Title 16

In the conduct of institutes and group conferences as provided in this chapter, it is made the duty of the state-supported institutions of higher learning offering teacher-training courses to cooperate as far as practicable with the Department of Education in furthering training-…

For the purpose of setting up standards for the preparation of teachers, supervisors and administrative employees for service in the public schools, the State Board of Education shall, subject to other provisions of this chapter, authorize and prescribe minimum requirements on co…

It shall be the duty of the State Superintendent of Education, or his professional assistants, to exercise general supervision over the teacher-training institutions under the control of the State Board of Education subject to other provisions of this chapter. The State Superinte…

All laws and all rules and regulations of the State Board of Education relating to the preparation of teachers for service or the training of teachers in service shall be administered by the State Superintendent of Education, or through his professional assistants; provided, that…

(a) The Legislature finds that Alabama is alone among the southern states in not testing teacher candidates before allowing them in the classroom, and acknowledges that the need exists to establish, maintain, and enforce minimum professional standards for teacher candidates in th…

(a) Each two-year and four-year institution of higher education in the state shall require each applicant for admission to a teacher preparation program to complete a criminal history background information check as a part of the initial application process. (b) The criminal hist…

All matters relating to the issuance, extension and renewal of certificates based upon credentials, including transcripts of applicants’ records submitted by institutions of higher learning in Alabama approved for the training of teachers, or by institutions operated under the co…

(a) Effective October 1, 1993, there is established a Teacher Education Scholarship Loan Program (hereinafter referred to as “the program”) to provide for the education of certified, employed public school teachers to be trained in the use of integrating technology skills in the …

(a) A teacher with at least four years of full-time experience as a paraprofessional or classroom teacher’s aide in a public school who is: (i) issued a teacher certificate pursuant to this chapter; and (ii) hired into a position requiring such certification, shall receive one ye…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the State of Alabama shall modify its policies relative to the certification of teachers to permit an expanded alternative certification program for prospective teachers. Further, it is the intent of the Legislature that policies, rule…

(a) The State of Alabama shall modify its policies relative to the certification of teachers to permit the issuance of a professional educator certificate to those qualified individuals who successfully complete an approved alternative teacher preparation program. In addition to …

(a) The State Board of Education shall establish a Military Veteran Temporary Teaching Certificate. A Military Veteran Temporary Teaching Certificate shall be available for a teaching field for which the state board otherwise requires a bachelor’s degree. The State Department of …

(a) The State Board of Education shall establish an expedited certification pathway for the issuance of a teaching certificate by the State Superintendent of Education to a qualified individual who seeks to teach career and technical education (CTE) courses at a public high schoo…

(a) An application fee of thirty dollars ($30) shall be paid by an applicant. (b) The fees paid by the applicants shall be deposited to a special account for the State Department of Education into the State Treasury at least monthly and used for the operation of the teacher educa…

The State Board of Education shall be authorized to establish reasonable charges for evaluation of transcripts. (Acts 1990, No. 90-622, p. 1137, §2.)

(a) The State Superintendent of Education may revoke any certificate issued under this chapter when the holder has been guilty of immoral conduct or unbecoming or indecent behavior. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, under the circumstances listed in subsection…

The State Superintendent of Education shall make known to county superintendents of education and city superintendents of schools or other interested parties the names of teachers who are unemployed and who are seeking positions. In order that this service may be effective, a pla…

As a means of stimulating the improvement of teachers in service in the public schools of the state, institutes shall be held annually, one or more in each county or for a group of counties, at such times and at such places as the State Superintendent of Education, after advising…

Every person employed in a teaching, supervisory or administrative capacity by the county or city board of education in the public schools of the state shall attend the institute held for the county or city in which such person is employed; provided, that the institute is held du…

The county superintendent of education or the city superintendent of education shall have the power to excuse and accept excuses from educators for failure to attend institutes held under the provisions of this chapter. Such actions shall be governed by the same policies which go…