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36-13-52
Section 36-13-52 Director - Duties. (a) The director shall act as a liaison between minority
communities and the Governor, with duties to do all of the following: (1) Conduct community
outreach throughout the state to assess and address issues facing women and minorities. (2)
Ensure that all women and minorities are better represented and receive equal access in areas
such as business development, education, health care, housing, government services, and criminal
justice matters. (3) Encourage public debate on issues affecting Alabama minority populations,
including open access to public services and fair and equitable implementation of public policy.
(4) Assess efforts by state agencies to assist women and minorities, promoting self-sufficiency
through education and training. (5) Collaborate with business and industry representatives,
the Alabama Workforce Council, higher education stakeholders, and the Alabama Small Business
Commission to facilitate identification of minority and...
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41-18-1
Section 41-18-1 Text. Article I. Findings and Purposes. (a) The party states find that the
South has a sense of community based on common social, cultural and economic needs and fostered
by a regional tradition. There are vast potentialities for mutual improvement of each state
in the region by cooperative planning for the development, conservation and efficient utilization
of human and natural resources in a geographic area large enough to afford a high degree of
flexibility in identifying and taking maximum advantage of opportunities for healthy and beneficial
growth. The independence of each state and the special needs of subregions are recognized
and are to be safeguarded. Accordingly, the cooperation resulting from this agreement is intended
to assist the states in meeting their own problems by enhancing their abilities to recognize
and analyze regional opportunities and take account of regional influences in planning and
implementing their public policies. (b) The purposes of...
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41-9-682
Section 41-9-682 Function and powers generally. (a) It shall be the function and main purpose
of the board to honor those, living or dead, who, by achievement or service, have made outstanding
and lasting contributions to music in Alabama or elsewhere. The board may adopt such rules,
regulations and bylaws as may be needed to carry out its functions. Also, it may conduct surveys
and polls and may appoint such committees and representatives as it may determine necessary
or desirable. The board may acquire, construct, install, equip, lease, manage and operate
buildings and other facilities consisting of any one or more of the following to be located
in Colbert County, Alabama: (i) a music hall of fame and exhibition facility for the display
of busts, statues, plaques, books, papers, computerized figures, memorabilia, records, films,
audio tapes, video tapes, compact disks, recordings, pictures and other exhibits relating
to music and musicians, (ii) a library, research and educational...
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14-7-22.1
Section 14-7-22.1 Prison industry programs. (a) In order to implement work-oriented rehabilitation
programs in an actual private enterprise work environment, the Commissioner of the Department
of Corrections may contract or enter into agreements with private individuals, enterprises,
partnerships, or corporations to develop joint plants, businesses, factories, or commercial
enterprises. The contracts or agreements shall be limited to those in which the department
contracts or agrees to furnish inmate labor for the manufacture of articles or products or
to furnish inmate labor for the provision of service in facilities furnished by the department
or the party or parties and enter into contracts or agreements with the department. The facilities
shall be on property owned or operated by the department or at any prison facility housing
inmates sentenced to the department. (b) An inmate may participate in the program established
pursuant to this section only on a voluntary basis and only...
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16-1-41.1
Section 16-1-41.1 School board governance improvement. (a) This section shall be known and
may be cited as the School Board Governance Improvement Act of 2012. (b) The Legislature finds
and declares all of the following: (1) That the purpose of this section is to enhance the
effectiveness of public education governance in Alabama through the establishment of training
requirements, boardsmanship standards, and accountability measures that are designed to promote
informed deliberations and decisions, to revise the qualifications for serving as a member
of a local board of education, to provide for a code of conduct for each member of a local
board of education in order to better ensure that any decision or action of a local board
of education is based on the interests of students or the system, and to foster the development
and implementation of organizational practices that are designed to promote broad support
of the public schools. (2) A local board of education is the legally...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers
to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and
deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military
families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the
transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in entrance/age
requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military
families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing,
grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for
enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic,
and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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16-64-2
Section 16-64-2 Requirements for qualification as resident student; rules and guidelines. (a)
For purposes of admission and tuition, a public institution of higher education may consider
that the term resident student includes any of the following: (1) One who, at the time of
registration, is not a minor and satisfies one of the following: a. Is a full-time permanent
employee of the institution at which the student is registering or is the spouse of such an
employee. b. Can verify full-time permanent employment within the State of Alabama or is the
spouse of such an employee and will commence the employment within 90 days of registration
with the institution. c. Is employed as a graduate assistant or fellow by the institution
at which the student is registering. d. Is an accredited member of or the spouse of an accredited
member of a consular staff assigned to duties in Alabama. e. Is in a program or takes courses
within an interstate consortium of colleges or universities that either...
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16-16-2
Section 16-16-2 Legislative findings of fact and declaration of intent; liberal construction
of chapter. The Legislature hereby makes the findings of fact and declaration of intent hereinafter
set forth in this section. The great increase during recent years in the number of students
enrolled in the public schools and in other educational institutions in the state that are
supported wholly or in part by the state, the anticipated further increase in the enrollment
of students in such schools and educational institutions resulting from the greatly increased
birth rate and other factors, the increased enrollment in other public institutions in the
state and the need to supply additional educational facilities at those other public institutions
for the purpose of maintaining and further developing educational programs for the inmates
of those institutions have made it imperative that buildings and other facilities for educational
purposes be constructed and equipped in all parts of the...
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16-44A-32
Section 16-44A-32 Powers and duties of board. In furtherance of the purposes of the trust,
the board of trustees shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Accept gifts, contributions,
donations of funds or land, bequests, grants, appropriations, membership fees, or other forms
of financial assistance for educational and other purposes in furtherance of this article,
from any federal entity, from the state, its agencies and various political subdivisions,
or any public or other entity, any and all of which are hereby authorized to grant any of
the foregoing forms of assistance, or from any private person, foundation, corporation, or
other agency, and to comply with any rules and regulations concerning grants by the federal
government or other grantors, which are not in contravention of the Constitution and laws
of this state or the United States. In fulfillment of its statewide civic educational mission,
the trust may enter into cooperative agreements with local, state, regional,...
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16-47-76
Section 16-47-76 Board of Dental Scholarship Awards creation; establishment of scholarships;
composition of board. There is hereby created and established a board to be known as the Board
of Dental Scholarship Awards, which shall be authorized and required to establish scholarships
to provide for and further dental training, in pursuance of a dental degree, of qualified
applicants for admission to the University of Alabama School of Dentistry or any other dental
school accredited by the Council on Dental Education of the American Dental Association. The
board shall give first priority to Alabama students who will attend dental school in Alabama.
The board also shall establish the Alabama Dental Service Program as set out in Sections 16-47-77
through 16-47-81. The board shall also establish the Rural Dental Health Scholars Program
for the purpose of awarding scholarships to high school students who are interested in the
practice of dentistry in rural areas. Also, the board shall...
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