Ala. Code § 16-13-6
The State Board of Education is hereby designated as state agency in the administration, distribution and supervision of the expenditure of any funds herein provided and is hereby authorized and empowered, insofar as it is not specifically prohibited by the Constitution of Alabama, to meet the terms of such grants, appropriations or allocations and is hereby authorized to establish the necessary rules and regulations governing the allocation of funds derived from such grants, appropriations or allocations to county and city boards of education in the state and to set the conditions upon which local school systems may receive and expend such allocations, it being the intent of Sections 16-13-5 through 16-13-7 to permit the State of Alabama to participate fully in any or all grants, appropriations or allocations made available to it by the federal government or any instrumentality thereof for public elementary and secondary schools.
Ala. Code § 16-13-6 (1975)