Code of Alabama - Title 16: Education - Chapter 39 - Education of Exceptional Children

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 16-39-1 Short title
  This chapter may be referred to as the "Alabama Exceptional Child Education Act."
• Section 16-39-2 Definitions
  For purposes of this chapter, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the following respective interpretations: (1) EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN. Persons between the ages of...
• Section 16-39-3 Education required for exceptional children; source of funds
  Each school board shall provide not less than 12 consecutive years of appropriate instruction and special services for exceptional children, beginning with those six years...
• Section 16-39-4 Implementation of program
  Within 120 days after July 22, 1971, each school board in the State of Alabama shall take a careful and thorough survey of persons who...
• Section 16-39-5 Responsibilities of State Board of Education
  The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations covering: (1) The qualifications of specialists for each type of exceptionality and standards for certification of exceptional...
• Section 16-39-6 School board plans
  During the fifth year of implementation of the incremental five-year plan referred to above, each school board shall submit a long-range plan for providing appropriate...
• Section 16-39-8 Classification of child; placement; record of case history
  No child shall be given special services under the terms of this chapter as an exceptional child until he is properly classified as an exceptional...
• Section 16-39-9 Reports on exceptional children
  The Alabama Boys Industrial School, Alabama State Training School for Girls, Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, Alabama state Department of Mental Health, State Crippled...
• Section 16-39-10 Textbooks, equipment, etc., for vision or hearing impaired and those having other special learning disabilities
  The local superintendents of education are authorized to purchase and arrange for distribution among schools previously adopted textbooks, equipment and materials which are prepared in...
• Section 16-39-11 Transportation
  When authorized by regulations of the State Board of Education in lieu of the amount calculated on the basis of average daily membership otherwise authorized...
• Section 16-39-12 Scholarships for special teachers
  The State Board of Education is authorized to make training grants to professional personnel who seek special training in exceptional child education to qualify said...
• Article 2 Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education.
• Section 16-39-30 Establishment of fund; Department of Education to administer
  There is hereby established the Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education to be titled the Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education Act, to be administered...
• Section 16-39-31 Definitions
  For the purposes of this article, the following words, terms and phrases shall have the following interpretations: (1) SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. Services relating to instruction...
• Section 16-39-32 Use of funds
  All funds appropriated as a result of this article and funds obtained through donations, bequests, other forms of financial assistance, and accrued interest in the...
• Section 16-39-33 Rules and regulations; request for funding
  The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the total operation of the Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education and shall request...
• Section 16-39-34 Annual report on status of fund
  The State Superintendent of Education shall provide an annual report on the status of the Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education to the State Board...

Last modified: May 3, 2021