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41-29-300
Section 41-29-300 Establishment; duties; meetings; objectives. (a) The Regional Workforce Development
Councils are hereby established as an appointed group of state business and industry senior
managers. The Regional Workforce Development Councils shall be appointed from the seven regions.
The Deputy Secretary of the Workforce Development Division of the Department of Commerce and
the Chancellor of the Alabama Community College System shall jointly promulgate rules related
to the establishment and governance of these councils. The Deputy Secretary of the Workforce
Development Division of the Department of Commerce shall follow the operating guidelines previously
adopted by the Workforce Development Division of the Alabama Community College System (WDD/ACCS).
The Regional Workforce Development Councils shall provide a direct link to the workforce needs
of business and industry at the local level. The councils shall be business-driven and business-led
and work with their member counties...
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16-6F-7
Section 16-6F-7 Applicant proposals; conversion to public charter school; terms of charters;
contracts. (a) Request for proposals. (1) To solicit, encourage, and guide the development
of quality public charter school applications, every local school board, in its role as public
charter school authorizer, shall issue and broadly publicize a request for proposals for public
charter school applications by July 17, 2015, and by November 1 in each subsequent year. The
content and dissemination of the request for proposals shall be consistent with the purposes
and requirements of this act. (2) Public charter school applicants may submit a proposal for
a particular public charter school to no more than one local school board at a time. (3) The
department shall annually establish and disseminate a statewide timeline for charter approval
or denial decisions, which shall apply to all authorizers in the state. (4) Each local school
board's request for proposals shall present the board's strategic...
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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;...
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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...
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38-9A-3
Section 38-9A-3 Regional support councils. (a) Each regional support council shall be composed
solely of individuals with developmental disabilities and their family members. Membership
shall not exceed 20 members per council, with at least one member to be appointed from each
of the affiliated councils, and at least two at-large members who are not members of any community
council. A quorum of 40 percent of the membership shall be required to conduct business. Membership
shall be distributed equitably throughout the geographic region and shall be representative
of the prevalent developmental disabilities. Membership terms shall be for a period of three
years. The regional councils shall develop policies for ensuring the implementation of the
membership requirements in this section. Successor members to fill expiring terms shall be
made by the regional councils for a term of three years each. (b) The members of each council
shall serve on a voluntary basis, but shall be reimbursed for...
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41-23-213
Section 41-23-213 Grant program; rulemaking authority; Alabama Broadband Accessibility Fund.
(a) The Director of ADECA may establish and administer the broadband accessibility grant program
for the purpose of promoting the deployment and adoption of broadband Internet access services
to unserved areas. By June 26, 2018, the director shall adopt rules and policies to administer
the program and begin to accept applications for grants, and shall adopt such rules as may
be necessary to meet the future needs of the grant program. (b) The program shall be administered
pursuant to policies developed by ADECA in compliance with this article. The policies shall
provide for the awarding of grants to non-governmental entities that are cooperatives, corporations,
limited liability companies, partnerships, or other private business entities that provide
broadband services. Nothing in this article shall expand the authority under state law of
any entity to provide broadband service. (c) There is...
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16-6F-6
Section 16-6F-6 Authorization of establishment; Alabama Public Charter School Commission; registration
requirements; powers and duties of authorizers. (a) Eligible authorizing entities. (1) A public
charter school shall not be established in this state unless its establishment is authorized
by this section. No governmental entity or other entity, other than an entity expressly granted
chartering authority as set forth in this section, may assume any authorizing function or
duty in any form. The following entities shall be authorizers of public charter schools: a.
A local school board, for chartering of schools within the boundaries of the school system
under its jurisdiction, pursuant to state law. b. The Alabama Public Charter School Commission,
pursuant to this section. (2) A local school board that registers as an authorizer may approve
or deny an application to form a public charter school within the boundaries of the local
school system overseen by the local school board. (3) All...
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41-18-1
Section 41-18-1 Text. Article I. Findings and Purposes. (a) The party states find that the
South has a sense of community based on common social, cultural and economic needs and fostered
by a regional tradition. There are vast potentialities for mutual improvement of each state
in the region by cooperative planning for the development, conservation and efficient utilization
of human and natural resources in a geographic area large enough to afford a high degree of
flexibility in identifying and taking maximum advantage of opportunities for healthy and beneficial
growth. The independence of each state and the special needs of subregions are recognized
and are to be safeguarded. Accordingly, the cooperation resulting from this agreement is intended
to assist the states in meeting their own problems by enhancing their abilities to recognize
and analyze regional opportunities and take account of regional influences in planning and
implementing their public policies. (b) The purposes of...
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41-23-140
Section 41-23-140 Definitions; commission created; composition; staff; duties; annual report.
(a) For the purposes of this article, the term trail means any form of paved or unpaved trail
including freshwater and saltwater paddling trails. The term trail user community includes,
but is not limited to, the following: Paved and unpaved trail users, hikers, bicyclists, users
of off-highway vehicles, paddlers, equestrians, disabled outdoor recreational users, and commercial
recreational interests. (b) There is created within the Alabama Department of Economic and
Community Affairs, the Alabama Trails Commission which shall advance development, interconnection,
and use of trails in this state and as further provided in this article. The commission shall
be composed of the following members: (1) Two members recognized for expertise in trail development,
management, or use, appointed by the Governor and representing the trail user community. (2)
One member recognized for expertise in trail...
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41-29-290
Section 41-29-290 Creation; purpose. The Alabama Workforce Council is continued in existence
as a part of the Workforce Development Division of the Department of Commerce. The council
is responsible for advising and supporting the Governor, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary
of Labor, the regional workforce development councils, the Alabama Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act Board, the Chancellor of the Alabama Community College System, the Superintendent
of the Alabama Department of Education, and the Council of College and University Presidents.
The Alabama Workforce Council will serve as an advisory body in formulating policies, developing
innovative educational workforce programming, and discussing issues critical to the workforce
development needs in the State of Alabama. Furthermore, the council will promote, coordinate,
and collaborate across prekindergarten-12, two-year colleges, four-year universities, and
business and industry. (Act 2014-16, p. 50, §1; §16-66-1;...
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