16-33A-1
Section 16-33A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ACHE. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education. (2) ALABAMA RESIDENT. A person who has been domiciled in the State of Alabama for a period of at least 12 consecutive months immediately preceding application for a grant under the Alabama Student Grant Program. The ACHE shall promulgate and enforce regulations further defining and limiting the term domicile so as to limit the benefits of this legislation to bona fide Alabama citizens, based upon criteria including residency of parents and guardians, voter registration of students and parents, driver's license registration, and other facts indicating bona fide citizenship. (3) APPROVED INSTITUTION. Any independent nonprofit postsecondary institution of higher learning located in the State of Alabama which is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of...
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16-33B-1
Section 16-33B-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ACHE. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education. (2) APPROVED LENDER. Any eligible institution, or any bank, trust company, savings and loan association, credit union, pension fund, or insurance company, whose primary consumer credit function is not the making of insured student loans and which is examined and supervised by the appropriate state or federal regulatory agency or any other institution or agency defined as an eligible lender in accordance with the Federal Student Loan Law. (3) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION. Any postsecondary educational institution which is approved by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education for the purposes of this program. However, an institution offering exclusively correspondence, independent study, or home study courses is not an eligible institution. (4) FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN LAW. Title...
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15-20A-4
Section 15-20A-4 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ADULT SEX OFFENDER. A person convicted of a sex offense. (2) CHILD. A person who has not attained the age of 12. (3) CHILDCARE FACILITY. A licensed child daycare center, a licensed childcare facility, or any other childcare service that is exempt from licensing pursuant to Section 38-7-3, if it is sufficiently conspicuous that a reasonable person should know or recognize its location or its address has been provided to local law enforcement. (4) CONVICTION. A verdict or finding of guilt as the result of a trial, a plea of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, or an Alford plea regardless of whether adjudication was withheld. Conviction includes, but is not limited to, a conviction in a United States territory, a conviction in a federal or military tribunal, including a court martial conducted by the Armed Forces of the United States, a conviction for an offense committed...
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16-33B-4
Section 16-33B-4 Basic powers and duties of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education for the Alabama Guaranteed Student Loan Program. (a) Basic powers. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE) is authorized to administer the Alabama Guaranteed Student Loan Program in accordance with the Federal Student Loan Law, and empowered to promulgate such rules, regulations, policies, and procedures as may be reasonable and proper in order to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the ACHE is authorized and empowered: (1) To establish regulations deemed necessary to comply with federal regulations and legislation relative to guaranteed student loans and the Federal Student Loan Law. (2) To establish eligibility criteria for participating postsecondary educational institutions. (3) To establish reasonable eligibility criteria for the initial and continuing participation of approved lenders in the student loan program. (4)...
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16-33A-6
Section 16-33A-6 Grant procedures and requirements. (a) Availability of grants. Grants shall be available to eligible students and shall be paid to approved institutions on behalf of and to the credit of such students, without regard to place of residence within the State of Alabama, age, race, color, creed, sex or national origin, and shall be paid out of funds appropriated in the annual budget. (b) Application for grants. Grants may be applied for by any eligible student wishing to receive same, through an approved institution in which he is enrolled or plans to enroll, pursuant to procedures to be devised and implemented by the ACHE. (c) Approval and award of grants. The ACHE shall not approve any grant until there has been received from an appropriate officer of an approved institution in which an applicant is enrolled, a certification that the applicant is an eligible student. Upon receipt of a proper certification of eligibility, the ACHE shall remit, within a reasonable time,...
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16-5-8
Section 16-5-8 Review, coordination, establishment, etc., of programs; transfer of credits; Articulation and General Studies Committee. (a)(1) The Commission on Higher Education is authorized to review periodically all new and existing programs and units of instruction, research, and public service funded by state appropriations at the state universities and colleges and to share with the appropriate governing board, through the president of the institution, and state Legislature, its recommendations. (2) As a part of its program review process, the commission shall enforce, monitor, and report on minimum degree productivity standards for all existing programs of instruction at public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education. Productivity standards shall be based, primarily, but not exclusively, on the annual average number of degrees conferred during a five-year period for senior institutions and a three-year period for two-year institutions, as verified by the...
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16-33A-7
Section 16-33A-7 Nonsectarian use of funds required. (a) In the case of a student enrolled in an institution which has a religious or denominational affiliation, the ACHE shall devise and implement rules, regulations and procedures to insure that the maximum amount of assistance available to a student at a given institution under the program does not exceed the per student operating expenditures of the institution for nonsectarian, secular educational purposes. (b) Under no circumstances shall any funds paid pursuant to this chapter be utilized by an institution for religious, sectarian or denominational purposes, and the ACHE shall devise and implement such regulations and procedures as may be appropriate to insure that such funds are used solely for nonsectarian, secular educational purposes. Any institution receiving grant funds on behalf of and to the credit of eligible students shall segregate such funds in a special revenue account and shall identify nonsectarian expenditures of...
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34-34A-10
Section 34-34A-10 Exceptions. This chapter does not prevent or restrict the practice, services, or activities of: (1) A dietetic technician, from engaging in the practice of dietetics/nutrition under the supervision of a licensed dietitian/nutritionist provided such activities are related to employment. (2) A student enrolled in an approved educational program in dietetics/nutrition from engaging in the practice of dietetics/nutrition under the supervision of a licensed dietitian/nutritionist provided the activities are part of such program. (3) A dietitian/nutritionist who is serving in the armed forces or the public health services of the United States or is employed by the Veterans Administration or other federal government agencies or the cooperative extension system from engaging in the practice of dietetics/nutrition provided such practice is related to such service or employment. (4) A duly licensed health professional from engaging in the practice of dietetics/nutrition when...
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16-6D-9
Section 16-6D-9 Tax credit claims; administrative accountability; verification of requirements; rules and procedures. (a)(1) An individual taxpayer who files a state income tax return and is not claimed as a dependent of another taxpayer, a taxpayer subject to the corporate income tax levied by Chapter 18 of Title 40, an Alabama S corporation as defined in Section 40-18-160, or a Subchapter K entity as defined in Section 40-18-1 may claim a credit for a contribution made to a scholarship granting organization. If the credit is claimed by an Alabama S corporation or Subchapter K entity, the credit shall pass through to and may be claimed by any taxpayer eligible to claim a credit under this subdivision who is a shareholder, partner, or member thereof, based on the taxpayer's pro rata or distributive share, respectively, of the credit. (2) The tax credit may be claimed by an individual taxpayer or a married couple filing jointly in an amount equal to 100 percent of the total...
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40-18-100
Section 40-18-100 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CLAIMANT AGENCY. Any of the following: a. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education with respect to the collection of debts under either of the following: 1. The Alabama Student Grant Program provided for by Chapter 33A of Title 16. 2. The Alabama Guaranteed Student Loan Program provided for by Chapter 33B of Title 16. b. The Alabama Department of Human Resources with respect to the collection of debts and money owed under any and all of its public assistance programs and other programs administered by that department, including support programs administered pursuant to the requirements of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. c. The Alabama Medicaid Agency with respect to the collection of debts and money owed under any and all of the programs it administers. d. The Alabama Department of Labor with respect to the collection or recovery, or both, of debts owed...
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