2016 Code of Alabama
Title 16 - EDUCATION.
Chapter 11 - CITY BOARDS OF EDUCATION.
Section 16-11-24 - Annual report published.

Section 16-11-24Annual report published.

The city board of education shall publish annually in the month of October in a newspaper published in said city, if there is a newspaper published in said city, a full and complete statement of the receipts by source and disbursements by function of the city for the 12 months' period ending September 30, in such form as is required by the State Superintendent of Education at the same time it forwards said statement to the State Superintendent of Education. The city board of education shall also publish annually in a newspaper published in said city, if there is a newspaper published in said city, in the month of October, a statement of the outstanding indebtedness of the board of education on last September 30, which statement must show the schedule by years for retiring said indebtedness and shall separate funded indebtedness from unfunded indebtedness, and the statement shall show the resources available to pay such unfunded indebtedness. The city board of education may also cause to be prepared and published annually in sufficient quantities for distribution among the citizens of the county a report covering the condition, current accomplishments and needs for the improvement of the schools. The refusal or negligent failure of any member of the city board of education to comply with the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor, and the State Superintendent of Education shall withhold the payment of public school funds until the provisions of this section have been complied with.

(School Code 1927, §216; Code 1940, T. 52, §174; Acts 1943, No. 313, p. 300; Acts 1953, No. 129, p. 177, §1.)