Alabama Code 16-24B-4. Principals – Duties
(a) Subject to the authority of the chief executive officer and the employing board, a principal and contract principal shall supervise the daily operation and management of personnel, finances, facilities, and other matters of the school or campus for which the principal and contract principal is responsible. A principal and contract principal shall assume the administrative responsibility and instructional leadership, as directed by the chief executive officer, consistent with the policies of the employing board, for the planning, management, operation, and evaluation of the education program of each school or campus under the responsibility of the principal and contract principal.
Terms Used In Alabama Code 16-24B-4
- CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: The chief administrative officer of the employing board, including the superintendent of any public county or city school system, the President of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, and the Superintendent of the Department of Youth Services School District. See Alabama Code 16-24B-2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- CONTRACT PRINCIPAL: Includes only those persons hired on or after July 1, 2000, and certified for the position of principal as prescribed by the State Board of Education and who are employed by an employing board as the chief administrator of a school, including a vocational center. See Alabama Code 16-24B-2
- EMPLOYING BOARD: Includes all local boards of education, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, and the Alabama Youth Services Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Department of Youth Services School District. See Alabama Code 16-24B-2
- principal: Includes only those persons hired before July 1, 2000, and certified for the position of principal as prescribed by the State Board of Education and who are employed by an employing board as the chief administrator of a school, including a vocational center. See Alabama Code 16-24B-2
- 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
(b) A principal and contract principal shall observe all rules, policies, and procedures relative to the operation of the public schools as established by applicable law, rule, and standard of both the State Board of Education and the employing board.
(c) A principal and contract principal shall perform all other duties assigned by the chief executive officer, consistent with the policies of the employing board and the law.
(d) A principal and contract principal shall make written advisory recommendations to the chief executive officer regarding the appointment, assignment, promotion, transfer, and cancellation of the contracts of all personnel assigned to any school or campus under his or her responsibility. If the recommendation of a principal and contract principal regarding an appointment, assignment, or promotion is rejected, the principal and contract principal shall submit a second recommendation regarding that appointment, assignment, or promotion, subject to this chapter and board policy. These advisory recommendations shall not be binding upon the chief executive officer, and the chief executive officer shall have final authority for all personnel assignments within the applicable school system.