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Ala. Code § 16-3-1 (2026)

Composition; Election; Term of Office.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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The State Board of Education shall be composed of the Governor as an ex officio member and eight members elected from districts provided by general law. Members of the board shall serve for terms of four years each, and the member from each district shall be elected by the qualified electors of the district at the general election immediately preceding the expiration of the term of office of the member, as designated by the board, representing such district on the board and every four years thereafter. Each member shall hold office from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next after his or her election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.

(School Code 1927, §26; Code 1940, T. 52, §6; Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 16, p. 39, §1; Act 2002-73, p. 175, §1.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1980–1997 · leading case: Opinion of the Justices, 624 So. 2d 107 (Ala. 1993).
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Opinion of the Justices, 624 So. 2d 107 (Ala. 1993). · cites it 3× “at § 16-3-1, exercises "general control and supervision over the public schools of this state.”
Shuford v. Alabama State Bd. of Educ., 920 F. Supp. 1233 (M.D. Ala. 1996). · cites it 7× “In 1969, the Alabama Legislature passed a law, now codified as § 16-3-1 of the 1975 Alabama Code, providing for staggered four-year terms for the eight-member State Board of Education, with only four members elected at a time.”
Richardson v. Lamar Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 729 F. Supp. 806 (M.D. Ala. 1989). · cites it 2× “See 1975 Alabama Code §§ 16-3-1 through 16-3-37, 16-23-1 through 16-23-23.”
Ex Parte James, 713 So. 2d 869 (Ala. 1997). · cites it 2× “Ala. Code 1975, §§ 16-3-1, 16-3-2. The Governor holds the supreme executive power in the state, Ala.”
Jefferson Cty. Bd. of Educ. v. Alabama Bd., Etc., 380 So. 2d 913 (Ala. Civ. App. 1980). “As I view the law, the State Board, under its general powers conferred by §§ 16-3-1, et seq., Code of Ala. 1975, has the prerogative to enter into such a resolution as is before the court in this case.”
Alabama Coalition for Equity, Inc. v. James, 713 So. 2d 869 (Ala. 1997). · cites it 2× “Ala. Code 1975, §§ 16-3-1, 16-3-2. The Governor holds the supreme executive power in the state, Ala.”
Collins v. Bennett, 684 So. 2d 681 (Ala. 1995). “In accordance with § 16-3-1, Ala.Code 1975, the State Board of Education consists of nine members, with eight being elected members and the Governor acting ex officio.”
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