Code of Alabama - Title 26: Infants and Incompetents - Chapter 24 - Department of Early Childhood Edcuation

• Article 1 Commissioner, Powers, Duties.
• Section 26-24-1 Department established and renamed
  (a) Commencing on August 1, 2015, the Department of Children's Affairs shall be known as the Department of Early Childhood Education. The department is a...
• Section 26-24-2 Secretary of Early Childhood Education
  (a) The department shall be headed by and shall be under the direction, supervision, and control of an officer who shall be known and designated...
• Section 26-24-3 Duties of secretary
  The duties of the secretary shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) Advising the Governor and the Legislature in matters...
• Section 26-24-4 Powers of secretary
  (a) All functions and duties of the department shall be exercised by the secretary acting alone or by and through any administrative division or officer...
• Section 26-24-5 Performance of duties
  In the performance of the functions and duties of the office and in the exercise of the powers and authorities, the secretary and all other...
• Section 26-24-6 Office space; clerical support, etc
  The Governor may provide office space for the use of the department, secretary, and staff of either. The secretary may employ and secure the necessary...
• Article 2 Office of School Readiness.
• Section 26-24-20 Office created
  The Office of School Readiness is created within the Department of Early Childhood Education. The office shall have the duties, responsibilities, functions, powers, and authority...
• Section 26-24-21 Definitions
  As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Office of School Readiness. (2) OFFICE....
• Section 26-24-22 Director
  (a) The chief administrative and executive officer of the office shall be the director, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of...
• Section 26-24-23 Duties of office
  The Office of School Readiness shall do all of the following: (1) Establish criteria and administer such programs and services as may be necessary for...
• Section 26-24-24 Entities that may participate
  The following entities may voluntarily, but shall not be required to, participate in the programs and services administered by the Office of School Readiness: (1)...
• Section 26-24-25 Collaboration on programs
  As additional funds become available, all programs within each county participating in school readiness shall collaborate on early education and child care programs that are...
• Section 26-24-26 Effect on employees
  This article shall not result in the net loss of employees and no affected employee shall be required to relocate or be forced to transfer.
• Article 3 Alabama Children's Policy Council.
• Section 26-24-30 Alabama Children's Policy Council
  (a) The Alabama Children's Policy Council is hereby created and shall consist of the following members: Three appointees from business and industry made by the...
• Section 26-24-31 Alabama Children's Policy Council Fund
  (a) There is hereby established the Alabama Children's Policy Council Fund into which there is automatically appropriated twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) annually at the beginning...
• Section 26-24-32 Expenses of Alabama Children's Policy Council members who are state officers or employees
  The members of the Alabama Children's Policy Council who are officers or employees of the State of Alabama shall be entitled to be reimbursed for...
• Section 26-24-33 County children's policy councils - Generally
  (a) A county children's policy council is hereby created in each county of the state. The county children's policy council shall consist of the following...
• Section 26-24-34 County children's policy councils - Duties
  The duties of the county children's policy council shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Reviewing the needs of children in the county...
• Section 26-24-35 Juvenile justice coordinating councils renamed
  All references to the "Alabama Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council" and to "county juvenile justice coordinating councils" in this code, are changed to the "Alabama Children's...

Last modified: May 3, 2021