Title 45

The teacher representatives in a pilot program shall be selected for two-year terms by a majority of voting teachers at the school. The parent representatives on the school council shall be selected as follows: Two parent representatives shall be parents of children in the school…

No member of a school council in a pilot program shall participate in any vote or decision of the school council until the member has satisfactorily completed a school council training course as provided herein. The Mobile County School Board shall establish a school training cou…

Subject to applicable state and federal laws, the school council in a pilot program shall participate in setting school policy which shall provide an environment to enhance the achievement of the students and help the school meet the goals established by this subpart. The princip…

The school council in a pilot program shall determine the frequency of and agenda for their meetings but shall meet at least once a month. Matters relating to formation of school councils in a pilot program that are not provided for by this subpart shall be addressed by the Mobil…

The meetings of the school council in a pilot program shall be open to the public and all interested persons may attend. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exceptions to open meetings provided in the sunshine law, Section 13A-14-2, shall apply. (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 7.)

The school board shall adopt a policy establishing which monies may be budgeted and spent by a school council in a pilot program. The school board shall allocate funds each year to be spent by a school council in a pilot program. The allocation to each school shall be based solel…

The principal of each school in a pilot program shall be responsible for the collection and allocation of all sums and monies as determined by the school council. (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 9.)

The school board shall adopt a policy for filling a vacancy in the position of principal at each school that will allow for significant input from school councils. Requests for transfer, termination of employees, and other personnel decisions shall conform to any statutory provis…

The school council in a pilot program shall not have authority to control, assign, or transfer individual students and this authority shall remain with the school board. (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 11.)

Subject to applicable state and school board guidelines and statutory state and federal provisions, the school council in a pilot program shall adopt a policy to be implemented by the principal in the following additional areas: (1) Recommendation of optional courses to be approv…

Subject to applicable state guidelines and statutory provisions, the policy adopted by the school board to implement school-based decision making shall also address the following: (1) School budget and administration including, but not limited to, discretionary funds, activity an…

In addition to the authority granted to a school council in a pilot program in this subpart, the school board may grant to a school council any other authority permitted by law. The members of a school council in a pilot program are immune from civil liability for any claims aris…

The school board shall provide professional development activities to assist schools in implementing school-based decision making. (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 15.)

A school selected to the pilot program may choose to be exempt from the administrative structure set forth by this subpart and may develop a model for implementing school-based decision making including, but not limited to, a description of the membership, organization, duties, a…

Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, all funds to be allocated to the school councils in a pilot program that are administered by or come into the possession of the school board shall be allocated and released within 30 days to the school councils. (Act 97-580, p. 1025, …

The Mobile County Board of School Commissioners shall elect a county superintendent of education, who shall hold his or her office for the period of four years, and they may elect or appoint such other officers and agents as they may from time to time deem expedient. The members …

The county superintendent of education shall be ex officio a member and treasurer of the board of school commissioners, and it shall be his or her duty to be present at every regular meeting of the board, and make full and detailed reports of the condition of the schools and of a…

(a)(1) Persons currently residing in nursing and convalescent homes and permanently disabled persons confined to home in Mobile County shall be entitled to register to vote by mail if they possess the qualifications of an elector and are not disqualified from voting under the Con…

The Board of Registrars of Mobile County, or their duly authorized deputies, shall not register any person as a qualified elector within 15 days prior to any election; provided, that the board shall maintain an open office during business days in such 15-day period and on electio…

(a)(1) The Mobile County Board of Registrars shall be available each year, between August 1 and July 31, at the county courthouse, or at other locations, as provided by law, for the purpose of voter registration and voter reidentification. The board members shall be available at …

(a) The County Commission of Mobile County is hereby authorized to extend, by resolution duly adopted and spread upon its minutes, the meeting days of the county board of registrars during the months of May, June, and July. (b) The operation of this section shall be retroactive t…

(a) In Mobile County, in addition to any and all other laws relating to voter registration, there shall be at least two additional deputy registrars from each ward or precinct in each legislative House and Senate district within the county, one appointed upon the recommendation o…

(a) Not less than five days before an election or primary election, the authority charged with holding the same shall cause to be held a school of instruction in each state Senate district in Mobile County for those who will actually conduct the election or primary election at th…

(a) In Mobile County, the compensation of the election officers holding general, special, primary, and municipal elections shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per day for inspectors, two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225) per day for chief clerks, and two hundred dollars ($…

In Mobile County, the appointing board may appoint clerks as election officers, not to include inspectors and chief clerks, to work on a split shift schedule at any election so that the clerks work for one-half of the time of the election, consisting of not less than six consecut…

Any person who distributes, whether by gift or sale, any election campaign literature, pamphlets, buttons, stickers, or other election campaign materials within 600 feet of a polling place on any election day in Mobile County shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction s…

All polling places within Mobile County shall remain open between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. for all state and local elections held in the county. (Act 85-363, p. 307, § 1.)

In this part, words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders, and words used in the neuter gender include the masculine and feminine genders. The following words, terms, and phrases, wherever used in this part, shall have the meanings respectively ascr…

The following shall be in the unclassified service: (1) Officials elected by popular vote and, in case of death, resignation, or removal, their legal substitute. (2) Where by present law official duties of any officer mentioned in subdivision (1) are or may be performed by a chie…

There is hereby created and established, in and for Mobile County, of the State of Alabama, a personnel department, with a citizens supervisory committee, a personnel board, and a personnel director, each of which shall have the nature, authority, functions, duties, and remunerat…

The personnel department created by this part shall, to the extent set out in this part, govern and control, by civil service rules, regulations, and practices, hereinafter set out or provided for, all individuals in the classified service. (Acts 1939, No. 470, p. 298, § 4.)

(a) There is hereby established the Supervisory Committee of the Mobile County Personnel Board. The supervisory committee hereby created shall succeed to and exercise all the rights, powers, and authority, and shall perform all the duties and functions now vested in and required …

In the event the committee shall for 30 days after September 15, 1939, fail for any reason to elect the personnel board or in the event the committee shall fail to fill any vacancy on the personnel board within 30 days after such vacancy occurs, then and in that event the Governo…

(a)(1) The personnel board shall consist of five members designated respectively as Member 1, Member 2, Member 3, Member 4, and Member 5, each of whom shall be over 19 years of age, of recognized good character and ability, a qualified elector of Mobile County, and shall not, whe…

The board shall elect and fix the salary of the director who shall hold office at the will of the board. The board shall prescribe qualifications as to residence, education, and experience as may be necessary in its opinion to fill the position of director. The director, as execu…

(a) The director shall recommend such rules as he or she may consider necessary, appropriate, or desirable to carry out this part, and may from time to time recommend amendments thereto. When such rules or amendments are recommended by the director, the board shall hold a public …

The director shall, as soon as practicable after September 15, 1939, ascertain and record an outline of the duties of each position in the classified service, and after consultation with appointing authorities and principal supervising officials, recommend to the board a classifi…

(a) After consultation with appointing authorities, or other officers, or both, the director shall prepare and recommend to the board a pay plan for all employees in the classified service. The pay plan shall include, for each class of positions, a minimum and a maximum rate not …

The director shall conduct tests to establish employment registers for the various classes of positions in the classified service. The director shall so conduct the tests as to take into consideration elements of character, reputation, education, aptitude, experience, knowledge, …

Vacancies in the classified service shall be filled either by promotion, appointment, transfer, or demotion. The appointing authority shall notify the director when a vacancy is to be filled. (Acts 1939, No. 470, p. 298, § 13; Act 2004-105, p. 145, § 1.)

Vacancies in positions shall be filled by the appointing authority and, as far as practicable, the same shall be filled by promotion from among regular employees holding positions in the classified service, with the exception of the entry level classification for merit system lab…

(a) Whenever a vacancy is to be filled by an appointment, the appointing authority shall submit to the director a statement of the position and, if requested by the director, the duties of the position and desired qualifications of the person to be appointed, with a request that …

An appointing authority, at any time, may assign a classified employee under his or her jurisdiction from one position to another in the same class. Any classified employee may be transferred from one department to another in the same class, provided that the director has authori…

An appointing authority, upon giving written notice, stating reasons, to and with the approval of the director, may demote a classified employee under his or her jurisdiction from a position in one class to a position in a lower class. (Acts 1939, No. 470, p. 198, § 17.)

Whenever in the opinion of the director it is impossible within a reasonable time to certify eligible persons for appointment to a vacancy in the classified service, the appointing authority may nominate a person for the vacancy to the director. If such nominee is found by the di…

(a) Entry level or initial employment, or both. (1) Every person appointed to an initial position with each jurisdiction for entry into the classified service is a probationary employee with that jurisdiction, and shall be tested by a working test while occupying the position. Th…