Alabama Code 16-8-30. Uniform opening date of schools
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 16-8-30
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
The county board of education, in order to expedite the payment of teachers’ salaries and to make possible efficient supervision, shall fix a uniform date each year for the opening of all schools in the county under its jurisdiction, and all schools as far as in the opinion of the county board of education may be practicable shall open on said date. If for any reason the board shall permit any schools to open at later date, the reports and records of such schools shall be made so as to conform to the scholastic months, counting from the uniform date hereinabove mentioned.