41-29-297
Section 41-29-297 Duties of council. The advisory duties and responsibilities of the council shall include, but are not restricted to, the following: (1) Review ways to streamline and align the existing workforce development functions of the state. (2) Evaluate the best way to increase awareness and educate students on available opportunities in industry sectors. (3) Evaluate ways to create a feedback loop for industry and education. (4) Evaluate private/public partnerships to create industry-funded scholarship programs for community colleges, vocational programs, and dual enrollment programs. (5) Evaluate the value of increasing the marketing associated with career readiness and skilled craft trades. (6) Evaluate the standards for membership and operations to the existing 10 regional workforce development councils. (7) Evaluate and make recommendations to realign the counties that comprise a regional council, as required to meet the needs of employers. (Act 2014-16, p. 50, §8;...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/41-29-297.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
41-29-291
Section 41-29-291 Composition. (a) The Alabama Workforce Council shall consist of the following members: (1) Fourteen members appointed by the Governor. (2) One member appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. (3) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (4) One member appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. (5) The Deputy Secretary of the Workforce Development Division of the Department of Commerce shall be an ex officio member of the council, but shall have no voting rights. (6) The Vice Chancellor for Workforce and Economic Development of the Alabama Community College System shall be an ex officio member of the council, but shall have no voting rights. (7) The Deputy State Superintendent of Education, Career and Technical Education/Workforce Development Division shall be an ex officio member of the council, but shall have no voting rights. (8) The Executive Director of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education shall be an ex officio member of...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/41-29-291.htm - 3K - Match Info - Similar pages
41-29-333
Section 41-29-333 Alabama Office of Apprenticeship - Powers and duties; Alabama Committee on Credentialing and Career Pathways. (a) The Alabama Office of Apprenticeship, with the advice and consent of the Alabama Apprenticeship Council, shall develop a nationally recognized state apprenticeship completion credential, as described in 29 C.F.R. §29.5, for completing a registered or industry-recognized apprenticeship program registered with the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship. (b) The Alabama Office of Apprenticeship may certify industry-recognized apprenticeships, registered with the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship, as eligible training providers for the purpose of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, P.L. 113-128, and may deliver services to registered apprenticeship participants with qualifying training accounts under Title I of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, P.L. 113-128, through the eligible training provider list of each regional workforce...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/41-29-333.htm - 5K - Match Info - Similar pages
41-29-240
Section 41-29-240 Alabama Small Business Commission created; duties; composition. (a) The Alabama Small Business Commission is created as part of the Office of Small Business Advocacy. (b) The commission shall have the following duties: (1) Formulate policies encouraging innovation of small business in the state. (2) Discuss issues critical to the economic growth of small, independent businesses and their interests that will encourage the formation of and foster the growth of small businesses in the state. (3) Advise the Department of Commerce in formulating and promoting policies relating to small businesses. (4) Act as an advocate for small businesses and the entrepreneurs who work to create opportunities for new small businesses and sustain those that are already in existence. (5) Promote policies to assist new business start-ups and expansion of existing businesses. (c) The commission shall be chaired by an appointee of the Lieutenant Governor, who shall be a voting member. The...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/41-29-240.htm - 3K - Match Info - Similar pages
16-60-354
Section 16-60-354 Administration of Career-Technical Dual Enrollment Program; allocation of funds. (a) The Department of Postsecondary Education shall be responsible for administering the Career-Technical Dual Enrollment Program, for promulgating rules necessary for the department to implement the provisions of this article, and for allocating or disbursing the funds made available by this article for qualifying educational expenses. However, the Department of Postsecondary Education may annually allocate up to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) of the funds received pursuant to this article for qualifying educational expenses for administrative costs directly associated with implementing the provisions of this article. (b) The Department of Postsecondary Education shall work with business and industry partners, the Alabama Workforce Training Council, the Alabama Community College System, and the Regional Workforce Development Councils to ensure that the funds received pursuant to...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/16-60-354.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
41-29-282
Section 41-29-282 Operation; supervision and oversight. AIDT shall operate as a part of the Workforce Development Division of the Department of Commerce. All of the powers, authority, duties, functions, policies, and funds of, and appropriations to, AIDT previously conferred upon or granted to AIDT reporting to the State Board of Education through the Division of Vocational-Technical Education or by Alabama Executive Order No. 2012-31 are confirmed, ratified, continued, transferred to, and vested in AIDT. All contracts, leases, grants, and agreements previously entered by AIDT shall continue in full force and effect without modification or interruption by this restructuring. All property currently owned by AIDT shall continue to be the property of AIDT. AIDT shall continue to be headed by the director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce and shall serve at his or her pleasure. The powers, duties, and qualifications required of the director shall be as set forth in the...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/41-29-282.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
45-8-90
Section 45-8-90 Economic Development Council - Creation; composition; powers and duties. (a)(1) For the purposes of promoting industry and trade and economic development and to assist Calhoun County and the municipalities located therein in their pursuits therefor and to provide for the exercise by the county and the municipalities of certain powers and authority proposed to be granted to them by an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama, the act proposing such amendment being adopted at the same session of the Legislature at which the act adding this section was adopted, there is hereby created an economic development council for Calhoun County, which council shall constitute a public corporation under the name Calhoun County Economic Development Council. (2) This section shall be liberally construed in conformity with the purposes. (b)(1) The powers and authorities of the Calhoun County Economic Development Council shall be vested in and performed by a board of directors. (2) The...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-8-90.htm - 12K - Match Info - Similar pages
9-18A-1
Section 9-18A-1 Enactment of Southern States Energy Compact. The Legislature hereby enacts, and the State of Alabama hereby enters into, the Southern States Energy Compact with any and all states legally joining therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: "SOUTHERN STATES ENERGY COMPACT "Article I. Policy and Purpose. "The party states recognize that the proper employment and conservation of energy and employment of energy-related facilities, materials, and products, within the context of a responsible regard for the environment, can assist substantially in the industrialization of the south and the development of a balanced economy for the region. They also recognize that optimum benefit from an acquisition of energy resources and facilities require systematic encouragement, guidance and assistance from the party states on a cooperative basis. It is the policy of the party states to undertake such cooperation on a continuing basis; it is the purpose of...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/9-18A-1.htm - 17K - Match Info - Similar pages
11-94-1
Section 11-94-1 Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the present term shall include the future term, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, the masculine shall include the feminine, and the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AUTHORITY. A nonprofit public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (2) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION. Any county or municipality to which application has been made for authority to incorporate an authority under this chapter. (3) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority. (4) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of directors of an authority. (5) COUNTY. Any county in this state that abuts on a navigable river or through which a navigable river runs. (6) GOVERNING BODY. With respect to a county, the county commission and, with respect to a municipality, the council,...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/11-94-1.htm - 4K - Match Info - Similar pages
11-89C-4
Section 11-89C-4 Powers of public corporation; requirements for development or adoption of rules, procedures, ordinances, etc. (a) When expressly required to comply with storm water laws, any public corporation created pursuant to this chapter shall have the following powers: (1) To establish, maintain, and operate an organizational structure pursuant to this chapter, its original or amended certification, and its bylaws or other rules of procedure, that will enable it to implement the storm water laws for and on behalf of any governing body that exercises the option to participate in or with a public corporation, provided that no new or greater authorities or powers other than those specifically granted to the governing bodies are conferred upon any public corporation formed pursuant to this chapter. Except for the authority provided in subdivision (20), authority to enforce the storm water laws is retained wholly and exclusively to the governing bodies and may not be further...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/11-89C-4.htm - 10K - Match Info - Similar pages
|