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Section 16-1-1 - Definitions. - For purposes of this title, the following words and phrases...
Section 16-1-2 - Inspection of Buildings During and After Construction; Acceptance of Completed Construction; Forms for Construction Contracts. - In order to eliminate the causes of school fires and...
Section 16-1-2.1 - New School Construction to Include Approved Safe Space or Hallway. - (a) Commencing on July 1, 2010, any new contract awarded...
Section 16-1-2.2 - New Construction at Public Two-Year and Four-Year Institutions of Higher Education to Include Approved Safe Space or Hallway. - (a) Commencing on August 1, 2012, any new contract awarded...
Section 16-1-2.3 - Requirements for Restroom Facilities at Public or Private High School Sports Stadiums. - (a) This section applies to all of the following: (1)...
Section 16-1-2.4 - (Effective February 1, 2022) Management of Construction and Renovation of Property; Capital Improvement Projects; Transfer of Powers, Authority, and Jurisdiction. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-367 IN THE 2022...
Section 16-1-2.5 - (Effective February 1, 2022) Contracts. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-367 IN THE 2022...
Section 16-1-3 - Photographing or Microphotographing Records - Authorized; Force and Effect. - The State Superintendent of Education and each of the several...
Section 16-1-4 - Photographing or Microphotographing Records - Destruction of Records Photographed, etc.; Retention of Photographs. - The State Superintendent of Education and each of the several...
Section 16-1-5 - Photographing or Microphotographing Records - Intent. - It is the intent of Sections 16-1-3 and 16-1-4 to...
Section 16-1-6 - Association of School Board Members. - The Alabama Association of School Board Members is hereby recognized...
Section 16-1-7 - Eye Protective Devices for Pupils and Teachers Participating in Certain Courses. - (a) Every pupil and every teacher in the public schools...
Section 16-1-8.1 - Classroom Instructional Support. - (a) For purposes of this section, classroom instructional support means...
Section 16-1-10 - Selling, etc., Alcoholic Beverages to School Children; Keeping on School Premises. - Any person, firm, corporation or association that knowingly sells, gives...
Section 16-1-11 - Private Schools to Register and Report;. - All private schools or institutions of any kind having a...
Section 16-1-11.1 - Autonomy of Nonpublic Schools - Legislative Findings. - The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1)...
Section 16-1-11.2 - Autonomy of Nonpublic Schools - Education Selection by Parents; Exemption From Licensure or Regulation. - (a) A parent or guardian shall have the right to...
Section 16-1-11.3 - Autonomy of Nonpublic Schools - Applicability of Statutory Requirements. - Each nonpublic school, including private, church, parochial, and religious schools,...
Section 16-1-11.4 - Admission of Nonpublic School Students by Public Institutions of Higher Education. - Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, no public...
Section 16-1-11.5 - Teacher Certification. - Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the State...
Section 16-1-11.6 - Membership of Nonpublic Schools in Alabama High School Athletic Association. - All nonpublic schools which choose to become members of the...
Section 16-1-13 - Teaching Pupils of Disparate Ability, Background and Achievement. - Whenever any city, county or other local school board determines...
Section 16-1-14 - Removal, Isolation, or Separation of Pupils Creating Disciplinary Problems; State Approval Necessary for Rules Implementing Such Measures; Deprivation of Right to Equal and Adequate Education May Not Result. - Any city, county, or other local public school board shall,...
Section 16-1-15 - Classification and Grouping of Pupils Upon Consideration of Social Attitudes, Etc. - For the purpose of preventing or minimizing disciplinary problems, the...
Section 16-1-16 - Special Courses, Tutoring, Counseling, etc., for Special Groups of Pupils. - A local board of education may in its discretion prescribe...
Section 16-1-16.1 - Alabama Council on Family and Children. - (a) The Legislature finds that there is at present a...
Section 16-1-17 - Contest of Certain Elections. - Any and all elections held for the purpose of determining...
Section 16-1-18.1 - Accumulation of Sick Leave. - (a) Definitions. When used in this section, the following terms...
Section 16-1-18.2 - Payment for Unused Sick Leave Upon Death of Employee. - (a) Payment to beneficiary or estate for unused sick leave....
Section 16-1-19 - Students at Colleges, Universities, etc., Deemed Residents of State if Parent or Guardian Registered to Vote in State and Employed by Congressman or in Executive Branch of Federal Government on Appointment by President. - Any law or any rule or regulation to the contrary...
Section 16-1-20 - Period of Silence for Meditation at Beginning of First Class in Public Schools. - At the commencement of the first class each day in...
Section 16-1-20.1 - Period of Silence for Meditation. - Repealed by Act 98-381, p. 715, ยง 2, effective April...
Section 16-1-20.2 - School Prayer. - From henceforth, any teacher or professor in any public educational...
Section 16-1-20.3 - Student-Initiated Voluntary Prayer. - (a) The legislative intent and purpose for this section is...
Section 16-1-20.4 - Period of Quiet Reflection. - (a) The Legislature of Alabama finds that in the hectic...
Section 16-1-20.5 - Protection of Student Religious Liberties. - (a) This section shall be known and may be cited...
Section 16-1-20.6 - Released Time for Student Participation in Religious Instruction. - (a) This section shall be known and may be cited...
Section 16-1-21 - Payments by Boards of Education for Fund-Saving Suggestions; Section Permissive Only. - (a) All local boards of education, throughout the state, now...
Section 16-1-22 - Audit of Certain Institutions. - The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts is hereby authorized...
Section 16-1-23 - Hazing Prohibited; Penalty. - (a) Hazing is defined as follows: (1) Any willful action...
Section 16-1-24 - Reporting of Property Damage and Physical Assaults on Students and School Personnel; Legislative Intent; Penalties. - (a) For purposes of this section, the following words and...
Section 16-1-24.1 - Safe School and Drug-Free School Policy; Treatment of Policy Violators; Promulgation and Distribution of Discipline Policy; Liability Limited for Discipline Actions; Local Boards May Adopt More Stringent Guidelines. - (a) The Legislature finds a compelling public interest in ensuring...
Section 16-1-24.2 - Department of Education to Develop Statewide Violence Prevention Program. - (a) For purposes of this section, the following words and...
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...
Section 16-1-25 - Access to Students and Campus Facilities by Military Recruiters of u.s. Armed Forces and Department of Homeland Security. - All city and county public school systems and all public...
Section 16-1-25.1 - Access by Professional Educators' Associations. - (a) A public school district or any employee of a...
Section 16-1-26 - Compensation of School Board Members. - (a) Members of city and county school boards are authorized...
Section 16-1-27 - Use of Electronic Communication Devices on School Property. - (a) A local board of education may permit any pupil...
Section 16-1-28 - No Public Funds or Public Facilities to Be Used to Promote Lifestyle or Activities Prohibited by Sodomy and Sexual Misconduct Laws. - (a) No public funds or public facilities shall be used...
Section 16-1-30 - Written Educational Policies, Rules and Regulations of Local Boards of Education. - (a) Definitions. When used in this section, the following words...
Section 16-1-31 - Elective Course Credit for Participation in Ymca Youth and Government Programs. - (a) Each public local board of education may provide that...
Section 16-1-32 - Debit Cards; Authorized Uses; Transaction Fees. - (a) The board of trustees or any other governing body...
Section 16-1-33 - Written Reduction-in-Force Policy. - (a) When used in this section, the following words shall...
Section 16-1-34 - Donation by Two-Year College President of Surplus Property to Local Public School System. - A two-year college president under the jurisdiction of the Department...
Section 16-1-35 - Governor's Academic Achievement Program. - (a) The "Governor's Academic Achievement Program" is created to encourage...
Section 16-1-36 - Tutoring Programs for Students Accessed Below Average Sat Scores. - (a) Beginning in the 2000-2001 school year, any public school...
Section 16-1-37 - Issuance of High School Diplomas to Certain Honorably Discharged Veterans. - The State Superintendent of Education may award a standard high...
Section 16-1-38 - Financial and Education Law Training for Newly Elected Superintendents of Education. - (a)(1) Each person newly elected or appointed as a city...
Section 16-1-38.1 - Professional Development Program for County and City Superintendents of Education. - (a) The School Superintendents of Alabama, a professional organization, shall...
Section 16-1-39 - Self-Administration of Medications by Student. - (a) Commencing with the 2007-2008 scholastic year, each local board...
Section 16-1-40 - Education Trust Fund Proration Relief. - (a) During fiscal year 2009 and any fiscal year in...
Section 16-1-41 - Orientation and Training for Members of Local Board of Education. - Each local public board of education shall adopt a policy...
Section 16-1-41.1 - School Board Governance Improvement. - (a) This section shall be known and may be cited...
Section 16-1-42 - High School Fast Track to College Program. - (a) The State Superintendent of Education, the Chancellor of the...
Section 16-1-43 - Waiver of Undergraduate Tuition and Fees for Purple Heart Recipients. - (a) For purposes of this section, a public institution of...
Section 16-1-44 - School Emergency Operations Plans. - (a)(1) Each local board of education shall develop and adopt...
Section 16-1-44.1 - School Security Personnel and School Resource Officers. - (a) As used in this section, the following terms have...
Section 16-1-44.2 - Electronic Notification System. - (a) The Department of Education shall implement an electronic notification...
Section 16-1-45 - Automated External Defibrillator Requirements. - (a) For purposes of this section, the term automated external...
Section 16-1-46 - Farm-to-School Procurement Processes and Procedures. - (a) This section shall be known and may be cited...
Section 16-1-47 - Information on Meningococcal Meningitis Disease and Its Vaccine to Be Provided to Parents and Guardians of Students. - (a) This section shall be known and may be cited...
Section 16-1-48 - Anaphylaxis Preparedness Program. - (a) The State Department of Education shall develop an anaphylaxis...
Section 16-1-49 - Information on Influenza and It Vaccine to Be Provided to Parents and Guardians of Students. - (a) If a local board of education provides information on...
Section 16-1-50 - Possession and Use of Over-the-Counter Sunscreen by Students. - (a) Any student in a public school under the jurisdiction...
Section 16-1-51 - Grants to Public Schools for Advanced Educational and Specialized Programs for Gifted and Talented Children. - (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) It...
Section 16-1-51.1 - Comprehensive Model Policy for Supervision and Monitoring of Juvenile Sex Offender Students; Educational Placement of Juvenile Sex Offenders. - (a)(1) On or before January 1, 2019, the State Board...
Section 16-1-52 - Participation in Athletic Events to Be Based on Biological Sex of Athletes. - (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Physical...
Section 16-1-53 - Broadcast of Public K-12 School Sporting Events. - (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms...