Title 16

Each member party shall be entitled to one vote. The chief executive officer of the member party, by whatever title or in whatever manner defined by the institutional member, shall be the official voting delegate. If the delegate is unable to represent the member at any membershi…

This voluntary educational compact shall be deemed and constitute a non-profit public corporation in Alabama, and none of the net proceeds of funds shall inure to the benefit of any individual. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §5.)

The board of directors shall be elected at the annual membership meeting, and shall take office immediately upon its adjournment. The board of directors shall consist of 21 citizens, elected by the compact membership as follows: three classes of seven members each, initially elec…

(a) Board members shall be chosen to represent each of the following segments or areas: (1) Executive and Legislative Branches of state government, in the fields of education, finance, taxation, and ways and means, local government, or economic development. (2) K-12 education, in…

(a) The Governor of Alabama shall be the ex officio president of the compact, and preside at the annual and special compact membership meetings. (b) The compact shall annually elect board members as chair and vice-chair of the board, for terms of one year respectively. No person …

(a) The executive director shall be the ex officio, non-voting secretary of the compact and of the board, and shall keep all records and minutes, and shall have authority and responsibility for the administrative functions and duties of the compact and of the board. (b) The board…

(a) Under Article 1 of this chapter, the Joint Legislative Committee on Southern Leadership Goals authorized and consented to the formation of a non-profit entity, subsequently organized as The Citizenship Trust and domiciled in Shelby County, Alabama, for the purpose of, among o…

(a) The State of Alabama hereby establishes and authorizes the Citizenship Trust, herein referred to as the “trust.” (b) The purpose of the trust is to strengthen and renew the foundation of American liberty and self-government through citizenship education. The trust shall provi…

In furtherance of the purposes of the trust, the board of trustees shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Accept gifts, contributions, donations of funds or land, bequests, grants, appropriations, membership fees, or other forms of financial assistance for educational an…

To effectuate the purposes of this article, the Board of Directors of The Citizenship Trust, an unincorporated non-profit association domiciled in Shelby County, Alabama, may present to the Secretary of State an executed application for incorporation compatible with the purposes …

(a) The trust shall be exempt from all taxes of the State of Alabama and its political subdivisions. Provided that the trust’s “unrelated business taxable income” as determined in accordance with 26 U.S.C. §512, as in effect from time to time, shall be subject to the tax levied b…

(a) The Legislature of Alabama finds and declares all of the following: (1) That pursuant to Section 16-44A-31, a statewide extended classroom for education in critical academic areas of citizenship, civics, American history, and government is now operational as “the American Vil…

The trust shall continue to be designated as the entity to coordinate the voluntary Alabama student mock election in cooperation with the office of Secretary of State, the State Superintendent of Education, and local educational entities, and to coordinate a voluntary program inv…

This division may be cited as the Alabama Veterans Living Legacy Act of 2008 in honor of all Alabama veterans, living and dead, and members of the Armed Forces of the United States, whose service and sacrifices are indispensable to our country and the cause of liberty. (Act 2008-…

Section 16-44A-35(b) previously designated the American Village administered by the Citizenship Trust, herein the Trust, as a Veterans Living Legacy, and it is hereby redesignated and rededicated as the Alabama Veterans Living Legacy. (Act 2008-551, p. 1198, §2.)

The Alabama Veterans Living Legacy shall fulfill four vital public purposes, namely: (1) Publicly to remember, respect, thank, and honor United States veterans, living and dead, and active members of the Armed Forces, especially those with ties to Alabama, and prominently to pres…

In addition to such powers conferred on it by Section 16-44A-32, the governing board of the Citizenship Trust shall adopt, subject to consultation and review as provided in Section 16-44A-56, and administer a master plan for the Alabama Veterans Living Legacy to fulfill the vital…

On and after September 1, 2008, to ensure accountability for receiving and administering public funds, the public funds provided for by Section 16-44A-55, or by any future act, for the support of the Veterans Living Legacy, are appropriated to and shall be administered by the tru…

The following public funds shall be administered by the trust for the support of the Alabama Veterans Living Legacy: (1) Net proceeds derived from this or any other legislative act and specifically earmarked or designated for the Veterans Living Legacy. (2) Appropriations, if any…

The master plan provided for in Section 16-44A-53 shall be subject to consultation with and review by the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee provided in Section 16-44A-59 and the Governor. (Act 2008-551, p. 1198, §7.)

It is the intent of this division that the trust, and its associated public educational building authority, may pledge the proceeds of revenues earmarked, designated, or appropriated for the Alabama Veterans Living Legacy and projects thereof, in the same manner as provided in Se…

The trust shall undertake efforts to secure private funds, gifts, grants, bequests, and other funds to construct, operate, and endow the Alabama Veterans Living Legacy. (Act 2008-551, p. 1198, §9.)

(a) After September 1, 2008, the Joint Legislative Committee on the New National Veterans Cemetery created for this quadrennium by Act 2007-507 shall be constituted as a permanent oversight committee, to be called the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Alabama’s Veterans Li…

The Governor of the State of Alabama is hereby authorized to enter into the compact for education in the form substantially as follows: A. It is the purpose of this compact to: 1. Establish and maintain close cooperation and understanding among executive, legislative, professiona…

There is hereby established the Alabama Education Council composed of the members of the Education Commission of the States representing the State of Alabama, appointed by the Governor and to serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Governor shall be chairman of said council. T…

Pursuant to Article III, Paragraph I of the compact, the commission shall file a copy of its bylaws and any amendment thereto with the Secretary of State. (Acts 1969, No. 1143, p. 2137, §3.)

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 t…

(a) The purpose of this compact is to facilitate the mobility of teachers across the member states, with the goal of supporting teachers through a new pathway to licensure. Through this compact, the member states seek to establish a collective regulatory framework that expedites …

(a) Oversight. (1) The executive and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the compact’s purposes and intent. This compact shall have standing as statutory law. (2) Venue …

(a) The compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the tenth member state. (1) On or after the effective date of this compact, the commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the charter member states to determi…

This compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any member state or a state seeking …

(a) Nothing herein shall prevent or inhibit the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with this compact. (b) Any laws, statutes, regulations, or other legal requirements in a member state in conflict with this compact are superseded to the extent…

As used in this compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall govern the terms herein: (1) ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBER. Any individual with full-time duty status in the Armed Forces of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve.…

(a) Licensure under this compact pertains only to the initial grant of a license by the receiving state. Nothing herein applies to any subsequent or ongoing compliance requirements that a receiving state might require for teachers. (b) Each member state, in accordance with the ru…

(a) Except as provided in Section 16-44C-3, nothing in this compact shall be construed to limit or inhibit the power of a member state to regulate licensure or endorsements overseen by the member state’s licensing authority. (b) When a teacher is required to renew a license recei…

(a) Except as provided for active military members or eligible military spouses in subsection (d) of Section 16-44C-3, a teacher may only be eligible to receive a license under this compact where that teacher holds an unencumbered license in a member state. (b) A teacher eligible…

(a) Nothing in this compact shall be deemed or construed to limit the authority of a member state to investigate or impose disciplinary measures on teachers according to the state practice laws thereof. (b) Member states may receive, and shall provide, files and information regar…

(a) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact Commission: (1) The commission is a joint interstate governmental agency comprised of states that have enacted this compact. (2) Nothing in this compac…

(a) The commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this compact and the rules adopted thereunder. Rules and amendments shall become binding as of the date specified in each rule or amendment. (b) The commission shall adopt reasonable rul…

(a) The commission shall provide for facilitating the exchange of information to administer and implement this compact in accordance with the rules of the commission, consistent with generally accepted data protection principles. (b) Nothing in this compact shall be deemed or con…

A consortium is hereby created under the name of the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium for the purposes set forth herein. The initial member institutions are: Alabama State University; Auburn University; Birmingham Southern College; University of North Alabama; Huntingdon …

The purposes of the consortium are to provide educational programs in marine sciences on both the undergraduate and graduate levels, to promote and encourage pure and applied research in marine sciences and related areas, to promote and encourage communication and dialogue among …

The Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium is hereby constituted as a body corporate, and such consortium shall have all the rights, powers and franchises necessary to or promotive of the end of its creation and shall be charged with all the corresponding duties and responsibil…

The entire management of the consortium shall be vested in its board of directors, to be composed of the chief executive officers of the member institutions. The board of directors shall determine the overall program and general policies of the consortium in accordance with the p…

The governing authorities of the member institutions are hereby authorized to lease or to deed any real property to the consortium, and such authorities may also sell, give, lend or lease any personal property to the consortium. Further, the governing authority of each member ins…

(a)(1) Before the 2016-2017 school year, each local board of education shall adopt a policy providing, at a minimum, a virtual education option for eligible students in grades nine to 12, inclusive, beginning with that school year. (2) Any virtual school operating in this state t…