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16-23-16.1
Section 16-23-16.1 Creation of Professional Teachers Standards Commission; designation or development
of entry-level pre-certification examination for teacher candidates. (a) The Legislature finds
that Alabama is alone among the southern states in not testing teacher candidates before allowing
them in the classroom, and acknowledges that the need exists to establish, maintain, and enforce
minimum professional standards for teacher candidates in the State of Alabama. In response
to such need, there is hereby created a Professional Teachers Standards Commission (the commission)
for the State of Alabama. The commission shall consist of 11 members appointed by the Governor
in the following manner: The Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers Association, Alabama
School Board Association, Alabama Council for School Administration and Supervision, Alabama
Education Association, and the Alabama Association of Colleges for Teacher Education shall
each designate a representative that together...
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15-20A-4
Section 15-20A-4 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) ADULT SEX OFFENDER. A person convicted of a sex offense. (2) CHILD.
A person who has not attained the age of 12. (3) CHILDCARE FACILITY. A licensed child daycare
center, a licensed childcare facility, or any other childcare service that is exempt from
licensing pursuant to Section 38-7-3, if it is sufficiently conspicuous that a reasonable
person should know or recognize its location or its address has been provided to local law
enforcement. (4) CONVICTION. A verdict or finding of guilt as the result of a trial, a plea
of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, or an Alford plea regardless of whether adjudication
was withheld. Conviction includes, but is not limited to, a conviction in a United States
territory, a conviction in a federal or military tribunal, including a court martial conducted
by the Armed Forces of the United States, a conviction for an offense committed...
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16-64-2
Section 16-64-2 Requirements for qualification as resident student; rules and guidelines. (a)
For purposes of admission and tuition, a public institution of higher education may consider
that the term resident student includes any of the following: (1) One who, at the time of
registration, is not a minor and satisfies one of the following: a. Is a full-time permanent
employee of the institution at which the student is registering or is the spouse of such an
employee. b. Can verify full-time permanent employment within the State of Alabama or is the
spouse of such an employee and will commence the employment within 90 days of registration
with the institution. c. Is employed as a graduate assistant or fellow by the institution
at which the student is registering. d. Is an accredited member of or the spouse of an accredited
member of a consular staff assigned to duties in Alabama. e. Is in a program or takes courses
within an interstate consortium of colleges or universities that either...
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16-23-16.2
Section 16-23-16.2 Criminal history background check for teacher preparation program applicants.
(a) Each two-year and four-year institution of higher education in the state shall require
each applicant for admission to a teacher preparation program to complete a criminal history
background information check as a part of the initial application process. (b) The criminal
history background information check shall be administered in a manner prescribed by the institution
of higher education that is consistent with the Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999, and
rules promulgated by the State Department of Education. (c) Any publication of an institution
of higher education, that describes the requirements for or application process for a teacher
preparation program offered by the institution, shall also inform prospective students of
the requirements of this section. (Act 2009-628, p. 1926, §1.)...
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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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16-1-11.4
Section 16-1-11.4 Admission of nonpublic school students by public institutions of higher education.
Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, no public two-year or four-year institution
of higher education in the state may deny admission to or otherwise discriminate against an
otherwise qualified student based on the consideration, whether in whole or in part, that
the student attended, graduated from, or is enrolled in a nonpublic school, including private,
church, parochial, and religious schools, or was home schooled. (Act 2014-245, p. 785, §6.)...
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16-1-2.2
Section 16-1-2.2 New construction at public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education
to include approved safe space or hallway. (a) Commencing on August 1, 2012, any new contract
awarded for the construction of a new building, containing classrooms or dorm rooms, on the
grounds of a public two-year or four-year institution of higher education shall include an
Alabama Building Commission approved safe space or hallway. (b) The State Department of Postsecondary
Education and the separate boards of trustees of the four-year institutions of higher education
in the state shall coordinate with the Alabama Building Commission to develop, promulgate,
and enforce any rules necessary for the implementation of this section. (Act 2012-554, p.
1634, §1.)...
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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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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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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, §9.)...
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