Article XIV — Education
25 sections · 0 paragraphs in this article.
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 256 Educational policy of state; authority of legislature to provide for or authorize establishment and operation of schools by persons, municipalities, etc.; grant, dona- tion, sale or lease of funds and property for educational purposes; election of certain schools for attendance by parents of minors
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It is the policy of the state of Alabama to foster and promote the education of its citizens in a manner and extent consistent with its available resources, and the willingness and ability of the individual student, but nothing in this Constitution shall be construed as creating …
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 257 Principal from sale, etc., of school property to be pre- served; disposition of income therefrom
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The principal of all funds arising from the sale or other disposition of lands or other property, which has been or may hereafter be granted or entrusted to this state or given by the United States for educational purposes shall be preserved inviolate and undiminished; and the in…
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 258 Property donated or appropriated for educational purposes and estates of persons dying without will or heirs to be applied to furtherance of education
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All lands or other property given by individuals, or appropriated by the state for educational purposes, and all estates of deceased persons who die without leaving a will or heir, shall be used or applied to the furtherance of education.
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 259 Reserved
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[Reserved.]
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 260 Certain income to be applied to support and furtherance of education; special annual tax for education; maximum annual levy on taxable property; priority for payment of bonded indebtedness of state; proceeds of certain taxes to be used for support and furtherance of education
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The income arising from the sixteenth section trust fund, the surplus revenue fund, until it is called for by the United States government, and the funds enumerated in sections 257 and 258 of this Constitution, together with a special annual tax of thirty cents on each one hundre…
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 261 Percentage of school funds for teachers’ salaries
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Not more than four per cent. of all moneys raised or which may hereafter be appropriated for the support of public schools, shall be used or expended otherwise than for the payment of teachers employed in such schools; provided, that the legislature may, by a vote of two-thirds o…
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 262 Selection, Qualifications, Powers, Duties and Tenure of State Board of Education and Superintendent of Education
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1. General supervision of the public schools in Alabama shall be vested in a state board of education, which shall be elected in such manner as the legislature may provide. 2. The chief state school officer shall be the state superintendent of education, who shall be appointed by…
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 263 School funds not to be used for support of sectarian or denominational schools
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No money raised for the support of the public schools shall be appropriated to or used for the support of any sectarian or denominational school.
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 264 Board of trustees of state university
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The state university shall be under the management and control of a board of trustees, which shall consist of two members from each congressional district in the state as constituted on January 1, 2018, an additional member from the congressional district which includes the site …
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 265 Annual payment of interest on funds of University of Alabama; authority to abolish military system at university
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After the ratification of this Constitution there shall be paid out of the treasury of this state at the time and in the manner provided by law, the sum of not less than thirty-six thousand dollars per annum as interest on the funds of the University of Alabama, heretofore covere…
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 266 Board of Trustees of Auburn University
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(a) Auburn University shall be under the management and control of a board of trustees. The board of trustees shall consist of one member from each of the congressional districts in the state as the same were constituted on the first day of January, 1961, one member from Lee Coun…
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 267 Change of location of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Ala- bama Schools for the Deaf and Blind or Alabama Girls Industrial School
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The legislature shall not have power to change the location of the state university, or the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, or the Alabama Schools for the Deaf and Blind, or the Alabama Girls’ Industrial School, as now established by law, except upon a vote of two-thirds of the le…
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 268 Provision for taking school census
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The legislature shall provide for taking a school census by townships and districts throughout the state not oftener than once in two years, and shall provide for the punishment of all persons or officers making false or fraudulent enumerations and returns; provided, the state su…
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 269 Special county educational taxes
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The several counties in this state shall have power to levy and collect a special tax not exceeding ten cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable property in such counties, for the support and furtherance of education in such manner as may be authorized by the legislature; pro…
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 270 Applicability of article to Mobile County
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The provisions of this article and of any act of the legislature passed in pursuance thereof for educational purposes, shall apply to Mobile county only so far as to authorize and require the authorities designated by law to draw the portions of the funds to which said county sha…
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 260.01 Reserved
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[Reserved.]
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 269.01 Special county tax for public school purposes
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The several counties in the state shall have power to levy and collect a special county tax not exceeding thirty cents on each one hundred dollars worth of taxable property in such counties in addition to that now authorized or that may hereafter be authorized for public school p…
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 269.02 Special district tax for public school purposes
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The several school districts of any county in the state shall have power to levy and collect a special district tax not exceeding thirty cents on each one hundred dollars worth of taxable property in such district for public school purposes; provided, that a school district under…
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 269.03 Disposition of special school tax funds
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The funds arising from the special county school tax levied and collected by any county shall be apportioned and expended as the law may direct, and the funds arising from the special school tax levied in any district which votes the same independently of the county shall be expe…
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 269.04 Additional property tax for county educational purposes
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The court of county commissioners, board of revenue, or other like govern- ing body of each of the several counties in the state shall have the power to levy and collect a special county tax of not to exceed fifty cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable property, in addition…
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 269.05 Additional special district school tax
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In addition to any and all taxes now authorized, or that may be hereafter authorized by the Constitution and laws of Alabama, the several school districts of any in the state shall have power to levy and collect an additional special district school tax not exceeding thirty cents…
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 269.06 Ratification of public school taxes
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Any provision of the Constitution of Alabama 1901, as amended, to the contrary notwithstanding, all ad valorem taxes for public school or education purposes in the state of Alabama which have been approved by a majority vote of the appropriate electorate prior to March 1, 1990, a…
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 269.07 Levy and collection of district school tax
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The provision contained in Section 2 of Amendment No. 3 to this constitution [§ 269.02] relating to district school taxes and providing that no district school tax shall be voted upon or collected except in those counties that are levying and collecting not less than a three-mill…
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 269.08 Minimum ad valorem tax rate for general school purposes
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(a) There is hereby authorized and there shall be levied and collected for general public school purposes, for the ad valorem tax year commencing October 1, 2006, and for each ad valorem tax year thereafter, in each school district of the state, in addition to all other taxes, a …
Ala. Const. art. XIV, § 260.02 Education Trust Fund Rainy Day Account
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Section I. Amendment 709 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 260.01 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, is hereby repealed. Section II. As used in this amendment, the following words and phrases shall have…