Title 16

(a) The Community Outreach Partnership Center shall initially be governed by a five-member board of directors. (b) The initial Board of Directors of the Community Outreach Partnership Center shall be as follows: (1) The President of Jefferson State Community College (Place One). …

(a) A member of the board of directors, other than a member holding Place One, may be removed for cause by a vote of the board. (b) Any member of the board may resign by giving written notice of resignation to the board, which shall become effective upon delivery unless the notic…

The purpose of the center is to promote the community that the center serves through funding of programs in all of the following areas: (1) Housing. (2) Economic development. (3) Neighborhood revitalization. (4) Infrastructure. (5) Health care. (6) Job training. (7) Education. (8…

The center shall have all of the following powers: (1) To have succession by its corporate name in perpetuity. (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto. (3) To adopt and use a corporate se…

(a) The center may seek and accept gifts, devises, grants, or bequests and hold or expend the same to carry out this article. The center may accept appropriations or grants from the federal government, the state, any county, or any municipality, and the center may hold or expend …

The responsibilities of the board shall include all of the following: (1) Evaluate grant proposals based on the purpose shown in Section 16-60-305. (2) Monitor and ensure that expenditures of grant funds are in accordance with the associated grant proposal, this article, and rele…

(a) The center shall evaluate grant proposals based on all of the following criteria: (1) The relevance of such proposal to the purpose for which such grants are made, as stated in Section 16-60-305. (2) The extent to which such grant proposal advances the program objectives of t…

The Department of the Examiners of Public Accounts shall perform a yearly audit of all public monies received by the center and shall provide a copy of the audit to the Presiding Chair of the State House of Representatives Legislative Delegation of Jefferson County and the Chair …

(a) All assets and properties of the center, the income therefrom, and all other income of the center are exempt from any form of taxation in the State of Alabama whether imposed by the state, a county, or a municipality. (b) All gifts, grants, devises, and bequests to the center…

It is the intent of this article that the center be a nonprofit public corporation. No part of the net earnings of the center shall inure to the benefit of any private individual, firm, or corporation. (Act 2001-501, p. 880, §13.)

It is the intent of the Legislature to establish the Marion Military Institute under the supervision of the Alabama State Board of Education and the Chancellor of the Department of Postsecondary Education. (Act 2006-230, p. 414, §1.)

For the purpose of this article, the following words shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Advisory board of trustees for the Marion Military Institute. (2) CHANCELLOR. Chancellor of the …

(a)(1) The Marion Military Institute is confirmed as a state college. All lands, facilities, assets, and proceeds from these lands, facilities, and assets, hereafter are property of the state and all liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of the institute become those of …

(a) The institute shall remain a military college dedicated to developing, guiding, and molding men and women of character with strong personal values. The institute shall employ a military model that is particularly adept at providing structure and developing organizational skil…

(a) The institute shall be located in Marion, Alabama. (b) The Chancellor shall not fundamentally alter or change the military programs or curricula such that the values-based education inherent in the military model is lost or weakened. (Act 2006-230, p. 414, §5.)

(a) The board of trustees and its chair shall offer advice to the president and Chancellor with respect to the administration and governance of the institute. (b) The board shall be composed of no more than 21 citizens of good standing who are alumni of the institute, are or have…

The board of trustees may do each of the following: (1) Seek and accept donations, bequests, and other forms of financial assistance from any public or private sector person, foundation, or agency and comply with rules and regulations governing grants from the federal government …

(a) The institute shall admit students who have successfully graduated from an accredited high school with a diploma or obtained its equivalent and who have demonstrated potential for future leadership and the institute shall develop this potential to help support the leadership …

The institute shall be funded by legislative appropriation to the Alabama State Board of Education - Two Year College System. (Act 2006-230, p. 414, §9.)

It is the intent of the Legislature that Marion Military Institute shall be allowed to honor its commitment to all students enrolled in any program as of March 13, 2006. No student who is below the college level shall be enrolled after March 13, 2006. (Act 2006-230, p. 414, §10.)

For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) CAREER-TECHNICAL DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM. A program that allows eligible high school students to enroll in college-level career technical education courses, as designed by the Chancellor …

(a)(1) For tax years commencing January 1, 2015, and thereafter, a taxpayer who files a state income tax return and is not a dependent of another taxpayer may claim a tax credit for a contribution made to the Department of Postsecondary Education for qualifying educational expens…

(a) The Department of Revenue may require a taxpayer to submit copies of receipts or other similar financial documentation with the taxpayer’s state income tax return as necessary to confirm eligibility for the tax credit. (b) The Department of Revenue shall promulgate rules and …

(a) The Commissioner of Revenue shall annually report the total amount of tax credits claimed and authorized pursuant to this article, on or before the fifteenth day of each regular session, to the Director of Finance, the Chair of the House Ways and Means Education Committee, an…

(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 avai…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Short-Term Credential Scholarship Program. (Act 2023-539, §8.)

The following words used in this article have the following meanings. (1) ELIGIBLE STUDENT. An Alabama resident who is registered for or intends to register to take a short-term credential program at an institution within the Alabama Community College System. (2) GRANT. A payment…

(a) A short-term credential program is established that will provide grants to help pay for qualifying educational expenses for eligible students at any Alabama Community College System institution. (b) An eligible student may receive a grant of up to four thousand five hundred d…

The Alabama Community College System shall do all of the following: (1) Adopt any policies and procedures necessary to implement and administer this article. (2) Establish standards for participation and eligibility to receive a grant under this article. (3) Establish the process…

(a) There is created within the State Treasury a fund to be known as the Short-Term Credential Scholarship Fund, which is authorized to accept funds appropriated by the Legislature in the general appropriations act or other appropriations acts. (b) The grants provided under this …

(a) The Alabama Community College System shall provide an annual report to the Chair of the House Ways and Means Education Committee and the Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee to account for the use of funds and the effectiveness of the grant program est…

The Legislature recognizes that the following public universities in Alabama which grant baccalaureate degrees and are independently accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools - the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the University of Alabama in Birmingham, …

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any future appropriations made by the Legislature for the Eminent Scholars Program. (Acts 1985, No. 85-759, p. 1265, §10.)

There is hereby established the Alabama Trust Fund for Eminent Scholars to provide challenge grants to the public state universities in Alabama named in Section 16-61-1. The trust fund shall be administered by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education in accordance with the guid…

The associated foundations that serve the respective universities shall solicit and receive contributions, from sources other than state appropriations, student fees, federal funds, research grants and any interest earned thereon, to provide funds to match the Alabama Trust Fund …

Such challenge grants shall be matched by the university’s foundation on a basis of $3.00 of contributions and accrued interest thereon, received by said university’s foundation for every $2.00 in challenge grant money from the Alabama Trust Fund for Eminent Scholars. Matching fu…

Each public state university named in Section 16-61-1 is entitled to match an equal share of the total moneys appropriated to the Alabama Eminent Scholars Trust Fund prior to September 30, 1987, or for two years after any subsequent appropriation made by the Legislature. Any fund…

The foundation serving a university shall have the responsibility for the maintenance and investment of its fund and for the administration of the program at that university. The governing board of each foundation shall be responsible for soliciting and receiving gifts to be used…

When the sum of the challenge grant and matching funds reaches $1,000,000.00 the foundation and the president of the university may recommend, to the board of trustees of the university for its approval, the establishment of an endowed chair. The board of trustees must approve th…

(a) The president shall be responsible for the final approval of criteria to be used in the selection process for the individual to fill the endowed chair. (b) The president of the university shall nominate individuals for consideration as candidates, or individuals may apply to …

The respective university foundation receiving a challenge grant from the Alabama Trust Fund for Eminent Scholars shall enter into a written agreement with its university to provide from the earnings from its Eminent Scholars Trust Fund an amount not to exceed said earnings which…

There is hereby created within the State Treasury a fund, designated the Education Technology Fund, hereinafter referred to as the fund. The State Superintendent of Education shall authorize the expenditure of monies within the fund, upon the approval of the State Board of Educat…

The State Board of Education may adopt rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this chapter. (Acts 1994, No. 94-673, p. 1291, §4.)

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Alabama Science in Motion Act of 1995.” (Acts 1995, No. 95-650, p. 1358, §1.)

The Legislature of the State of Alabama hereby finds: (1) That the Alabama Science in Motion Program (the ASIM Program) of six pilot networks, created by Act No. 94-673, to augment the science curriculum of the public schools, have demonstrated efficacy as a model in advancing th…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the Alabama Science in Motion Program shall augment the science curriculum of the public schools and be administered such that: (1) The ASIM Program complement, enhance and facilitate the implementation of the Alabama Course of Study: Scie…