Alabama Code 45-45-102. Enrollment in county school system; transfer of funds from municipal school system
Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-45-102
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
In Madison County, the parent or guardian of a public school student who resides in an area that has been annexed to a municipality since January 1, 1960, and who is currently being denied public school transportation service by that municipality’s school system and who resides five miles or more from the nearest municipal school of the appropriate grade level for the student, shall have the option of enrolling his or her student so affected in the county school system. Provided, however, the option shall be exercised no later than 30 days prior to the first day of school for the school year. Once the option is exercised, the affected student shall be barred from reenrollment in the municipal school system from which the student transferred for the remainder of that school year. When the option is so exercised, a per student share of locally generated municipal school revenues for each student so transferring shall be remitted to the county school system as hereinafter provided. For purposes of this section, per student share of locally generated municipal school revenues shall be defined as the per student share of local monies allocated for schools in the annual financial statement submitted by the local school system to the State Superintendent of Education for the previous school year. No later than the first day of February of each calendar year, the county school system shall notify the affected municipal school system and the State Superintendent of Education regarding the number and names of students that have enrolled in the county school system as a result of the option provided by this section. The affected municipal school system shall remit to the county school system the aforementioned per student share of school revenues necessary to cover such transferring students no later than the first of October of that same calendar year. In the event a parent or guardian of a student desires to reenroll the student in the municipal school system from which the student transferred under the option, the parent or guardian shall notify the municipal school system of that intent no later than 30 days prior to the first day of school for the school year.