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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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31-12A-3
Section 31-12A-3 Academic credits based on military education, training, or service. Each board
of a state public educational institution, community college, or technical school shall adopt,
by December 31, 2013, a policy requiring each institution under the board's supervision and
management to award educational credits to a student, who is also a veteran, enrolled in the
institution for courses that are part of the student's military training or service and that
meet the standards of the American Council on Education or equivalent standards for awarding
academic credit if the award of education credit is based upon the institution's admission
standards and its role, scope, and mission. Each board shall adopt necessary rules, regulations,
and procedures to implement the provisions of this section, effective beginning with the 2014-2015
academic year and continuing thereafter. (Act 2013-350, p. 1255, §3.)...
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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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16-33B-1
Section 16-33B-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires
a different meaning, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ACHE. The
Alabama Commission on Higher Education. (2) APPROVED LENDER. Any eligible institution, or
any bank, trust company, savings and loan association, credit union, pension fund, or insurance
company, whose primary consumer credit function is not the making of insured student loans
and which is examined and supervised by the appropriate state or federal regulatory agency
or any other institution or agency defined as an eligible lender in accordance with the Federal
Student Loan Law. (3) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION. Any postsecondary educational institution which
is approved by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education for the purposes of this program.
However, an institution offering exclusively correspondence, independent study, or home study
courses is not an eligible institution. (4) FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN LAW. Title...
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16-68-6
Section 16-68-6 (Effective July 1, 2020) Regulation of unprotected speech, expression, etc.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent public institutions of higher education
from regulating and restricting speech, expression, or a protected expressive activity that
is not protected by the United States Constitution or the Constitution of Alabama of 1901,
including, but not limited to, any of the following: (1) Violations of state or federal law,
including, but not limited to, actions that damage institutional property. (2) Expressions
that a court has deemed unprotected defamation. (3) Harassment. (4) True threats, which are
defined as statements meant by the speaker to communicate a serious expression of an intent
to commit an act of unlawful violence to a particular individual or group of individuals.
(5) An unjustifiable invasion of privacy or confidentiality not involving a matter of public
concern. (6) An action that unlawfully disrupts the function or security of the...
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38-12B-8
Section 38-12B-8 Priority of funding. Fostering Hope scholarship funds shall be applied to
tuition and mandatory fees before any other grant, loan, voucher, or scholarship the student
may be awarded to attend a public two-year or four-year institution of higher education in
the state or publicly funded state training program. (Act 2015-121, §8.)...
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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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31-10-25
Section 31-10-25 Tuition benefits; appropriation of funds. The Alabama Commission on Higher
Education shall serve as fiscal agent. Each institution shall submit to the Alabama Commission
on Higher Education a copy of the guard member's completed application which shall serve as
a basis of payment. Neither ACHE nor the public institutions shall pay nor be held responsible
for tuition benefits to otherwise eligible students in the Alabama National Guard Education
Assistance Program which are in excess of available appropriations. The tuition benefits of
this program shall be mandated only to the extent that funds are appropriated by the Legislature
for the program. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-910, p. 207, §1(7).)...
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45-30-101.04
Section 45-30-101.04 Funds. (a) Each scholarship awarded pursuant to this part shall only be
used for a student's tuition at an in-state institution of higher learning. (b) Scholarship
funds shall be distributed equally among all undergraduate college students of any institution
of higher education who meet residence requirements in Franklin County and who seek reimbursement
as provided herein. At the end of each academic year, each resident student of the county
who provides receipts for undergraduate college attendance shall be eligible for a scholarship
reimbursement. In May and June of each year, any eligible student may submit and be reimbursed
for expenses of the prior year for college attendance. The board, based upon the limitations
of subsection (c), the number of applicants, and other relevant factors, shall determine the
amount distributed to each applicant. (c) A reserve fund in an amount to be determined by
the board shall be maintained at all times. The Chair of the...
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29-1-26
Section 29-1-26 Legislative double dipping prohibited. (a) This section shall be known and
may be cited as the Legislative Double Dipping Prohibition Act. (b) Any other provision of
law to the contrary notwithstanding, and except as provided in subsection (c), a member of
the Legislature, during his or her term of office, may not be an employee of any other branch
of state government, any department, agency, board, or commission of the state, or any public
educational institution including, but not limited to, a local board of education, a two-year
institution of higher education, or a four-year institution of higher education. For purposes
of this section, employee means any of the following: (1) An employee as defined in Section
36-27-1, or a teacher as defined in Section 16-25-1. An employee as defined in this subsection
shall not include any person receiving pension benefits from the Retirement Systems of Alabama.
(2) A person who is personally providing services under a personal...
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