Title 16

(a) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. Educational and eleemosynary institutions governed by boards of trustees or similar governing bodies, state trade schools, state junior colleges, state colleges, …

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Black Heritage Museum of West Alabama Act.” (Acts 1988, No. 88-661, p. 1061, §1.)

For the purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) REPOSITORY. A place or depository on the campus of Stillman College. (2) SOURCE MATERIALS. Any written or printed matter, memo…

The general purposes of this chapter are to provide for the obtaining, preserving and holding for circulation in a repository at the Stillman College source materials on Afro-American history and culture which shall be used for research and other educational and cultural purposes…

The Board of Directors of the Black Heritage Museum shall appoint a curator of the repository who shall be a recognized authority on Afro-American history and culture. The curator shall be empowered to seek out and secure source materials on or about Afro-Americans, to catalog an…

The repository shall serve the state and West Alabama by collecting and preserving source materials on the contributions, achievements and general experiences of Afro-Americans, and shall endeavor to reproduce and secure copies of all materials on or about black Americans from th…

For the purposes of this chapter, Stillman College has the authority to accept and receive funds, grants and services from the federal government or its agencies; from departments, agencies and instrumentalities of state, municipal or local government; or from private or civic so…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Community Schools Act.” (Acts 1990, No. 90-544, p. 848, §1.)

The purpose of this chapter is to encourage greater community involvement in the public schools and greater community use of public school facilities. To this end it is declared to be the policy of this state: (1) To provide for increased involvement by citizens in their local sc…

As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. A committee of citizens organized to advise community school coordinators, administrators, …

Every local board of education which elects to apply for funding pursuant to this chapter shall: (1) Develop programs and plans for increased community involvement in the public schools based upon policies and guidelines adopted by the State Board of Education. (2) Develop progra…

Every participating local board of education shall establish one or more community schools advisory committees which may become involved in matters affecting the educational process in accordance with rules established by the local board of education and approved by the State Boa…

Every participating local board of education shall employ one or more community schools coordinators and shall establish the terms and conditions of their employment. Community schools coordinators shall be responsible for: (1) Providing support to the community schools advisory …

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) MINOR. An individual who, because of age, lacks the capacity to contract under Alabama law. Under current law, this means a single individual under 19 years of age and a married individual unde…

(a) For purposes of admission and tuition, a public institution of higher education may consider that the term resident student includes any of the following: (1) One who, at the time of registration, is not a minor and satisfies one of the following: a. Is a full-time permanent …

(a) An individual claiming to be a resident for purposes of this chapter shall certify by a signed statement each of the following: (1) A specific address or location within the State of Alabama as his or her residence. (2) An intention to remain at this address indefinitely. (3)…

(a) Each Alabama public institution of higher education shall charge each undergraduate student who is registered as a nonresident a minimum tuition of two times the resident tuition rate charged by that institution. This rate shall be effective for students who register at an in…

A four-year public institution of higher education and Athens State University, at the discretion of its governing board, and a two-year public institution of higher education, except Athens State University, at the discretion of the Chancellor of the Department of Postsecondary …

The out-of-state tuition practices of each institution, and particularly decisions regarding resident and nonresident status and reporting thereof, shall be collected annually by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education. An annual report of institutional tuition policies shall …

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to those off-campus offerings on military bases conducted by colleges and universities. (Acts 1996, No. 96-663, p. 1088, §7.)

This chapter may be cited as the “Alabama Higher Education Equipment Loan Authority Act.” (Acts 1997, No. 97-388, p. 632, §1.)

The State Treasurer may invest any idle or surplus moneys of the state in bonds of the authority. The governing body of any county or municipality is authorized in its discretion to invest any idle or surplus money held in its treasury in bonds of the authority. Such bonds shall …

The property and income of the authority, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from such bonds or from any other sources, the interest and other profits from such bonds enuring to and received by the holders thereof, conveyances by and to the authority and leases, mortga…

The authority’s legal situs or residence for the purpose of this chapter shall be Montgomery County. Any action to protect or enforce any rights under the provisions of this chapter shall be brought in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama, and the court shall have excl…

While any of the bonds issued by the authority remain outstanding, the powers, duties, or existence of the authority or of any of its officers shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that will affect adversely the interest and rights of the holders of such bonds. The pr…

All moneys received by the authority pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed to be trust funds for the holders of the bonds and shall be held and applied for the benefit of the bondholders of the respective issues as provided in this chapter and as provided in the authorizing re…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature by passage of this chapter to enable the state, acting by and through the authority, to aid educational institutions in the financing of capital equipment on a tax-exempt basis. To this end, the Legislature intends to authorize the authorit…

The following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively: (1) AUTHORITY. The Alabama Higher Education Equipment Loan Authority created by this chapter and any successor or successors thereto. Any change in name or composition of the authority shall in no way affect the…

There is hereby created a public body corporate and politic to be known as Alabama Higher Education Equipment Loan Authority. The authority shall not be a state institution nor a department or agency of the state, but shall be an instrumentality of purely public charity performin…

The authority shall have all of the following powers: (1) To adopt an official seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (2) To sue and be sued in contract and in tort and to complain and defend in all courts of law and equity. (3) To maintain an office at such place or places as …

(a) Issuance of bonds. The authority is authorized and empowered to issue its bonds from time to time for the purpose of making equipment loans to finance equipment costs incurred or to be incurred by educational institutions. Such bonds may be in such aggregate principal amount …

(a) After making adequate provision for the payment of the expenses of issuance, the authority is authorized and empowered to use the proceeds of any bonds, together with any other available funds (1) to finance equipment costs through equipment loans to educational institutions …

In order to provide for the funding of an equipment loan by the authority to an educational institution, such educational institution shall establish a dedicated source of revenue to secure the repayment of moneys received from the authority. Such educational institution is hereb…

Any bonds issued by the authority may from time to time be refunded by the issuance, by sale or exchange, of refunding bonds or obligations payable from the same or different sources for the purpose of paying all or any part of the principal of the bonds to be refunded, any redem…

REPEALED BY ACT 2024-444, EFFECTIVE MAY 17, 2024.There is created the Distressed Institutions of Higher Education Revolving Loan Program to be administered by the State Treasurer. (Act 2023-560, §1.)

This section was amended and renumbered by Act 2015-450, effective June 11, 2015. It is now Section 41-29-290. (Act 2014-16, p. 50, §1.)

This section was amended and renumbered by Act 2015-450, effective June 11, 2015. It is now Section 41-29-291. (Act 2014-16, p. 50, §2.)

This section was amended and renumbered by Act 2015-450, effective June 11, 2015. It is now Section 41-29-292. (Act 2014-16, p. 50, §3.)

This section was amended and renumbered by Act 2015-450, effective June 11, 2015. It is now Section 41-29-293. (Act 2014-16, p. 50, §4.)

This section was amended and renumbered by Act 2015-450, effective June 11, 2015. It is now Section 41-29-294. (Act 2014-16, p. 50, §5.)

This section was amended and renumbered by Act 2015-450, effective June 11, 2015. It is now Section 41-29-295. (Act 2014-16, p. 50, §6.)

This section was amended and renumbered by Act 2015-450, effective June 11, 2015. It is now Section 41-29-296. (Act 2014-16, p. 50, §7.)

This section was amended and renumbered by Act 2015-450, effective June 11, 2015. It is now Section 41-29-297. (Act 2014-16, p. 50, §8.)

(a) There is created the State Reciprocity Committee. The membership of the committee shall consist of the following members: (1) The Chancellor of the University of Alabama System, or his or her designee. (2) The President of Auburn University, or his or her designee. (3) The Pr…

The Legislature makes the following findings: (1) Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, recognizes that all persons may speak, write, and publish their sentiments on all subjects, and that “no law shall ever be passed to curtail or restrain the liberty of s…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words have the following meanings: (1) BENEFIT. Recognition, registration, the use of facilities of a public institution of higher education for meetings or speaking purposes, the use of channels of communications, and funding sourc…