Section 16-24C-1 – Short Title.
Section 16-24C-1 Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Students First Act of 2011. (Act 2011-270, p. 494, §1.)
Section 16-24C-10 – Termination Upon Revocation of Teaching Certificate; Effect of Convictions.
Section 16-24C-10 Termination upon revocation of teaching certificate; effect of convictions. (a) Any provision of this chapter or of any other statute or rule to the contrary notwithstanding, the employment of a teacher whose certificate is revoked by the State Superintendent of Education pursuant to Section 16-23-5, shall thereby be summarily terminated. (b) If a […]
Section 16-24C-11 – Termination of Employment by Teacher.
Section 16-24C-11 Termination of employment by teacher. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2018-83 IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. No public K-12 teacher shall be permitted to terminate his or her employment within 30 calendar days before the first day of the next […]
Section 16-24C-12 – Appeals.
Section 16-24C-12 Appeals. An employee who has attained tenure or nonprobationary status and has been denied a hearing before an employer subject to the requirements of this chapter may appeal for relief directly to the Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings, Division of Administrative Law Judges, Office of the Attorney General. […]
Section 16-24C-13 – Leaves of Absence.
Section 16-24C-13 Leaves of absence. (a) Leave of absence for a period of one year for good cause may be granted to an employee by an employer without impairing the tenured or nonprobationary status of the employee. For valid reason, the employer may extend the leave of absence for one additional year. (b) Leave of […]
Section 16-24C-14 – Construction and Application.
Section 16-24C-14 Construction and application. (a)(1) Employees who have attained tenured status under the Teacher Tenure Law or nonprobationary status under the Fair Dismissal Act as of July 1, 2011, in the case of tenured teachers, shall be deemed tenured teachers under this chapter and, in the case of nonprobationary employees within the meaning of […]
Section 16-24C-2 – Legislative Intent.
Section 16-24C-2 Legislative intent. The purpose of this chapter is to improve the quality of public education in the State of Alabama by doing all of the following: (1) Providing for fundamental fairness and due process to employees covered by this chapter. (2) Restoring primary authority and responsibility for maintaining a competent educational workforce to […]
Section 16-24C-3 – Definitions.
Section 16-24C-3 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The chief administrative and executive officer of an entity, institution, agency, or political subdivision of the state that is subject to this chapter and includes, without limitation, superintendents of city or county boards of education […]
Section 16-24C-4 – Tenure of Teachers; Nonprobationary Status of Classified Employees.
Section 16-24C-4 Tenure of teachers; nonprobationary status of classified employees. No action may be proposed or approved based upon personal or political reasons on the part of the employer, chief executive officer, or governing board. A teacher shall attain tenure, and a classified employee shall attain nonprobationary status as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided […]
Section 16-24C-5 – Termination of Employment – Notice; Compensation and Benefits.
Section 16-24C-5 Termination of employment – Notice; compensation and benefits. (a) Probationary classified employees who are not employees of a two-year educational institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education may be terminated at the discretion of the employer upon written recommendation of the chief executive officer, a majority vote […]
Section 16-24C-6 – Termination of Employment – Grounds for Termination; Procedures; Appeals.
Section 16-24C-6 Termination of employment – Grounds for termination; procedures; appeals. (a) Tenured teachers and nonprobationary classified employees may be terminated at any time because of a justifiable decrease in the number of positions or for incompetency, insubordination, neglect of duty, immorality, failure to perform duties in a satisfactory manner, or other good and just […]
Section 16-24C-7 – Transfers and Reassignments.
Section 16-24C-7 Transfers and reassignments. (a) Except as otherwise specified, employees may be transferred or reassigned at any time as the needs of the employer require to any position for which they are qualified by skill, training, or experience by the president of a two-year educational institution alone or upon the recommendation of the chief […]
Section 16-24C-8 – Hearings.
Section 16-24C-8 Hearings. Whenever this chapter affords an employee the right to be heard by the governing board or the president of a two-year institution under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education before a decision on the recommendation of the chief executive officer or chief personnel officer of the two-year institution […]
Section 16-24C-9 – Administrative Leave; Other Employment Actions.
Section 16-24C-9 Administrative leave; other employment actions. Nothing in this chapter shall restrict the authority of the chief executive officer or the president of a two-year institution under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education to place an employee on paid administrative leave or to make reasonable and customary employment decisions not […]