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41-16-51
Section 41-16-51 Contracts for which competitive bidding not required. (a) Competitive bids
for entities subject to this article shall not be required for utility services, the rates
for which are fixed by law, regulation, or ordinance, and the competitive bidding requirements
of this article shall not apply to: (1) The purchase of insurance. (2) The purchase of ballots
and supplies for conducting any primary, general, special, or municipal election. (3) Contracts
for securing services of attorneys, physicians, architects, teachers, superintendents of construction,
artists, appraisers, engineers, consultants, certified public accountants, public accountants,
or other individuals possessing a high degree of professional skill where the personality
of the individual plays a decisive part. (4) Contracts of employment in the regular civil
service. (5) Contracts for fiscal or financial advice or services. (6) Purchases of products
made or manufactured by the blind or visually handicapped...
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16-6F-7
Section 16-6F-7 Applicant proposals; conversion to public charter school; terms of charters;
contracts. (a) Request for proposals. (1) To solicit, encourage, and guide the development
of quality public charter school applications, every local school board, in its role as public
charter school authorizer, shall issue and broadly publicize a request for proposals for public
charter school applications by July 17, 2015, and by November 1 in each subsequent year. The
content and dissemination of the request for proposals shall be consistent with the purposes
and requirements of this act. (2) Public charter school applicants may submit a proposal for
a particular public charter school to no more than one local school board at a time. (3) The
department shall annually establish and disseminate a statewide timeline for charter approval
or denial decisions, which shall apply to all authorizers in the state. (4) Each local school
board's request for proposals shall present the board's strategic...
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16-61C-6
Section 16-61C-6 Superintendent to allocate grant funds; recoupment of replaced state funds.
In the event that in any fiscal year prior to the complete expansion of the ASIM Program,
grant funds are received as funding support for the ASIM Program, the State Superintendent
of Education shall allocate the grant funds in an equitable manner among the several ASIM
Program networks to replace a like amount of state funds. The state superintendent shall also
recoup the replaced state funds previously allocated among the networks and deposit the state
funds to the credit of the Education Technology Fund, to be expended at the recommendation
of the superintendent upon the approval of the State Board of Education for further expansion
of the ASIM Program, according to the approved schedule. In the event that grant funds are
received after the expansion of the ASIM Program is completed, the recouped state funds shall
be deposited to the credit of the Education Technology Fund to be expended at...
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16-5-51
Section 16-5-51 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. The purpose of the Alabama
Math and Science Teacher Education Program is twofold: (1) To encourage individuals to enroll
in and complete programs leading to Alabama certification in mathematics or science. (2) To
improve the educational system in Alabama by encouraging those who complete the program to
accept math or science teaching positions in Alabama public schools, preferably in public
school systems where the shortage of math or science teachers, or both, is most acute. (Act
2018-504, ยง2.)...
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16-46B-1
Section 16-46B-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The State Board of Education. (2) COMPUTER SCIENCE. The
study of computers and algorithmic processes, including their principles, their hardware and
software designs, their implementation, and their impact on society. Content should focus
on teaching students how to create new technologies, not simply how to use technology. (3)
COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES AND CONTENT. Courses that teach computer science either as a standalone
course implementation in middle and high schools, or, for elementary school, integrated into
other content areas. (4) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Education. (5) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Includes grades kindergarten to six, inclusive. (6) HIGH QUALITY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. Professional
development activities that satisfy all of the following: a. Clarify the conceptual foundations
of computer science. b. Teach research-based practices,...
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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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16-46B-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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16-5-52
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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16-6C-3
Section 16-6C-3 Legislative School Performance Recognition Program. (a) The Legislative School
Performance Recognition Program is created within the State Department of Education to reward
public schools that either: (1) Demonstrate high performance by being ranked in the top 25
percent of public schools, as ranked in the school grading system created in Section 16-6C-2.
(2) Demonstrate exemplary progress by improving the overall annual ranking of the school by
at least one letter grade, as ranked in the school grading system created in Section 16-6C-2.
(b) All public schools that are ranked in the school grading system created in Section 16-6C-2
are eligible to participate in the program. (c) The State Superintendent of Education shall
prescribe guidelines for how the program shall be administered and implemented by not later
than December 31, 2013, but the program may not be implemented by the State Superintendent
of Education or the State Department of Education until both of the...
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41-9-983
Section 41-9-983 Commission - Duties. (a) The commission shall have the following responsibilities
and duties: (1) Provide assistance and advice to the public and private schools, colleges,
and universities with respect to implementation of Holocaust education and awareness programs.
(2) Meet with appropriate education officials and other interested public and private organizations,
including service organizations, to assist with the planning, coordinating, and enriching
of courses of study dealing with the Holocaust. (3) Survey and catalog the extent and breadth
of Holocaust and genocide education presently incorporated into the curricula and taught in
the educational systems of the state; to inventory those Holocaust memorials, exhibits, and
resources which could be incorporated in courses of study; and to assist other educational
agencies in the development and implementation of Holocaust and genocide education programs.
In furtherance of this responsibility, the commission may...
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