16-1-50
Section 16-1-50 Possession and use of over-the-counter sunscreen by students. (a) Any student in a public school under the jurisdiction of a local board of education or in a nonpublic school may possess and apply federal Food and Drug Administration regulated over-the-counter sunscreen at school and at school-based events notwithstanding any other provision of law, including any rule of the State Board of Education or the State Board of Nursing. (b) No rule of the State Board of Education or the State Board of Nursing shall apply to the possession or use of federal Food and Drug Administration regulated over-the-counter sunscreen by students at a public or nonpublic school. (c) Any student, parent, or guardian requesting a school board employee to apply sunscreen to a student shall present to the nurse a Parent Prescriber Authorization Form (PPA) containing a parent or guardian signature. A physician signature or physician order shall not be required. (Act 2017-278, §1.)...
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16-6G-7
Section 16-6G-7 Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading. (a) The State Superintendent of Education shall establish the Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading. The committee shall consist of three members appointed from each State Board of Education district. The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall each appoint one member from each district. The appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments so that diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas is reflective of the makeup of this state. (b) Each member of the committee shall be a parent or legal guardian of a state K-12 public school student, a practicing teacher, a retired teacher, or employed in the field of education. (c) On or before June 30, 2020, the committee shall revise the 2011 Alabama Action Plan for Literacy Birth Through Grade 12 in consultation with the Campaign for Grade Level Reading group, which shall be...
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16-1-20.6
Section 16-1-20.6 Released time for student participation in religious instruction. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Released Time Credit Act. (b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) That the United States Supreme Court, in its decision in Zorach v. Clauson, 343 U.S. 306 (1952), upheld the constitutionality of released time programs for religious instruction for public school students during the school day. (2) That the United States Constitution and state law allows local school districts to offer religious released time education for the benefit of public school students. (3) That the purpose of this section is to incorporate a constitutionally acceptable method of allowing school districts to offer released time classes and, in grades where credit is earned, to award students elective credit for classes taken during the school day in released time programs. (c) As used in this section, the term released time means a period of...
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16-22-16
Section 16-22-16 Registered nurses required. (a) The State Department of Education and the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall require the employment of school nurses in each local school system. (b) There shall not be greater than five licensed practical nurses to one registered nurse within each school system. However, based upon individual circumstances, including specific medical needs and tasks which must be performed by a registered nurse as set forth in the Nurse Practice Act and the Administrative Code rules of the Alabama Board of Nursing, there may be a lower registered nurse to licensed practical nurse ratio within each school system. (c) The allotment of school nurses shall be distributed so that each school system shall receive one registered nurse and an additional nurse or nurses or fraction of a nursing allocation based upon the average daily membership during the first 20 scholastic days after Labor Day of the preceding school year. (d) Each local school...
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16-22-4.1
Section 16-22-4.1 Education employee liability insurance; self-insurance. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL. Full-time teachers, principals, and other education employees employed by a local board of education and required to hold a certificate issued by the State Superintendent of Education. (2) LOCAL BOARD OF EDUCATION. A city or county board of education, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Alabama Youth Services Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Youth Services School District, the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, and the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science. (3) STUDENT TEACHER. A college or university student in an education degree program who, as part of the degree program, is assigned to teach in a local public school classroom, is providing instruction to students, and is being...
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16-46A-1
Section 16-46A-1 Adoption of policy governing virtual school program. (a)(1) Before the 2016-2017 school year, each local board of education shall adopt a policy providing, at a minimum, a virtual education option for eligible students in grades nine to 12, inclusive, beginning with that school year. (2) Any virtual school operating in this state that provides educational services to public school students shall comply with this chapter. (b) The policy adopted by the local board of education pursuant to this chapter shall govern the virtual school program offered by the local board of education. The policy shall offer students in grades nine to 12, inclusive, an online pathway for earning a high school diploma and, at a minimum, shall include all of the following: (1) The scope and delivery of virtual options. (2) Student eligibility criteria for initial and continuing participation in the virtual program. (3) Specific requirements for monitoring performance and testing protocol...
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16-6D-5
Section 16-6D-5 Innovative school system requirements and procedures. (a) Pursuant to this chapter, to be considered as an innovative school system, a local school system shall successfully comply with the requirements and procedures set forth by the State Department of Education regarding school flexibility contracts, which include, but are not limited to: (1) Submission to the State Department of Education of a letter of intent to pursue a school flexibility contract. (2) Submission to the State Department of Education of a resolution adopted by the local board of education supporting the intent of the local school system to pursue a school flexibility contract. (3) Submission to the State Department of Education of a document of assurance stating that the local board of education shall provide consistency in leadership and a commitment to state standards, assessments, and academic rigor. (4) Submission to the State Board of Education of a resolution adopted by the local board of...
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16-13-145
Section 16-13-145 Authority to borrow funds against revenues of current year; authority to contract with T.V.A. to obtain funds to improve energy-inefficient school buildings with approval of state superintendent. (a) Any local board of education shall have authority during any fiscal year upon the recommendation of the local superintendent of education, as the case may be, to borrow money in anticipation of the current revenues for that fiscal year and to pledge the current revenues for said fiscal year for the payment of such loan or loans if funds on hand are not sufficient to pay the salaries of teachers and to meet the current expenses when due; provided, that the party or parties making such loan or loans to a local board of education shall not be put upon inquiry as to the validity of such indebtedness because of this provision. The total amount of such loans a local board of education may have outstanding at any time during the fiscal year shall be determined as follows: From...
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16-44A-36
Section 16-44A-36 Functions and oversight. The trust shall continue to be designated as the entity to coordinate the voluntary Alabama student mock election in cooperation with the office of Secretary of State, the State Superintendent of Education, and local educational entities, and to coordinate a voluntary program involving legislators visiting school classrooms, both of which shall be subject to oversight of the Joint Legislative Committee on Civic Education pursuant to Article 10 of Chapter 2 of Title 29. (Act 2001-970, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 868, §3.)...
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16-6B-7
Section 16-6B-7 Accountability reports to the public. (a) The local board of education shall prepare an annual accountability report for each school and area vocational/technical center under its jurisdiction, and for itself, to be provided to the public under regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education. Such accountability reports shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) A Funding and Expenditure Report which shall include those documents specified in Section 16-6B-4 and which shall include the amount of Foundation Program funds or vocational/technical education funds, or both, earned and of all funds expended and any other data deemed necessary by the local board of education or the State Board of Education to inform the public about the financial status of each school. (2) A Student Achievement Report which shall include a comparison of the immediately previous school year with the previous five years regarding student performance on testing...
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