Section 16-11-2 Applicability; composition of boards.
Section 16-11-2
Applicability; composition of boards.
(a) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to city boards of education unless otherwise provided by local law pursuant to Amendment 659 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or any other provision of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.
(b) The general administration and supervision of the public schools and educational interest of each city shall be vested in a city board of education, to be composed of five members who shall be residents of the city, and who shall not be members of the city council or commission. In any Class 4 municipality which has adopted a mayor-council form of government pursuant to Chapter 43B (commencing with Section 11-43B-1) of Title 11, the city board of education may be composed of seven members.
(c) The members of the city board of education, who shall, except as hereinafter provided, serve without compensation, shall be chosen solely because of their character and fitness, but no person shall be appointed or elected to this board pursuant to this section who is subject to the authority of the board. In cities having populations of not less than 50,000 nor more than 60,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census, and the City of Attalla, not more than one classroom teacher employed by the board may serve as a board member and also as a classroom teacher.
(d) Each member of the city board in cities having a population of 300,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent federal census shall receive fifty dollars ($50) for each meeting of the board, whether special, regular, or executive session, attended by him or her. No member shall receive more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150) during any one month. This compensation shall be paid from the city school funds in the manner provided for paying out of the city school funds.
(e) Any city or town which has had the general administration and supervision of the public schools and educational interests of the city or town vested in a city board of education for a period of 20 years or more prior to August 15, 1951, may, except as may be provided by law, continue to have general administration and supervision of the public schools and educational interest under a local board of education regardless of any past or future federal census.
(School Code 1927, §191; Code 1940, T. 52, §151; Acts 1943, No. 206, p. 184, §1; Acts 1951, No. 418, p. 742, §1; Acts 1957, No. 160, p. 209, §1; Acts 1961, No. 1022, p. 1601, §1; Acts 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 250, p. 347, §1; Acts 1977, No. 771, p. 1328, §1; Acts 1994, No. 94-133, p. 172, §2; Acts 1996, No. 96-643, p. 1024, §1; Act 2000-757, p. 1724, §1.)