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16-5-1
Section 16-5-1 Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings respectively
prescribed for them, except when the context otherwise requires: (1) PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF
HIGHER EDUCATION. Those public educational institutions in Alabama which have been authorized
by the Legislature or by the constitution to provide formal education, including vocational,
technical, collegiate, professional or any other form of education, above the secondary school
level. (2) COMMISSION. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education created by this article.
(3) INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM. A series of courses at any one location which culminates in a degree,
certificate or other formal recognition of academic credit. (4) UNIT. A school, college, division
or institute and includes the establishment of any new branch or campus. The term does not
include reasonable extension or alterations of existing curricula or programs which have a
direct relationship to existing programs previously approved by the...
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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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16-6F-7
Section 16-6F-7 Applicant proposals; conversion to public charter school; terms of charters;
contracts. (a) Request for proposals. (1) To solicit, encourage, and guide the development
of quality public charter school applications, every local school board, in its role as public
charter school authorizer, shall issue and broadly publicize a request for proposals for public
charter school applications by July 17, 2015, and by November 1 in each subsequent year. The
content and dissemination of the request for proposals shall be consistent with the purposes
and requirements of this act. (2) Public charter school applicants may submit a proposal for
a particular public charter school to no more than one local school board at a time. (3) The
department shall annually establish and disseminate a statewide timeline for charter approval
or denial decisions, which shall apply to all authorizers in the state. (4) Each local school
board's request for proposals shall present the board's strategic...
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16-6A-16
Section 16-6A-16 Plan for in-service education centers; governing boards; requirements
of centers; school systems to affiliate with centers. (a) A comprehensive plan shall be established
by the Governor's Educational Reform Commission and implemented for the development and location
of in-service education centers for the purpose of providing rigorous in-service training
in critical needs areas for the state's public school personnel. These in-service centers
shall not replace the plan for in-service education which the State Department of Education
adopted by resolution on June 14, 1978. The in-service centers established pursuant to this
chapter shall be located in existing institutions of higher education located in strategic
areas of the state as recommended by the commission and approved by the Governor. Institutions
of higher education where such in-service centers may be located shall have resident faculty
members in education and the academic areas taught in the public schools....
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16-5-10
Section 16-5-10 Additional powers and duties of commission. The commission shall exercise
the following powers and duties in addition to those otherwise specified in this article:
(1) To cause to be made such surveys and evaluations of higher education as are believed necessary
for the purpose of providing appropriate information to carry out its powers and duties. (2)
To recommend to the Legislature of Alabama the enactment of such legislation as it deems necessary
or desirable to insure the highest quality of higher education in this state taking into consideration
the orderly development and maintenance of the state system of public higher education to
meet trends in population and the change in social and technical requirements of the economy.
(3) To advise and counsel the Governor, at his request, regarding any area of, or matter pertaining
to, postsecondary education. (4) To establish definitions of a junior college, a community
college, a technical college or institute, a senior...
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16-6D-4
Section 16-6D-4 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ACADEMIC YEAR. The 12-month period beginning on July 1 and
ending on the following June 30. (2) DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. The Alabama Department of Revenue.
(3) EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP. A grant made by a scholarship granting organization to an eligible
student to cover all or part of the tuition and mandatory fees for one academic year charged
by a qualifying school to the eligible student receiving the scholarship; provided, however,
that an educational scholarship shall not exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000) for an elementary
school student, eight thousand dollars ($8,000) for a middle school student, or ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) for a high school student per academic year. The term does not include a
lump sum, block grant, or similar payment by a scholarship granting organization to a qualifying
school that assigns the responsibility in whole or in part for...
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25-4-10
Section 25-4-10 Employment. (a) Subject to other provisions of this chapter, "employment"
means: (1) Any service performed prior to January 1, 1978, which was employment as defined
in this section prior to such date and, subject to the other provisions of this section,
services performed for remuneration after December 31, 1977, including service in interstate
commerce, by: a. Any officer of a corporation; or b. Any individual who, under the usual common
law rules applicable in determining the employer-employee relationship, has the status of
an employee; or c. Any individual other than an individual who is an employee under paragraphs
a. or b. of this subdivision (1) who performs services for remuneration for any person: 1.
As an agent-driver or commission-driver engaged in distributing meat products, bakery products,
beverages (other than milk) or laundry or dry cleaning services for a principal; 2. As a traveling
or city salesman engaged upon a full-time basis in the solicitation on...
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34-27-6
Section 34-27-6 Real estate courses and schools. (a) For purposes of this section
and rules adopted pursuant thereto, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) ADMINISTRATOR. A person designated by a principal school or branch school and approved
by the commission to be the person responsible to the commission for all acts governed by
this chapter and applicable rules which govern the operation of schools. (2) APPROVED COURSE.
Any course of instruction approved by the commission that satisfies commission requirements
for prelicense education, postlicense education, or continuing education. (3) APPROVED SCHOOL.
Any proprietary educational institution offering only commission approved continuing education
courses and any accredited college or university that offers any commission approved course.
(4) BRANCH SCHOOL. Any school under the ownership of a principal school which offers commission
approved courses at a permanent location. (5) INSTRUCTIONAL SITE. Any physical...
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16-5-15
Section 16-5-15 Submission of facilities master plans by public institutions of higher
education; review by commission; freeze on construction and acquisitions; prioritization of
capital budget requests; exemption of facilities on military reservation. (a)(1) Each public
two-year and four-year institution of higher education shall submit to the commission a facilities
master plan. The commission shall review the master plans of each institution and shall make
known any concerns and/or recommendations that it may have concerning four-year institutions
to its respective board of trustees or, concerning two-year institutions, to the State Board
of Education. This plan shall include the five-year plan of the institution regarding new
facility construction and acquisition. (2) The initial facilities master plan shall be filed
with the commission prior to January 1, 1997. The plan shall be updated by the institution
annually if changes are desired by the institution. (b) The commission, in...
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32-6-302
Section 32-6-302 Issuance of distinctive tags; fees; proof of retirement; design. (a)
Owners of motor vehicles or their spouses who are residents of Alabama and who are receiving
monthly retirement checks from an education retirement pension program from any state, shall
be eligible to apply for and receive "Retired Educator" numbered or personalized
distinctive license tags as provided in this division. Owners of motor vehicles or their spouses
who are residents of Alabama and who are currently employed by a public or private education
school system, college, university, institution, or who are active and contributing members
of an education retirement pension program, whether in-state or out-of-state program, shall
be eligible to apply for and receive "Educator" numbered or personalized distinctive
license tags as provided in this division. An applicant to receive a "Retired Educator"
or "Educator" numbered or personalized distinctive license tag for private passenger
or motor...
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