§ 6-21-801. Authority of City Manager
The city manager of any municipality incorporated under Chapters 18 22 of this title has full power to manage and control the public or city schools.
The city manager of any municipality incorporated under Chapters 18 22 of this title has full power to manage and control the public or city schools.
The city manager shall appoint, prescribe the duties and powers of, and fix the salary of the director of schools of the city and appoint, fix the salaries of, and have power to remove, all other officers and all teachers, agents, and employees of the department of education.
All plans for the erection or improvement of school buildings or other buildings used for educational purposes shall be subject to the approval of the city manager.
All materials, supplies, and equipment for educational purposes shall be purchased by the city manager.
In apportioning the state and county school funds of the county, the county board of education, or other apportioning and disbursing body, shall apportion and pay over to the treasurer of the city such portion of the state and county school funds as by law is applicable to the schools within the limits of the […]
The board of commissioners shall provide by ordinance for the manner in which the state, county, and city taxes apportioned to the school fund shall be paid over by the city treasurer.
Sections 6-21-801 and 6-21-802 notwithstanding, the board of commissioners, by ordinance, may delegate the power to manage and control the city public schools to an elected board of education. The board of education shall have the same number of members as the board of commissioners and shall be elected on the same day and in […]