16-6B-4
Section 16-6B-4 Financial accountability. Following the analysis of the financial integrity
of each local board of education as provided in subsection (a) or (b) of Section 16-13A-2,
if a local board of education is determined to have submitted fiscally unsound financial reports,
the State Department of Education shall provide assistance and advice. If during the assistance
the State Superintendent of Education determines that the local board of education is in an
unsound fiscal position, a person or persons shall be appointed by the State Superintendent
of Education to advise the day-to-day financial operations of the local board of education.
If after a reasonable period of time the State Superintendent of Education determines that
the local board of education is still in an unsound fiscal condition, a request shall be made
to the State Board of Education for the direct control of the fiscal operation of the local
board of education. If the request is granted, the State...
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16-1-41.1
Section 16-1-41.1 School board governance improvement. (a) This section shall be known and
may be cited as the School Board Governance Improvement Act of 2012. (b) The Legislature finds
and declares all of the following: (1) That the purpose of this section is to enhance the
effectiveness of public education governance in Alabama through the establishment of training
requirements, boardsmanship standards, and accountability measures that are designed to promote
informed deliberations and decisions, to revise the qualifications for serving as a member
of a local board of education, to provide for a code of conduct for each member of a local
board of education in order to better ensure that any decision or action of a local board
of education is based on the interests of students or the system, and to foster the development
and implementation of organizational practices that are designed to promote broad support
of the public schools. (2) A local board of education is the legally...
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16-28-2.2
Section 16-28-2.2 Establishment of program by local boards to inform parents of educational
responsibilities. (a) Local boards of education, pursuant to guidelines established by the
State Board of Education, shall establish educational programs to inform parents of school
children of their education-related responsibilities to their children. The programs shall
include, but shall not be limited to, coverage of each of the following topics: (1) The criminal
liability and criminal sanctions parents may be subject to under Section 16-28-12, for failing
to compel their child to properly conduct himself or herself as a pupil, or for failing to
ensure that their child attends school or enrolls in school. (2) The necessity for a parent
to monitor and supervise the school work and educational activities of the child. (3) An explanation
of the responsibilities of teachers and the school system to a child, and an enumeration of
those matters that are strictly the responsibility of the parent....
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16-13-231
Section 16-13-231 Purposes and plan of apportionment. (a) In addition to all other appropriations
and apportionments of public school money now provided by law and made available for public
schools there shall be apportioned and paid to local boards of education from the Foundation
Program Fund, the amounts to be determined as hereinafter provided and in accordance with
regulations of the State Board of Education. This Foundation Program Fund shall be used principally:
(1) To aid in providing at least a 180 full instructional day minimum school term, or the
hourly equivalent thereof, except as otherwise provided in paragraph c. of subdivision (1)
of subsection (b); and, (2) To assist in the promotion of educational opportunity for all
children in the public schools. (b) The following requirements and procedures, supplemented
when necessary by regulations of the State Board of Education, shall govern the apportionment
of the fund: (1) REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FUND. In order for...
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16-63-4
Section 16-63-4 Duties of local boards of education; establishment of community schools advisory
committees and employment of coordinators; agreements; local funds. Every local board of education
which elects to apply for funding pursuant to this chapter shall: (1) Develop programs and
plans for increased community involvement in the public schools based upon policies and guidelines
adopted by the State Board of Education. (2) Develop programs and plans for increased community
use of public school facilities based upon policies and guidelines adopted by the State Board
of Education. (3) Establish rules governing the implementation of such programs and plans
in its public schools and submit these rules along with adopted programs and plans to the
State Board of Education for approval by the State Board of Education. Programs and plans
developed by a local board of education shall provide for the establishment of one or more
community schools advisory committees for the public schools...
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16-6D-6
Section 16-6D-6 Innovation plan. (a) The innovation plan of a local school system shall include,
at a minimum, all of the following: (1) The school year that the local school system expects
the school flexibility contract to begin. (2) The list of state laws, regulations, and policies,
including rules, regulations, and policies promulgated by the State Board of Education and
the State Department of Education, that the local school system is seeking to waive in its
school flexibility contract. (3) A list of schools included in the innovation plan of the
local school system. (b) A local school system is accountable to the state for the performance
of all schools in its system, including innovative schools, under state and federal accountability
requirements. (c) A local school system may not, pursuant to this chapter, waive requirements
imposed by federal law, requirements related to the health and safety of students or employees,
requirements imposed by ethics laws, requirements imposed...
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16-1-24.1
Section 16-1-24.1 Safe school and drug-free school policy; treatment of policy violators; promulgation
and distribution of discipline policy; liability limited for discipline actions; local boards
may adopt more stringent guidelines. (a) The Legislature finds a compelling public interest
in ensuring that schools are made safe and drug-free for all students and school employees.
The Legislature finds the need for a comprehensive safe school and drug-free school policy
to be adopted by the State Board of Education. This policy should establish minimum standards
for classes of offenses and prescribe uniform minimum procedures and penalties for those who
violate the policies. It is the intent of the Legislature that our schools remain safe and
drug-free for all students and school employees. The State Board of Education shall adopt
and all local boards of education shall uniformly enforce policies that protect all students
and school employees. The State Board of Education shall require...
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16-4-7
Section 16-4-7 Publication of laws, rules, etc.; examination of reports, expenditures, etc.
The State Superintendent of Education shall prepare and publish the school laws of the state
and the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education and such other pamphlets as
will stimulate public interest, promote the work of education and foster in teachers professional
insight and efficiency. He shall receive and examine all the reports required under the rules
and regulations of the State Board of Education and, in person or through his assistants,
shall examine the expenditures and accounts of county boards of education and of boards of
education of cities under a city board of education, and shall supervise their business methods.
(School Code 1927, §70; Code 1940, T. 52, §46.)...
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16-22A-7
Section 16-22A-7 Responsibilities of individuals to provide information. (a) An applicant for
certification, applicant for public employment, or public current employee under review with
the State Department of Education or local employing board, who has or will have unsupervised
access to a child or children in an educational setting, shall, upon request, submit the following
items to the State Department of Education: (1) Two functional acceptable fingerprint cards,
bearing the fingerprints of the individual, properly executed by a criminal justice agency
or other individual properly trained in fingerprinting techniques. (2) Written consent authorizing
the release of any criminal history background information to the State Department of Education.
(3) Acknowledgment that the applicant for certification, applicant for public employment,
or public current employee under review received notice that the State Superintendent of Education
will provide a suitability determination, based...
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16-46A-2
Section 16-46A-2 Enrollment; participation and attendance; online course requirements. (a)
A full-time student enrolled in a virtual program shall be enrolled and counted in the average
daily membership of the local school, participate in state testing and accountability requirements
through the local school system, and, upon satisfying the graduation requirements of the local
board of education, receive a diploma from the local school system. (b) Any provision of this
chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, a student enrolled in a virtual school program offered
by his or her local school system shall be treated as if he or she is attending his or her
local school in the attendance zone in which they reside for purposes of participating in
extracurricular activities and shall be subject to the same requirements, including Alabama
High School Athletic Association rules, imposed on a traditional public school student enrolled
in the traditional public school. In addition, if local board...
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