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16-68-1
Section 16-68-1 (Effective July 1, 2020) Legislative findings. The Legislature makes the following
findings: (1) Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, recognizes that
all persons may speak, write, and publish their sentiments on all subjects, and that "no
law shall ever be passed to curtail or restrain the liberty of speech...." (2) Alabama's
public institutions of higher education have historically embraced a commitment to freedom
of speech and expression. (3) The United States Supreme Court has called public universities
"peculiarly the marketplace of ideas," Healy v. James, 408 U.S. 169, 180 (1972),
where young adults learn to exercise those constitutional rights necessary to participate
in our system of government and to tolerate the exercise of those rights by others, and there
is "no room for the view that First Amendment protections should apply with less force
on college campuses than in the community at large." Healy, 408 U.S. at 180. (4) The
United...
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29-9-5
Section 29-9-5 Withdrawals from Education Trust Fund Budget Stabilization Fund. (a) Except
as provided in Section 29-9-3 and in subdivision (b), amounts in the Education Trust Fund
Budget Stabilization Fund may be withdrawn only to prevent proration in the Education Trust
Fund. The Governor must certify to the state Comptroller and notify the Legislature that proration
would occur in the Education Trust Fund before funds may be withdrawn to prevent proration.
Following the certification and notification by the Governor, withdrawals may be made from
the Education Trust Fund Budget Stabilization Fund to prevent proration; however, the withdrawals
shall be limited to the amount of the anticipated proration and funds allotted only to the
extent necessary to avoid proration of appropriations from the Education Trust Fund. Any funds
withdrawn from the Budget Stabilization Fund in excess of the amount necessary to avoid proration
shall be transferred back to the Budget Stabilization Fund...
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31-10-21.1
Section 31-10-21.1 Qualifications for tuition reimbursement applicants; priority of state educational
benefits; tuition rates; applicability of section; repayment of benefits. THIS SECTION WAS
RENUMBERED BY ACT 2018-406, THE CODIFICATION ACT, IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH
28, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. IT IS NOW SECTION 31-10-4.1. (a) Beginning
October 1, 2016, any member of the Alabama National Guard enrolled in a program leading to
a certificate, or an associate or bachelor's degree at an accredited public institution of
higher education, technical college, or community college within the State of Alabama may
apply for a tuition reimbursement benefit as provided for in this section if the applicant
under this chapter meets the following requirements: (1) The individual is 17 years of age
or over. (2) The individual is a member of the Alabama National Guard in good standing throughout
the period or semester for which that individual receives...
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31-6-15.1
Section 31-6-15.1 Annual report. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall report to the Legislature
by January 1st of each year, the number of applicants approved in the previous fiscal year
and those approved as of the reporting date for the current fiscal year, the number of students
by years of remaining eligibility, and the costs of the previous fiscal year's expenditures
to the program by each category of public institution of higher learning to include the number
of students who attended each of those institutions. (Act 2017-349, ยง3(a).)...
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34-1-4
Section 34-1-4 Granting of certificates to certified public accountants. (a) If each of the
following qualifications is met, the certificate of certified public accountant shall be granted
by the board to any person: (1) Who is a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen
of the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate
documentation from the federal government. (2) Who has attained the age of 19 years. (3) Who
is of good moral character. (4) Who meets the following educational requirements: a. A person
shall have earned a college degree from a four-year college or university accredited by a
regional accreditation board such as the Southern Association of Colleges and Universities,
with a concentration in accounting or what the board determines to be substantially the equivalent
of a concentration in accounting. Persons who, on May 16, 1989, have previously taken the
uniform written CPA examination shall be considered to meet these...
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45-39-245.10
Section 45-39-245.10 Use of funds - Outside City of Florence. All revenues arising from the
taxes hereby levied applicable to Lauderdale County outside the city limits of the City of
Florence shall be used exclusively for public school purposes and solely for capital outlay,
construction, and maintenance of the county public schools in Lauderdale County, provided,
however, that in the event the Governor restricts allotments of educational appropriations
made by the Legislature to prevent an overdraft or deficiency in any fiscal year for which
appropriations are made by prorating the available educational revenues among the various
departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, offices, and institutions of the state,
the revenues from the taxes hereby levied applicable to Lauderdale County outside the city
limits of the City of Florence, in the discretion of the County Board of Education of Lauderdale
County, may also be used in such fiscal year for general educational purposes,...
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12-25-8
Section 12-25-8 Powers. The commission shall have the power to perform the functions as necessary
to carry out the purposes of this article and may delegate power to any member or designated
person. The commission may do all of the following: (1) Submit appropriation requests to the
Legislature. (2) Serve as an agency to apply for and receive grants, donations, or other monies
from public or private sources and to coordinate and conduct studies in connection with any
of its purposes and functions. (3) Enter into and perform contracts, leases, cooperative agreements,
and other transactions as may be necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the commission,
with any public agency, or with any person, firm, association, corporation, educational institution,
or nonprofit organization. (4) Accept voluntary and uncompensated services. (5) Request information,
data, and reports from any Alabama agency or judicial officer as the commission may from time
to time require and as may be...
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16-25-11.21
Section 16-25-11.21 Purchase of credit for prior service to certain institutions of higher
education. (a) Any active, vested, and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System
who has been employed in public education for a minimum of 10 years may claim and purchase
service credit in the system not to exceed five years for prior service between 1974 and 1989
rendered to an educational institution of higher education that receives direct appropriations
from the Education Trust Fund but does not participate in the Teachers' Retirement System.
The certification of prior service claimed under this section shall conform to applicable
administrative rules and procedures of the Teachers' Retirement System. Members shall receive
credit for the prior service when they remit to the system the contributions required by subsection
(b). No member shall receive credit for any service for which the member is already credited
within the system or any public retirement plan, with the exception...
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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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16-5-4
Section 16-5-4 Organization; chairperson; meetings, quorum, agenda, etc.; expenses; executive
director and employees; retirement system. (a) The commission shall elect annually from its
own members a chairperson and such other officers as it deems desirable and shall adopt rules
for its organization in the conduct of its business. (b) The commission shall hold regular
meetings at such times as are specified in its rules. Special or additional meetings may be
held on call of the chairperson, or upon a call signed by at least six members, or upon call
of the Governor. The commission is encouraged to meet as often as seems desirable on the campuses
of institutions of higher education in the state. The commission shall meet at least once
every three months. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum
at all its meetings but the approval of a new unit or program of instruction, or a new public
institution of higher education, or the recommendation for a new unit of...
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