Code of Alabama - Title 16: Education - Chapter 5 - Alabama Commission on Higher Education

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 16-5-1 Definitions
  The following terms shall have the meanings respectively prescribed for them, except when the context otherwise requires: (1) PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. Those public...
• Section 16-5-2 Composition; appointment; qualifications of members; duties
  (a) The commission shall consist of 12 members. Ten of these members shall be appointed by the Governor, one shall be appointed by the Lieutenant...
• Section 16-5-3 Terms of office; reconfirmation of current members; appointment of new members; vacancies; reappointment
  (a) Members of the commission shall be selected for nine-year terms expiring on August 31 of the respective year. The current nine members are subject...
• Section 16-5-4 Organization; chairperson; meetings, quorum, agenda, etc.; expenses; executive director and employees; retirement system
  (a) The commission shall elect annually from its own members a chairperson and such other officers as it deems desirable and shall adopt rules for...
• Section 16-5-5 Commission to analyze and evaluate education needs; advisory and consultant groups; Council of Presidents
  The commission, in consultation with the agencies and institutions concerned with higher education in this state, shall analyze and evaluate on a continuing basis the...
• Section 16-5-6 Long-range planning
  The commission shall be responsible for statewide long-range planning for postsecondary education in Alabama. Such planning shall be the result of continuous study, analysis and...
• Section 16-5-7 State university and college electronic faculty and student unit record system; definitions; state coordinating agency; advisory committee; database reports; failure to comply with requirements
  (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BIOGRAPHICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ELEMENTS. Include, but are not...
• Section 16-5-8 Review, coordination, establishment, etc., of programs; transfer of credits; Articulation and General Studies Committee
  (a)(1) The Commission on Higher Education is authorized to review periodically all new and existing programs and units of instruction, research, and public service funded...
• Section 16-5-8.1 Computation of grades earned at another institution
  Nothing in subsection (e) of Section 16-5-8 shall be deemed to require a public institution to include any grades earned at another institution in the...
• Section 16-5-8.2 Equal access for all citizens
  Nothing in subsection (e) of Section 16-5-8 shall be interpreted or used in any way to discourage or impede the efforts or abilities of the...
• Section 16-5-8.3 Legislative intent
  It is the intent of the Legislature that all two-year and four-year institutions of higher education in the state comply with the intent of subsection...
• Section 16-5-8.4 Reports to Legislature
  Pursuant to Sections 16-5-7 and 16-5-8, the Alabama Commission on Higher Education shall make regular reports to the Legislature regarding the implementation of subsection (e)...
• Section 16-5-9 Budget proposals; open hearings; unified budget report; recommendations
  (a) The governing boards of the public institutions of higher education shall submit to the commission through their appropriate administrative officers, not later than 90...
• Section 16-5-10 Additional powers and duties of commission
  The commission shall exercise the following powers and duties in addition to those otherwise specified in this article: (1) To cause to be made such...
• Section 16-5-11 Commission responsible for certain functions
  (a) The commission is designated the agency responsible for those functions under the Southern Regional Compact for Education (Act 227, HJR 42, 1949; Act 40,...
• Section 16-5-12 Evaluation of commission effectiveness; survey report and recommendations
  During the last year of each gubernatorial term, the commission shall conduct a survey of members of the education community, the Legislature, the Executive Branch...
• Section 16-5-13 Powers and duties of governing boards of public institutions of higher education; commission relationship with state board and Chancellor
  (a) Governing boards of the public institutions of higher education of this state shall retain all powers and duties heretofore given and conferred upon them...
• Section 16-5-14 Acceptance and expenditure of gifts, grants, etc
  The commission is authorized to accept gifts, devises, grants or bequests and expend the same to carry out the provisions of this article or to...
• Section 16-5-15 Submission of facilities master plans by public institutions of higher education; review by commission; freeze on construction and acquisitions; prioritization of capital budget requests; exemption of facilities on military reservation
  (a)(1) Each public two-year and four-year institution of higher education shall submit to the commission a facilities master plan. The commission shall review the master...
• Article 2 Committee to Improve Postsecondary Education Participation.
• Section 16-5-30 Committee established to improve postsecondary education participation; membership
  The Alabama Commission on Higher Education shall establish a statewide steering committee to improve participation in two-year and four-year postsecondary education. The commission shall appoint...
• Section 16-5-31 Duties
  The steering committee shall perform each of the following duties: (1) Seek methods to improve participation in two-year and four-year postsecondary education. (2) Seek methods...
• Section 16-5-32 Postsecondary Education Communication Center created; center to operate statewide computer network, develop interactive communication system, establish annual ninth graders data base, operate toll-free numbers, and research factors affecting educational choices
  (a) The commission shall enter into a contract with a state educational institution to establish a Postsecondary Education Communication Center to operate a statewide computer...
• Section 16-5-33 Funding
  The Alabama Commission on Higher Education may seek additional funding from foundations, governmental entities, federal grants, businesses, and other sources to supplement the state funding...
• Article 3 Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program.
• Section 16-5-50 Program created
  The Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program is created pursuant to this article.
• Section 16-5-51 Purpose
  The purpose of the Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program is twofold: (1) To encourage individuals to enroll in and complete programs leading to...
• Section 16-5-52 Definitions
  For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPROVED INSTITUTION. A state-supported institution of higher education or a...
• Section 16-5-53 Administration of program; rulemaking authority; standards for loan repayments
  (a) The Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program shall be administered by the commission, which may adopt any rules necessary for the administration of...
• Section 16-5-54 Applicant requirements
  (a) To be eligible for the base program of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per semester, an applicant shall satisfy all of the following:...
• Section 16-5-55 Federal student loan repayment amounts; reapplication; disbursements; change in status
  (a) The program shall be used to provide a loan repayment for federal student loans in the following amounts: (1) Five thousand dollars ($5,000) per...

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