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16-61-2
Section 16-61-2 Establishment; administration; funding. There is hereby established
the Alabama Trust Fund for Eminent Scholars to provide challenge grants to the public state
universities in Alabama named in Section 16-61-1. The trust fund shall be administered
by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education in accordance with the guidelines as set forth
in this chapter. The Legislature shall designate funds to be transferred to the trust fund
from the Education Trust Fund. All appropriated funds deposited into the trust fund shall
be invested by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education pursuant to the provisions of Section
16-13-2. Interest income accruing to that portion of the trust fund not matched shall increase
the total funds available for challenge grants. (Acts 1985, No. 85-759, p. 1265, ยง2.)...
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16-68-3
Section 16-68-3 (Effective July 1, 2020) Adoption of free expression policy. (a) On
or before January 1, 2021, the board of trustees of each public institution of higher education
shall adopt a policy on free expression that is consistent with this chapter. The policy,
at a minimum, shall adhere to all of the following provisions: (1) That the primary function
of the public institution of higher education is the discovery, improvement, transmission,
and dissemination of knowledge by means of research, teaching, discussion, and debate, and
that, to fulfill that function, the institution will strive to ensure the fullest degree possible
of intellectual freedom and free expression. (2) That it is not the proper role of the institution
to shield individuals from speech protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution
and Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, including without
limitation, ideas and opinions they find unwelcome, disagreeable, or...
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29-2A-5
Section 29-2A-5 Material to be provided to commission; grant funds. (a) Any department,
agency, institution, and establishment of the executive branch of government and regulatory
agency or regulatory commission of the state, excluding entities that do not receive a direct
appropriation from the state General Fund or the Education Trust Fund, shall furnish to the
commission any available material, subject to the restrictions and limitations of federal
law or regulations limiting the sharing of personally identifying information, which the commission
determines to be necessary in the performance of the duties and functions of the commission.
(b) Any collection of data by a department, agency, institution, establishment, or regulatory
agency or regulatory commission of the state, excluding entities that do not receive a direct
appropriation from the state General Fund or the Education Trust Fund, shall be furnished
to the commission, if available, upon request by the director or an...
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31-6-6
Section 31-6-6 Educational benefits for spouses and children of partially disabled veterans;
reinstatement of entitlements. (a) The spouse and children of any veteran who is suffering
from 40 to 90 percent service-connected disability brought about from service in the Armed
Forces of the United States, or the unmarried widow or widower and children of a deceased
veteran who was suffering from 40 percent or more of service-connected disability at the time
of death, provided such disabilities as are mentioned herein are incurred from military service,
as established by the State Department of Veterans' Affairs, shall be entitled to the following
educational advantages and opportunities: (1) The spouse or unmarried widow or widower, as
the case may be, shall be entitled to up to 27 months of schooling or the equivalent of 27
months if enrolled part-time, in any Alabama state-supported institution of higher learning,
college, or university, or to a prescribed course in any Alabama...
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16-33C-4
Section 16-33C-4 Composition of ACES board. (a) The Savings Board shall consist of 11
members as follows: (1) The Lieutenant Governor, or his or her designee. (2) The Executive
Director of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE), or his or her designee. (3)
The State Treasurer. (4) The Chancellor of the Alabama Community College System, or his or
her designee. (5) One person appointed by the Council of College and University Presidents.
(6) One person appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (7) One person appointed
by the Lieutenant Governor. (8) One person appointed by the State Treasurer. (9) Two persons
appointed by the Governor. (10) One person appointed by the State Treasurer who has experience
in health and disability related matters. (b) Members shall serve for terms of office of four
years and shall be eligible for reappointment, and shall serve until a successor is appointed.
Any person appointed to fill a vacancy on the Savings Board shall be...
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16-68-2
Section 16-68-2 (Effective July 1, 2020) Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter,
the following words have the following meanings: (1) BENEFIT. Recognition, registration, the
use of facilities of a public institution of higher education for meetings or speaking purposes,
the use of channels of communications, and funding sources that are available to student organizations
at the public institution of higher education. (2) CAMPUS COMMUNITY. A public institution
of higher education's students, administrators, faculty, and staff, as well as the invited
guests of the institution and the institution's student organizations, administrators, faculty,
and staff. (3) FREE SPEECH ZONE. An area on campus of a public institution of higher education
that is designated for the purpose of engaging in a protected expressive activity. (4) HARASSMENT.
Expression that is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies
access to an educational opportunity or benefit...
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31-6-4
Section 31-6-4 Educational benefits for children of deceased or disabled veterans or
prisoners of war. (a) Any child whose father or mother: (1) Was killed or died in line of
duty or is listed as missing in action or is/was a prisoner of war or whose death or permanent
total disabilities were service-connected while serving as a member of the armed forces; or
(2) Died from a disability incurred from military service, as established by the State Department
of Veterans' Affairs, after having been discharged under conditions other than dishonorable
and after having served at least 90 days consecutively in the armed forces prior to and/or
subsequent to the date on which such disability occurred, or who was honorably discharged
by reason of wartime, service-connected disability after serving less than 90 days; or (3)
Has been assigned 100 percent permanent or total disability rated by the United States Veterans'
Administration, or was discharged or retired from the armed forces with a 40...
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40-18-100
Section 40-18-100 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms
shall have the following meanings: (1) CLAIMANT AGENCY. Any of the following: a. The Alabama
Commission on Higher Education with respect to the collection of debts under either of the
following: 1. The Alabama Student Grant Program provided for by Chapter 33A of Title 16. 2.
The Alabama Guaranteed Student Loan Program provided for by Chapter 33B of Title 16. b. The
Alabama Department of Human Resources with respect to the collection of debts and money owed
under any and all of its public assistance programs and other programs administered by that
department, including support programs administered pursuant to the requirements of Title
IV-D of the Social Security Act. c. The Alabama Medicaid Agency with respect to the collection
of debts and money owed under any and all of the programs it administers. d. The Alabama Department
of Labor with respect to the collection or recovery, or both, of debts owed...
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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-4
Section 38-12B-4 Use of funds. Appropriations for the program shall be used by the department
on behalf of participants in each fiscal year to pay public two-year and four-year institutions
of higher education or other publicly funded training programs in the state for benefits extended
to participants by the Fostering Hope program. The department may also use not more than 10
percent of the total state appropriation made to the program in any fiscal year for costs
associated with the mentor service. The department may not spend appropriations for the program
for purposes other than those listed in this section. Any monies appropriated to the
department for Fostering Hope that are unspent at the end of a fiscal year shall be carried
over for use by the program in the next fiscal year. The department shall develop rules for
ensuring that expenses of the Fostering Hope program in a fiscal year do not exceed funding
for the program in that fiscal year. For that purpose, and any other...
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