Title 16

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ACADEMIC FRAUD. Courses offered are insufficient in quality, content, or administration to achieve the stated or implied educational objective. Persons…

It shall be unlawful for any person to violate this chapter. Any person required by this chapter to have a license or permit who shall do in this state any business of the nature described in this chapter without first obtaining such a license or permit as required of him or her …

It is hereby generally recognized that courses of postsecondary instruction, whether given in residence, by mail, or electronically online, result in substantial benefits for students pursuing such courses, provided that such courses are designed and administered in accordance wi…

(a) This chapter shall not apply to any school offering instruction in grades K-12, or any combination thereof, including any person in regard to the operation of such K-12 school. (b) This chapter shall not apply to any of the following private postsecondary institutions, includ…

No person shall do any of the following: (1) Make or cause to be made any statement or representation, oral, written, or visual, in connection with the operation of a school or the offering of a course, if such person knows or reasonably should know the statement or representatio…

(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 postseconda…

(a) No person representing any private postsecondary institution or other individual or organization offering courses in this state, or from a place of business in this state, whether located within or outside this state, shall sell any course or solicit students therefor in this…

The State Board of Education may adopt rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and shall require the Chancellor to establish an advisory committee of owners or operators of private postsecondary institutions, to which this chapter applies, and…

The Department of Postsecondary Education may institute such action of law or in equity as may be necessary to enforce this chapter. In addition to any other remedy under this chapter, the Department of Postsecondary Education may apply for relief by injunction, mandamus, or any …

Any person or school or private postsecondary institution aggrieved by the actions of the Department of Postsecondary Education with respect to exemption, issuance, denial, deferral, probation, suspension, or revocation of a license or permit provided for in Sections 16-46-3, 16-…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The State Board of Education. (2) COMPUTER SCIENCE. The study of computers and algorithmic processes, including their principles, their hardware and software designs, their implementatio…

(a)(1) Beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, each public high school shall offer at least one authentic computer science course from a department-approved list. (2) Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, each public middle school shall offer instruction in middle school comput…

(a) Subject to appropriation from the Legislature, funds shall be appropriated to the department and the department shall allocate those funds to eligible entities to develop and implement teacher professional learning programs for the required computer science courses and conten…

(a) Before the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year, the department shall develop and the board shall approve, pursuant to Chapter 35 of this title, a rigorous K-12 course of study for digital literacy and computer science and shall consider existing computer science frameworks…

(a) The Governor shall establish a computer science education task force to develop a state strategic plan for expanding computer science education in the public schools in Alabama. (b) The membership of the task force shall include all of the following: (1) One member of the Hou…

Before June 30, 2020, the department shall create all of the following: (1) A secondary computer science certification pathway for preservice teachers. (2) An endorsement in computer science for all teachers who hold a valid Professional Educator Certificate and demonstrate suffi…

(a) Before June 30, 2020, and in accordance with Section 16-35-4, the department shall identify approved computer science courses that may fulfill one unit of academic credit for any mathematics or science course for high school graduation. (b) Beginning with the graduating class…

(a) Subject to appropriations from the Legislature, the teaching field of computer science shall be added to the list of eligible subject areas identified within the Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Loan Repayment Program (AMSTEP), Article 3, commencing with Section 16-…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Extended Learning Opportunities Act. (Act 2021-428, §1.)

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Students attending schools in this state would benefit from experiencing extended learning opportunities outside of the traditional classroom. (2) Students are capable of learning both inside and outside of the traditio…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITY. An out-of-classroom learning experience, approved by the State Board of Education, a local board of education, or a public charter school, which provides a …

Commencing with the 2021-2022 school year, the State Board of Education and each local board of education and public charter school shall routinely inform students and their parents of the ability to earn credit for participating in extended learning opportunities. Employees of t…

(a) An extended learning opportunity shall count as elective credit toward graduation requirements and the achievement of applicable state standards for students, upon approval of the extended learning opportunity by the State Board of Education, a local board of education, or pu…

Any policy or procedure adopted by the State Board of Education, a local board of education, or a public charter school for participating in an extended learning opportunity shall provide every student an equal opportunity to participate and satisfy established time lines and req…

The State Board of Education shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter. (Act 2021-428, §1.)

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Move on When Ready Act. (Act 2025-412, §1(a).)

Any person who knowingly makes or furnishes any false statement or misrepresentation, or who accepts a statement or misrepresentation knowing it to be false, for the purpose of enabling an eligible institution to wrongfully obtain any payment under this chapter shall be guilty of…

No later than July 1 of each year, the department, in consultation with the ACCS and the Alabama Commission on Higher Education’s Council of Presidents, shall prepare and publish a report about the impact of the program during the previous academic year. The report shall include,…

As used in this chapter, the following words have the following meanings: (1) ACCS. The Alabama Community College System. (2) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Education. (3) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION or INSTITUTION. Each of the following: a. Any two-year public institution of highe…

(a) Any eligible student may apply to an eligible institution to take courses at that institution which are approved for secondary academic credit pursuant to Section 16-46D-6. If accepted at an eligible institution, an eligible student may take any approved course at that instit…

Except as otherwise provided, the state board shall consult with the Board of Trustees of ACCS and the Alabama Commission on Higher Education’s Council of Presidents in developing and adopting rules regarding the program, including, but not limited to: (1) Eligibility criteria fo…

(a) No later than April 1 of each year, each local board of education shall provide general information about the program, including the appropriate forms, to all middle school, 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students in the district. The state board shall make the appropriate forms a…

(a)(1) Each local board of education shall grant academic credit to an eligible student enrolled in a course at an eligible institution if that course has been approved pursuant to subdivision (2) and if the student successfully completes that course. (2) The state board and repr…

(a) The Move on When Ready Fund is created within the State Treasury. The Executive Director of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education shall administer the fund. The executive director shall use the fund to pay eligible institutions the lesser of the following amounts for eac…

A student enrolled in an eligible institution for secondary credit shall not be eligible for any other state student financial aid for courses taken under the program. (Act 2025-412, §1(h).)

An eligible institution may not charge an eligible student for coursework taken pursuant to this program and shall accept the payment made pursuant to Section 16-46D-7 as full payment for the eligible student. (Act 2025-412, §1(i).)

The Governor and the State Superintendent of Education, by virtue of their respective offices, the trustees heretofore appointed from the different congressional districts of the state under the provisions of Section 264 of the constitution and such other members as may be from t…

The president of the university may appoint or employ one or more suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property of the university. Such person shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the po…

(a) Any police officer appointed pursuant to Sections 16-47-10 or 16-22-1 is a peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state; provided, that the primary duty of such a peace officer shall be the enforcement of the law on property owned, leased, or licensed by th…

The Department of Mining Engineering of the University of Alabama is declared to be the “School of Mines” of the State of Alabama. Alabama’s share of such federal aid as may hereafter be provided by Congress for the promotion or development of mines and mining and mining engineer…

The Federal Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior, has established and located a mining experiment station at the University of Alabama, the continuance of such station being conditioned upon the performance of certain obligations on the part of the University of Alabama pr…

The testing laboratory of the University of Alabama is the official testing laboratory for cement and other materials of construction. (School Code 1927, §568; Code 1940, T. 52, §506.)

The trustees of the University of Alabama may establish at that institution a school to be known as the summer school for teachers, at which during the summer months instruction shall be given in all the public school studies and in such other studies as may be necessary to bette…

The summer school for teachers at the University of Alabama shall be maintained and supported by the annual legislative appropriation for that specific purpose. (School Code 1927, §570; Code 1940, T. 52, §508.)

Such corporation 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, liabilities and responsibilities. (School Code 1927, §544; Code 1940, T. 52, §487.)

Such corporation may hold and may lease, sell or in any other manner not inconsistent with the object or terms of the grant or grants under which it holds dispose of any property, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein, remaining of the original or any subsequent gra…