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, ยง3.)...
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36-27-59
Section 36-27-59 Award of hazardous duty time; purchase of credit under Employees' or Teachers' Retirement System. (a) When used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) CORRECTIONAL OFFICER. A full-time correctional officer who is certified as a correctional officer by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission. (2) FIREFIGHTER. A full-time firefighter employed with the State of Alabama, a municipal fire department, or a fire district who has a level one minimum standard certification by the Firefighters Personnel Standards and Education Commission, or a firefighter employed by the Alabama Forestry Commission who has been certified by the State Forester as having met the wild land firefighter training standard of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group. (3) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. A full-time law enforcement officer, not covered as a state policeman, employed with any state agency,...
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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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16-46-5
Section 16-46-5 License for operation of schools; fees; financial stability. (a) No private postsecondary institution, except those enumerated in Section 16-46-3, shall operate within this state unless the private postsecondary institution first secures a license from the Department of Postsecondary Education, regardless of whether the private postsecondary institution enrolls Alabama students or has a physical presence within the State of Alabama. Procedures for licensing and bonding of private postsecondary institutions operating courses in separate locations shall be established in the rules and regulations pursuant to Section 16-46-7. (b) For all applicable private postsecondary schools or institutions that apply for a license and that meet the criteria identified in this section, the Department of Postsecondary Education shall issue a license to be publicly displayed on the premises where the private postsecondary institution operates. (c) The application for a license for a...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in entrance/age requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing, grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic, and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families. E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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31-12-3
Section 31-12-3 Military leave of absence from educational institution. Whenever any active member of the Alabama National Guard or other reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States is called or ordered to active duty by the Governor to state active duty for an emergency for 30 consecutive days or more or to federally funded duty, other than training, for homeland security, an educational institution in this state in which the member is enrolled shall grant the member a military leave of absence from their education. Individuals on military leave of absence from their educational institution, upon release from military duty, shall be restored to the educational status they had attained prior to their being ordered to military duty without loss of academic credits earned, scholarships or grants awarded, or tuition and other fees paid prior to the commencement of the military duty. It shall be the duty of the educational institution to refund tuition or fees paid or to...
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16-23-3
Section 16-23-3 Provisional certificates. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the State of Alabama shall modify its policies relative to the certification of teachers to permit an expanded alternative certification program for prospective teachers for grades six through 12. In addition to certificates issued pursuant to this chapter to individuals graduating from approved teacher education programs, the State Board of Education shall adopt policies, procedures, rules, regulations, or standards authorizing an alternative certificate to be issued by the State Superintendent of Education to an individual, regardless of whether the individual is a graduate of an approved teacher education program, where the applicant shall: (1) Hold an earned bachelor's or higher degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education. (2) Submit the required application forms and fees and, when required, a separate fingerprint fee, along with fingerprints and release forms. (3) Be...
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31-6-9
Section 31-6-9 Benefits for wives, widows, and dependents in addition to other benefits; interruption of benefits. (a) For those dependents who first file for benefits under this chapter prior to July 31, 2017, the benefits provided under this chapter shall be in addition to any other state or federal benefits to which that dependent may be entitled. (b) For dependents who first file for benefits under this chapter on or after July 31, 2017: (1) To the extent permitted by law, prior to applying any benefits provided for under this chapter, institutional certifying officials and financial aid officials shall first apply other federal, state, institutional, and third party scholarships and grants awarded to the dependent for that academic period for payment of required educational expenses during an academic period. (2) A completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), or the equivalent, must be submitted to the United States Department of Education for each year in which the...
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41-16-20
Section 41-16-20 Contracts for which competitive bidding required; award to preferred vendor. (a) With the exception of contracts for public works whose competitive bidding requirements are governed exclusively by Title 39, all contracts of whatever nature for labor, services, work, or for the purchase or lease of materials, equipment, supplies, other personal property or other nonprofessional services, involving fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or more, made by or on behalf of any state department, board, bureau, commission, committee, institution, corporation, authority, or office shall, except as otherwise provided in this article, be let by free and open competitive bidding, on sealed bids, to the lowest responsible bidder. (b) A "preferred vendor" shall be a person, firm, or corporation which is granted preference priority according to the following: (1) PRIORITY #1. Produces or manufactures the product within the state. (2) PRIORITY #2. Has an assembly plant or distribution...
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34-26-65
Section 34-26-65 Psychology program requirements. The degree program of the applicant shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) The program shall be publicly identified and clearly labeled as a psychology program. (2) The program shall maintain clear authority and primary responsibility for the core and concentration areas whether or not the program crosses administrative lines. (3) The program shall have an identifiable body of students in residence at the institution who are matriculated in the program for degree purposes. (4) The program shall have an identifiable full-time psychology faculty in residence at the institution, sufficient in size and breadth to carry out the responsibilities of the program, and employed by and providing instruction at the main campus of the institution. (5) There shall be a psychologist responsible for the program as the administrative head of the program, the advisor, a major professor, or the committee chair. (6) The program shall be an...
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