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Alabama
K-12 Technology and Cybersecurity Leadership Act, technology directors in public K-12 schools
K-12 Technology and Cybersecurity Leadership Act, Ala. Code sec. 16-22-20
In force since .
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- Security, Governance
What it requires
- This binds the local board of education of each public K-12 school system, the technology directors those systems employ, and the Alabama Leaders in Educational Technology, a professional organization the section charges with the training program; it does not bind a private business.
- Fill the position of technology director, formerly technology coordinator, with an employee of the local board of education on a 12-month contract; the position may not be filled by a contractor or by the local superintendent of education.
- Hire or assign as technology director after only a person who meets the minimum qualifications: professional training and work experience commensurate with the position's responsibilities, including a degree in a technology-related curriculum from a regionally accredited two-year or four-year institution of higher education, a degree in another field from such an institution with full-time work experience in a technology support or management position, or a diploma from a regionally accredited high school with at least one current certification in industry recognized technologies, such as networking, cybersecurity, or data management, and that full-time work experience.
- As a technology director, satisfactorily complete the orientation and continuing education program: a newly hired or appointed technology director completes the chief technology officer academy training program within 24 months of beginning service, and every other technology director completes 12 in-person contact hours of continuing education unit credits for each fiscal year, offered or preapproved by the Alabama Leaders in Educational Technology program.
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What this law does
Under section 16-22-20 of the Code of Alabama, the K-12 Technology and Cybersecurity Leadership Act, the position of technology coordinator in public K-12 schools is renamed technology director and must be filled by an employee of the local board of education on a 12-month contract. The technology director position may not be filled by a contractor or by the local superintendent of education.
A person hired or assigned as a technology director after must meet minimum qualifications that include professional training and work experience commensurate with the position's responsibilities, including a degree in a technology-related curriculum from a regionally accredited two-year or four-year institution of higher education, a degree in another field from such an institution with full-time work experience in a technology support or management position, or a diploma from a regionally accredited high school with at least one current certification in industry recognized technologies and that full-time work experience.
A school system unable to fill the position with a candidate meeting the minimum qualifications may request a waiver from the State Superintendent of Education. A newly hired or appointed technology director must complete the chief technology officer academy training program within 24 months of beginning service in the position. All other technology directors must complete 12 in-person contact hours of continuing education unit credits for each fiscal year.
Continuing education unit hours must be offered or preapproved by the Alabama Leaders in Educational Technology program. The Alabama Leaders in Educational Technology, a professional organization, must establish and administer a professional development program for technology directors in public K-12 school systems.
The program's mandatory orientation with the Chief Technology Officer Academy and Continuing Education Units program must address roles and responsibilities, laws, ethics and policies, data management and governance, teaching and learning, information technology management and cybersecurity, and technology planning and budgeting. The Alabama Leaders in Educational Technology must routinely review and update the program.
The Alabama Leaders in Educational Technology must maintain records for the professional development program and verify completion annually to the State Department of Education. The section was enacted as section 1 of Act 2024-444. The enrolled bill that enacted the section, House Bill 439 of the 2024 Regular Session, made section 1 of the act effective .
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