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16-16B-1
Section 16-16B-1 Short title; electronic textbooks; wireless electronic devices; rule making
authority; implementation plan; Alabama Ahead Oversight Committee. (a) This chapter shall
be known and may be cited as the Alabama Ahead Act. (b)(1) Commencing with the 2016-2017 school
year, students may be provided textbooks in electronic format . Textbooks in electronic format
may be available to schools under the jurisdiction of those local boards of education which
choose to participate in Alabama Ahead, to the extent practicable and funding is obtainable,
to provide students with resources in the following three areas: a. Wireless broadband access
via high-quality WiFi infrastructure in schools, as a first priority pursuant to Section 16-6B-2.1.
b. Upgrades, expansions, and maintenance of existing WiFi infrastructure. c. Devices, digital
content, management systems, debt service, or support. (2) Digital textbooks or other instructional
materials provided in electronic format may also be...
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16-36-70
Section 16-36-70 Adequate textbooks. (a) The Legislature finds that textbooks and other instructional
materials are among the basic tools of learning that must exist if Alabama students are to
succeed. (b) All students in the public schools shall be provided with adequate and current
textbooks and other necessary instructional supplies for use in their education. Textbooks
and other supporting materials shall be appropriate for their course work and shall be in
suitable condition. Where textbooks are issued pursuant to Section 16-36-69, every student
shall have his or her own copy of the issued textbook of the correct edition, which he or
she shall be permitted to take home each day for home study for the entire school year or
for the portion of the year when the book is issued. (c) It is the intent of the Legislature
that it is the student's responsibility, as well as the student's parent or guardian, to care
for the textbooks and instructional supplies provided by the state in a...
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16-13-234
Section 16-13-234 Allocation of funds. (a) In making apportionment of the Public School Fund
held by the state, to the local boards of education, the State Superintendent of Education
shall first set apart and distribute to the schools of each township the amount due from the
state thereto as interest on its sixteenth section fund, or other trust fund held by the state.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to insure that no local board of education receive
less state funds per pupil than it received in fiscal year 1994-95. For this reason the Foundation
Program for each local board of education shall be supplemented, if necessary, by a hold harmless
allowance. The base amount of each local board's hold harmless allowance calculation is the
1994-95 program cost as defined herein. The 1994-95 program cost of each local board of education
was determined by using the first forty scholastic days of average daily membership from 1993-94.
Beginning with the fiscal year 1995-96, the hold...
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16-23-13
Section 16-23-13 Training-in-service work. In the conduct of institutes and group conferences
as provided in this chapter, it is made the duty of the state-supported institutions of higher
learning offering teacher-training courses to cooperate as far as practicable with the Department
of Education in furthering training-in-service activities. The Department of Education in
cooperation with the state-supported institutions of higher learning offering teacher-training
courses shall arrange as far as may be practicable for extension courses as a part of or in
lieu of group conferences hereinbefore provided. County superintendents of education and city
superintendents of schools shall from time to time make known their training-in-service needs
to the Department of Education, and the department through cooperation with teacher-training
institutions shall endeavor to assist county and city superintendents in setting up and carrying
into effect a training-in-service program. (School Code...
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16-37-8
Section 16-37-8 City and county boards of education authorized to operate jointly vocational
high schools. (a) In order to further develop the human and natural resources of this state
and to correlate and make available information and training in local communities for instruction
in such subjects as mechanics, home economics, industrial, livestock, poultry, horticulture,
farming and dairying, and to provide exhibits of an educational and cultural nature, and to
provide for lectures, extension courses from the state universities and colleges or other
sources, the various city or counties or cities and county boards of education are hereby
authorized to create vocational high schools. (b) Any city or county board of education, or
any combinations of city or county boards of education are hereby authorized by agreement
to jointly or severally contract for the erection, maintenance and operation of vocational
high schools and to contract for the construction by each for such sums as said...
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16-6A-8
Section 16-6A-8 Governor's Educational Reform Commission - Additional powers and duties. In
addition but not limited to the powers and duties otherwise specified in this chapter, the
commission shall have the following duties: (1) To study and make recommendations to the Governor
and the Legislature concerning mechanisms for increasing financial support of public education;
(2) To study and make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature concerning the state
funding formula, including consideration of incentive plans to increase local support; (3)
To study and make recommendations to the Governor and Legislature concerning capital outlay
needs of public education in the state; (4) To study and make recommendations to the Governor
and Legislature concerning the development of summer camp programs for public school students;
(5) To study and present recommendations to the Governor and Legislature concerning mathematics,
science, and other critical needs areas; (6) To study and...
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34-1-4
Section 34-1-4 Granting of certificates to certified public accountants. (a) If each of the
following qualifications is met, the certificate of certified public accountant shall be granted
by the board to any person: (1) Who is a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen
of the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate
documentation from the federal government. (2) Who has attained the age of 19 years. (3) Who
is of good moral character. (4) Who meets the following educational requirements: a. A person
shall have earned a college degree from a four-year college or university accredited by a
regional accreditation board such as the Southern Association of Colleges and Universities,
with a concentration in accounting or what the board determines to be substantially the equivalent
of a concentration in accounting. Persons who, on May 16, 1989, have previously taken the
uniform written CPA examination shall be considered to meet these...
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16-13A-2
Section 16-13A-2 Financial oversight by State Superintendent of Education; appointment and
duties of Chief Education Financial Officer; internal audits of schools and school systems.
(a) The State Superintendent of Education shall oversee the financial integrity of the various
local boards of education and shall appoint a Chief Education Financial Officer who shall
be an employee of the State Department of Education. The Chief Education Financial Officer
shall be a certified public accountant or have equivalent experience as determined by the
State Superintendent of Education, shall have experience in educational or governmental finance,
shall complete the instructional program provided in Section 16-13A-3 within the later of
six months of its introduction or six months of appointment, and shall have passed the mandated
competency test provided in Section 16-13A-3 within the later of six months of its adoption
or six months of appointment. The Chief Education Financial Officer shall...
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16-30A-3
Section 16-30A-3 Training of school employees for care of students with diabetic medical needs.
(a) No later than the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year, the State Department of Education,
in consultation with the Alabama Board of Nursing, shall develop guidelines for the training
of school employees in the care needed for students with diabetic medical needs according
to the student's Individual Health Plan, the medical authorizations of which are limited to
permitting the administration of injectable medications specific to his or her diabetes. No
other delegation of injectable medications shall be allowed under this chapter. These guidelines
shall be developed in consideration of the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics,
the National Diabetes Education Program, and any other appropriate published medical guidelines.
Each local board of education shall ensure that diabetes training programs are provided for
all school nurses and unlicensed medication assistants...
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16-40-8
Section 16-40-8 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (a) Effective upon the effective dates of this
section, all students enrolled in health classes in the tenth grade in the public schools
of Alabama shall receive instruction in the techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hereinafter
referred to as "CPR." (b) The State Department of Education shall administer the
CPR instruction program and be responsible for the training of personnel, and shall provide
proper CPR training for teacher personnel from September 1, 1983, to be completed by September
1, 1984. (1) CPR training programs for instructors shall continue after this period of time
to provide for refresher courses and updating of new techniques and information. Specific
personnel within local school districts are required to receive training and be certified
prior to providing classroom instruction. (2) In those school systems which have trained and
certified personnel available, classroom instruction shall begin as of September...
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