Chapter 1 - 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Section 16-5-11 Commission responsible for certain functions
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 Committee to evaluate commission
Two years after the establishment of the commission and during the last year of each gubernatorial term, the commission shall appoint a committee of ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
