Title 16

It is the intent of the Legislature that there be an orderly transition between the current PACT board and the PACT board created in Section 16-33C-4.1. As a result, on June 1, 2010, the PACT-related responsibilities of the current PACT board shall terminate and the term of offic…

In addition to the powers granted by any other provision of this chapter, the Savings Board and PACT board shall have, as agents of the State of Alabama, the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, to develop and implement the ABLE…

(a) The PACT Program is established as one college savings alternative under the plan whereby purchasers enter into PACT contracts for the future payment of tuition and mandatory fees at eligible educational institutions. The PACT Program includes the PACT Trust Fund and the PACT…

(a) Each PACT contract shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following terms: (1) The amount and the number of contract payments required from a purchaser on behalf of a designated beneficiary. (2) The terms and conditions under which purchasers shall remit contract pay…

In addition to any other requirements of this chapter, the PACT board shall: (1) Make available summary information on the financial condition of the PACT Program to all purchasers of PACT contracts. (2) Prepare, or cause to be prepared, an annual report of the PACT Program, incl…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ReEngage Alabama Grant Program. (Act 2023-539, §1.)

The purpose of the ReEngage Alabama Grant Program is to do all of the following: (1) Increase the number of Alabama adults with college degrees. (2) Encourage adults who have earned some college credit hours to return to college, enroll, and complete a college degree program that…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ACADEMIC TERM. A portion of an academic year, such as a quarter or semester, during which an institution of higher education holds classes including, but not limited to, Fall, Winter, Spring, o…

(a) The program shall be administered by the commission, which may adopt any rules necessary for the administration of the program. (b) The commission shall adopt standards for awarding grant payments to an eligible adult learner who satisfies all of the following: (1) Is a citiz…

To be eligible for the grant award, an applicant shall satisfy all of the following: (1) Be classified as an undergraduate student with the completion of at least 36 credit hours for an associate degree or at least 72 credit hours for a baccalaureate degree of a college degree pr…

(a) The program shall be used to provide grant award payments for eligible adult learners up to the maximum award amount of three thousand dollars ($3,000) for universities and one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for community colleges per academic semester for a full-time…

(a) The commission shall provide an annual report to the Chair of the House Ways and Means Education Committee and the Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee to account for the use of funds and the effectiveness of the grant program established under this ch…

The State Board of Education shall be charged with the responsibility for the removal of illiteracy in Alabama. It shall have the power to make research and to collect data and shall endeavor to enlist the services of any and all community agencies of the state for the removal of…

It shall be the duty of county and city boards of education to cooperate with the State Board of Education in the removal of illiteracy in the territory under their respective jurisdictions, and to this end the said boards may appropriate from public school funds such amounts as …

The State Board of Education and county and city boards of education are hereby authorized to cooperate with the federal government in making effective any law enacted or that may be enacted by congress for the removal of illiteracy and for maintaining adult education programs an…

The State Board of Education is hereby authorized to expend the State Illiteracy Fund appropriated for the removal of illiteracy and for otherwise maintaining adult education programs and classes; provided, that the State Board of Education is authorized to provide from said fund…

(a) The State Board of Education shall establish a Council on Adult Education prior to October 1, 1991. The membership of the council shall be as follows: (1) The Governor or his designated representative; (2) The State Superintendent of Education; (3) The Chancellor of the Alaba…

The State Board of Education shall appoint a courses of study committee as set forth below for the purposes and functions as hereinafter provided. The State Courses of Study Committee shall consist of 28 members to be selected as follows: (1) One elementary teacher (grades K thro…

Before transacting any business, each member of the State Courses of Study Committee and its secretary shall take an oath before someone authorized to administer oaths to discharge faithfully the duties imposed upon him or her as a member or as secretary of said State Courses of …

The Courses of Study Committee shall conduct continuing studies and evaluations of the courses taught in the public elementary and secondary schools of the state. It shall prepare the contents of the courses of study for each grade of the elementary and secondary schools and revi…

The State Board of Education, on the recommendations of the State Superintendent of Education, shall prescribe the minimum contents of courses of study for all public, elementary and high schools in the state, and shall fix the maximum number of courses which are compulsory in ea…

In every elementary school in the state there shall be taught reading, spelling and writing, arithmetic, oral and written English, geography, history of the United States and Alabama, elementary science, health education, physical education and such other studies as may be prescr…

(a) Not later than July 15, 1993, all two-and four-year state institutions of higher education and all state vocational and technical colleges shall, with the input and representation from college bookstore retailers, develop, publish, and implement a plan to ensure that all esta…

To facilitate this article, all faculty members and academic departments shall provide through the established means of the institution or college a written listing of all required and optional textbooks, required academic learning materials, and custom publications for all cours…

(a) The State Textbook Committee is created. The committee shall consider the merit of textbooks offered for use in the public elementary and high schools of the state and make recommendations for approval or rejection, or both, to the State Board of Education as hereinafter prov…

For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. Educational resources that provide curriculum and instructional experiences for public school students. The term includes any instructional and related or support…

(a) Based upon the recommendations of the State Textbook Committee, the State Board of Education shall adopt textbooks from which local boards of education may adopt for use in their systems. Local boards of education shall not adopt textbooks nor expend public funds for textbook…

(a) A local textbook committee or committees shall be appointed by each separate local board of education. The number, size, and composition, which shall include parents, of the committee or committees shall be determined by each local board of education. A copy of local school b…

(a) Each year, before the organizational meeting of the State Textbook Committee, the State Board of Education, through the State Superintendent of Education, shall advertise in such manner and for such length of time and at such places as considered advisable, that at a certain …

(a) No contract shall be made pursuant to this article for the purchase of textbooks rejected by the State Board of Education. The only contracts entered into by the State Board of Education pursuant to this article shall be for textbooks considered by the State Textbook Committe…

(a) The State Department of Education in conjunction with the state Purchasing Agent shall furnish contracts from which state-adopted textbooks for the pupils and teachers in classrooms and schools operated under the jurisdiction and supervision of the State Department of Educati…

(a) The State Superintendent of Education, members of the State Board of Education, local superintendents of education, and members of local boards of education shall not do any of the following: (1) Possess an interest, directly or indirectly, in any contract that might be made …

(a) It shall be the duty of the State Board of Education to negotiate with publishers of textbooks or authors of textbooks for the preparation and publication, or either, of special textbooks for use in the public schools of the state. If anyone undertakes the preparation of a sp…

(a) The local boards of education, county commissions, and municipal councils or other governing boards of a municipality may appropriate funds for the purpose of creating local revolving funds to be used in securing and distributing textbooks and for the purpose of contributing …

(a) All textbooks furnished free of charge to pupils shall be the property of the local board of education, as long as textbook funds are expended as prescribed by law. (b) When distributed to pupils the textbooks shall be retained for normal use only during the period they are e…

(a) The Legislature finds that textbooks and other instructional materials are among the basic tools of learning that must exist if Alabama students are to succeed. (b) All students in the public schools shall be provided with adequate and current textbooks and other necessary in…

(a) A qualified depository of textbooks shall be responsible for receiving textbook orders from the State Board of Education or local boards of education, storing sufficient quantities of textbooks, and distributing textbooks in accordance with this article. (b) A qualified depos…

(a) There is hereby established a Digital Depository Study Commission which shall consist of 12 members to be appointed as follows: (1) Two members to be appointed by the Governor. (2) Two members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one whom shall be a…

(a) In addition to the use of textbook materials review committees as provided in subsection (h) of Section 16-36-60, the State Superintendent of Education may convene educators and other experts for instructional materials review committees for the purpose of reviewing and ratin…

(a) For purposes of this section, the term “periodical” means any magazine, newspaper, or journal published at regular intervals. (b) The State Textbook Committee shall review all periodicals that are regularly used during classroom instruction in any public K-12 school. For purp…

The State of Alabama hereby accepts all of the provisions and benefits of an act passed by the United States Congress entitled “an act to provide for the promotion of vocational education, to provide for cooperation with the states in the promotion of vocational education, to pro…

The Treasurer is hereby designated and appointed custodian of all moneys received by the state from the appropriations made by the act of Congress accepted in Section 16-37-1, and he is authorized to receive and to provide for the proper custody of the same and to make disburseme…

The State Superintendent of Education shall designate, by and with the advice and consent of the State Board of Education, such assistants as may be necessary to properly carry out the provisions of this chapter. The State Superintendent of Education shall also carry into effect …

The State Board of Education shall have all necessary authority to cooperate with the federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare in the administration of the act of Congress accepted in Section 16-37-1; to administer any legislation pursuant thereto enacted by the State …

The board of education of any county or of any city having a city board of education may cooperate with the State Board of Education in the establishment of vocational schools or classes giving instructions in agricultural subjects, in trade or industrial subjects or in home econ…

The State Board of Education in its annual report to the Governor shall set forth the condition of vocational education in the State of Alabama, a list of the schools to which federal and state aid has been given and a detailed statement of the expenditures of federal and the sta…