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16-6F-6
Section 16-6F-6 Authorization of establishment; Alabama Public Charter School Commission; registration
requirements; powers and duties of authorizers. (a) Eligible authorizing entities. (1) A public
charter school shall not be established in this state unless its establishment is authorized
by this section. No governmental entity or other entity, other than an entity expressly granted
chartering authority as set forth in this section, may assume any authorizing function or
duty in any form. The following entities shall be authorizers of public charter schools: a.
A local school board, for chartering of schools within the boundaries of the school system
under its jurisdiction, pursuant to state law. b. The Alabama Public Charter School Commission,
pursuant to this section. (2) A local school board that registers as an authorizer may approve
or deny an application to form a public charter school within the boundaries of the local
school system overseen by the local school board. (3) All...
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16-13-234.1
Section 16-13-234.1 Funding salary increases mandated by Legislature. (a) Any local board of
education receiving a hold harmless allowance as provided for in Section 16-13-234, may use
part or all of the funds received by the local board from the Public School Fund for capital
outlay allowance to pay the costs of any salary increase mandated by the Legislature, including
the costs of fringe benefits, not covered by an adjustment to the hold harmless allowance.
(b) Prior to using its capital outlay allowance for salary increases mandated by the Legislature,
including the costs of fringe benefits, the local board of education, by a majority vote,
must adopt a resolution transferring the capital outlay allowance to the general fund of the
local board and earmark the funds for salary increases and associated fringe benefits. The
local board of education must also submit a copy of the resolution to the State Superintendent
of Education. (Acts 1997, No. 97-889, p. 249, §§ 1, 2.)...
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16-25-1
Section 16-25-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter the following terms, unless a
different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following respective
meanings: (1) RETIREMENT SYSTEM. The Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama as defined in
Section 16-25-2. (2) PUBLIC SCHOOL. Any day school conducted within the state under the authority
and supervision of a duly elected or appointed county or city board of education and any educational
institution supported by and under the control of the state or any private nondenominational
school operated nonprofit for the education of children of school age residing within a district
where no public school is available for the children. (3) TEACHER. Any teacher, principal,
superintendent, supervisor, college professor, administrative officer, or clerk employed in
any public school or public college within the state or employed in any private nondenominational
school operated nonprofit for the education of children of...
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16-46B-5
Section 16-46B-5 Computer science education task force. (a) The Governor shall establish a
computer science education task force to develop a state strategic plan for expanding computer
science education in the public schools in Alabama. (b) The membership of the task force shall
include all of the following: (1) One member of the House of Representatives, as appointed
by the Speaker of the House, and one member of the Senate, as appointed by the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate. (2) A representative of the board, as appointed by the board. (3) The
state computer science specialist and two additional representatives of the department, as
appointed by the superintendent. (4) A representative of the Department of Early Childhood
Education, as appointed by the secretary. (5) A representative of the Alabama Community College
System, as appointed by the board of trustees of the system. (6) A representative of the Alabama
Workforce Council, as appointed by the council. (7) A...
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16-8-36
Section 16-8-36 Grades included in public schools. The public schools of the county shall include
elementary schools, that is, grades one to six, inclusive; junior high schools, that is, grades
seven to nine, inclusive; and senior high schools, that is, grades 10 to 12, inclusive, except
as otherwise authorized by the State Board of Education. (School Code 1927, §126; Code 1940,
T. 52, §94.)...
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16-23-24
Section 16-23-24 Teacher Education Scholarship Loan Program established; use; subsequent obligations;
funding; rule-making authority; provisions for current scholarship recipients. (a) Effective
October 1, 1993, there is established a Teacher Education Scholarship Loan Program (hereinafter
referred to as "the program") to provide for the education of certified, employed
public school teachers to be trained in the use of integrating technology skills in the curriculum.
First priority shall be given to those certified public school teachers in the fields of English,
science, mathematics, and social science and history and those who teach pupils in kindergarten
to grade six, inclusive. Twenty-five percent of the funds available through this program shall
be targeted for minority teachers. When moneys are available for scholarship loans for teachers
above and beyond the first priority group, the State Board of Education shall designate other
critical needs areas for scholarship loans. (b)...
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16-28-8
Section 16-28-8 Reports required must be furnished. All school officers, including those in
private schools, or private tutors, but not those in church schools, in this state offering
instruction to pupils within the compulsory attendance ages, shall make and furnish all reports
that may be required by the State Superintendent of Education and by the county superintendent
of education or by the board of education of any city with reference to the workings of this
article. The principal teacher of each public school, private school, church school and each
private tutor shall keep an attendance register showing the enrollment of the school and every
absence of each enrolled child from school for a half day or more during each school day of
the year. (School Code 1927, §310; Code 1940, T. 52, §307; Acts 1982, No. 82-218, p. 260,
§6.)...
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16-36-62
Section 16-36-62 Local textbook committee. (a) A local textbook committee or committees shall
be appointed by each separate local board of education. The number, size, and composition,
which shall include parents, of the committee or committees shall be determined by each local
board of education. A copy of local school board policies in regard to local textbook committees
shall be kept on file by each local superintendent. Names of each person serving on a local
textbook committee shall also be kept on file by each local superintendent. (b) In order to
qualify as a member of the committee, each member of the local textbook committee and its
secretary shall prepare an affidavit to be filed with the local board of education within
10 days after notice of the member's appointment stating each of the following: (1) The member
agrees to discharge faithfully all the duties imposed upon him or her as a member or as secretary
of the textbook committee. (2) The member has no interest, directly...
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16-6A-2
Section 16-6A-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) A.C.H.E. The Alabama Commission
on Higher Education. (2) BOARD or BOARD OF EDUCATION. The State Board of Education. (3) COMMISSION.
The Governor's Educational Reform Commission created by this chapter. (4) CRITICAL NEEDS AREAS.
Those curriculum and teaching areas where there is an urgent need for action. These areas
include mathematics, science, computer education and other areas to be identified from time
to time by the State Board of Education. (5) IN-SERVICE EDUCATION. The training of regularly
certified education professionals who hold positions in the public schools of the state. (6)
LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. County and city boards of education and the school systems over
which these boards of education have authority. (7) PLAN FOR EXCELLENCE. A Plan for Excellence;
Alabama's Public Schools, a report to the Alabama State Board of...
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16-6G-5
Section 16-6G-5 Reading and intervention programs; individual reading improvement plan; summer
reading camps; Alabama Summer Achievement Program; retention of students; reporting requirements.
(a) To ensure that public school students are able to read at or above grade level by the
end of third grade, each local education agency shall offer a comprehensive core reading program
to all students based on the science of reading which develops foundational reading skills.
In addition, no school district may use any curriculum for public K-3 students that does not
have instructional time included. (b) Based on the results of the reading assessment in Section
16-6G-3, each K-3 student who exhibits a reading deficiency, or the characteristics of dyslexia,
shall be provided an appropriate reading intervention program to address his or her specific
deficiencies. Additionally, students shall be evaluated after every grading period and, if
a student is determined to have a reading deficiency, the...
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