Code of Alabama - Title 16: Education - Chapter 23 - Teacher Training and Certification

• Section 16-23-1 Certain public school employees must hold certificate
  No person shall be employed in the public schools of the state as county superintendent of education, city superintendent of schools, assistant superintendent, supervisor, principal,...
• Section 16-23-2 Issuance, extension and renewal of certificates
  All matters relating to the issuance, extension and renewal of certificates based upon credentials, including transcripts of applicants' records submitted by institutions of higher learning...
• Section 16-23-3 Provisional certificates
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the State of Alabama shall modify its policies relative to the certification of teachers to permit...
• Section 16-23-4 Fee of applicant for certificate
  (a) An application fee of thirty dollars ($30) shall be paid by an applicant. (b) The fees paid by the applicants shall be deposited to...
• Section 16-23-4.1 Fee for evaluation of transcript
  The State Board of Education shall be authorized to establish reasonable charges for evaluation of transcripts.
• Section 16-23-5 Revocation of certificates
  (a) The State Superintendent of Education may revoke any certificate issued under this chapter when the holder has been guilty of immoral conduct or unbecoming...
• Section 16-23-6 Placement bureau for teachers
  The State Superintendent of Education shall make known to county superintendents of education and city superintendents of schools or other interested parties the names of...
• Section 16-23-7 Institutes - Conduct; duration; character of instruction
  As a means of stimulating the improvement of teachers in service in the public schools of the state, institutes shall be held annually, one or...
• Section 16-23-8 Institutes - Attendance required; penalty for failure to attend
  Every person employed in a teaching, supervisory or administrative capacity by the county or city board of education in the public schools of the state...
• Section 16-23-9 Institutes - Excuses for nonattendance
  The county superintendent of education or the city superintendent of education shall have the power to excuse and accept excuses from educators for failure to...
• Section 16-23-10 Institutes - List of persons subject to attendance
  At the beginning of the institute it shall be the duty of the county superintendent of education or city superintendent of schools, as the case...
• Section 16-23-11 Institutes - Persons not attending not placed on payroll
  It shall be unlawful for any county superintendent of education or any superintendent of city schools to place the name of any person, subject to...
• Section 16-23-12 Teachers' conferences
  As a further means of improving teachers in service, the county superintendent of education or the city superintendent of schools shall arrange for and conduct...
• Section 16-23-13 Training-in-service work
  In the conduct of institutes and group conferences as provided in this chapter, it is made the duty of the state-supported institutions of higher learning...
• Section 16-23-14 Standards and minimum requirements for training
  For the purpose of setting up standards for the preparation of teachers, supervisors and administrative employees for service in the public schools, the State Board...
• Section 16-23-15 Supervision of teacher-training institutions; advisory council
• Section 16-23-16 Rules and regulations relative to training
  All laws and all rules and regulations of the State Board of Education relating to the preparation of teachers for service or the training of...
• Section 16-23-16.1 Creation of Professional Teachers Standards Commission; designation or development of entry-level pre-certification examination for teacher candidates
  (a) The Legislature finds that Alabama is alone among the southern states in not testing teacher candidates before allowing them in the classroom, and acknowledges...
• Section 16-23-16.2 Criminal history background check for teacher preparation program applicants
  (a) Each two-year and four-year institution of higher education in the state shall require each applicant for admission to a teacher preparation program to complete...
• Section 16-23-24 Teacher Education Scholarship Loan Program established; use; subsequent obligations; funding; rule-making authority; provisions for current scholarship recipients
  (a) Effective October 1, 1993, there is established a Teacher Education Scholarship Loan Program (hereinafter referred to as "the program") to provide for the education...

Last modified: May 3, 2021