Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 16-9-13 (2026)

Powers and Duties as Executive Officer of Board.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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The county superintendent of education, as the executive officer of the county board of education, shall see that the laws relating to the schools, the rules and regulations of the state and county boards of education are carried into effect. The county superintendent of education shall have authority to administer oaths and to examine witnesses, under oath, in any part of the county on any matter pertaining to the public schools of the county, and to cause the examination to be reduced to writing.

(School Code 1927, §150; Code 1940, T. 52, §112.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1998–2007 · leading case: Godby v. Montgomery Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 996 F. Supp. 1390 (M.D. Ala. 1998).
Godby v. Montgomery Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 996 F. Supp. 1390 (M.D. Ala. 1998). · cites it 2× “Further, Ala.Code Ann. § 16-9-13 states that the “county superintendent of education, as the executive officer of the county board of education, shall see that the laws relating to the schools, the rules and regulations of the state and county boards of education are carried…”
AG Ex Rel. KC v. Autauga Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 506 F. Supp. 2d 927 (M.D. Ala. 2007). · cites it 2× “”) (emphasis added) with Ala.Code § 16-9-13 ("The county superintendent of education, as the executive officer of the county board of education, shall see that the laws relating to the schools, the rules and regulations and regulations of the state and county boards of education…”
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