Title 16 — Title 16

The fiscal year of every board of education shall begin October 1 and end September 30. History: (Acts 1939, No. 186, p. 334, §19; Code 1940, T. 52, §234.)

Repealed by Act 2006-196, p. 275, §5, effective June 1, 2006. History: (School Code 1927, §297; Code 1940, T. 52, §276; Acts 1995, No. 95- 314, p. 634, §15.)

The board of education issuing any warrants hereunder may pay the cost of printing the warrants, the cost of advertising the sale, the attorneys’ fees for preparing proceedings, the attorneys’ fees for furnishing an opinion as to legality acceptable to the purchaser and other exp…

Any board of education issuing warrants hereunder may, if such action shall be deemed advisable by the issuing board, retain in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such warrants an option to redeem prior to maturity all or any part thereof, as may be specified in such pro…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 16-13-96 and 16-13-97, refunding warrants issued hereunder may without advertisement be exchanged for a like amount of the warrants being refunded. If part of an authorized issue is so exchanged, the officers authorized to effect such ex…

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 all…

All warrants and interest coupons attached to the same issued hereunder shall be exempt from state, county and municipal taxation. History: (Acts 1939, No. 186, p. 334, §15; Code 1940, T. 52, §230.)

All school warrants authorized by this article may, in the discretion of the board of education, be validated in a proceeding in accordance with Sections 6-6-750 through 6-6-757, or any similar proceedings prescribed by law, but such proceedings shall not be essential to the vali…

The county board of education or the city board of education, as the case may be, shall keep in its minutes a complete record of all warrants issued under the provisions of this article, which record shall show upon what authority the warrants are issued, the amounts in which iss…

No warrants payable in any fiscal year later than the fiscal year in which they were issued shall be issued except in accordance with the provisions of this article. History: (Acts 1939, No. 186, p. 334, §18; Code 1940, T. 52, §233.)

(a) Elections for the purpose of voting special taxes for any school purpose or for school purposes generally under the constitution may be held at any time in accordance with law for one or more of the following purposes: (1) Voting such tax where no such tax is being levied; (2…

If any county or city board of education has issued and sold school warrants under the provisions of this article for school building purposes and if the proceeds of such warrants cannot now be used for school building construction due to priority regulations of the government of…

Repealed by Act 2006-196, p. 275, §5, effective June 1, 2006. History: (School Code 1927, §299; Code 1940, T. 52, §277; Acts 1995, No. 95- 314, p. 634, §16.)

Repealed by Act 2006-196, p. 275, §5, effective June 1, 2006. History: (School Code 1927, §300; Code 1940, T. 52, §278; Acts 1995, No. 95- 314, p. 634, §17.)

In any county in which a special license or privilege tax or excise tax may now or hereafter be levied, or the proceeds of any ad valorem tax equivalent shall be apportioned, by local act of the Legislature of Alabama, the county board of education of the county or the city board…

Before issuing any warrants under Section 16-13-120, the county board of education or the city board of education, as the case may be, shall cause an application for approval of such issue to be filed with the State Superintendent of Education. Such application shall be in such f…

The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not be deemed to restrict or abridge any power which any board of education had prior to the adoption of said sections. History: (Acts 1953, No. 528, p. 735, §3.)

It is the intent of the Legislature that no fees shall be collected in the future in courses required for graduation. In courses not required for graduation, local school boards may set reasonable fees for courses requiring laboratory and shop materials and equipment, provided, h…

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 Youth Services School District and the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind are hereby authorized to…

Budget Required; Public Hearings Required. (a) There shall be a budget system for the public schools of each county and city for the purpose of promoting economy and efficiency in the finances of the public schools. (b) The State Department of Education shall prepare proposed ann…

On or before the first day of September of each year, the Comptroller, or such state official as may be charged by law with the responsibility of estimating the income from the various state revenue measures, shall certify to the State Superintendent of Education the income estim…

On or before the first day of September, the county treasurer of each county and the city treasurer of each city, the county tax assessor, or the official or officials in each county and city who are charged by law with the responsibility of determining or estimating revenues to …

Changes in Budget; Approval Prerequisite to Receipt of Funds. (a) A budget shall become official and shall be followed in the matter relating to the financial operation of the schools of any school system when it has been prepared by the superintendent of education and approved b…

(a) No local board of education shall spend or obligate itself to spend more money in any fiscal year than the estimate of income available to that board of education for that year, plus balances on hand at the beginning of the fiscal year, which estimate shall be approved by the…

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 any fiscal year upon the recommendation of the local superintendent of education, as the case…

County and city boards of education shall have authority to pay interest at a rate not exceeding eight percent per annum on current loans secured in accordance with the provisions of Section 16-13-145. County and city boards of education shall have the right to call upon the Stat…

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…

“Education Trust Fund.” The name of the “Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund” is changed to the “Education Trust Fund.” All references to the “Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund” or the “Alabama Special Education Trust Fund” contained in the Code of Alabama 1975, are chang…

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. History: (School Code 1927, §254; Co…

(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. History: (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. History: (School Code 1927, §269; Code 1940, T.…

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…

Proceeds. 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 …

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 …