Title 41

(a) AIDT shall operate as a division of the Department of Commerce. All of the powers, authority, duties, functions, policies, funds of, and appropriations to AIDT previously conferred upon or granted to AIDT reporting to the State Board of Education through the Division of Vocat…

(a) AIDT shall continue to be funded from the Education Trust Fund and may receive any other funds appropriated by the United States or the state. AIDT shall maintain accounts in its own name and shall make all of its disbursements and payments directly from accounts maintained o…

All individuals serving as employees of AIDT immediately prior to the date determined pursuant to Section 41-29-6, shall remain employees of AIDT. The salary and benefits of such AIDT employees shall not be changed solely as a result of this division. All AIDT employees shall rec…

All information concerning a proposed project which is provided to the director and AIDT shall be confidential. AIDT, through the director, is authorized to enter into a confidentiality agreement or other contract provision with a prospective entity considering locating or expand…

Any operations, processes, and matters of AIDT that are not covered by this division shall be governed by the AIDT Policy Manual, as amended from time to time with the written approval of the Secretary of Commerce. (Act 2013-118, p. 240, §1; §41-9-1086; amended and renumbered by …

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama College and Career Readiness Act.(b) For the purposes of this section, the state apprenticeship agency is the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship.(c) Commencing with the 2025-2026 school year, a public school student sh…

This division shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Industry Recognized and Registered Apprenticeship Program Act. (Act 2019-506, §1.)

For the purposes of this division, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPRENTICE. A worker who is at least 16 years of age, except where a higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by law, who is employed to learn an apprenticeable occupation as provi…

(a) The Alabama Office of Apprenticeship is established as a part of the Alabama Industrial Development and Training Institute of the Department of Commerce, in accordance with 29 U.S.C. §50, 29 C.F.R., Subtitle A, Parts 29 and 30, and Article 20 of Chapter 18 of Title 40, the Ap…

(a) The Alabama Office of Apprenticeship, with the advice and consent of the Alabama Apprenticeship Council, shall develop a nationally recognized state apprenticeship completion credential, as described in 29 C.F.R. §29.5, for completing a registered or industry-recognized appre…

(a) The Alabama Office of Apprenticeship, in consultation with the Governor’s Office of Education and Workforce Transformation, the P-20W Council, the Alabama Workforce Council Committee on Credentialing and Career Pathways, the State Department of Education, the Alabama Communit…

(a) The Alabama Apprenticeship Council, which shall be composed of public and private persons representing employer and employee organizations that are familiar with apprenticeable occupations, is established. All appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments so that…

(a) Nothing in this division shall require the sponsors of nonregistered preapprenticeships, youth apprenticeships, and industry-recognized apprenticeships, including state agencies, colleges and universities, and business and industry sponsors to certify the programs with the Al…

This division may be known and shall be cited as the Eliminating Legal Barriers to Apprenticeships (ELBA) Act. (Act 2019-527, §1.)

As used in this division, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPRENTICE. A worker at least 14 years of age, except where a higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by law, who is employed to learn an apprenticeable occupation. (2) APPRENTICEABLE OCCU…

(a) A licensing authority shall grant an occupational license to any applicant who meets all of the following requirements: (1) Has successfully completed the 8th grade. (2) Has successfully completed an apprenticeship subject to a valid apprenticeship agreement and under the sup…

This division shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Credential Quality and Transparency Act. (Act 2023-365, §1)

For the purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) COMMITTEE. The Alabama Workforce Council Committee on Credential Quality and Transparency.(2) COMPETENCY. Measurable or observable knowledge, skills, and abilities.(3) CREDENTIAL. A qualificati…

(a) The committee shall advise the Alabama Committee on Credentialing and Career Pathways on making credential and competency data, collected through the registry created by this division, publicly available.(b) The appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments to as…

All data published to the registry shall be available to the public and shall be de-identified. Credential data shall be linked, open, interoperable, aligned with widely recognized standards, and shall allow for open access across sectors and platforms. (Act 2023-365, §1)

The committee shall adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer this division pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 22 of Title 41. (Act 2023-365, §1)

(a) This division shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Terminal on Linking and Analyzing Statistics on Career Pathways Act. (b) For the purposes of this division, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COUNCIL. The P-20W Council. (2) DE-IDENTIFICATIO…

The system is established as a secure system to exchange, de-identify, and match individual level education and workforce data from partner entities while upholding legal protections to ensure privacy and security. The system shall be used to provide policymakers with access to d…

(a) The council is established to govern the system. (b) The appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments to assure the council membership is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state. The membership of …

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 41-29-365, the regular meetings of the council shall be held at the call of the chair, at least four times per state fiscal year; special meetings of the council may be called by the chair, or upon written request of a majority of the m…

(a) The Office of Education and Workforce Statistics is established within the Department of Commerce to manage the activities of the system on behalf of the council. The office shall be an authorized representative for partner entity data. The director shall serve at the pleasur…

The council shall adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer this division pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 22 of this title. (Act 2023-365, §2)

(a) There is hereby created the Legislative Oversight Commission of the Alabama Industrial Development and Training Institute to consist of the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation, three members of the Senate to be appointed by the Lieutenant Go…

(a) For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of Sections 41-10-20 through 41-10-32. (2) AUTHORIZED PURPOSE. Any one or more of the purposes for w…

(a) In addition to all powers heretofore conferred on it by acts heretofore enacted by the Legislature of Alabama, and in addition to all other powers conferred on it in this article, the authority is hereby authorized to sell and issue its bonds, not exceeding one hundred millio…

(a) The authority is hereby authorized to make grants of money derived from the sale of its bonds, to grantees for use by the grantees for any one or more of the following purposes: (1) The making of surveys to determine the location of suitable project sites in the locality of t…

The bonds of the authority shall be signed by its president and attested by its secretary, and the seal of the authority shall be affixed thereto or a facsimile of such seal shall be printed or otherwise reproduced thereon; provided, that: (a) a facsimile of the signature of one,…

(a) The proceeds of all bonds, other than refunding bonds, issued by the authority remaining after paying expenses of their issuance, shall be deposited in the state treasury and shall be carried in the state treasury in a special or separate account or accounts. Such funds shall…

For the purpose of providing funds to enable the authority to pay at their respective maturities the principal of and interest on any bonds issued by it under the provisions of this article and to accomplish the objects of this article, there are hereby irrevocably pledged to suc…

Out of the revenues appropriated and pledged in Section 41-29-506, the state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this article, as the said principal and interest shall respec…