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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 16-13-1 - Fiscal Year. - The fiscal year of every board of education shall begin...
Section 16-13-2 - Investment of Endowment Funds Held by State Board of Education and Trustees of State Institutions. - Authority is hereby granted to the State Board of Education...
Section 16-13-4 - Diversion of Funds; Payment of Debt Obligations. - (a) It shall be unlawful for any official in the...
Section 16-13-5 - Federal Grants, Appropriations, Etc. - Acceptance. - The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and empowered to accept...
Section 16-13-6 - Federal Grants, Appropriations, Etc. - State Board of Education Designated State Agency in Administration. - The State Board of Education is hereby designated as state...
Section 16-13-7 - Appropriation of Federal Government Funds to Foundation Program Fund. - In addition to all other funds appropriated for the public...
Section 16-13-8 - Bonding of Persons Handling Public School Funds Generally - Authority to Require. - County and city boards of education are hereby authorized to...
Section 16-13-9 - Bonding of Persons Handling Public School Funds Generally - Payment of Premiums. - County and city boards of education are hereby authorized to...
Section 16-13-10 - Custodian of School Funds - Payment of Payrolls. - Repealed by Act 2006-196, p. 275, §5, effective June 1,...
Section 16-13-11 - Custodian of School Funds - Vouchers Required. - Repealed by Act 2006-196, p. 275, §5, effective June 1,...
Section 16-13-12 - Custodian of School Funds - Removal. - Repealed by Act 2006-196, p. 275, §5, effective June 1,...
Section 16-13-13 - Fees for Courses. - It is the intent of the Legislature that no fees...
Section 16-13-14 - Advancement of Expenses of Members and Employees of County and City Boards of Education; Itemized Statement of Expenses to Be Presented and Approved Upon Return of Member or Employee. - (a) City and county boards of education, the Department of...
Section 16-13-16 - Name of "Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund" Changed to "Education Trust fund." - The name of the "Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund" is...
Article 2 - Apportionment and Disbursement of Public School Funds.
Section 16-13-31 - Record of Receipts and Disbursements; Apportionment of Countywide Taxes for Foundation Program. - (a) The tax collector/revenue commissioner of each county must keep...
Section 16-13-32 - Funds Contributed to Be Applied as Indicated in Grant. - All funds contributed by persons or otherwise to any school...
Section 16-13-33 - Funds of Townships Divided by State or County Line. - Whenever a township which has an income from a trust...
Section 16-13-36 - Appropriation of Funds Out of Treasury. - Any appropriate local governing body is authorized at any meeting...
Section 16-13-37 - Use of County Sales and Use Tax Funds for General Educational Purposes. - (a) When approved at a referendum election held for such...
Article 4 - Tax Anticipation Warrants in Cities and Counties.
Section 16-13-70 - Issuance Authorized; Purposes; Source of Payment. - (a) Any county board of education and any city board...
Section 16-13-71 - Terms and Conditions; Sale; Use of Proceeds. - (a) Warrants issued pursuant to the provisions of this article...
Section 16-13-72 - Refunding Warrants. - Any county board of education and any city board of...
Section 16-13-73 - Approval of Issue by State Superintendent of Education. - Before issuing any warrants hereunder, the board of education by...
Section 16-13-74 - Warrants Legal Investments for Fiduciaries. - Warrants issued pursuant to the provisions of this article shall...
Section 16-13-75 - Exemption From Taxation. - All warrants and interest coupons issued pursuant to the provisions...
Section 16-13-76 - Moneys Allocated Under Article or Chapter Not to Be Pledged. - Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize any local...
Section 16-13-77 - Effect of Article on Existing Powers of Boards of Education. - The provisions of this article shall not be deemed to...
Article 5 - Warrants for Special County and District Taxes.
Section 16-13-90 - Purposes for Which Warrants Issued. - In any county in which a special county tax shall...
Section 16-13-91 - Approval of Issuance. - Before issuing any warrants hereunder the county board of education...
Section 16-13-92 - Execution. - All warrants issued hereunder shall be executed in the name...
Section 16-13-93 - Form. - The following form of warrant shall be valid and sufficient...
Section 16-13-94 - Maturity; Payment Generally. - Capital outlay warrants issued hereunder shall be payable within the...
Section 16-13-95 - Interest Rate. - All warrants issued hereunder shall bear interest at not exceeding...
Section 16-13-96 - Sale - Generally. - All warrants issued hereunder shall be sold to the highest...
Section 16-13-97 - Sale - Price. - Warrants issued hereunder may be sold at such price or...
Section 16-13-98 - Preference and Payment of Warrants and Care of Fund. - All warrants issued hereunder by a county or city board...
Section 16-13-99 - Place and Method of Payment. - All warrants issued hereunder may be made payable as to...
Section 16-13-100 - Payment of Incidental Costs. - The board of education issuing any warrants hereunder may pay...
Section 16-13-101 - Redemption of Warrants Prior to Maturity. - Any board of education issuing warrants hereunder may, if such...
Section 16-13-102 - Exchange and Delivery of Refunding Warrants. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 16-13-96 and 16-13-97, refunding warrants...
Section 16-13-103 - Validity of Warrants. - Warrants reciting that they are issued pursuant to the terms...
Section 16-13-104 - Exemption From Taxation. - All warrants and interest coupons attached to the same issued...
Section 16-13-105 - Warrants May Be Validated. - All school warrants authorized by this article may, in the...
Section 16-13-106 - Records. - The county board of education or the city board of...
Section 16-13-107 - Exclusiveness of Article. - No warrants payable in any fiscal year later than the...
Section 16-13-108 - Elections. - (a) Elections for the purpose of voting special taxes for...
Section 16-13-109 - Investment of Unused Proceeds in Government Securities. - If any county or city board of education has issued...
Article 6 - Warrants for Special License, Privilege or Excise Taxes.
Section 16-13-120 - Authority to Issue; Interest Rate; Terms, Use of Proceeds, Etc. - In any county in which a special license or privilege...
Section 16-13-121 - Approval of Issue by State Superintendent of Education. - Before issuing any warrants under Section 16-13-120, the county board...
Section 16-13-122 - Provisions of Article Cumulative. - The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not...
Article 7 - Budget System.
Section 16-13-140 - Established for County and City School Systems; Form of Annual Budget Required; Public Hearings Required. - (a) There shall be a budget system for the public...
Section 16-13-141 - Comptroller and State Superintendent to Estimate Funds. - On or before the first day of September of each...
Section 16-13-142 - County and City Treasurer to Certify Estimated Funds Available. - On or before the first day of September, the county...
Section 16-13-143 - When Budget Official; Approval of Funds for Teachers' Salaries; Changes in Budget; Approval Prerequisite to Receipt of Funds. - (a) A budget shall become official and shall be followed...
Section 16-13-144 - Prohibition and Penalty for Exceeding Budget; Waiver of Penalty. - (a) No local board of education shall spend or obligate...
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...
Section 16-13-146 - Interest Rate on Current Loans. - County and city boards of education shall have authority to...
Section 16-13-147 - Payment of Teachers' Salaries When Due. - It shall be the duty of county and city boards...
Article 8 - One-Mill County School Tax.
Section 16-13-160 - Petition for Election; Calling of Election. - Upon a petition signed by 200 or more qualified electors...
Section 16-13-161 - Election Notice. - There shall be made publication of the election in some...
Section 16-13-162 - Election Officers; Conduct of Election. - (a) The inspectors and officers of the election shall be...
Section 16-13-163 - Electors. - All persons who are at the time of such election...
Section 16-13-164 - Ballot and Election Supplies. - The county commission shall provide a sufficient number of ballots...
Section 16-13-165 - Levy and Assessment of Tax. - If three fifths of those voting at said election have...
Section 16-13-166 - Collection of Tax. - The tax collector shall collect such special tax in the...
Article 9 - County and District Three-Mill School Taxes.
Section 16-13-180 - Petition for Election; Calling of Election. - Upon a petition signed by 200 or more qualified electors...
Section 16-13-181 - Request by Board of Education for Election. - Upon the written request of the county board of education...
Section 16-13-182 - When District Tax Cannot Be Levied. - No election in any rural or city school tax district...
Section 16-13-183 - Election Notice. - The sheriff must give notice at least 30 days before...
Section 16-13-184 - Election Officers; Conduct of Election. - (a) The inspectors and officers of the special county election...
Section 16-13-185 - Expenses of Election. - The officers, including the sheriff, shall perform the same duties...
Section 16-13-186 - Election Supplies. - When any election is to be held in any county...
Section 16-13-187 - Ballots. - The ballots used in said election shall have printed at...
Section 16-13-188 - Election Result; Levy, Amount and Duration of Tax; Limitation on Use of Proceeds. - The county commission shall declare the result of the election;...
Section 16-13-189 - Electors. - Where the election is for the entire county, all persons...
Section 16-13-190 - Validation of Elections. - Each election heretofore held in any school district or in...
Section 16-13-191 - School Tax District - Boundaries Fixed by County Board. - In order to make it possible to work out a...
Section 16-13-192 - School Tax District - Map - Required Generally; Duration of Boundaries. - The county board of education shall have a proper map...
Section 16-13-193 - School Tax District - Map - Not Required of City School Tax District. - Any city having a city board of education shall constitute...
Section 16-13-194 - School Tax District - Consolidation - Generally. - When it shall seem desirable to enlarge any school tax...
Section 16-13-195 - School Tax District - Consolidation - City District With Other Territory. - When it shall seem desirable to consolidate with a city...
Section 16-13-196 - School Tax District - Consolidation - Effect. - Thereupon the county commission shall call an election in like...
Section 16-13-197 - Collection of Tax. - Whenever such a levy as is provided for in this...
Section 16-13-198 - Use of District Funds. - The funds arising from levying a special tax for school...
Section 16-13-199 - Municipality May Remain Under County Board of Education; Disposition of Tax When City Assumes Control of Schools. - When a municipality under the jurisdiction of a county board...
Article 10 - Notes in Anticipation of Warrants.
Section 16-13-210 - Definitions. - Whenever used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly...
Section 16-13-211 - Borrowing Money in Anticipation of Warrants Authorized; Issuance of Notes. - Any board of education may borrow money in anticipation of...
Section 16-13-212 - Notes Not General Obligation; Board May Pledge Tax Proceeds. - The principal of and interest on such notes shall not...
Section 16-13-213 - Refunding, Renewing or Extending Notes. - Any notes issued pursuant to this article may be refunded...
Section 16-13-214 - Notes Sold at Public or Private Sale. - Any notes issued pursuant to the provisions of this article...
Section 16-13-215 - Approval of Note Issue by State Superintendent; Procedure; Conclusive Determination. - (a) Before issuing any notes hereunder, the board of education...
Section 16-13-216 - Exemption From Taxation. - All notes issued pursuant to the provisions of this article,...
Section 16-13-217 - Legal Investments for Fiduciaries. - The notes issued pursuant to the provisions of this article...
Article 11 - Foundation Program Fund.
Section 16-13-230 - Establishment of Fund. - There is hereby established a fund for the public schools...
Section 16-13-231 - Purposes and Plan of Apportionment. - (a) In addition to all other appropriations and apportionments of...
Section 16-13-231.1 - Local Salary Schedules; Written Retirement Application; Appropriations. - (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, each county and...
Section 16-13-231.2 - State Salary Matrix Renamed. - Notwithstanding Chapter 6B and other provisions of this chapter, and...
Section 16-13-231.3 - Funds for Classroom Supplies. - (a) There shall be annually appropriated from the Education Trust...
Section 16-13-232 - Determining Number of Teacher Units and Instructional Support Units; Grade Level Divisors. - (a) In determining the number of teacher units for the...
Section 16-13-233 - Allowance for Transportation. - (a) The allowance for transportation for those local boards of...
Section 16-13-234 - Allocation of Funds. - (a) In making apportionment of the Public School Fund held...
Section 16-13-234.1 - Funding Salary Increases Mandated by Legislature. - (a) Any local board of education receiving a hold harmless...
Section 16-13-235 - Local Boards of Education to Furnish Information and File Records; State Superintendent of Education to Provide Data; Rules and Regulations. - (a) All local boards of education are required, in order...
Section 16-13-236 - Funds for Vocational/technical Education. - Funds provided by the state to local boards of education...
Section 16-13-237 - Funding City Board of Education Beyond Board's Pro Rata Share of Countywide Tax. - It is not the intent of the Legislature to require,...
Section 16-13-238 - Failure to Provide Certain Amount of Local Tax Support. - Should any county or city governing body fail to provide...
Section 16-13-239 - References to "Minimum Program" Deemed References to "Foundation program." - Whenever any act, section of the Code of Alabama 1975,...
Article 12 - Special School Taxes Authority Extended When Original Obligation Refunded.
Section 16-13-260 - Legislative Findings. - The Legislature makes the following findings and determinations: (1) In...
Section 16-13-261 - Authority for Special School Tax to Continue Until Payments of Refunding Obligations. - In any instance in which the Legislature, by general or...
Section 16-13-262 - Construction. - In no event shall this article be construed or applied...
Section 16-13-263 - Application. - This article shall apply with respect to any special school...
Article 13 - National Average for Teacher Salaries.
Section 16-13-280 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following terms shall have...
Section 16-13-281 - Average Salaries to Match National Average; Funding; Compliance. - (a) The average salary of Alabama teachers, including the State...
Section 16-13-282 - Purpose of Article. - (a) It is the goal of the Governor and the...
Article 14 - Warrants for Eductional Purposes.
Section 16-13-300 - Legislative Intent; Construction. - (a) It is the intention of the Legislature by the...
Section 16-13-301 - Definitions. - The following terms as used in this article shall have...
Section 16-13-302 - Issuance Authorized; Purposes; Refunding Warrants; Powers of the Boards; Mandamus for Payment. - (a) In addition to all other notes, obligations, warrants, and...
Section 16-13-303 - Notes Not General Obligations; Source of Payment. - (a) Warrants issued under this article shall not be general...
Section 16-13-304 - Terms and Conditions; Sale; Use of Proceeds. - (a)(1) Warrants issued pursuant to this article may be in...
Section 16-13-305 - Approval of Issue. - (a) A board shall obtain the prior written approval of...
Section 16-13-306 - Validity of Warrants. - Warrants reciting that they are issued pursuant to the terms...
Section 16-13-307 - Tax Exemption. - All warrants and interest accruing thereon issued hereunder shall forever...
Section 16-13-308 - Warrants as Legal Investments. - The warrants issued pursuant to the provisions of this article...
Section 16-13-309 - Powers Authorized. - Any county may, with respect to the county board of...
Section 16-13-310 - Obligations Under Contractual Agreements. - (a) Upon the request of a public person who shall...
Section 16-13-311 - Construction With Other Laws. - Insofar as the provisions of this article may be in...
Article 15 - Teacher Excellence and Accountability for Mathematics and Science Salary Schedule Program.
Section 16-13-330 - Program Created. - There is created the Teacher Excellence and Accountability for Mathematics...
Section 16-13-331 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall...
Section 16-13-332 - Administration; Rulemaking Authoritiy. - The department shall administer the program and may establish necessary...
Section 16-13-333 - Participation in Program. - (a) An eligible teacher shall satisfy each of the following...
Section 16-13-334 - Preliminary or Advanced Contract. - (a) A participating teacher shall be offered a preliminary or...
Section 16-13-335 - Hard-to-Staff Supplement. - (a) In addition to the other provisions of this article,...
Section 16-13-336 - Teams Fund. - (a) The TEAMS Fund is created in the State Treasury...
Section 16-13-337 - Contract Periods. - (a) Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year and each year...
Section 16-13-338 - Termination of Employment. - (a) If the local board, upon the recommendation of the...
Section 16-13-339 - Model Participating Teacher Contracts. - (a)(1) The department may develop a model participating teacher contract...
Section 16-13-340 - Applicability to Public Charter Schools. - (a) Public charter schools created pursuant to the Alabama School...