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AL Code § 16-46B-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 46B|Section 16-46B-7 - Graduation Requirements.

Section 16-46B-7Graduation requirements. (a) Before June 30, 2020, and in accordance with Section 16-35-4, the department shall identify approved computer science courses that may fulfill one unit of academic credit for any mathematics or science course for high school graduation. (b) Beginning with the graduating class of 2021, for the purposes of high school graduation requirements and satisfying mathematics or science freshman admission requirements for a public institution of higher education physically located in this state, as determined by the institution of higher education, a computer science course successfully completed under subsection (a) shall be equivalent to either of the following: (1) One mathematics course credit. (2) One science course credit. (Act 2019-389, §7.)
AL Code § 16-46B-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 46B|Section 16-46B-8 - Incorporation of Computer Science Into Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Loan Repayment Program.

Section 16-46B-8Incorporation of computer science into Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Loan Repayment Program. (a) Subject to appropriations from the Legislature, the teaching field of computer science shall be added to the list of eligible subject areas identified within the Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Loan Repayment Program (AMSTEP), Article 3, commencing with Section 16-5-50, Chapter 5 of this title, with the following exceptions: (1) Computer science recipients shall be eligible to receive a total of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per year or one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per semester worked. (2) Computer science teachers are not eligible to receive the acute shortage area supplement, until such time as the Alabama Commission on Higher Education and the State Department of Education concur that there is sufficient need or resources, or both, available to allow its inclusion. (b) The Alabama Commission on Higher Education may adopt any rules necessary for the incorporation of the teaching field of computer science into AMSTEP within the parameters provided by this section. (Act 2019-389, §8.)
AL Code § 16-46C-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 46C - Extended Learning Opportunity Act.|Section 16-46C-1 - Short Title.

Section 16-46C-1Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Extended Learning Opportunities Act. (Act 2021-428, §1.)
AL Code § 16-46C-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 46C - Extended Learning Opportunity Act.|Section 16-46C-2 - Legislative Findings.

Section 16-46C-2Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Students attending schools in this state would benefit from experiencing extended learning opportunities outside of the traditional classroom. (2) Students are capable of learning both inside and outside of the traditional classroom. (3) Students should earn credit for approved extended learning opportunities that facilitate their mastery of required skills or fulfilling state standards. (Act 2021-428, §1.)
AL Code § 16-46C-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 46C - Extended Learning Opportunity Act.|Section 16-46C-3 - Definitions.

Section 16-46C-3Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITY. An out-of-classroom learning experience, approved by the State Board of Education, a local board of education, or a public charter school, which provides a student with any of the following: a. Enrichment opportunities. b. Career readiness or employability skills opportunities, including internships, pre-apprenticeships, and apprenticeships. c. Any other approved educational opportunity. (2) STUDENT. Includes elementary and secondary school students attending K-12 non-charter public schools and public charter schools, as those schools are defined in Section 16-6F-4. (Act 2021-428, §1.)
AL Code § 16-46C-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 46C - Extended Learning Opportunity Act.|Section 16-46C-4 - Participation in Extended Learning Opportunities.

Section 16-46C-4Participation in extended learning opportunities. Commencing with the 2021-2022 school year, the State Board of Education and each local board of education and public charter school shall routinely inform students and their parents of the ability to earn credit for participating in extended learning opportunities. Employees of the State Board of Education, local boards of education, and public charter schools may assist students and their parents in completing any enrollment processes required for participating in approved extended learning opportunities. Permission is not required from the local board of education or public charter school in which the student is enrolled and attending for a parent to enroll his or her student in any approved extended learning opportunity; however, before participating in an extended learning opportunity, both parent and student shall sign an agreement detailing all program requirements, in a form provided by the State Board of Education. (Act 2021-428, §1.)
AL Code § 16-46C-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 46C - Extended Learning Opportunity Act.|Section 16-46C-5 - Elective Credit Toward Graduation Requirements; Adoption of Policy; Approved Entities; Certificate of Completion and Credit.

Section 16-46C-5Elective credit toward graduation requirements; adoption of policy; approved entities; certificate of completion and credit. (a) An extended learning opportunity shall count as elective credit toward graduation requirements and the achievement of applicable state standards for students, upon approval of the extended learning opportunity by the State Board of Education, a local board of education, or public charter school. To receive credit, a student shall submit a written request for credit and proof of successful completion of the approved extended learning opportunity to the designated administrator of the school he or she is attending. The State Board of Education shall adopt, and each local board of education and public charter school shall distribute and implement, an extended learning opportunities policy that provides all of the following: (1) An application process for accepting and approving extended learning opportunities offered for credit by outside entities. (2) A list of entities that are eligible to submit applications for offering extended learning opportunities. Eligible entities shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: a. Nonprofit organizations. b. Businesses with established locations in the state. c. Trade associations. d. Any of the Armed Forces of the United States, subject to applicable age requirements. (3) A process for students to follow for requesting credit. (4) Criteria the local board of education or public charter school shall use to determine whether a proposed extended learning opportunity shall be approved to count toward credit. (5) Criteria the local board of education or public charter school shall use to award a student a certificate of completion and credit for completing an approved extended learning opportunity. The criteria shall include, but not be limited to, allowing a student to demonstrate competencies through performance-based assessments and other methods independent of instructional time and credit hours. (b) An entity approved by the State Board of Education to offer an extended learning opportunity shall be automatically qualified to offer that extended learning opportunity for all local boards of education and public charter schools in the state. (c) A student who successfully completes an approved extended learning opportunity, and satisfies criteria established for the award of a certificate of completion and credit pursuant to subdivision (a)(5), shall be considered to have completed all of the required coursework for the particular course. If an approved extended learning opportunity satisfies all required coursework for a high school course, the student shall also be considered to have satisfied the equivalent number of credits toward his or her graduation requirements. (Act 2021-428, §1.)
AL Code § 16-46C-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 46C - Extended Learning Opportunity Act.|Section 16-46C-6 - Equal Opportunity Requirements.

Section 16-46C-6Equal opportunity requirements. Any policy or procedure adopted by the State Board of Education, a local board of education, or a public charter school for participating in an extended learning opportunity shall provide every student an equal opportunity to participate and satisfy established time lines and requirements for purposes of transcribing credits and state reporting. (Act 2021-428, §1.)
AL Code § 16-46C-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 46C - Extended Learning Opportunity Act.|Section 16-46C-7 - Rulemaking Authority.

Section 16-46C-7Rulemaking authority. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter. (Act 2021-428, §1.)
AL Code § 16-47A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47A - Athens State University.|Section 16-47A-1 - Body Corporate; Rights, Duties, Property, Etc.

Section 16-47A-1Body corporate; rights, duties, property, etc. The school heretofore established in Athens, Alabama, and previously known as Athens State College and now known as Athens State University, is and shall remain a body corporate under the corporate name of Athens State University, and by that name, and under the direction of a board of trustees, may sue and contract, acquire, and hold real and personal property, and have and exercise all the powers of a corporation established to be a state educational institution of higher learning and shall succeed to all the rights, privileges, emoluments, benefits, interests, and titles heretofore at any time vested in the institution in its respective names; however, Athens State University is not authorized to acquire, be acquired, merge or consolidate with any university or college located more than 50 miles from its current campus. None of the powers, authority, or functions of the corporation provided for in this chapter shall be abated or impaired by this section, except as noted above. Whenever the institution is referred to in the laws of Alabama, by any one of the respective names by which it has been known, the same shall be considered to refer to Athens State University. (Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §2.)
AL Code § 16-47A-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47A - Athens State University.|Section 16-47A-2 - Jurisdiction, Supervision, and Control of University.

Section 16-47A-2Jurisdiction, supervision, and control of university. Commencing on October 1, 2012, the Athens State University Board of Trustees, as created in Section 16-47A-4, shall have exclusive jurisdiction, supervision, and control of Athens State University and the State Board of Education shall be divested of all jurisdiction, power, and authority with regard to the supervision, management, and control of the university, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. In addition to the powers, duties, and authority vested in the board by this section, the board shall have and exercise all power, authority, and duties conferred on, vested in, or required of the State Board of Education or the Department of Postsecondary Education before October 1, 2012, under the laws of this state with regard to the supervision, management, and control of the university. On or before October 1, 2012, the State Board of Education shall transfer to the board all supplies, funds, books, documents, records, and other property or effects of the university. After October 1, 2012, the university may continue to offer all current units or programs of instruction for academic credit without new or additional approval from the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, so long as those units or programs of instruction for academic credit were offered by the university before October 1, 2012. The university shall continue to be under the jurisdiction of, and shall be subject to, the rules, regulations, and procedures of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education. (Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §3.)
AL Code § 16-47A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47A - Athens State University.|Section 16-47A-3 - Programs, Facilities, and Services; Mission and Objectives of the University.

Section 16-47A-3Programs, facilities, and services; mission and objectives of the university. (a) Athens State University shall provide, maintain, and operate public higher education programs and facilities dedicated to the preparation of students. The university shall provide educational services for the greater community including advanced education for mature students, private citizens, and service men and women, in a manner that does not violate or cause a violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or the United States Constitution. The university shall provide an academic, cultural, and social environment that fosters individuality and develops productive members of society. The mission of the university shall be accomplished by providing services to students and the greater community through the utilization of university staff and facilities and through superior teaching, scholarship, creative activities, and public service. (b) The overriding mission of the university, unique in Alabama higher education, is to be a university serving the upper division needs of transfer students. (c) The university may provide onsite academic instruction on the campuses of those community colleges where the senior institution in whose service area or areas the community college is located is unable or unwilling to provide the onsite instruction. (d) Resulting from and inherent in the mission of the university are a number of ongoing goals that the board, from time to time, may affirm on the basis of recommendations of the president of the university; however, the mission of the university, unique in Alabama higher education, shall remain limited to serving the upper division needs of transfer students. The university shall only offer strategic graduate programs approved by Alabama Commission on Higher Education with the intent to avoid duplication of programs by other state universities and colleges. (e) The annual objectives of the university, as determined by the president of the university, shall be consistent with the ongoing goals and mission of the university. (Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §4.)
AL Code § 16-47A-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47A - Athens State University.|Section 16-47A-5 - Board of Trustees - Powers and Duties.

Section 16-47A-5Board of Trustees - Powers and duties. (a) The board shall have all the rights, privileges, and franchises necessary to the promotion of the ends of its creation, and shall be charged with all corresponding duties, liabilities, and responsibilities. The board may hold and may lease, sell, or, in any other manner not inconsistent with the object or terms of the grant or grants under which it holds, dispose of any property, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein remaining, of any grant by any governmental unit or by any person, or accruing to the corporation from any source, as the board may deem best for the purposes of the university. The president of the university, with the approval of the board, may execute any lease, deed, or other instrument of conveyance on behalf of the corporation, without additional approval. (b) The board shall have the exclusive authority over and jurisdiction of land, buildings, and other capital improvements now existing on or hereinafter provided for such campus. No contract for capital improvements, alterations, remodeling, and changing of capital improvements shall be made without the authorization and approval of the board, and which approval shall be granted by appropriate resolutions of the body. Any contract, agreement, or other act relating to capital improvements, except for maintenance, repairs, and maintaining existing facilities, shall be void and of no effect unless authorized by resolutions of the board. (Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §6.)
AL Code § 16-47A-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47A - Athens State University.|Section 16-47A-6 - Board of Trustees - Meetings.

Section 16-47A-6Board of Trustees - Meetings. (a) The board shall hold its regular annual meeting each year, on the first Monday in June, at the main campus of the university, unless the board shall in regular session determine to hold its meeting at some other time and place. Thereafter, the board shall hold quarterly meetings on the first Monday of each third month after the annual meeting, unless the board shall in regular session determine to hold its quarterly meeting at some other time or place. Special meetings of the board may be assembled by either of the two following methods: (1) A special meeting of the board may be called by the Governor. In calling a special meeting, the Governor shall mail a written notice to each trustee at least 10 days in advance of the date of the meeting. (2) Upon the application in writing of any three members of the board, the Governor shall call a special meeting, naming the time and place thereof, and causing notices to be issued in writing to the several members of the board. The Governor shall mail a written notice to each trustee at least 10 days in advance of the date of the meeting. (b) The executive committee, and any other committee or subcommittee of the board, shall hold meetings at such times and on such dates as the board may provide. (c) All meetings of the board shall be subject to and comply with all applicable provisions of state law. (Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §7.)
AL Code § 16-47A-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47A - Athens State University.|Section 16-47A-7 - Board of Trustees - Quorum.

Section 16-47A-7Board of Trustees - Quorum. Six members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day until a quorum is present. (Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §8.)
AL Code § 16-47A-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47A - Athens State University.|Section 16-47A-8 - Board of Trustees - Vacancies; Appointments.

Section 16-47A-8Board of Trustees - Vacancies; appointments. (a) Any vacancy in the office of trustee occurring during a recess of the Legislature shall be filled by appointment of the Governor. The appointee shall hold office until the next session of the Legislature, at which time the appointment shall be confirmed by the Senate. If not confirmed by the Senate, another appointment shall be made by the Governor in like manner until an appointment is confirmed by the Senate. A trustee appointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy, by and with the consent of the Senate, shall hold office during the unexpired term. (b) After the initial appointments to the board, future members appointed to the board shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of three persons nominated by a nominating committee. The nominating committee shall consist of all of the following members: (1) One member of the board as elected by the membership of the board. (2) The presiding officer of the Athens State University Faculty Senate. (3) The presiding officer of the Athens State University Staff Senate. (4) One member of the Limestone County Legislative Delegation, as selected by the delegation. (5) The President of the Athens State University Alumni Association, or his or her designee. (6) The President of the Athens State University Foundation, or his or her designee. (7) The president of the university shall serve as a nonvoting, ex officio member and chair of the committee. (c) Within 45 days of any vacancy on the board, the nominating committee shall select and forward to the Governor three names for consideration for appointment. If no recommendation is made by the nominating committee within 45 days after a vacancy, the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may appoint a qualified candidate to fill the vacancy. (Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §9.)
AL Code § 16-47A-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47A - Athens State University.|Section 16-47A-9 - Depositories for School Funds; Report of Board Transactions.

Section 16-47A-9Depositories for school funds; report of board transactions. (a) The board may designate one or more depositories for school funds. (b) The board shall make or cause to be made to the Legislature, at the beginning of each regular session thereof, a full report of board transactions and the condition of the university, including an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the university by those charged with the administration of its finances. (Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §10.)
AL Code § 16-47A-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47A - Athens State University.|Section 16-47A-10 - Validity of Grants or Gifts; Forfeiture of Rights, Privileges, Etc.

Section 16-47A-10Validity of grants or gifts; forfeiture of rights, privileges, etc. No grant or gift, by will or otherwise, shall fail on account of any misnomer or informality when the intent of the grantor or donor can be determined; nor shall any default, malfeasance, or nonuser on the part of the trustees or other officers or agents of such corporation work a forfeiture of any of its rights, privileges, powers, or franchises. (Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §11.)
AL Code § 16-47A-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47A - Athens State University.|Section 16-47A-11 - President of the University; Rights of Full-Time Employees.

Section 16-47A-11President of the university; rights of full-time employees. (a) The president of the university shall be appointed by the board and shall do all of the following: (1) Appoint a corps of instructors who shall be styled the faculty of the university. (2) Appoint such other instructors and officers as the interest of the university may require. (3) Remove any instructors or officers. (4) Fix the salaries or compensation of the instructors or officers. (5) Define the authority or duty of the instructors or officers. (6) Regulate, alter, and modify the organization of the university, subject to the review and concurrence of the board. (7) Prescribe courses of instruction within academic programs that have been approved by the board. (b) Full-time employees, whether tenured, nontenured, nonprobationary, or probationary, who are employed on October 1, 2012, by the university, shall retain any and all rights and privileges as provided in Chapter 24C of this title. (c) The president of the university, upon the recommendation of the faculty, may confer academic degrees and such honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of similar character. (Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §12.)