Code of Alabama - Title 21: Handicapped Persons - Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally

• Article 1 Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind.
• Section 21-1-1 Created; rights, privileges, etc.; location
  There shall be a body corporate under the corporate name of "Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind," which by that name may sue and be...
• Section 21-1-2 Board of trustees - Composition; qualifications, appointment and terms of office of members
  The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall be managed and controlled by a board of trustees which shall consist of the Governor, the State...
• Section 21-1-3 Board of trustees - Quorum; secretary and treasurer
  A majority of such board may act and may meet and adjourn from time to time as, in their judgment, the interest of the institution...
• Section 21-1-4 Board of trustees - Executive committee
  The board may select from their number an executive committee of three, subject to change and removal by the majority of the board at any...
• Section 21-1-5 Board of trustees - Chairman of board of trustees; appointment of president of institute and assistants
  The board shall appoint from their number a chairman, who shall preside over the board in the absence of the Governor and shall sign all...
• Section 21-1-6 Board of trustees - Maintenance and insurance of state property
  The board of trustees must provide good and sufficient insurance, payable to the State of Alabama, upon the property of the state under their control...
• Section 21-1-7 Disbursement of funds and reports by treasurer
  The treasurer must pay over such funds as may come into his hands as such on the written order of the president of the school,...
• Section 21-1-8 Residential education and training programs for deaf, blind, etc., persons; cooperation by local school boards, State Board of Education, etc
  (a) The board of trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind is hereby authorized to provide for the education and training of the...
• Section 21-1-9 Education and training of handicapped persons at preschool and junior college levels
  The board of trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind may, in its discretion, provide for the education and training of deaf, blind,...
• Section 21-1-10 Attendance of blind, deaf, or mute children of mandatory age - Required
  It shall be the duty of any parent, guardian, or other person having control of any deaf or blind child of mandatory school attendance age...
• Section 21-1-11 Attendance of blind, deaf, or mute children of mandatory age - Exemptions
  The following children, when issued a certificate of exemption by the county superintendent of education, when the child resides in territory under the control of...
• Section 21-1-12 Lists of deaf and blind children within counties; enforcement of attendance of children eligible for benefits of school
  It shall be the duty of the county superintendent of education in each county of Alabama to furnish annually to the attendance officer of his...
• Section 21-1-13 Prosecutions for failure of minors to attend school
  Prosecution under Sections 21-1-10 through 21-1-12 and Section 16-28-12 may be begun by the county superintendent of education, the attendance officer, the director of the...
• Section 21-1-14 Education and training of nonresident handicapped persons
  The board of trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind may, in its discretion, provide for the education and training of deaf, blind,...
• Section 21-1-15 Department of adult blind and deaf established; appropriations; operation of library service
  There shall be at the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind a separate department of adult blind and deaf. Legislative appropriations for the department shall...
• Section 21-1-16 Preparation and maintenance of register of blind persons
  It shall be the duty of the president of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, under the supervision and direction of the board of...
• Section 21-1-17 Bureau of Information for aid of blind or deaf; powers and duties of Adult Department as to training, etc., of blind or deaf persons; development of policies, etc
  It shall be the duty of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, through its Adult Department, to maintain a Bureau of Information, the object...
• Section 21-1-18 Expenditures for services, supplies, etc., subject to provisions of state competitive bid law; exceptions
  All expenditures of funds of whatever nature for labor, services, or work or for the purchase or lease of materials, equipment, supplies, or other personal...
• Section 21-1-19 Negotiation of temporary loans
  The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall have the power, when authorized by the board of trustees or the executive committee thereof, to borrow...
• Section 21-1-22 Personal leave for teachers employed by institute
  The Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall grant personal leave to any teacher employed by said board up to...
• Section 21-1-23 Institute official state agency to conduct state educational and training programs
  The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind is hereby designated as the official state agency to conduct the state educational and training programs for the...
• Section 21-1-24 Textbooks and instructional materials other than prescribed by State Board of Education
  The Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, upon the recommendation of the president, may select and adopt for use in...
• Section 21-1-25 Large print and braille materials
  Under the provisions of Section 21-1-24, substitutions shall not include large print nor braille materials as provided under Section 16-36-24.
• Section 21-1-26 Approval of book shipments; payment
  The President of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, upon receipt of any shipment of books as provided herein, shall determine if the shipment...
• Article 2 Operation of Vending Stands by Blind Persons.
• Section 21-1-40 Definitions
  As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section, unless the context clearly...
• Section 21-1-41 Operation of stands by blind persons in buildings and on properties of state, etc
  (a) The vocational rehabilitation service of the State Department of Education and the Department of Adult Blind and Deaf of the Alabama Institute for Deaf...
• Article 3 Sale, etc., of Blind-Made Products or Services.
• Section 21-1-60 "Blind-made" products or services defined
  No representation shall be made that a product or service is "blind-made" unless the manufacturer employs blind persons to an extent constituting not less than...
• Section 21-1-61 Certification of products or services as "blind-made."
  No person or organization shall sell, distribute, or exhibit any product or service which purports or is advertised to be "blind-made" unless the Adult Blind...
• Section 21-1-62 Penalties for violation of article
  Any person, including the officers, owners, or members of any corporation or organization, who violates the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punished...
• Article 4 Sale, etc., of Personal Property or Timber Owned by Institute by Auction or Bid.
• Section 21-1-80 Contracts for sale, etc., of tangible personal property or standing timber of institute by public auction or sealed bid, advertisement of sale; manner of taking bids and awarding contract
  All contracts of whatever nature for the sale or disposal of tangible personal property or standing timber owned by the Alabama Institute for Deaf and...
• Section 21-1-81 Authority of president to sell by lot or individual item, subject to consent of board; when all bids may be rejected and sale re-advertised or items sold by negotiation
  The President of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, with consent of the majority of the board of trustees, or his authorized representative may...
• Section 21-1-82 Institute's officers and employees not to act as agents for bidders; ability to bid or purchase
  No officer or employee of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall act as agent for any bidder; provided, however, that such officers or...
• Section 21-1-83 Advertised property to be available for inspection
  All property advertised under the provisions of this article shall be available for inspection during the normal office hours and at whatever place advertised for...
• Section 21-1-84 Disposition of proceeds of sale
  All proceeds from sales made under the provisions of this article shall be paid into the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind general fund or...
• Section 21-1-85 Payment by purchaser due upon removal; time limit for removal; exception for standing timber
  All property sold under the provisions of this article shall be paid for by the purchaser or his representative at the time of removal, and...
• Section 21-1-88 Applicability; validation of certain prior sales
  This article shall not affect liabilities incurred, rights or benefits accrued, or proceedings begun before August 8, 1991. Provided, however, all sales or disposal of...
• Section 21-1-86 Sale violating this article void; penalties for persons responsible and bondsmen; how penalties recovered
  Any sale of tangible personal property or standing timber of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind made in violation of the terms of this...
• Section 21-1-87 Violation constitutes a misdemeanor
  Violation of any of the provisions of this article shall constitute a misdemeanor.

Last modified: May 3, 2021