Code of Alabama - Title 16: Education - Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 16-60-1 State Vocational Technical School at Mobile designated Southwest State Technical Institute
  The school located at Mobile in Mobile County, Alabama and presently known as State Vocational Technical School shall hereafter be designated and known as Southwest...
• Section 16-60-2 Shelton State Technical Trade School designated Shelton State Technical Institute
  The school located in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama and previously known as the Shelton State Technical Trade School shall hereafter be designated and known as...
• Section 16-60-3 Wenonah State Technical Trade School designated Wenonah State Technical School; Wenonah State Technical Junior College designated Wenonah State Junior College
  The school located in Jefferson County, Alabama and presently known as Wenonah State Technical Trade School shall hereafter be designated and known as Wenonah State...
• Section 16-60-4 Athens State University; powers generally
  The school established at Athens, Alabama, known as and called Athens State College, is and shall remain a body corporate under the corporate name of...
• Section 16-60-5 J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College
  The school established at Huntsville, Alabama, known as and called J. F. Drake State Technical College is and shall remain a body corporate under the...
• Section 16-60-6 H. Councill Trenholm State Community College
  (a) The school heretofore established within the postsecondary system as the H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College is hereby named and shall be known as...
• Article 2 Junior College for Franklin, Marion and Winston Counties.
• Section 16-60-20 Board of trustees - Establishment; composition; appointment
  The Governor, the State Superintendent of Education, the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district composed of Franklin and Marion Counties, the member...
• Section 16-60-21 Board of trustees - Organization; initial officers; vice-president; meetings; terms of members; compensation and expenses
  The Governor shall be ex officio chairman of the board; and he shall call a meeting of such board within 60 days after September 8,...
• Section 16-60-22 Date of commencement of operations of college; selecting location
  The junior college hereby authorized shall be established and ready for operation not later than September 1, 1963. The board of trustees, with the advice...
• Section 16-60-23 Incorporation of college
  When a location for the college has been determined and the board has chosen a name for the college, the board of trustees shall file...
• Section 16-60-24 Donations; sale of property of college
  The board of trustees is hereby invested with full and ample authority to receive and accept for the use and benefit of the college all...
• Section 16-60-25 Rules and regulations
  The board of trustees shall have full, ample and sufficient power and authority to make, adopt and enforce all rules and regulations, not inconsistent with...
• Section 16-60-26 Appropriations by counties and municipalities therein for college; use of public school funds
  The governing bodies of the Counties of Franklin, Marion and Winston and of each municipality in such counties are hereby authorized to appropriate funds in...
• Section 16-60-27 Programs to be offered
  The college shall offer to all eligible students in attendance a program of general education consisting of courses parallel to those of the first and...
• Section 16-60-28 Control of college; president
  The junior college established pursuant to this article shall be under the direct control of the board of trustees hereby established and shall be under...
• Section 16-60-29 Compensation of teachers and officers; faculty
  The president, with the advice and consent of the board of trustees, shall appoint and fix the compensation for all professors, instructors and other necessary...
• Section 16-60-30 Secretary
  The board of trustees of the college shall elect a secretary for the school who shall hold office for the term prescribed by the board...
• Section 16-60-31 Treasurer - Election; duties; term of office; compensation; bond
  The board of trustees shall also elect a treasurer for the college who shall not be a trustee. The treasurer shall receive, hold and pay...
• Section 16-60-32 Treasurer - Removal; temporary custodian for funds
  Whenever the funds in the hands of the treasurer or funds about to be received by him are in danger of being lost, the board...
• Section 16-60-33 Accounts of officers
  The secretary, the treasurer and all other officers, agents or servants of the college who are required to keep, use or dispose of any property...
• Section 16-60-34 Matriculation, library and laboratory fees
  A matriculation fee may be collected from all students enrolled in the college, and the amount of such fee shall be determined by the board...
• Section 16-60-35 Exemption of college property from taxation; exemption of officers, teachers and employees from jury duty and town licenses
  The property of the college, of every kind and description, shall forever be exempt from all taxes, municipal, county or state, and from all local...
• Section 16-60-36 Diplomas and certificates
  The faculty, with the approval of the board of trustees, may grant and confer diplomas or certificates upon such students as may be entitled thereto...
• Section 16-60-37 Reports
  It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make or cause to be made to the Legislature at each session thereof a...
• Section 16-60-38 Petition for conversion to trade school and junior college; authority of board of trustees if petition granted
  If the Board of Trustees of the Northwest Alabama Junior College, established pursuant to this article, determines that it is to the advantage of the...
• Section 16-60-39 Action of State Board of Education upon petition; management and control of trade school and junior college
  Upon receipt of a petition from the Board of Trustees of Northwest Alabama Junior College to become an institution authorized under the Alabama Trade School...
• Section 16-60-40 Sections 16-60-38 and 16-60-39 supplemental; liberal construction; conflicting laws
  The provisions of Sections 16-60-38 and 16-60-39 are supplemental, and this chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that Sections 16-60-20 through 16-60-37, 16-60-80...
• Article 3 Junior College for Jackson and DeKalb Counties.
• Section 16-60-50 Board of trustees - Establishment; composition; appointment
  The Governor, the State Superintendent of Education, the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district of which Jackson County is a part and...
• Section 16-60-51 Board of trustees - Organization; initial officers; vice-president; meetings; terms of members; compensation and expenses
  The Governor shall be ex officio chairman of the board, and he shall call a meeting of such board within 60 days after September 15,...
• Section 16-60-52 Date of commencement of operations of college; selecting location
  The junior college hereby authorized shall be established and ready for operation not later than September 1, 1963. The board of trustees, with the advice...
• Section 16-60-53 Incorporation of college
  When a location for the college has been determined and the board has chosen a name for the college, the board of trustees shall file...
• Section 16-60-54 Donations; sale of property of college
  The board of trustees is hereby invested with full and ample authority to receive and accept for the use and benefit of the college all...
• Section 16-60-55 Rules and regulations
  The board of trustees shall have full, ample and sufficient power and authority to make, adopt and enforce all rules and regulations, not inconsistent with...
• Section 16-60-56 Appropriations by counties and municipalities therein for college; use of public school funds
  The governing bodies of the Counties of Jackson and DeKalb, and of each municipality in such counties, are hereby authorized to appropriate funds in their...
• Section 16-60-57 Programs to be offered
  The college shall offer to all eligible students in attendance a program of general education consisting of courses parallel to those of the first and...
• Section 16-60-58 Control of college; president
  The junior college established pursuant to this article shall be under the direct control of the board of trustees hereby established and shall be under...
• Section 16-60-59 Compensation of teachers and officers; faculty
  The president, with the advice and consent of the board of trustees, shall appoint and fix the compensation for all professors, instructors and other necessary...
• Section 16-60-60 Secretary
  The board of trustees of the college shall elect a secretary for the school who shall hold office for the term prescribed by the board...
• Section 16-60-61 Treasurer - Generally
  The board of trustees shall also elect a treasurer for the college who shall not be a trustee. The treasurer shall receive, hold and pay...
• Section 16-60-62 Treasurer - Removal; temporary custodian for funds
  Whenever the funds in the hands of the treasurer or funds about to be received by him are in danger of being lost, the board...
• Section 16-60-63 Accounts of officers
  The secretary, the treasurer and all other officers, agents or servants of the college who are required to keep, use or dispose of any property...
• Section 16-60-64 Matriculation, library and laboratory fees
  A matriculation fee may be collected from all students enrolled in the college, and the amount of such fee shall be determined by the board...
• Section 16-60-65 Exemption of college property from taxation; exemption of officers, teachers and employees from jury duty and town licenses
  The property of the college, of every kind and description, shall forever be exempt from all taxes, municipal, county or state and from all local...
• Section 16-60-66 Diplomas and certificates
  The faculty, with the approval of the board of trustees, may grant and confer diplomas or certificates upon such students as may be entitled thereto...
• Section 16-60-67 Annual reports and reports to Legislature
  It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make or cause to be made an annual report to the State Board of...
• Article 4 Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act.
• Section 16-60-80 Short title
  This article may be cited as the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act.
• Section 16-60-81 Definitions
  For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) AUTHORITY. The...
• Section 16-60-82 Legislative findings of fact and declaration of intent
  The Legislature hereby makes the following findings of fact and declares its intent to be as follows: The number of students enrolled in trade schools...
• Section 16-60-83 Authorization to form public corporation
  The Governor, the Director of Finance and the State Superintendent of Education may become a public corporation with the powers hereinafter provided by proceeding according...
• Section 16-60-84 Manner of incorporation
  To become a corporation, the Governor, the Director of Finance and the State Superintendent of Education shall present to the Secretary of State of Alabama...
• Section 16-60-85 Issuance of certificate of incorporation
  When the application has been made, filed and recorded as provided in Section 16-60-84, the applicants shall constitute a corporation under the name proposed in...
• Section 16-60-86 Members, officers and proceedings of authority
  The applicants named in the application and their respective successors in office shall constitute the members of the authority. The Governor shall be the president...
• Section 16-60-87 Powers of authority
  The authority shall have the following powers: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as hereinafter provided; (2) To sue and be...
• Section 16-60-88 Determining location of trade schools and junior colleges; site must be donated
  The location of each new trade school or junior college for which the authority provides funds shall be determined by the State Board of Education...
• Section 16-60-89 Expenditures for building and equipping trade schools and junior colleges; competitive bidding; approval of plans
  All contracts entered into by the authority involving the expenditure of funds in the preparation of plans and specifications, and all work done with respect...
• Section 16-60-90 Authorization to issue bonds
  The authority may from time to time sell and issue its bonds, not exceeding $15,000,000.00 in aggregate principal amount, for the purpose of providing funds...
• Section 16-60-91 Execution, form, terms, sale, etc., of bonds; use of proceeds; security; bonds legal investments
  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...
• Section 16-60-92 Refunding bonds
  The authority may from time to time issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any matured or unmatured bonds of the authority then outstanding....
• Section 16-60-93 Deposit of and disbursements from proceeds of bonds
  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...
• Section 16-60-94 Revenues of authority
  For the purpose of providing funds to enable the authority to pay at their respective maturities the principal of and interest on all bonds issued...
• Section 16-60-95 Disbursement of funds
  Out of the revenues appropriated and pledged in Section 16-60-94, the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the principal of and interest...
• Section 16-60-96 Dissolution of authority
  At any time when no bonds of the authority are outstanding, the authority may be dissolved upon the filing with the Secretary of State of...
• Article 5 Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges.
• Section 16-60-110 Definitions
  (a) The Legislature finds and determines all of the following: (1) That it is necessary to the welfare of the state that it provide workforce...
• Section 16-60-110.1 Alabama Community College System established; board of trustees; transfer of duties
  (a) There is created the Alabama Community College System as a body corporate under the name of the Alabama Community College System, which shall replace...
• Section 16-60-111 Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System
  (a) There is established a Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System. The board shall be composed of the following members: (1) The...
• Section 16-60-111.1 Chancellor - Appointment; vacancies
  (a) For the purpose of assisting the board in carrying out its authority and responsibility for the community and technical colleges, the board shall appoint...
• Section 16-60-111.2 Chancellor - Responsible for operation, etc., of community colleges and technical colleges
  The authority and responsibility for the operation, management, control, supervision, maintenance, regulation, improvement, and enlargement of community colleges and technical colleges shall be vested in...
• Section 16-60-111.3 Chancellor - Compensation
  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the board shall have the authority to establish the salary of the Chancellor. The board may also...
• Section 16-60-111.4 Powers of Board of Trustees
  (a) The board shall be authorized to: (1) Make rules and regulations for the government of community and technical colleges. (2) Prescribe for the community...
• Section 16-60-111.5 Chancellor - Powers and duties as Chief Executive Officer of the Alabama Community College System
  The Chancellor shall act as Chief Executive Officer of the Alabama Community College System and shall direct all matters involving the community and technical colleges...
• Section 16-60-111.6 Delegation of decision-making authority to Chancellor
  Except where otherwise clearly indicated herein the board shall delegate to the Chancellor, authority for the Chancellor to act and make decisions concerning the management...
• Section 16-60-111.7 Appointment of faculty and staff; qualifications
  The presidents of the community and technical colleges shall appoint the faculty and staff of the community and technical colleges according to qualifications prescribed by...
• Section 16-60-111.8 Authority of board and Chancellor to take administrative action
  The board and the Chancellor shall be authorized to take all administrative action, including transfer to the board of funds appropriated to the board for...
• Section 16-60-111.9 Vacancy in position of executive officer
  (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute...
• Section 16-60-111.10 Personal and real property
  The board may acquire and hold real and personal property and may lease, rent, convey, and dispose of real and personal property and may make...
• Section 16-60-111.11 Additional powers of board
  (a) The board may exercise all of the following powers: (1) To borrow money from the United States of America or any department or agency...
• Section 16-60-111.12 Annual report
  The board shall submit each year on or before the first day of December, or as early thereafter as practicable, to the Governor an annual...
• Section 16-60-111.13 Legislative recommendations
  The board shall consider the educational needs of the state and on and with the advice of the Chancellor shall recommend to the Governor and...
• Section 16-60-111.14 Official seal
  The board may adopt an official seal for the authorization of its acts.
• Section 16-60-111.15 Administration of oaths and examination of witnesses
  The board by its presiding officer, or its subcommittees by their chairs, the Chancellor, and any of his or her duly appointed agents shall have...
• Section 16-60-111.16 Donations; assumption of obligations
  (a) Property, money, or other thing of value may be donated for the benefit of the community and technical colleges to be held in trust...
• Section 16-60-112 Interpretation of article
  Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as repealing any provision of the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act, Sections 16-60-80 to...
• Section 16-60-113 Authority to borrow in anticipation of current revenues if funds not sufficient to pay teachers' salaries
  Any community or technical college , during any fiscal year upon the approval of the Chancellor, may borrow money in anticipation of the current revenues...
• Section 16-60-114 Transfer of authority, duties, etc., for community and technical colleges to Chancellor; construction of article
  Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the authority, powers, and duties prescribed in Sections 16-60-80 to 16-60-96, inclusive, relating to the Alabama Trade School...
• Section 16-60-115 Adult Education, State Approving Agency, and Private School Licensure programs
  (a) All powers, duties, responsibilities, and functions of, and all related records, property, equipment of, and all rights, obligations of, and unexpended balances of appropriations...
• Section 16-60-116 Alabama Aviation College
  (a) The Alabama Aviation College, formerly known as the Alabama Institution of Aviation Technology, is established as an independent institution within the Alabama Community College...
• Section 16-60-117 Technical and workforce development programs
  The board may operate technical and workforce development programs as are necessary and appropriate to provide a skilled workforce within the state. Such technical and...
• Section 16-60-117.1 Training on recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking
  (a) Any trade school or junior college, as defined in Section 16-60-81, offering instruction in the operation of commercial motor vehicles as part of the...
• Article 6 Southern Union College.
• Section 16-60-130 Acceptance of facilities by Governor; provision for operation as state institution
  Upon receipt of a proper deed or such other conveyances as may be appropriate for the purpose, as determined by the Governor, he may accept...
• Section 16-60-131 Operation as other like institutions
  Upon the acceptance of Southern Union College as a state educational institution, as provided in Section 16-60-130, the college shall be operated, managed, controlled, maintained...
• Section 16-60-132 Advisory board
  There shall be established a Southern Union College Advisory Board, to consist of not more than nine citizens who are members of the college community,...
• Article 7 Snead Junior College.
• Section 16-60-150 Governor authorized to accept property and provide for operation and maintenance
  Upon receipt of a proper deed or such other conveyances as may be appropriate for the purpose, as determined by the Governor, he may accept...
• Section 16-60-151 College to be operated as other like institutions; outstanding indebtedness
  Upon the acceptance of Snead Junior College as a state educational institution as provided in Section 16-60-150, the college shall be operated, managed, controlled, maintained...
• Section 16-60-152 Advisory board
  There shall be established a Snead Junior College Advisory Board, to consist of not more than nine citizens who are members of the college community,...
• Article 8 Trade School at Frank Lee Youth Center.
• Section 16-60-170 Authorization to maintain school
  The Alabama State Board of Education in cooperation with the Alabama Board of Corrections shall maintain the established trade school adjacent to the Frank Lee...
• Section 16-60-171 Construction and maintenance generally; equipment, supplies and materials; teachers and instructors; enrollment
  The school established under this article shall be constructed, leased, equipped, improved, enlarged and maintained by the Board of Education of the State of Alabama....
• Section 16-60-172 Funds for construction of buildings and preparation of building sites; supervision of construction
  For the purpose of constructing buildings and preparing building sites for the trade or technical school provided for by this article, there is hereby authorized...
• Section 16-60-173 Transfer of property and buildings thereon to board of education; reversion of property and buildings to Board of Corrections
  (a) The property described in this subsection and all buildings thereon shall be transferred to the State Board of Education. The land description is as...
• Article 9 Regional Vocational and Trade Schools Act.
• Section 16-60-190 Short title
  This article shall be known as the Regional Vocational and Trade Schools Act.
• Section 16-60-191 State Board of Education authorized to establish and maintain regional trade schools
  The State Board of Education shall establish and maintain regional trade schools for the purpose of training young men and women in useful occupations and...
• Section 16-60-192 When schools to be established; supervision of state Building Commission
  At least one school, which shall be similar to the Alabama School of Trades at Gadsden, shall be established, or the construction thereof commenced, during...
• Section 16-60-193 Location of schools; order of establishment; expenditure of appropriation; trade school in Limestone County
  The State Board of Education, upon the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education, shall designate the site for each of the trade schools and...
• Section 16-60-194 Management and control; powers and duties of State Board of Education; schools to be suitable for veteran training programs; leaves of absence for teachers
  (a) The authority to manage and control the trade schools is vested in the State Board of Education. (b) The State Board of Education, upon...
• Section 16-60-195 Advisory councils
  The advisory councils for the state vocational trade schools shall each consist of not less than four nor more than nine members appointed by the...
• Section 16-60-196 County appropriations for support of vocational trade schools
  The county commission of any county in the state may make appropriations of county funds to support any vocational trade school or similar institution of...
• Section 16-60-197 Additional vocational trade schools authorized
  The State Board of Education is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to establish and provide for the construction of three new vocational trade schools in...
• Section 16-60-198 Alabama Institute of Aviation Technology at Ozark to be operated as additional vocational trade school
  Upon the transfer and conveyance of the Alabama Institute of Aviation Technology at Ozark to the State of Alabama by the Ozark City Board of...
• Article 10 Alabama School of Trades.
• Section 16-60-210 Location
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 16-60-211 Corporate powers
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 16-60-212 Corporate seal
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 16-60-213 Board of trustees - Established; composition; appointment; terms of office
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 16-60-214 Board of trustees - Meetings; compensation and expenses
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 16-60-215 Board of trustees - Powers and duties
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 16-60-216 Board of control
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 16-60-217 Donations may be accepted
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 16-60-218 Training of students
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 16-60-219 Rules and regulations for control of school
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 16-60-220 Records to be preserved
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 16-60-221 Course of study
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Article 11 Displaced Homemakers Programs.
• Section 16-60-240 "Displaced homemaker" defined
  As used in this article, the term "displaced homemaker" shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: An individual who: (1) Has...
• Section 16-60-241 Chancellor to establish multipurpose programs to provide services
  The Chancellor of Postsecondary Education is hereby authorized to establish multipurpose programs at designated two-year institutions to provide the necessary training, counseling and services to...
• Section 16-60-242 Appointment of director of programs; contents of programs
  (a) The Chancellor of Postsecondary Education may appoint a director of displaced homemakers programs to conduct, or cause to be conducted, programs to assist displaced...
• Section 16-60-243 Annual report to Chancellor
  If a director of displaced homemakers programs is appointed, he shall report annually to the Chancellor of Postsecondary Education on the effectiveness of the programs...
• Article 12 Alabama Mining Academy.
• Section 16-60-260 Establishment; location; purpose
  There is hereby created and established the Alabama Mining Academy which shall be located at Walker State Technical College in Walker County, Alabama. The Alabama...
• Section 16-60-261 Authority; use of facilities and personnel of Walker State Technical College
  (a) The academy shall have the authority to enter into cooperative educational and training agreements with educational institutions, state governments, labor organizations, mine operators and...
• Section 16-60-262 Programs for education and training of miners and mining operations agents
  The Alabama Mining Academy shall expand programs for the education and training of operations and agents thereof and miners in: (1) The recognition, avoidance, and...
• Section 16-60-263 Academy to provide technical assistance in meeting mine safety and health laws
  The Alabama Mining Academy shall, to the greatest extent possible, provide technical assistance to operators in meeting the requirements of the Federal Mine Safety and...
• Section 16-60-264 Academy to conduct studies, research, demonstrations
  The Alabama Mining Academy shall conduct such studies, research, experiments, and demonstrations as may be appropriate: (1) To improve working conditions and practices in coal...
• Article 13 Gadsden State Community College.
• Section 16-60-270 Merger of institutions; college designated and named
  The educational institution resulting from the merger of Gadsden State Junior College, Gadsden State Technical Institute and Alabama Technical College in Gadsden, Alabama, shall be...
• Article 14 Wallace State Community College.
• Section 16-60-280 Physical therapist program; funding
  There shall be established a physical therapist assistant program at Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Alabama. Funding for the program shall be allotted to...
• Article 15 Community Outreach Partneship at Jefferson State Community College
• Section 16-60-300 Incorporation authorized
  The President of Jefferson State Community College, the Presiding Chair of the State House of Representatives Legislative Delegation of Jefferson County, and the Chair of...
• Section 16-60-301 Application for incorporation
  (a) To become a corporation, the President of Jefferson State Community College, the Presiding Chair of the State House of Representatives Legislative Delegation of Jefferson...
• Section 16-60-302 Certificate of incorporation
  (a) When the application has been made, filed, and recorded as provided in this article, the applicants shall constitute a corporation under the name of...
• Section 16-60-303 Appointment of board of directors
  (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...
• Section 16-60-304 Removal of board of directors; vacancies
  (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...
• Section 16-60-305 Purpose of the center
  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)...
• Section 16-60-306 Power of the center
  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...
• Section 16-60-307 Acceptance of appropriations, gifts, and grants; legislative appropriations
  (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...
• Section 16-60-308 Responsibilities of the board
  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...
• Section 16-60-309 Disbursement of state funds through grant procedure
  (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...
• Section 16-60-310 Report of the Examiner of Public Accounts
  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...
• Section 16-60-311 Exemptions from taxation
  (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...
• Section 16-60-312 Nonprofit and public nature of 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...
• Article 16 Marion Military Institute.
• Section 16-60-330 Legislative intent
  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...
• Section 16-60-331 Definitions
  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)...
• Section 16-60-332 Confirmation as state college; transfer of assets and liabilities; governance; reversion of assets; facility names
  (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...
• Section 16-60-333 Employment of military model in structure and purpose; management of library archives, etc.; student life and military regimen
  (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...
• Section 16-60-334 Location; military programs and curricula retained
  (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...
• Section 16-60-335 Board of trustees - Role in administration and governance; composition; terms; operation
  (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...
• Section 16-60-336 Board of trustees - Powers and duties
  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...
• Section 16-60-337 Student admittance; programs required
  (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...
• Section 16-60-338 Funding
  The institute shall be funded by legislative appropriation to the Alabama State Board of Education - Two Year College System.
• Section 16-60-339 Enrollment
  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...
• Article 17 Career-Technical Dual Enrollment Program.
• Section 16-60-350 Definitions
  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...
• Section 16-60-351 Credit for qualifying education expenses
  (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...
• Section 16-60-352 Documentation
  (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...
• Section 16-60-353 Reports
  (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...
• Section 16-60-354 Administration of Career-Technical Dual Enrollment Program; allocation of funds
  (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...

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