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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16-23-24
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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16-6F-4
Section 16-6F-4 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPLICANT. Any group with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status or that has submitted an application for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status that develops and submits an application for a public charter school to an authorizer. (2) APPLICATION. A proposal from an applicant to an authorizer to enter into a charter contract whereby the proposed school obtains public charter school status. (3) AT-RISK STUDENT. A student who has an economic or academic disadvantage that requires special services and assistance to succeed in educational programs. The term includes, but is not limited to, students who are members of economically disadvantaged families, students who are identified as having special education needs, students who are limited in English proficiency, students who are at risk of dropping out of high school, and students who do not meet minimum standards of academic proficiency....
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16-1-13
Section 16-1-13 Teaching pupils of disparate ability, background and achievement. Whenever any city, county or other local school board determines it to be in the best interest of the public school pupils of the local school system, it may prescribe and from time to time adjust and adapt and further prescribe the manner, method and procedure to be employed in classrooms for teaching pupils of disparate ability, background and achievement in the public schools within its jurisdiction. Its authority in this respect shall include but shall not be limited to prescribing the grouping and classification of students within the same grade level, based upon considerations of native ability as indicated by intelligence tests; the general academic achievement, and level of achievement in a particular subject area. Any such grouping of pupils within a class or grade shall be prescribed by the local board of education only after consultation with the superintendent of the school, teachers, students...
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16-5-7
Section 16-5-7 State university and college electronic faculty and student unit record system; definitions; state coordinating agency; advisory committee; database reports; failure to comply with requirements. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BIOGRAPHICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ELEMENTS. Include, but are not limited to, student identification number which shall not be the Social Security number, sex code, race and ethnic identification code, birth date, country of citizenship, state of geographic origin on entry, matriculation date, and college graduation date. (2) CURRENT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY DATA ELEMENTS. Include, but are not limited to, student level, major area code, credit hours enrolled, cumulative credit hours attempted, cumulative credit hours earned, cumulative grade point average (GPA), state of current legal residence, residency status, cumulative quality points, veterans' benefits status, housing status, minor/...
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16-63-5
Section 16-63-5 Duties of community schools advisory committees; membership. Every participating local board of education shall establish one or more community schools advisory committees which may become involved in matters affecting the educational process in accordance with rules established by the local board of education and approved by the State Board of Education and further shall consider ways of increasing community involvement in the public schools and utilization of public school facilities. Community schools advisory committees may assist local boards of education in the development and preparation of the plans and programs to achieve such goals, may assist in the implementation of such plans and programs and may provide such other assistance as may be requested by the local boards of education. Community schools advisory committees shall work with local school officials and personnel, parent-teacher organizations, and community groups and agencies in providing maximum...
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16-6C-1
Section 16-6C-1 Legislative findings. (a) Just as there is value in assigning grades that reflect the performance of public school students in Alabama, the Legislature finds that there is also value in assigning grades that reflect the performance of the public schools attended by public school students in Alabama. The Legislature further finds that an easy to understand school grading system would best serve the interests of the public as a whole, and specifically the parents and guardians of public school students, by providing another transparent layer of accountability for the public dollars allocated to elementary and secondary education in the state. (b) The Legislature also finds that there is a need for a program to reward public K-12 schools in Alabama that demonstrate high achievement. The Legislature further finds that performance-based incentives and increased autonomy are commonplace in the private sector and should be infused into the public sector as a reward for...
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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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16-25-11.7
Section 16-25-11.7 Purchase of credit by certain members employed as teachers in state public schools regardless of manner in which salary was paid or source thereof. (a) Any person who on October 1, 1990 was a member of the Teachers' Retirement System who was employed in a public school in Alabama shall be entitled to receive credit for all service rendered in such public school regardless of the manner in which the member's salary was paid or the source of funds for such salary; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to any person who at the time of such service with a public school was also a student at the institution by which he was employed. (b) Any person employed in the capacity set out in subsection (a) of this section shall be entitled to receive credit for all service as a teacher rendered by him provided that said person pays to the Secretary-Treasurer within one year from October 1, 1990 for each year of claimed service, a sum equal to a percentage of his...
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40-18-402
Section 40-18-402 Renewal of Alabama Commission. (a) There is hereby created the Renewal of Alabama Commission. (b) The commission shall be comprised of all of the following persons: (1) The Director of Finance, or his or her designee. (2) The Secretary of Commerce, or his or her designee. (3) The Chair of the House Ways and Means Education Committee, or its successor committee, if any, or his or her designee. (4) The Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee, or its successor committee, if any, or his or her designee. (5) Three persons appointed by the Governor, at least one of whom shall be a resident of an area of the state the source of whose primary power supply is the Tennessee Valley Authority or its lawfully authorized distributor. (6) One person appointed by the Speaker of the House, who shall be an employee, board member, or trustee of an Alabama public community college or four-year institution of higher education. (7) One person appointed by the President...
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