Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 16-4-5 (2026)
Apportionment of School Funds.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The State Superintendent of Education shall make the annual apportionment of school funds to the local boards of education of the state as provided in this title.
(School Code 1927, §67; Code 1940, T. 52, §43; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §11.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1979–2006 · leading case: Chism v. Jefferson Cnty., 954 So. 2d 1058 (Ala. 2006).
Chism v. Jefferson Cnty., 954 So. 2d 1058 (Ala. 2006). “§ 16-4-5. Accordingly, the taxes collected must be distributed to the various local school boards in proportion to their respective annual Foundation Program shares, to be used by those school boards for the particular educational needs of their systems.”
Britnell v. Ala. St. Bd. of Ed., 374 So. 2d 282 (Ala. 1979). “Wayne Teague, superintendent of the Alabama State Board of Education, failed to discharge his duties under Code 1975, § 16-4-5 by either withholding or authorizing the withholding of the $500 salary increases.”
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