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16-46-5
Section 16-46-5 License for operation of schools; fees; financial stability. (a) No private
postsecondary institution, except those enumerated in Section 16-46-3, shall operate within
this state unless the private postsecondary institution first secures a license from the Department
of Postsecondary Education, regardless of whether the private postsecondary institution enrolls
Alabama students or has a physical presence within the State of Alabama. Procedures for licensing
and bonding of private postsecondary institutions operating courses in separate locations
shall be established in the rules and regulations pursuant to Section 16-46-7. (b) For all
applicable private postsecondary schools or institutions that apply for a license and that
meet the criteria identified in this section, the Department of Postsecondary Education shall
issue a license to be publicly displayed on the premises where the private postsecondary institution
operates. (c) The application for a license for a...
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16-46-3
Section 16-46-3 Exemptions from chapter; records of private postsecondary institutions ceasing
operations. (a) This chapter shall not apply to any school offering instruction in grades
K-12, or any combination thereof, including any person in regard to the operation of such
K-12 school. (b) This chapter shall not apply to any of the following private postsecondary
institutions, including any person in regard to the operation of such private postsecondary
institution: (1) Schools operated on a nonprofit basis offering only courses or programs of
study which do not lead to an associate or baccalaureate degree and are limited in nature
to the performance of or preparation for the ministry of any established church, denomination,
or religion. (2) Courses conducted by employers exclusively for their employees and courses
conducted by labor unions exclusively for their members. (3) Schools, colleges, and universities
principally operated and supported by the State of Alabama or its political...
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16-46-6
Section 16-46-6 Permit for solicitation of students. (a) No person representing any private
postsecondary institution or other individual or organization offering courses in this state,
or from a place of business in this state, whether located within or outside this state, shall
sell any course or solicit students therefor in this state for a consideration or remuneration
unless a permit is first secured from the Department of Postsecondary Education, with the
exception of agents representing schools exempted under Section 16-46-3. If the agent represents
more than one school not exempted under Section 16-46-3, a separate permit shall be obtained
for each school represented. The application for a permit shall be made on forms to be furnished
by the Department of Postsecondary Education and shall be renewed every two years. (b) Upon
satisfactory review of an agent, the Department of Postsecondary Education shall issue a pocket
card displaying the signature of the person, facial photo,...
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16-46-9
Section 16-46-9 Review by State Board of Education; review by Circuit Court of Montgomery County.
Any person or school or private postsecondary institution aggrieved by the actions of the
Department of Postsecondary Education with respect to exemption, issuance, denial, deferral,
probation, suspension, or revocation of a license or permit provided for in Sections 16-46-3,
16-46-5, and 16-46-6, may file within 30 days a petition for review by the State Board of
Education. The aggrieved person, school, or institution shall then be entitled to a hearing
before the State Board of Education. The person, school, or institution may be represented
by counsel at the hearing. The aggrieved person, school, or institution may adduce evidence,
both oral and documentary, at such hearing and on official record if such hearing shall be
transcribed by a qualified court reporter. After the State Board of Education acts on the
petition for review, any person, school, or institution aggrieved by the State...
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16-24C-6
of positions or for incompetency, insubordination, neglect of duty, immorality, failure to
perform duties in a satisfactory manner, or other good and just cause, subject to the rights
and procedures hereinafter provided. However, a vote or decision to approve a recommended
termination on the part of a president of a two-year educational institution operated under
the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education or the governing board
shall not be made for political or personal reasons. (b) The termination of a tenured
teacher or nonprobationary classified employee who is not an employee of a two-year educational
institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education
shall be initiated by the recommendation of the chief executive officer in the form of a written
notice of proposed termination to the employee. A tenured teacher or a nonprobationary classified
employee who is employed by a two-year educational institution...
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16-46-1
Section 16-46-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ACADEMIC FRAUD. Courses offered
are insufficient in quality, content, or administration to achieve the stated or implied educational
objective. Persons offering such courses who know or reasonably should know that the courses
cannot achieve the stated or implied educational objective shall be considered to be involved
in academic fraud. (2) AGENT or REPRESENTATIVE. Salesperson who presents materials, sells
courses, or solicits students for enrollment of students in the state in person, by mail,
by correspondence, by telephone, online, by distance learning education, or by any other method
of advertising within the state. (3) COURSE. Any course, or portion of a plan or program of
instruction, whether conducted in person, by mail, by correspondence, online, by distance
learning education, or by any other method. (4) ECONOMIC FRAUD....
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16-33B-4
Loan Law. No obligation of ACHE for purposes of the loan program or for losses on student loans
resulting from death, default, bankruptcy, or total or permanent disability of the student
borrowers shall ever (i) create an obligation or a debt of the State of Alabama or any agency
or political subdivision thereof other than ACHE or a charge against the credit or taxing
powers of the state or any agency or political subdivision thereof other than ACHE, or (ii)
create or give rise to any personal liability of any of the commissioners or officers
of ACHE, but shall be payable solely from the ACHE "Student Loan Program Fund".
(13) To enter into contracts, agreements or covenants with, to accept aid, loans and grants
from, to cooperate with, to make loan servicing arrangements and other management arrangements
with, and to do any and all things not specifically prohibited by this chapter or other applicable
laws of the state that may be necessary in order for ACHE to avail itself of...
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16-64-4
Section 16-64-4 Tuition rates for nonresident; resident tuition rates for students residing
in counties within 50 miles of campus; tuition rates for distance programs. (a) Each Alabama
public institution of higher education shall charge each undergraduate student who is registered
as a nonresident a minimum tuition of two times the resident tuition rate charged by that
institution. This rate shall be effective for students who register at an institution beginning
August 1, 1997. A nonresident graduate student at an institution shall be charged a rate of
tuition that is at least at the level of tuition charged to a nonresident undergraduate. (b)
The governing boards of each four-year public institution of higher education and Athens State
University shall retain the power to extend resident tuition rates to students who reside
in any county within 50 miles of a campus of the institution; provided, however, that campus
must be in existence and operating as of January 1, 1996. For public...
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16-5-52
Section 16-5-52 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION,
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. For the purposes of this
article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPROVED INSTITUTION.
A state-supported institution of higher education or a private nonprofit institution of higher
education that satisfies all of the following: a. Is accredited by the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. b. Is approved by the State Board of Education
or the State Department of Education to prepare teachers of secondary math or science, or
both. c. Is eligible to receive Title IV federal student aid program funds. d. Maintains its
primary headquarters in Alabama. (2) COMMISSION. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education.
(3) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT. A person who satisfies the criteria set out in this article and is
found to be eligible by rules adopted by the Alabama Commission on...
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16-24C-3
Section 16-24C-3 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The chief administrative and executive
officer of an entity, institution, agency, or political subdivision of the state that is subject
to this chapter and includes, without limitation, superintendents of city or county boards
of education and presidents of two-year educational institutions operated under authority
and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education. The term includes persons serving
in such a capacity on an acting or interim basis under lawful appointment or by operation
of law. (2) CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE. All adult bus drivers, all full-time lunchroom or cafeteria
workers, janitors, custodians, maintenance personnel, secretaries and clerical assistants,
instructional aides or assistants, whether or not certificated, non-certificated supervisors,
and, except as hereinafter provided, all other persons who are not teachers as...
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