Code of Alabama - Title 16: Education - Chapter 12 - City Superintendents of Schools

• Section 16-12-1 Appointment, compensation, and removal; vacancies
  (a) The city board of education shall appoint a city superintendent of schools to hold office at the pleasure of the board. The city superintendent...
• Section 16-12-2 Qualifications
  The superintendent of city schools shall be chosen for his general fitness and character, but shall not be eligible for appointment unless he shall offer...
• Section 16-12-3 Duties generally
  (a) The city superintendent of schools shall be the chief executive officer of the city board of education and shall see that the laws relating...
• Section 16-12-4 Establishment and maintenance of schools
  The city superintendent of schools shall recommend for approval and adoption by the city board of education the kind, grade and location of schools to...
• Section 16-12-5 Recommendations of educational policy and rules and regulations
  The city superintendent of schools, subject to the provisions of this title, shall recommend for approval and adoption by the city board of education policies...
• Section 16-12-6 Building program for city schools
  The city superintendent of schools, subject to the regulations from time to time of the city board of education and in accordance with the provisions...
• Section 16-12-7 School buildings and grounds; approval of contracts generally
  (a) The city superintendent of schools shall recommend to the city board of education for condemnation school buildings which are insanitary and unfit for use....
• Section 16-12-8 Grading and standardizing city schools
  The city superintendent of schools, subject to the provisions of this title, shall prepare rules and regulations for grading and standardizing the public schools and...
• Section 16-12-9 Courses of study for city schools
  The city superintendent of schools, subject to the provisions of this title, shall prepare courses of study for the schools of the city and shall...
• Section 16-12-10 Institutes organized by city superintendent
  The city superintendent of schools, subject to the provisions of this title, shall organize institutes for teachers and for citizens. He shall advise teachers as...
• Section 16-12-11 Visitation of city schools by superintendent
  The city superintendent of schools shall visit the schools, observe the management and instruction and give suggestions for the improvement of the same. He shall...
• Section 16-12-12 Forms for reports of employees of city board
  The city superintendent of schools, with the approval of the State Superintendent of Education, shall prepare forms and blanks upon which principals, teachers, supervisors, attendance...
• Section 16-12-13 Quadrennial census for city schools
  The city superintendent of schools shall direct the taking of the quadrennial census provided for in this title. He shall cause the census to be...
• Section 16-12-14 Report required by state board
  The city superintendent of schools shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit to the city board of education for adoption, all reports required...
• Section 16-12-15 Administration of office; supervision of employees
  The city superintendent of schools, acting under the rules and regulations of the city board of education, shall be responsible for the administration of the...
• Section 16-12-16 Nomination, removal, etc., of teachers, employees, etc
  The city superintendent of schools shall nominate in writing for appointment by the city board of education all principals, teachers, supervisors, attendance officers, janitors and...
• Section 16-12-17 Payroll of city superintendent
  The city superintendent of schools shall, at such times and in such manner as directed by the city board of education, under the rules and...
• Section 16-12-18 Employment of attendance officers; enforcement of attendance laws
  The city superintendent of schools shall recommend the employment of one or more attendance officers, subject to the rules of the city board of education,...
• Section 16-12-19 Employment of professional, clerical, etc., assistants
  The city board of education shall, upon the recommendation of the city superintendent of schools, employ such professional, clerical, accounting and statistical assistants as, in...
• Section 16-12-20 Full-time employment of teachers authorized
  Nothing shall be construed as preventing a city board of education from contracting with teachers and other employees for a longer period of time than...

Last modified: May 3, 2021