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A zero-tolerance policy in schools is a policy of strict enforcement of school rules against behaviors or the possession of items deemed undesirable. In schools, common zero-tolerance policies concern physical altercations, as well as the possession or use of illicit drugs or weapons. Students, and sometimes staff, parents, and other visitors ...
The Alabama State Board of Education is an administrative agency created by the Constitution of Alabama that is responsible for supervising the state's public school system. The Board consists of eight members who are elected from districts and the Governor of Alabama , and is responsible for appointing the State Superintendent of Education.
Shopkeeper's privilege is a law recognized in the United States under which a shopkeeper is allowed to detain a suspected shoplifter on store property for a reasonable period of time, so long as the shopkeeper has cause to believe that the person detained in fact committed, or attempted to commit, theft of store property.
In 2004, 23 percent of schools met AYP. [21] While Alabama's public education system has improved, [clarification needed] it lags behind in achievement compared to other states. According to U.S. Census data from 2000, Alabama's high school graduation rate – 75% – is the second lowest in the United States, after Mississippi. [22]
Opelika Middle School (OMS) was selected as a 2010 Alabama CLAS Banner School for its outstanding programs and services for students. In addition, OMS was one of only 11 schools in Alabama presented with the Alabama Safe Schools Award of Excellence in 2008. Opelika Middle School operates as a true middle school model.
Alabama's law currently prohibits instruction and teacher-led discussions on gender identity or sexual orientation in a manner that is "not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate” from ...
An Alabama law authorized teachers to set aside one minute at the start of each day for a moment for "meditation or voluntary prayer." [2]Ishmael Jaffree, an American citizen, was a resident of Mobile County, Alabama and a parent of three students who attended school in the Mobile County Public School System; two of the three children were in the second grade and the third was in kindergarten.
Dec. 2—Proposed rules pushed by Gov. Kay Ivey that would place various restrictions on "inappropriate" books for children, including where public libraries shelve them, amount to censorship ...