Title 16

It shall be the duty of county and city boards of education to pay teachers’ salaries promptly when due and, if funds on hand are insufficient, to secure such current loans as are necessary to pay teachers’ salaries and other current expenses when due in accordance with the provi…

Upon a petition signed by 200 or more qualified electors of the county, who are also freeholders, to the county commission in any county within the State of Alabama, the said commission shall order an election to determine whether or not a special tax of one mill shall be levied …

There shall be made publication of the election in some newspaper within the county, which publication shall show the rate of such proposed tax, the time it is proposed to be continued and the purpose for which the levy is proposed to be made. (School Code 1927, §254; Code 1940, …

(a) The inspectors and officers of the election shall be appointed and such elections shall be held and the result of said elections shall be declared in the same manner and by the same officers as is the result of the regular elections for county officers under the general laws …

All persons who are at the time of such election qualified electors in the county where such election is held under the laws and Constitution of Alabama then in existence shall be qualified electors to participate therein. (School Code 1927, §256; Code 1940, T. 52, §249.)

The county commission shall provide a sufficient number of ballots for each voting precinct within said county, and at the top of each ballot shall be printed the rate of such proposed tax, the time it is to be continued and that the purpose is for the support of the public schoo…

If three fifths of those voting at said election have voted for the proposed taxation, the county commission shall levy said special tax and cause the tax assessor to assess the same on the taxable property in said county, which shall not exceed $.10 on each $100.00 of taxable pr…

The tax collector shall collect such special tax in the same manner and under the same requirements and laws as taxes of the state are collected, shall keep said amount separate and apart from all other funds, shall keep a clear and distinct account thereof and shall turn the sam…

Upon a petition signed by 200 or more qualified electors of any county to the county commission, said county commission shall order an election to be held at the time specified in said petition to determine whether or not a special tax shall be levied for public school purposes w…

Upon the written request of the county board of education or of the board of education of any city having a city board of education for a special election in any school tax district under the control of the respective board, the county commission shall call an election at the tim…

No election in any rural or city school tax district shall be held for the purpose of levying and collecting a special school tax for school purposes unless the county in which said rural or city school tax district is located shall be levying and collecting special county taxes …

The sheriff must give notice at least 30 days before any election to be held under this article, by publication in some newspaper in the county, if any is published therein, and if not, by writing posted at the courthouse door and at three other public places in the county of the…

(a) The inspectors and officers of the special county election shall be appointed and said election shall be held and the results of such election shall be declared in the same manner and by the same officers as the results of the regular election for county officers, under the g…

The officers, including the sheriff, shall perform the same duties and receive the same pay as provided for under the general election laws aforesaid, and all costs and fees of said election shall be paid out of the county treasury. (School Code 1927, §269; Code 1940, T. 52, §260…

When any election is to be held in any county or in any rural or city school tax district, under the provisions of this article, the county commission shall provide the necessary number of ballots, poll lists, tally sheets, ballot boxes, booths, instructions for holding the elect…

The ballots used in said election shall have printed at the top the purpose of such election and, if a tax is proposed to be levied, there shall be printed at the top the rate of such proposed tax, the time such tax is proposed to be continued and that it is to be used for public…

The county commission shall declare the result of the election; and, where the electors have voted so as to require the levy of a tax, the county commission shall levy said special tax and cause the tax assessor to assess the same on the taxable property in said county or in said…

Where the election is for the entire county, all persons who are at the time of such election qualified electors of the county, or where the election is held for a school tax district all persons who at the time of such district election are qualified electors of the district and…

Each election heretofore held in any school district or in any municipality or in any county at large, in this state on the question of the levy of a special tax for any school or educational purpose, or for school or educational purposes generally, under the Constitution of Alab…

In order to make it possible to work out a system of local tax units adapted to the needs of the whole county, the county board of education of its own initiative shall fix the boundaries of any school tax district within its jurisdiction in which it is proposed to levy a local s…

The county board of education shall have a proper map of such school tax district made and recorded as herein provided. The levy of the district school tax shall operate to fix the boundaries of such school tax district for the time of such special levy, except as hereinafter pro…

Any city having a city board of education shall constitute an independent school tax district for the purpose of levying the tax authorized under this article, but it shall not be necessary for the city board of education when making application or request for a special election …

When it shall seem desirable to enlarge any school tax district by consolidating with it any adjacent territory or district, which may or may not be levying any special school tax, the county board of education may petition the county commission to call an election in all of the …

When it shall seem desirable to consolidate with a city school tax district having a city board of education, either a county school tax district or territory adjacent to such city school tax district which does not lie within the corporate limits of the city, so as to vest the c…

Thereupon the county commission shall call an election in like manner as already prescribed for calling an election in a school tax district in the special districts or district and adjacent territory proposed to be consolidated, and if a majority of the qualified electors voting…

Whenever such a levy as is provided for in this article is made, it shall be the duty of the tax collector within and for that county to collect such tax in the same manner and under the same requirements and laws as the taxes of the state are collected, and he shall keep said am…

The funds arising from levying a special tax for school purposes in any school tax district under the jurisdiction of the county board of education shall be used for the exclusive benefit of the public schools of such districts; provided, that in any school tax district where suc…

When a municipality under the jurisdiction of a county board of education attains a population of 5,000 or more, according to the last decennial or any subsequent federal census, the schools of the municipality may remain under control of the county board by agreement between tha…

Whenever used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms shall be given the following respective meanings: (1) BOARD OF EDUCATION. Any county board of education and any city board of education. (2) NOTES. The warrant anticipati…

Any board of education may borrow money in anticipation of the issuance of warrants for use for any of the purposes described in Section 16-13-70(a) or Section 16-13-90 and, in evidence of such borrowing, issue from time to time notes maturing not later than 18 months from the da…

The principal of and interest on such notes shall not be general obligations of the board of education issuing said notes but shall be payable from the principal proceeds from the sale of the warrants with respect to which such notes are issued and, to the extent necessary, from …

Any notes issued pursuant to this article may be refunded or renewed or extended for two additional periods of not more than 18 months from the date of maturity of such notes being refunded or renewed or extended, but otherwise pursuant to all of the terms and conditions of this …

Any notes issued pursuant to the provisions of this article may be sold either at public or private sale as the board of education issuing such notes shall determine and the State Superintendent of Education shall approve. (Acts 1979, No. 79-823, p. 1538, §5.)

(a) Before issuing any notes hereunder, the board of education by which such notes are proposed to be issued shall cause an application for approval of such issuance to be filed with the State Superintendent of Education. Such application shall be in such form and shall contain s…

All notes issued pursuant to the provisions of this article, all interest paid thereon and all income derived therefrom shall forever be exempt from all state, county, municipal and other taxation under the laws of Alabama. (Acts 1979, No. 79-823, p. 1538, §7.)

The notes issued pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be legal investments for executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries. (Acts 1979, No. 79-823, p. 1538, §8.)

There is hereby established a fund for the public schools of the state which shall be known as the Foundation Program Fund and which shall be used for providing a minimum school term and for providing educational opportunities. This fund shall comprise all appropriations made by …

(a) In addition to all other appropriations and apportionments of public school money now provided by law and made available for public schools there shall be apportioned and paid to local boards of education from the Foundation Program Fund, the amounts to be determined as herei…

(a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, each county and city board of education shall adopt a local salary schedule which is at least 100 percent of the State Minimum Salary Schedule as established by Sections 16-6B-8 and 16-13-231. Each teacher employed by the board shall r…

Notwithstanding Chapter 6B and other provisions of this chapter, and notwithstanding Section 16-13-231.1, the “State Salary Matrix” is hereby renamed the “State Minimum Salary Schedule.” This provision shall take effect on October 1, 1998. (Act. 98-510, p. 1189, §2(f).)

(a) There shall be annually appropriated from the Education Trust Fund to each public state earned classroom teacher in public school grades K to 12 the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) for classroom supplies. (b) Classroom supplies may include, but are not limited to, paper g…

(a) In determining the number of teacher units for the purpose of apportioning the state Foundation Program, one teacher unit or fraction thereof shall be allowed for the specified number of pupils in average daily membership as provided for in subsection (b), during the first 20…

(a) The allowance for transportation for those local boards of education providing same shall be determined as follows for any local board of education: The number of pupils transported on transportation routes approved under regulations of the State Board of Education shall be m…

(a) In making apportionment of the Public School Fund held by the state, to the local boards of education, the State Superintendent of Education shall first set apart and distribute to the schools of each township the amount due from the state thereto as interest on its sixteenth…

(a) Any local board of education receiving a hold harmless allowance as provided for in Section 16-13-234, may use part or all of the funds received by the local board from the Public School Fund for capital outlay allowance to pay the costs of any salary increase mandated by the…

(a) All local boards of education are required, in order to receive state funds, to furnish all such information and to file such records and reports as may be required by the State Board of Education. (b) The State Superintendent of Education shall provide to the Legislative Fis…