16-25-19
Section 16-25-19 Administration. (a) The general administration and responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system and for making effective the provisions of this chapter are hereby vested in a board of trustees which shall be known as the Board of Control and shall be organized immediately after a majority of the trustees provided for in this section shall have qualified and taken the oath of office. (b) The board shall consist of 15 trustees as follows: (1) The State Superintendent of Education, ex officio. (2) The State Treasurer, ex officio. (3) The state Director of Finance, ex officio. (4) Twelve elected members of the retirement system. Those 12 members shall consist of representatives elected from each of the following categories: two shall be retired members, one shall be a city or county superintendent, one shall be a principal, one shall be a member from an institution of postsecondary education that is part of the Alabama Community College System, two...
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16-47A-13
Section 16-47A-13 References to Athens State University. (a) Commencing on October 1, 2012, the terms junior college, trade school, community college, and technical college, or any combination of these terms, as used in the Code of Alabama 1975, may not be interpreted to include Athens State University or its predecessor, Athens State College. After October 1, 2012, the Code Commissioner may revise any reference to Athens State University that refers to or classifies the university as a junior college, trade school, community college, or technical college. (b) In addition to the duties of the Code Commissioner provided in subsection (a), whenever any section of the Code of Alabama 1975, refers to a "four-year public institution of higher education," the Code Commissioner is directed to make the appropriate changes in terminology to reflect the reconstituted status of Athens State University as a public institution of higher education under a separate board of trustees as provided by...
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16-65-4
Section 16-65-4 Creation of authority; members, organization, etc. There is hereby created a public body corporate and politic to be known as Alabama Higher Education Equipment Loan Authority. The authority shall not be a state institution nor a department or agency of the state, but shall be an instrumentality of purely public charity performing an essential governmental function, being a distinct corporate entity. The Governor shall be the president of the authority, the State Treasurer shall be the vice president thereof, and the Director of Finance shall be the secretary thereof. The State Treasurer shall be treasurer thereof, shall act as custodian of its funds, and shall pay the principal of and interest on the bonds of the authority out of the funds hereinafter provided for. The members of the authority shall constitute all the members of the board of directors of the authority, and any two members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of...
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38-12B-9
Section 38-12B-9 Ineligibility from participation. Any other provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, an otherwise eligible person who earns grants, scholarships, or other awards, excluding loans, sufficient to pay his or her tuition, room and board, and other fees at a public two-year or four-year institution of higher education in the state or publicly funded state training program, as governed by rules promulgated by the department, may not participate in the Fostering Hope program. (Act 2015-121, ยง9.)...
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16-1-20.3
Section 16-1-20.3 Student-initiated voluntary prayer. (a) The legislative intent and purpose for this section is to protect the freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to define for the citizens of Alabama the rights and privileges that are accorded them on public school and other public property and at school-related events, and to provide guidance to public school officials on the rights and requirements of law they must apply. Further, the intent and purpose of the Legislature is to properly accommodate the free exercise of religious rights of its student citizens in the public schools and at public school events as mandated by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and the judicial interpretations thereof as given by the United States Supreme Court. (b) On public school, other public, or other property, non-sectarian, non-proselytizing student-initiated...
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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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16-6F-5
Section 16-6F-5 Enrollment; credits; student capacity; records. (a) Open enrollment. (1) A public charter school shall be open to any student residing in the state. (2) A school system shall not require any student enrolled in the school system to attend a start-up public charter school. (3) A public charter school shall not limit admission based on ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, income level, disability, proficiency in the English language, or academic or athletic ability. (4) A public charter school may limit admission to students within a given age group or grade level and may be organized around a special emphasis, theme, or concept as stated in the school's charter application, but fluency or competence in the theme may not be used as a standard for enrollment. (5) A public charter school shall enroll all students who wish to attend the school, unless the number of students exceeds the capacity of the facility identified for the public charter school. (6) If...
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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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16-23-3
Section 16-23-3 Provisional certificates. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the State of Alabama shall modify its policies relative to the certification of teachers to permit an expanded alternative certification program for prospective teachers for grades six through 12. In addition to certificates issued pursuant to this chapter to individuals graduating from approved teacher education programs, the State Board of Education shall adopt policies, procedures, rules, regulations, or standards authorizing an alternative certificate to be issued by the State Superintendent of Education to an individual, regardless of whether the individual is a graduate of an approved teacher education program, where the applicant shall: (1) Hold an earned bachelor's or higher degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education. (2) Submit the required application forms and fees and, when required, a separate fingerprint fee, along with fingerprints and release forms. (3) Be...
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16-5-8.3
Section 16-5-8.3 Legislative intent. It is the intent of the Legislature that all two-year and four-year institutions of higher education in the state comply with the intent of subsection (e) of Section 16-5-8 and the guidelines developed pursuant to it (unless otherwise exempted by subsection (e) of Section 16-5-8). In the event of noncompliance by any institution governed by a board of trustees established by the constitution with the statewide articulation agreement as provided in subsection (e) of Section 16-5-8, no other two-year or four-year institution shall be required to comply with the statewide articulation agreement. These two-year and four-year institutions shall continue to comply with all other provisions of Section 16-5-8. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education shall notify the Legislative Council, the governing body of each four-year institution, and the State Board of Education within 30 days of any failure to comply with subsection (e) of Section 16-5-8 or...
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