Code of Alabama - Title 16: Education - Chapter 9 - County Superintendents of Education

• Section 16-9-1 Chief executive and secretary of board of education; superintendent of schools
  There shall be a county superintendent of education in each county of this state who shall act as the chief executive officer of the county...
• Section 16-9-2 Qualifications of superintendent
  (a) The county superintendent of education shall be chosen for his general fitness and character and shall be a person of recognized ability as a...
• Section 16-9-3 Bond of superintendent
  Repealed by Act 2006-196, p. 275, §5, effective June 1, 2006.
• Section 16-9-4 Misdemeanor to print name of person without certificate on ballot; candidates
  Any person securing his name, or the name of another printed on a ballot as a candidate for, or nomination by a political party as...
• Section 16-9-5 Nomination by political party
  Any political party may, in a county where the county superintendent is elected by a direct vote of the qualified electors, either nominate a candidate...
• Section 16-9-6 Primary election to nominate superintendent
  Whenever any political party holds a primary election for the nomination of candidates in counties where county superintendents are elected by a direct vote of...
• Section 16-9-7 Instructions on ballot
  When county superintendents are elected by a direct vote of the people, or nominated at a primary election, and the proposition of selection by the...
• Section 16-9-8 Taking office on January 1 following election; procedure where successful candidate dies or resigns prior to taking office
  (a) In counties in which the county superintendent of education is elected by popular vote, the successful candidate shall take office on January 1 following...
• Section 16-9-9 Term of office when county board selects superintendent
  Where the qualified electors of a county in which county superintendents of education are elected by a direct vote of the people vote to leave...
• Section 16-9-10 Certificate of administration and supervision
  Any person possessing the qualifications prescribed by law for a certificate of administration and supervision required as a qualification of a county superintendent of education...
• Section 16-9-11 Vacancies
  (a) A vacancy in the position of county superintendent shall be filled by the county board of education within 180 days after such a vacancy...
• Section 16-9-12 Full-time office; salary; traveling expenses
  The county superintendant of education shall devote his or her entire time to pubic school business, unless authorized to engage in outside employment by the...
• Section 16-9-13 Powers and duties as executive officer of board
  The county superintendent of education, as the executive officer of the county board of education, shall see that the laws relating to the schools, the...
• Section 16-9-14 Recommendations as to kind, location, etc., of schools and compulsory school attendance districts
  The county superintendent of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall recommend for approval and adoption by the county board of education the...
• Section 16-9-16 Conferences called and conducted
  The county superintendent of education, as executive officer of the county board of education, shall call and conduct conferences with principals, teachers, attendance officers, school...
• Section 16-9-17 Building program; local attendance district boundaries
  (a) The county superintendent of education shall recommend a building program adequate to the present and future needs of the schools in the county, subject...
• Section 16-9-18 Condemnation and improvement of buildings and playgrounds; approval of contracts
  The county superintendent of education shall recommend to the county board of education for condemnation school buildings which are unsanitary and unfit for use. He...
• Section 16-9-19 Conditions of admittance to high schools
  The county superintendent of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall prepare and submit for approval and adoption by the county board of...
• Section 16-9-20 Plans for consolidated schools
  The county superintendent of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall work out plans for the consolidation of schools and for the grounds,...
• Section 16-9-21 Courses of study
  Subject to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, the county superintendent of education shall prescribe courses of study for the schools...
• Section 16-9-22 Grading and standardizing schools
  Subject to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, the county superintendent of education shall prepare rules and regulations for grading and...
• Section 16-9-23 Nomination, assignment, removal, etc., of teachers, employees, etc
  The county superintendent of education shall nominate in writing for appointment by the county board of education all principals, teachers and all other regular employees...
• Section 16-9-24 Supervisors; clerical assistants; offices; equipment
  The county board of education may provide upon the nomination of the county superintendent of education, at least the following assistants: an elementary school supervisor...
• Section 16-9-25 Institutes organized by superintendents
  The county superintendent of education shall organize and attend county and local institutes for teachers and citizens and shall advise teachers as to their further...
• Section 16-9-26 Visitation of schools
  The county superintendent of education shall visit the schools, observe the management and instruction and give suggestions for the improvement of the same. He shall...
• Section 16-9-27 Report forms
  The county superintendent of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall prepare forms and blanks on which school trustees, supervisors, attendance officers, principals,...
• Section 16-9-28 Annual statement of receipts and disbursements
  It shall be the duty of the county superintendent of education to prepare, in accordance with the direction of the county board of education, the...
• Section 16-9-29 Quadrennial school census
  The county superintendent of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall direct the taking of the county quadrennial school census. He shall cause...
• Section 16-9-30 Enforcement of attendance laws; preparation of reports
  The county superintendent of education shall see to it that the laws requiring school attendance are enforced. The county superintendent of education shall prepare, or...
• Section 16-9-31 Report on schools to state superintendent; examination of books, accounts, etc., by state superintendent
  The county superintendent of education shall, on or before the first day of November of each year, forward to the State Superintendent of Education on...
• Section 16-9-32 Payrolls - Preparation
  (a) The county superintendent of education shall, at such times and in such manner as directed by the county board of education and approved by...
• Section 16-9-33 Payrolls - Approval
  No money shall be paid on any payroll unless the county superintendent of education certifies thereto in writing that the same in every respect is...

Last modified: May 3, 2021