Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 16-2-1 (2026)
Creation; Direction; Duties of Assistant State Superintendents.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(a) There shall be a Department of Education, which shall be under the direction of the State Superintendent of Education with the advice and counsel of the State Board of Education.
(b) The assistant state superintendents of education, when they are provided by the State Board of Education, shall perform the duties of the state superintendent when so directed by the State Superintendent of Education and such other duties as required by the State Superintendent of Education.
(School Code 1927, §12; Code 1940, T. 52, §2.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1993–2018 · leading case: Opinion of the Justices, 624 So. 2d 107 (Ala. 1993).
Opinion of the Justices, 624 So. 2d 107 (Ala. 1993). “Code § 16-2-1. The state superintendent is charged with executing the educational policy of the Board, id.”
Fick v. State Of Alabama (S.D. Ala. 2018). “In addition, the Eleventh Amendment, which 13 In so finding, the undersigned does not mean to suggest that this Court has no empathy for Fick’s experiences while attending Scarborough Middle School and Shaw High School; however, at the same time, there is simply no basis upon…”
Ala. Code § 16-2-1(a): 1 case
Fick v. State Of Alabama (S.D. Ala. 2018). “In addition, the Eleventh Amendment, which 13 In so finding, the undersigned does not mean to suggest that this Court has no empathy for Fick’s experiences while attending Scarborough Middle School and Shaw High School; however, at the same time, there is simply no basis upon…”
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