Title 16 — Title 16

The trust shall undertake efforts to secure private funds, gifts, grants, bequests, and other funds to construct, operate, and endow the Alabama Veterans Living Legacy. History: (Act 2008-551, p. 1198, §9.)

(a) After September 1, 2008, the Joint Legislative Committee on the New National Veterans Cemetery created for this quadrennium by Act 2007-507 shall be constituted as a permanent oversight committee, to be called the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Alabama’s Veterans Li…

The board of directors shall be elected at the annual membership meeting, and shall take office immediately upon its adjournment. The board of directors shall consist of 21 citizens, elected by the compact membership as follows: three classes of seven members each, initially elec…

(a) Board members shall be chosen to represent each of the following segments or areas: (1) Executive and Legislative Branches of state government, in the fields of education, finance, taxation, and ways and means, local government, or economic development. (2) K-12 education, in…

Vice-Chair. (a) The Governor of Alabama shall be the ex officio president of the compact, and preside at the annual and special compact membership meetings. (b) The compact shall annually elect board members as chair and vice-chair of the board, for terms of one year respectively…

Directors as Nominating Committee. (a) The executive director shall be the ex officio, non-voting secretary of the compact and of the board, and shall keep all records and minutes, and shall have authority and responsibility for the administrative functions and duties of the comp…

ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military families and ensuring t…

(a) The purpose of this compact is to facilitate the mobility of teachers across the member states, with the goal of supporting teachers through a new pathway to licensure. Through this compact, the member states seek to establish a collective regulatory framework that expedites …

(a) Oversight. (1) The executive and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the compact’s purposes and intent. This compact shall have standing as statutory law. (2) Venue …

(a) The compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the tenth member state. (1) On or after the effective date of this compact, the commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the charter member states to determi…

This compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any member state or a state seeking …

(a) Nothing herein shall prevent or inhibit the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with this compact. (b) Any laws, statutes, regulations, or other legal requirements in a member state in conflict with this compact are superseded to the extent…

As used in this compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall govern the terms herein: (1) ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBER. Any individual with full-time duty status in the Armed Forces of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve.…

(a) Licensure under this compact pertains only to the initial grant of a license by the receiving state. Nothing herein applies to any subsequent or ongoing compliance requirements that a receiving state might require for teachers. (b) Each member state, in accordance with the ru…

(a) Except as provided in Section 16-44C-3, nothing in this compact shall be construed to limit or inhibit the power of a member state to regulate licensure or endorsements overseen by the member state’s licensing authority. (b) When a teacher is required to renew a license recei…

Compact. (a) Except as provided for active military members or eligible military spouses in subsection (d) of Section 16-44C-3, a teacher may only be eligible to receive a license under this compact where that teacher holds an unencumbered license in a member state. (b) A teacher…

(a) Nothing in this compact shall be deemed or construed to limit the authority of a member state to investigate or impose disciplinary measures on teachers according to the state practice laws thereof. (b) Member states may receive, and shall provide, files and information regar…

(a) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact Commission: (1) The commission is a joint interstate governmental agency comprised of states that have enacted this compact. (2) Nothing in this compac…

(a) The commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this compact and the rules adopted thereunder. Rules and amendments shall become binding as of the date specified in each rule or amendment. (b) The commission shall adopt reasonable rul…

(a) The commission shall provide for facilitating the exchange of information to administer and implement this compact in accordance with the rules of the commission, consistent with generally accepted data protection principles. (b) Nothing in this compact shall be deemed or con…

A consortium is hereby created under the name of the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium for the purposes set forth herein. The initial member institutions are: Alabama State University; Auburn University; Birmingham Southern College; University of North Alabama; Huntingdon …

The purposes of the consortium are to provide educational programs in marine sciences on both the undergraduate and graduate levels, to promote and encourage pure and applied research in marine sciences and related areas, to promote and encourage communication and dialogue among …

The Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium is hereby constituted as a body corporate, and such consortium shall have all the rights, powers and franchises necessary to or promotive of the end of its creation and shall be charged with all the corresponding duties and responsibil…

The entire management of the consortium shall be vested in its board of directors, to be composed of the chief executive officers of the member institutions. The board of directors shall determine the overall program and general policies of the consortium in accordance with the p…

Member Institutions. The governing authorities of the member institutions are hereby authorized to lease or to deed any real property to the consortium, and such authorities may also sell, give, lend or lease any personal property to the consortium. Further, the governing authori…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ACADEMIC FRAUD. Courses offered are insufficient in quality, content, or administration to achieve the stated or implied educational objective. Persons…

It shall be unlawful for any person to violate this chapter. Any person required by this chapter to have a license or permit who shall do in this state any business of the nature described in this chapter without first obtaining such a license or permit as required of him or her …

It is hereby generally recognized that courses of postsecondary instruction, whether given in residence, by mail, or electronically online, result in substantial benefits for students pursuing such courses, provided that such courses are designed and administered in accordance wi…

Institutions Ceasing Operations. (a) This chapter shall not apply to any school offering instruction in grades K-12, or any combination thereof, including any person in regard to the operation of such K- 12 school. (b) This chapter shall not apply to any of the following private …

No person shall do any of the following: (1) Make or cause to be made any statement or representation, oral, written, or visual, in connection with the operation of a school or the offering of a course, if such person knows or reasonably should know the statement or representatio…

(a) No private postsecondary institution, except those enumerated in Section 16- 46-3, shall operate within this state unless the private postsecondary institution first secures a license from the Department of Postsecondary Education, regardless of whether the private postsecond…

(a) No person representing any private postsecondary institution or other individual or organization offering courses in this state, or from a place of business in this state, whether located within or outside this state, shall sell any course or solicit students therefor in this…

The State Board of Education may adopt rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and shall require the Chancellor to establish an advisory committee of owners or operators of private postsecondary institutions, to which this chapter applies, and…

The Department of Postsecondary Education may institute such action of law or in equity as may be necessary to enforce this chapter. In addition to any other remedy under this chapter, the Department of Postsecondary Education may apply for relief by injunction, mandamus, or any …

Montgomery County. Any person or school or private postsecondary institution aggrieved by the actions of the Department of Postsecondary Education with respect to exemption, issuance, denial, deferral, probation, suspension, or revocation of a license or permit provided for in Se…

(a)(1) Before the 2016-2017 school year, each local board of education shall adopt a policy providing, at a minimum, a virtual education option for eligible students in grades nine to 12, inclusive, beginning with that school year. (2) Any virtual school operating in this state t…

funds, any virtual school or program operating in this state may administer state required assessments in a virtual setting that aligns with the regular academic instruction of the student, subject to all of the following conditions: (1) The assessment is administered to the stud…

(a) A full-time student enrolled in a virtual program shall be enrolled and counted in the average daily membership of the local school, participate in state testing and accountability requirements through the local school system, and, upon satisfying the graduation requirements …

The State Department of Education shall provide a repository of quality content and curriculum for local boards of education providing virtual education. The department shall continue to provide its virtual platform Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators, and Students Statewide…

(a) A legislative task force representing local school superintendents, local school board members, administrators, teachers, and technology practitioners is established to review and make recommendations for realigning the funding, structure, and curriculum of the ACCESS program…

2026.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-507, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The State Board of Education. (2) COMPUTER SCIENCE. The study of computers and algorithmic …

Act 2026-507) [Effective until October 1, 2026.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-507, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a)(1) Beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, each public high school shall offer at least one authentic computer science course from a department-a…

(a) Subject to appropriation from the Legislature, funds shall be appropriated to the department and the department shall allocate those funds to eligible entities to develop and implement teacher professional learning programs for the required computer science courses and conten…

(a) Before the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year, the department shall develop and the board shall approve, pursuant to Chapter 35 of this title, a rigorous K-12 course of study for digital literacy and computer science and shall consider existing computer science frameworks…

(a) The Governor shall establish a computer science education task force to develop a state strategic plan for expanding computer science education in the public schools in Alabama. (b) The membership of the task force shall include all of the following: (1) One member of the Hou…

Before June 30, 2020, the department shall create all of the following: (1) A secondary computer science certification pathway for preservice teachers. (2) An endorsement in computer science for all teachers who hold a valid Professional Educator Certificate and demonstrate suffi…

October 1, 2026.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-507, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) Before June 30, 2020, and in accordance with Section 16-35-4, the department shall identify approved computer science courses that may fulfill one unit of academic credit for a…

Teacher Education Loan Repayment Program. (a) Subject to appropriations from the Legislature, the teaching field of computer science shall be added to the list of eligible subject areas identified within the Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Loan Repayment Program (AMSTE…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Extended Learning Opportunities Act. History: (Act 2021-428, §1.)

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Students attending schools in this state would benefit from experiencing extended learning opportunities outside of the traditional classroom. (2) Students are capable of learning both inside and outside of the traditio…