Title 16 — Title 16

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…

of Tax When City Assumes Control of Schools. 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…

Trustees of State Institutions. Authority is hereby granted to the State Board of Education and the board of trustees of all state institutions respectively, where education is a part of the program of the institution, to invest and reinvest endowment funds and funds held for inv…

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…

Notes. 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 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. History: (Acts 1979, No. 79-823, p. 1538, §5.)

Determination. (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 …

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. History: (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. History: (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 …

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. History: (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…

Grade Level Divisors. (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…

(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…

State Superintendent of Education to Provide Data; Rules and Regulations. (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) …

Funds provided by the state to local boards of education for vocational/technical education shall be spent only for its intended purposes. History: (Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §7.)

Countywide Tax. It is not the intent of the Legislature to require, and the Legislature expressly so declares that it does not require, any county to provide funding to any city board of education beyond the city board of education’s pro rata share of any countywide tax. History:…

Should any county or city governing body fail to provide an amount of local tax support for its respective local board of education in an amount equivalent to the mills of ad valorem tax as required by law, the Foundation Program Fund allocation for the local board of education, …

Program.” Whenever any act, section of the Code of Alabama 1975, or any other provision of law refers to the “minimum program” as it relates to the funding of education, it shall be deemed a reference to the “Foundation Program.” History: (Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §53.)

The Legislature makes the following findings and determinations: (1) In a number of instances, the Legislature, by general or local act, has authorized the levy and collection within a county or municipality of a tax, other than an ad valorem tax, for school purposes and has spec…

Refunding Obligations. In any instance in which the Legislature, by general or local act, has provided for or authorized the levy and collection within any county or municipality of a tax, other than an ad valorem tax, for school purposes, herein called a “special school tax,” an…

In no event shall this article be construed or applied in a manner that results in a termination date for the levy of any special school tax that is earlier than the termination date that would have been applicable if this article had not become effective. History: (Act 98-361, p…

This article shall apply with respect to any special school tax heretofore or hereafter authorized by the Legislature that is subject to a termination provision of the type described herein and shall be given effect if related refunding obligations are issued either before or aft…

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. Each county or city board of education; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the Alabama Youth Services Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the…

(a) The average salary of Alabama teachers, including the State Minimum Salary Schedule, local salary supplementals, state incentive pay such as National Board of Professional Teaching Standards certification, and any other salary compensation paid to Alabama teachers, shall be i…

(a) It is the goal of the Governor and the Legislature to raise Alabama’s non- salaried expenditures per public school student to the national average in conjunction with this commitment to teachers’ salaries. (b) It is the goal of the Governor and the Legislature to continue and…

(a) It is the intention of the Legislature by the adoption of this article to authorize each county board of education and each city board of education in the State of Alabama to issue and sell, at public or private sale, upon the prior written approval of the State Superintenden…

The following terms as used in this article shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. Any county board of education and any city board of education. (2) COSTS. When used with reference to or in connection with any public school facility or any portion thereof, all or any part…

Boards; Mandamus for Payment. (a) In addition to all other notes, obligations, warrants, and other forms or types of indebtedness which any board shall have the power to issue pursuant to laws other than this article, each board shall have full and continuing power from time to t…

(a) Warrants issued under this article shall not be general obligations of the board issuing such warrants but shall be payable solely from the designated revenues or tax proceeds of the board which may be lawfully applied to the payment of indebtedness of such board, including f…

(a)(1) Warrants issued pursuant to this article may be in the denomination or denominations; shall have a maturity or maturities not exceeding 30 years from their date; may bear interest from their date at the rate or rates payable in the manner and at the times; may be payable a…

(a) A board shall obtain the prior written approval of the State Superintendent for the issuance of any warrants under this article. Before entering into any agreement or contract for the issuance and sale, and before the issuance and sale, of any warrants under this article, the…

Warrants reciting that they are issued pursuant to the terms of this article shall in any action or proceeding involving their validity be conclusively deemed to be fully authorized thereby and to have been issued, sold, executed, and delivered in conformity therewith and with al…

All warrants and interest accruing thereon issued hereunder shall forever be exempt from all state, county, municipal, and other taxation under the laws of the State of Alabama. History: (Act 2011-631, p. 1495, §8.)

The warrants issued pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be legal investments for executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries. History: (Act 2011-631, p. 1495, §9.)

Any county may, with respect to the county board of education within its jurisdiction and any city board of education within, in whole or in part, its jurisdiction, and any municipality may, with respect to the city board of education (if any) within its jurisdiction and with res…

Taxes for Foundation Program. (a) The tax collector/revenue commissioner of each county must keep a record of all receipts and disbursements of school funds of his/her county to the local boards of education of the county. (b) The tax collector/revenue commissioner of each county…

(a) Upon the request of a public person who shall have issued or incurred obligations for the benefit of a board and for a purpose or purposes for which a board could issue warrants under this article, and upon compliance with the following terms and conditions, a board may under…

Insofar as the provisions of this article may be in conflict or inconsistent with any provisions of any other law concerning actions authorized by this article, the provisions of this article shall control and govern, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. Su…

All funds contributed by persons or otherwise to any school or school district shall be applied as indicated in the grant from such contributors. History: (School Code 1927, §250; Code 1940, T. 52, §202; Acts 1995, No. 95- 314, p. 634, §20.)

Whenever a township which has an income from a trust fund is divided by a state or county line or otherwise, such income must be divided between and apportioned to each division of such township according to the school population. History: (School Code 1927, §251; Code 1940, T. 5…