Code of Alabama - Title 16: Education - Chapter 11 - City Boards of Education

• Section 16-11-1 "City" defined
  A "city" within the meaning of this title shall include all incorporated municipalities of 5,000 or more inhabitants, according to the last or any succeeding...
• Section 16-11-2 Applicability; composition of boards
  (a) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to city boards of education unless otherwise provided by local law pursuant to Amendment 659 to the...
• Section 16-11-3 Election; terms of office; vacancies
  Annually at the regular meetings of the city council or commission in April the council or commission shall elect a member or members of the...
• Section 16-11-3.1 Board selection procedure in Class 5 municipalities
  The governing body of any Class 5 municipality may, by resolution, provide for the appointment of the city board of education members from districts corresponding...
• Section 16-11-3.2 Election and operation of boards in Class 4 municipalities
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Legislature may, by local act, provide for the election of the board of education in any Class 4...
• Section 16-11-4 Office of board
  The office of the city board of education shall be in the principal school building of the respective city, unless otherwise adequately provided for. The...
• Section 16-11-5 Meetings; officers; rules of procedure; majority vote
  The city board of education shall hold its annual meeting each year at its first regular meeting in May following the election of said board...
• Section 16-11-6 Designation and duties of treasurer
  Repealed by Act 2006-196, p. 275, §5, effective June 1, 2006.
• Section 16-11-7 Bonds of city superintendent and treasurer
  Repealed by Act 2006-196, p. 275, §5, effective June 1, 2006.
• Section 16-11-8 Indebtedness where county unit system adopted
  Whenever the control and administration of education matters affecting a municipality having a city board of education is transferred to or for any reason becomes...
• Section 16-11-9 Powers generally
  The city board of education is hereby vested with all the powers necessary or proper for the administration and management of the free public schools...
• Section 16-11-9.1 Authority to enter into cooperative agreements, programs, etc
  In addition to all authority previously granted by statute, city boards of education may enter into cooperative agreements, projects and programs with the city council...
• Section 16-11-10 Quadrennial census for city
  The city board of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall cause to be taken under the direction of the city superintendent of...
• Section 16-11-11 School property vested in board
  All property real, personal and mixed now held or hereafter acquired for school purposes shall be held in trust by the city board of education...
• Section 16-11-12 Acquisition, maintenance, etc., of property - Generally
  The city board of education shall have the full and exclusive rights within the revenue appropriated for such purposes, or accruing to the use of...
• Section 16-11-13 Acquisition, maintenance, etc., of property - Condemnation
  When lands or any interest therein shall be deemed necessary by the board of education for the site of a schoolhouse, for enlarging a schoolhouse...
• Section 16-11-14 School buses - Purchase
  Whenever, in the opinion of a city board of education, it is necessary in the proper conduct of educational activities to operate a school bus...
• Section 16-11-15 School buses - Operation; school board members not personally liable
  If such bus or buses are purchased, said city board of education is hereby authorized to expend funds for the operation and maintenance of such...
• Section 16-11-16 Kindergartens and playgrounds; eligibility for admission to public schools
  (a) The city board of education shall have power to establish and maintain a system of public schools including kindergartens and playgrounds for the benefit...
• Section 16-11-17 Establishment of salaries; dismissal of employees
  The city board of education shall fix the salaries of all employees and may suspend or dismiss any principal or teacher or supervisor or attendance...
• Section 16-11-19 Bond issues
  If for any reason the current income of the city board of education is inadequate to provide ample, appropriate and suitable grounds, buildings and equipment...
• Section 16-11-20 Grading and standardization of city schools; courses of study
  The city board of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall grade and standardize all the schools under its jurisdiction, and shall also...
• Section 16-11-21 Forms for reports
  The city board of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall prescribe, on the recommendation of the city superintendent of schools, forms and...
• Section 16-11-22 Reports of city board to State Board of Education; audit of accounts
  The city board of education shall make all reports required by the State Board of Education at such time, and upon such items and in...
• Section 16-11-23 Libraries and special schools established and maintained
  The city board of education shall have the right to establish and maintain, or aid in establishing and maintaining, public libraries, either separately or in...
• Section 16-11-24 Annual report published
  The city board of education shall publish annually in the month of October in a newspaper published in said city, if there is a newspaper...
• Section 16-11-25 Allocation of revenue from licenses and taxes
  Where by any provisions of law any certain or definite percentage of the revenue of any city or town from licenses or taxes, either or...
• Section 16-11-26 Incidental fees in city elementary schools
  No fees of any kind shall be collected from children attending any of the first six grades of the city schools during the school term...
• Section 16-11-27 Boards of education of certain cities may insure school buildings, property, etc., in fund
  Any city board of education of a city whose population does not exceed 60,000 according to the most recent federal census may insure against loss...

Last modified: May 3, 2021