Section 16-6-5.1 Alabama Education Study Commission designated as standards of excellence commission; responsibilities of commission. - Alabama Statutes

Section 16-6-5.1

Alabama Education Study Commission designated as standards of excellence commission; responsibilities of commission.

The Legislature does hereby designate the Alabama Education Study Commission as a standards on excellence commission. The commission is currently responsible for examining the public elementary and secondary schools and making an annual report on the status of public education to the general public, the Legislature and the Governor of the State of Alabama. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Alabama Education Study Commission shall examine the required courses, testing programs for teacher candidates, promotion and retention standards, student assessment programs and the performance-based accreditation standards, as well as overall compliance under The Alabama Education Improvement Act of 1991 (Acts 1991, No. 91-323), and report its findings to the Governor, Legislature and the State Board of Education.

(Acts 1991, No. 91-323, p. 602, §24.)