16-39A-3
Section 16-39A-3 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words, terms and phrases shall have the following interpretations: (1) PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. Those children with disabilities, ages three through five, inclusive, determined eligible for special education services under existing federal and state laws, rules and regulations, and policies governing special education. (2) SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES. Services relating to instruction of preschool children with disabilities. (3) LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY. A county or city school system in the State of Alabama. (4) FREE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION. That program as defined by federal statute under Public Law 91-230, and all regulations and amendments thereto. (Acts 1991, No. 91-474, p. 859, §3.)...
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16-6G-5
Section 16-6G-5 Reading and intervention programs; individual reading improvement plan; summer reading camps; Alabama Summer Achievement Program; retention of students; reporting requirements. (a) To ensure that public school students are able to read at or above grade level by the end of third grade, each local education agency shall offer a comprehensive core reading program to all students based on the science of reading which develops foundational reading skills. In addition, no school district may use any curriculum for public K-3 students that does not have instructional time included. (b) Based on the results of the reading assessment in Section 16-6G-3, each K-3 student who exhibits a reading deficiency, or the characteristics of dyslexia, shall be provided an appropriate reading intervention program to address his or her specific deficiencies. Additionally, students shall be evaluated after every grading period and, if a student is determined to have a reading deficiency, the...
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34-21-96
Section 34-21-96 Awarding of loans and terms of repayment. (a)(1) The board shall establish and award, according to the judgment of the board, loans to provide for the training of qualified applicants for admission or students in accredited nursing education programs approved by the board who are pursuing, or have completed within the five years immediately preceding the current loan term, a graduate degree to become a certified registered nurse practitioner (CRNP), a certified nurse midwife (CNM), or a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA), but only for people who have signed contracts as provided in subsection (b). The board may permit eligible people to apply for a loan under the Alabama Loan-Repayment Program for Advanced-Practice Nursing in any scholastic year and for any previously completed scholastic year. (2) The board may award to an eligible person, for as many as three years for a person pursuing or holding an eligible master's degree and as many as four years for a...
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16-33A-5
Section 16-33A-5 Basic powers and duties of ACHE. (a) Basic powers. The ACHE is authorized and empowered to promulgate such rules, regulations, policies and procedures as may be reasonable and proper in order to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the ACHE is authorized and empowered: (1) To make reasonable rules, regulations and determinations concerning the qualification of applicants as Alabama residents or as eligible students and the qualification of institutions as approved institutions as defined in this chapter; (2) To alter or amend the definition of "eligible student" in order to enable the program to meet the requirements of the state or federal constitutions or any applicable statute, administrative regulation or judicial decision, if such alteration is deemed both necessary and reasonable; (3) To determine the extent to which applicants, including part-time students, shall be eligible for grants under...
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16-33A-6
Section 16-33A-6 Grant procedures and requirements. (a) Availability of grants. Grants shall be available to eligible students and shall be paid to approved institutions on behalf of and to the credit of such students, without regard to place of residence within the State of Alabama, age, race, color, creed, sex or national origin, and shall be paid out of funds appropriated in the annual budget. (b) Application for grants. Grants may be applied for by any eligible student wishing to receive same, through an approved institution in which he is enrolled or plans to enroll, pursuant to procedures to be devised and implemented by the ACHE. (c) Approval and award of grants. The ACHE shall not approve any grant until there has been received from an appropriate officer of an approved institution in which an applicant is enrolled, a certification that the applicant is an eligible student. Upon receipt of a proper certification of eligibility, the ACHE shall remit, within a reasonable time,...
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16-33B-2
Section 16-33B-2 Legislative findings and purposes. The Legislature declares that there exists within the State of Alabama a lack of sufficient availability of loans to residents of Alabama who choose to attend a postsecondary educational institution and who have a financial need in order to pay a portion or all of such residents' educationally related expenses at the postsecondary educational institution. This chapter establishes a guaranteed student loan program which is intended to provide increased access to educational loans for Alabama residents. (Acts 1980, No. 80-733, p. 1484, §2.)...
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16-5-10
Section 16-5-10 Additional powers and duties of commission. The commission shall exercise the following powers and duties in addition to those otherwise specified in this article: (1) To cause to be made such surveys and evaluations of higher education as are believed necessary for the purpose of providing appropriate information to carry out its powers and duties. (2) To recommend to the Legislature of Alabama the enactment of such legislation as it deems necessary or desirable to insure the highest quality of higher education in this state taking into consideration the orderly development and maintenance of the state system of public higher education to meet trends in population and the change in social and technical requirements of the economy. (3) To advise and counsel the Governor, at his request, regarding any area of, or matter pertaining to, postsecondary education. (4) To establish definitions of a junior college, a community college, a technical college or institute, a senior...
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31-10-5
Section 31-10-5 Annual report. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education and the Adjutant General of the Alabama National Guard shall report to the Legislature by November 1st of each year, the number of new applicants in the new academic year, the years of eligibility remaining for each student, and the costs of the previous year's expenditures to the program by each category of public institution of higher learning paid. (Act 2017-349, §3(b).)...
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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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16-33A-3
Section 16-33A-3 Amount of grant for each eligible student; grants payable to institutions on behalf of students; effective date of grants. There is hereby granted to each eligible student attending an approved institution the sum of $1,200.00 per academic year, which sum shall be distributed to such institution on behalf of and to the credit of such student in accordance with rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education. Such grants shall be effective for qualified students enrolled in academic programs commencing after August 1, 1989. (Acts 1978, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 90, p. 1778, §3; Acts 1989, No. 89-399, p. 779, §1.)...
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