§ 16-24B-1 Short title
§ 16-24B-2 Definitions
§ 16-24B-3 Principals – Probationary and contract principals
§ 16-24B-3.1 Principals – Cancellation of contract
§ 16-24B-4 Principals – Duties
§ 16-24B-5 Appeals
§ 16-24B-6 Preliminary certificate; breach of principal employment contract
§ 16-24B-7 Teacher transfers
§ 16-24B-8 Opposition to employment action

Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 16 > Chapter 24B - Teacher Accountability Act

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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
  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • 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
  • CONTRACT YEAR: Period of contract principal's employment up to 12 months mutually agreed upon by the contract principal and employing board. See Alabama Code 16-24B-2
  • day: A calendar day. 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
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • mediator: A person who is experienced in the field of alternative dispute resolution, and/or a person who has completed a course of training in alternative dispute resolution, and/or has been recognized as an arbitrator by an entity regularly engaged in providing arbitration services. See Alabama Code 16-24B-2
  • personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidence of debt, deeds and conveyances. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • 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
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • PROBATIONARY PRINCIPAL: Any principal hired for the first time in any local school system as a principal on or after July 1, 2000. See Alabama Code 16-24B-2
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.