21-1-11
by the county superintendent of education, when the child resides in territory under the control of the county board of education, or by the city superintendent, when the child resides in territory under a city board of education, shall not be required to attend the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind: (1) A child whose physical or mental condition is such as to render inadvisable his attendance at the aforesaid school, such mental or physical condition to be determined by the county health officer before the issuance of certificate of exemption; or (2) A child who may be attending a public, private, denominational, or parochial school, within or without the State of Alabama, in which competent teachers, certified in deaf education or in vision, are instructors for the entire length of the school term in every scholastic year, the rating of such school and teachers to be determined by the State Superintendent of Education. (Acts 1931, No. 61, p. 125; Code 1940, T. 52, §526.)...
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16-1-11.1
Section 16-1-11.1 Autonomy of nonpublic schools - Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) That a parent or guardian in Alabama has a constitutional right to choose the type of K-12 education that is best for his or her child, whether public or nonpublic, religious or nonreligious, and including home-based education. (2) That many parents choose to home school or enroll their children in elementary and secondary nonpublic schools, including private, church, parochial, or religious schools, that are not subject to state regulation and do not receive state or federal funds. (3) That other than reporting on the enrollment of students, these nonpublic K-12 schools have been primarily exempt from state regulation and have only been required by state law to report the enrollment of students. (4) That there is no national or state constitutional mandate that the government provide, license, or regulate nonpublic education, including private, church,...
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16-6G-6
which shall be available to teachers who attain the dyslexia therapist endorsement. The State Superintendent of Education shall construct parameters for earning the dyslexia therapist endorsement incentive. (b) All teacher preparation programs authorized to prepare students for state licensure shall seek accreditation by the council or association for the accreditation of educator preparation on or before December 31, 2020. (c) The State Department of Education shall provide to public and private universities, on an annual basis, the information required for those institutions to comply with council for the accreditation of educator preparation standard four requirements for accreditation. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education shall convene the public university deans of education to facilitate the development of a format for the data needed for accreditation compliance, and work with the State Superintendent of Education to establish effective and timely reporting processes....
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16-40-9
f. The Senate Education and Youth Affairs Committee Chair, or his or her designee. (3) The task force shall make recommendations for decreasing the incidence of sexual abuse of children in this state. In making recommendations, the task force shall do all of the following: a. Gather information regarding sexual abuse of children throughout the state. b. Receive related reports and testimony from individuals, state and local agencies, community-based organizations, and other public and private organizations. c. Create goals for state education policy that would enhance the prevention of sexual abuse of children. d. Create goals for other areas of state policy that would enhance the prevention of sexual abuse of children. e. Submit a report with its recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by December 31, 2015. (4) Recommendations by the task force may include proposals for specific statutory changes and methods to foster cooperation among state agencies and between the...
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38-7-2
State of Alabama, or which is operated or certified or licensed by another agency or department of the State of Alabama; b. Any juvenile detention home established and operated by the State of Alabama; c. Any bona fide boarding school in which children are primarily taught branches of education corresponding to those taught in public schools, grades 1 through 12, or taught in public elementary schools, high schools, or both elementary and high schools. (3) CHILD-PLACING AGENCY. A public or private child-care facility which receives, places, or arranges for the placement of any child or children in adoptive or foster family homes or other facilities for child care apart from the custody of the child's or children's parents. The term includes, but is not limited to, all agencies established and maintained by a municipality or other political subdivision of the State of Alabama to protect, guard, train, or care for children outside their own homes, but does not include any circuit court...
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16-44B-1
functions with the appropriate custodian of records as identified in the bylaws and rules. J. The Interstate Commission shall create a process that permits military officials, education officials and parents to inform the Interstate Commission if and when there are alleged violations of the compact or its rules or when issues subject to the jurisdiction of the compact or its rules are not addressed by the state or local education agency. This section shall not be construed to create a private right of action against the Interstate Commission or any member state. ARTICLE X POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION The Interstate Commission shall have the following powers: A. To provide for dispute resolution among member states. B. To promulgate rules and take all necessary actions to effect the goals, purposes and obligations as enumerated in this compact. The rules shall have the force and effect of statutory law and shall be binding in the compact states to the extent and...
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16-28-23
Section 16-28-23 Attendance register and rules and regulations as evidence. The registry of attendance of pupils kept by any public school, private school, church school or private tutor in compliance with the provisions of law or any rule and regulation promulgated by the State Board of Education shall be admissible as evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the facts it is required to show. A copy of any rule and regulation of the State Board of Education duly certified as true and correct by the State Superintendent of Education shall be admissible as evidence of the provisions of such rule and regulation, and the statement in the certificate of the State Superintendent of Education of the date of the promulgation shall be admissible as evidence that such rule or regulation was duly promulgated on the day and date named. (School Code 1927, §325; Code 1940, T. 52, §321; Acts 1982, No. 82-218, p. 260, §8.)...
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16-27-4
Section 16-27-4 Licensing of drivers. Regulations made pursuant to an order of the board of education requiring and providing for special training and licensing of drivers of vehicles used to transport pupils to and from school shall require an applicant for a school bus driver's license to be the holder of a currently valid regular driver's license and to complete a minimum of 12 clock-hours of approved instruction in school bus driving and to pass satisfactorily a written examination and also a driving performance test. The written examination shall be designed by the State Superintendent of Education with the cooperation of the state Director of Public Safety and may be given to the applicant either by an employee of the State Department of Education or a state trooper or other representative of the State Department of Public Safety as the State Superintendent of Education and the Director of Public Safety agree; but the driving performance test shall be given by a state trooper or...
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16-22A-5
Section 16-22A-5 Agencies required to conduct criminal history background information checks. (a) A criminal history background information check shall be conducted on all applicants seeking positions with, and on all current employees under review employed by any local employing board, and any State Department of Education personnel as determined by the State Superintendent of Education, who have unsupervised access to and provide education, training, instruction, or supervision for children in an educational setting. (b) A criminal history background information check shall be conducted on all applicants seeking positions with, and on all current employees and current employees under review employed by any nonpublic school, who have unsupervised access to or who provide education, training, instruction, or supervision for children in an educational setting. (c) No institution listed in subsection (a) or subsection (b) shall hire an individual who may have unsupervised access to a...
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16-23-3
of Education to an individual, regardless of whether the individual is a graduate of an approved teacher education program, where the applicant shall: (1) Hold an earned bachelor's or higher degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education. (2) Submit the required application forms and fees and, when required, a separate fingerprint fee, along with fingerprints and release forms. (3) Be recommended for certification by the employing Alabama local school superintendent or private school administrator. (4) Be assigned a mentor by the employing superintendent or private school administrator. (5) Meet the requirements of the Alabama Prospective Teacher Testing Program as set forth by the State Board of Education. (6) Verify compliance with one of the following admission criteria: a. That at least 32 semester hours credit, 19 of which shall be upper division level, have been earned in the field for which certification is sought. b. An earned bachelor's or higher degree...
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