Title 41 — Title 41

Application for Recognition. (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 C…

Committee on Credentialing and Career Pathways. (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 comp…

Recognized and Registered Apprenticeship Model. (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 Sta…

(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. History: (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. History: (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 qualific…

Credential Quality and Transparency. (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 shal…

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. History: (Act 2023-365, §…

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. History: (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…

Pathways Longitudinal Database System. 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 t…

(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 …

of Data. (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…

(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. History: (Act 2023-365, §2)

The Governor, in carrying out his or her responsibilities under this chapter, may establish advisory committees or councils and appoint the members thereof, who shall serve at his or her pleasure. Members shall serve without compensation. The Governor shall designate the chair an…

(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…

The Department of Commerce shall be organized into two divisions that shall have the functions prescribed as follows: (1) The Business Development Division shall be responsible for all of the functions of the Department of Commerce as it existed before the date determined pursuan…

Training Institute. The Alabama Department of Commerce Workforce Development Division, as established by Section 41-29-5, is renamed the Alabama Industrial Development and Training Institute. The Code Commissioner shall conform references to the “Workforce Development Division” i…

(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…

This chapter shall become effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law and shall become operative in whole or in part on a date or dates determined by the Secretary of Commerce but in any event no later than October 1, 20…