Such courses shall be graduate...
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16-33B-1
Section 16-33B-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires
a different meaning, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ACHE. The
Alabama Commission on Higher Education. (2) APPROVED LENDER. Any eligible institution, or
any bank, trust company, savings and loan association, credit union, pension fund, or insurance
company, whose primary consumer credit function is not the making of insured student loans
and which is examined and supervised by the appropriate state or federal regulatory agency
or any other institution or agency defined as an eligible lender in accordance with the Federal
Student Loan Law. (3) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION. Any postsecondary educational institution which
is approved by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education for the purposes of this program.
However, an institution offering exclusively correspondence, independent study, or home study
courses is not an eligible institution. (4) FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN LAW. Title...
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