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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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16-1-20.5
Section 16-1-20.5 Protection of student religious liberties. (a) This section shall be known
and may be cited as the "Alabama Student Religious Liberties Act of 2015." (b) A
public local board of education may not discriminate against students or parents on the basis
of a religious viewpoint or religious expression. A local board of education shall treat a
student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible
subject in the same manner the local board of education treats a student's voluntary expression
of a secular or other viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject and may not discriminate
against the student based on a religious viewpoint expressed by the student on an otherwise
permissible subject. (c) Students may express their beliefs about religion in homework, artwork,
and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content
of their submissions. Homework and classroom assignments shall be judged by...
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16-28-4
Section 16-28-4 Minimum age at which child may enter. (a) A child who is six years of age on
or before December 31 or the date on which school begins in the enrolling district shall be
entitled to admission to the first grade in the public elementary schools at the opening of
such schools for that school year or as soon as practicable thereafter. A child who is under
six years of age on December 31 or the date on which school begins in the enrolling district
shall not be entitled to admission to the first grade in the public elementary schools during
that school year; except, that an underage child who transfers from the first grade of a school
in another state may be admitted to school upon approval of the board of education in authority,
and an underage child who has moved into this state having completed or graduated from a mandated
kindergarten program in another state shall be entitled to admission to the public elementary
schools regardless of age. A child who becomes six years...
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16-44A-11
Section 16-44A-11 Creation of advisory committees; purpose and composition. Advisory committees
shall be created to make recommendations regarding strategies to meet the purposes of the
compact. Committees shall include compact members, potential users of services, school teachers,
educators, K-12 and postsecondary/higher education representatives, community and youth leadership
organizations, student organizations, the State Department of Education, state and local governments,
economic and community development entities, business, historical and patriotic organizations,
and others. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, ยง11.)...
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16-6D-3
Section 16-6D-3 Legislative findings and intent. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all
of the following: (1) To further the goals of public education throughout the state, each
school system should be able to have maximum possible flexibility to meet the needs of students
and the communities within its jurisdiction. (2) There is a critical need for innovative models
of public education that are tailored to the unique circumstances and needs of the students
in all schools and communities, and especially in schools and communities that are struggling
to improve academic outcomes and close the achievement gap. (3) To better serve students and
better use available resources, local boards of education, local school systems, and parents
need the ability to explore flexible alternatives in an effort to be more efficient and effective
in providing operational and programmatic services. (b) Therefore, it is the intent of the
Legislature to do all of the following: (1) Allow school systems...
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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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14-12-2
Section 14-12-2 Determination of professional units and operating expenses to be provided,
qualifications and salaries of teachers and minimum number of hours of weekly student attendance.
(a) A formula for the determination of professional units and other operating expenses, based
upon eligible students, shall be developed by the State Department of Education. An eligible
student under this subsection shall be a person who has not graduated from an accredited high
school and who is able to benefit from the instructional programs offered. The total number
of professional units provided shall be the sum total of units necessary for classroom teachers,
vocational teachers, librarians, teachers of exceptional students, supervisors, counselors,
principals and a director. Any funds provided for such units where such units are not employed
shall revert to the Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund. (b) The qualifications of teachers
shall be determined by the State Department of Education...
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16-1-24.3
Section 16-1-24.3 Local boards of education to implement policies requiring expulsion of students
who possess firearms in school areas. (a) All city and county boards of education shall develop
and implement local policies and procedures requiring the expulsion of students, for a period
of one year, who are determined to have brought to school or have in their possession a firearm
in a school building, on school grounds, on school buses, or at other school-sponsored functions.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, city and county boards of education and the local superintendent
of education of each board may modify the expulsion requirement for a student on a case-by-case
basis. Students who are expelled for violation of this section shall not be allowed to attend
regular school classes in any public school in the state during the expulsion period. Students
who are expelled from schools for firearm possession may be permitted to attend alternative
schools designed to provide education...
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16-13A-4
Section 16-13A-4 Appointment; removal of chief school financial officer; qualifications. (a)
In consultation with the local superintendent of education, the local board of education shall
appoint a chief school financial officer who shall be an employee of the board. (b)(1) If
the position of chief school financial officer is vacant for 30 days and the local board is
not actively seeking to fill the position, the State Superintendent of Education may designate
a chief school financial officer for a period of not more than one year, which may be extended
from year to year, unless and until the local board appoints a person who meets the established
qualifications. In addition, the State Superintendent of Education shall designate a chief
school financial officer if the position has been vacant for more than 60 days. (2) A person
designated as chief school financial officer by the State Superintendent of Education may
not be unilaterally removed from that position by the local board of...
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16-2-9
Section 16-2-9 Donation of surplus, non-expired food to charitable organizations for redistribution
to needy students. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following
meanings: (1) CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION. Any food bank or charitable organization as defined
in the federal Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. (2) DEPARTMENT. The State Department
of Education. (3) FOOD. Any raw, cooked, processed, or prepared edible substance, ice, beverage,
or ingredient used or intended for use in whole or in part for human consumption. (4) SCHOOL.
A public elementary school, middle school, or high school. (b) A local board of education
may allow any school under its jurisdiction to donate surplus, non-expired food to a charitable
organization through an official of the charitable organization who is directly affiliated
with the school, including a teacher, counselor, support staff, or any employee of the school,
or a parent of a student enrolled at the school. The...
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