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AL Code § 16-63-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 63 - Community Schools Act.|Section 16-63-2 - Purpose; Public Policy Declared.

Section 16-63-2Purpose; public policy declared. 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 schools through community schools advisory committees. (2) To assure maximum use of public school facilities by the citizens of each community in this state. (3) To provide for increased involvement by business and industry in every school system through business/industry partnerships - adopt-a-school programs. (Acts 1990, No. 90-544, p. 848, §2.)
AL Code § 16-63-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 63 - Community Schools Act.|Section 16-63-3 - Definitions.

Section 16-63-3Definitions. 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, and local boards of education in the involvement of citizens in the educational process and in the use of public school facilities. (2) COMMUNITY SCHOOLS COORDINATOR. An employee of a local board of education whose responsibility it is to promote and direct maximum use of the public schools and public school facilities as centers for community education. (3) PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITY. Any education facility under the jurisdiction of a local board of education, whether termed an elementary school, middle school, junior high school, or high school. (4) BUSINESS/INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS. A closely knit partnership consisting of a business and a selected Alabama public school. It is sharing of time, talent, expertise, and resources. (Acts 1990, No. 90-544, p. 848, §3.)
AL Code § 16-63-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 63 - Community Schools Act.|Section 16-63-4 - Duties of Local Boards of Education; Establishment of Community Schools Advisory Committees and Employment of Coordinators; Agreements; Local Funds.

Section 16-63-4Duties of local boards of education; establishment of community schools advisory committees and employment of coordinators; agreements; local funds. 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 programs and plans for increased community use of public school facilities based upon policies and guidelines adopted by the State Board of Education. (3) Establish rules governing the implementation of such programs and plans in its public schools and submit these rules along with adopted programs and plans to the State Board of Education for approval by the State Board of Education. Programs and plans developed by a local board of education shall provide for the establishment of one or more community schools advisory committees for the public schools under the board's jurisdiction and for the employment of one or more community schools coordinators. The local board of education shall establish the terms and conditions of employment for the community schools coordinators. Every local board of education which elects to apply for funding pursuant to this chapter shall have the authority to enter into agreements with other local boards of education, agencies and institutions for the joint development of plans and programs and the joint expenditure of funds allocated by the State Board of Education. Local funds from each local board of education applying for funds for the community schools program must equal at least one-fourth of the total budget for the community schools program of said local board of education. (Acts 1990, No. 90-544, p. 848, §4.)
AL Code § 16-63-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 63 - Community Schools Act.|Section 16-63-5 - Duties of Community Schools Advisory Committees; Membership.

Section 16-63-5Duties of community schools advisory committees; membership. 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 Board of Education and further shall consider ways of increasing community involvement in the public schools and utilization of public school facilities. Community schools advisory committees may assist local boards of education in the development and preparation of the plans and programs to achieve such goals, may assist in the implementation of such plans and programs and may provide such other assistance as may be requested by the local boards of education. Community schools advisory committees shall work with local school officials and personnel, parent-teacher organizations, and community groups and agencies in providing maximum opportunities for public schools to serve the communities, and shall encourage the maximum use of volunteers in the public schools. Wherever possible, the local board of education is encouraged to include at least one high school student. The size of the councils and the terms of membership on the councils shall be determined by the local board of education in accordance with the state guidelines. The role, scope and responsibility of the advisory committees shall be limited to community school matters. (Acts 1990, No. 90-544, p. 848, §5.)
AL Code § 16-63-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 63 - Community Schools Act.|Section 16-63-6 - Duties of Community Schools Coordinators.

Section 16-63-6Duties of community schools coordinators. 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 committees and public school officials. (2) Fostering cooperation between the local board of education and appropriate community agencies. (3) Encouraging maximum use of community volunteers in the public schools. (4) Performing such other duties as may be assigned by the local superintendents and the local board of education, consistent with the purposes of this chapter. (Acts 1990, No. 90-544, p. 848, §6.)
AL Code § 16-64-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 64 - Nonresident Tuition Rates for Institutions of Higher Education.|Section 16-64-1 - Definitions.

Section 16-64-1Definitions. 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 under 18 years of age, but excludes an individual whose disabilities of nonage have been removed by a court of competent jurisdiction for a reason other than establishing a legal residence in Alabama. If current law changes, this definition shall change accordingly. (2) RESIDENCE. The single location at which a person resides with the intent of remaining in that location indefinitely as evidenced by more substantial connections with that place than with any other place. (3) RESIDENT. One whose residence is in the State of Alabama. (4) RESIDENT/NONRESIDENT STUDENT. In determining resident or nonresident classification, the primary issue is one of intent. If a person is in Alabama primarily for the purpose of obtaining an education, that person shall be considered a nonresident student. (5) SUPPORTING PERSON. Either or both of the parents of the student, if the parents are living together, or if the parents are divorced or living separately, then either the parent having legal custody or, if different, the parent providing the greater amount of financial support. If both parents are deceased or if neither has legal custody, supporting person shall mean, in the following order: the legal custodian of the student, the guardian, and the conservator. (Acts 1996, No. 96-663, p. 1088, §1.)
AL Code § 16-64-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 64 - Nonresident Tuition Rates for Institutions of Higher Education.|Section 16-64-3 - Certification of Residency; Evaluation of Connections With State of Alabama.

Section 16-64-3Certification of residency; evaluation of connections with State of Alabama. (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) Possession of more substantial connections with the State of Alabama than with any other state. (b) Though certification of an address and an intent to remain in the state indefinitely shall be prerequisites to establishing status as a resident, ultimate determination of that status shall be made by the institution by evaluating the presence or absence of connections with the State of Alabama. This evaluation shall include the consideration of all of the following connections. (1) Consideration of the location of high school graduation. (2) Payment of Alabama state income taxes as a resident. (3) Ownership of a residence or other real property in the state and payment of state ad valorem taxes on the residence or property. (4) Full-time employment in the state. (5) Residence in the state of a spouse, parents, or children. (6) Previous periods of residency in the state continuing for one year or more. (7) Voter registration and voting in the state; more significantly, continuing voter registration in the state that initially occurred at least one year prior to the initial registration of the student in Alabama at a public institution of higher education. (8) Possession of state or local licenses to do business or practice a profession in the state. (9) Ownership of personal property in the state, payment of state taxes on the property, and possession of state license plates. (10) Continuous physical presence in the state for a purpose other than attending school, except for temporary absences for travel, military service, and temporary employment. (11) Membership in religious, professional, business, civic, or social organizations in the state. (12) Maintenance in the state of checking and savings accounts, safe deposit boxes, or investment accounts. (13) In-state address shown on selective service registration, driver's license, automobile title registration, hunting and fishing licenses, insurance policies, stock and bond registrations, last will and testament, annuities, or retirement plans. (Acts 1996, No. 96-663, p. 1088, §3.)
AL Code § 16-64-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 64 - Nonresident Tuition Rates for Institutions of Higher Education.|Section 16-64-4 - Tuition Rates for Nonresident; Resident Tuition Rates for Students Residing in Counties Within 50 Miles of Campus; Tuition Rates for Distance Programs.

Section 16-64-4Tuition rates for nonresident; resident tuition rates for students residing in counties within 50 miles of campus; tuition rates for distance programs. (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 institution beginning August 1, 1997. A nonresident graduate student at an institution shall be charged a rate of tuition that is at least at the level of tuition charged to a nonresident undergraduate. (b) The governing boards of each four-year public institution of higher education and Athens State University shall retain the power to extend resident tuition rates to students who reside in any county within 50 miles of a campus of the institution; provided, however, that campus must be in existence and operating as of January 1, 1996. For public two-year institutions, not including Athens State University, the State Board of Education, upon the recommendation of the Chancellor of the Department of Postsecondary Education, shall retain the power to extend resident tuition rates to students who reside in any county within 50 miles of a campus of the institution; provided, however, that campus must be in existence and operating as of January 1, 1996. (c) Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the governing boards of each four-year public institution of higher education and Athens State University shall retain the power to set tuition rates for programs that are delivered in a distance format to students who are not present within the boundaries of the state at the time the distance program is delivered. For public two-year institutions of higher education, except Athens State University, the State Board of Education, upon the recommendation of the Chancellor of the Department of Postsecondary Education, shall retain the power to set tuition rates for programs that are delivered in a distance format for students who are not present within the boundaries of the state at the time the distance program is delivered. (Acts 1996, No. 96-663, p. 1088, §4; Act 2013-331, §1; Act 2014-326, p. 1212, §1.)
AL Code § 16-64-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 64 - Nonresident Tuition Rates for Institutions of Higher Education.|Section 16-64-5 - Adoption by Institution of More Rigorous Nonresident Tuition Rates.

Section 16-64-5Adoption by institution of more rigorous nonresident tuition rates. 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 Education, may elect to adopt policies regarding nonresident tuition which are more rigorous than those specified in this chapter. (Acts 1996, No. 96-663, p. 1088, §5; Act 2014-326, p. 1212, §1.)
AL Code § 16-64-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 64 - Nonresident Tuition Rates for Institutions of Higher Education.|Section 16-64-6 - Annual Collection of Out-of-State Tuition Practices; Annual Report.

Section 16-64-6Annual collection of out-of-state tuition practices; annual report. 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 be posted on the Alabama Commission on Higher Education's website. (Acts 1996, No. 96-663, p. 1088, §6; Act 2021-425, §1.)
AL Code § 16-64-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 64 - Nonresident Tuition Rates for Institutions of Higher Education.|Section 16-64-7 - Exceptions; College and University Off-Campus Offerings on Military Bases.

Section 16-64-7Exceptions; college and university off-campus offerings on military bases. 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.)
AL Code § 16-65-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 65 - Alabama Higher Education Equipment Loan Authority.|Section 16-65-1 - Short Title.

Section 16-65-1Short title. This chapter may be cited as the "Alabama Higher Education Equipment Loan Authority Act." (Acts 1997, No. 97-388, p. 632, §1.)
AL Code § 16-65-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 65 - Alabama Higher Education Equipment Loan Authority.|Section 16-65-2 - Legislative Intent.

Section 16-65-2Legislative intent. (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 authority to issue bonds for the purpose of providing funds to enable the authority to make equipment loans to educational institutions to pay equipment costs; and to provide that educational institutions shall secure the payment of such equipment loans out of a dedicated source of revenue not appropriated by the state. (b) This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the intentions of the Legislature expressed above. (Acts 1997, No. 97-388, p. 632, §2.)
AL Code § 16-65-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 65 - Alabama Higher Education Equipment Loan Authority.|Section 16-65-3 - Definitions.

Section 16-65-3Definitions. 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 vested rights of any person under the provisions of this chapter. (2) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors of the authority. (3) BONDS. The bonds of the authority issued under the provisions of this chapter, including revenue refunding bonds. (4) EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. Every public college, public university, public graduate school, public professional school, public junior college, community college, public business college, and any other public institution of higher learning that teaches a trade or a profession, heretofore or hereafter established or acquired under statutory authorization of the Legislature of Alabama and existing as a public institution of learning supported in substantial part by state appropriations, or by revenues derived from taxation. (5) EQUIPMENT. All capital equipment and other capital personal property of every kind that an educational institution may at any time have been or be authorized to acquire and use in the performance of its functions and responsibilities, including, without limitation thereto, computer hardware and software, laboratory equipment, and medical equipment, specifically excluding buildings or other capital improvements. (6) EQUIPMENT COSTS. All or any part of the cost of acquiring equipment, including financing charges, the costs of obtaining bond insurance, letters of credit or other forms of credit enhancement or liquidity facilities, underwriters' commissions or discounts, provisions for reserves for principal and interest, the cost of consulting, financial and legal services, administrative expenses, and other similar or related costs. In the case of bonds issued for the purpose of refunding principal and interest, or either, with respect to outstanding bonds or other obligations, as provided for herein, equipment costs shall include any premium that may be necessary to pay in order to redeem or retire such bonds or other obligations to be refunded. (7) EQUIPMENT LOAN. A loan by the authority to a public educational institution pursuant to the terms of this chapter for the purpose of financing equipment costs incurred or to be incurred by such educational institution. (8) STATE. The State of Alabama. (Acts 1997, No. 97-388, p. 632, §3.)
AL Code § 16-65-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 65 - Alabama Higher Education Equipment Loan Authority.|Section 16-65-4 - Creation of Authority; Members, Organization, Etc.

Section 16-65-4Creation of authority; members, organization, etc. 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 performing an essential governmental function, being a distinct corporate entity. The Governor shall be the president of the authority, the State Treasurer shall be the vice president thereof, and the Director of Finance shall be the secretary thereof. The State Treasurer shall be treasurer thereof, shall act as custodian of its funds, and shall pay the principal of and interest on the bonds of the authority out of the funds hereinafter provided for. The members of the authority shall constitute all the members of the board of directors of the authority, and any two members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Should any person holding any state office named in this section cease to hold such office by reasons of death, resignation, expiration of his or her term of office, or for any other reason, then his or her successor in office shall take his or her place as a member, officer, or director, as the case may be, of the authority. No member, officer, or director of the authority shall draw any salary in addition to that now authorized by law for any service he or she may render or for any duty he or she may perform in connection with the authority. All proceedings had and done by the board of directors shall be reduced to writing by the secretary of the authority, shall be signed by at least two members of the authority, and shall be recorded in a substantially bound book and filed in the office of the secretary. Copies of proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the authority under the seal of the authority, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified. (Acts 1997, No. 97-388, p. 632, §4.)
AL Code § 16-65-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 65 - Alabama Higher Education Equipment Loan Authority.|Section 16-65-7 - Proceeds From the Sale of Bonds, Revenues, and Other Funds.

Section 16-65-7Proceeds from the sale of bonds, revenues, and other funds. (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 as herein authorized; (2) to fund such reserves as the authority deems necessary and desirable; and (3) to the extent not needed for the foregoing uses, to pay or redeem such bonds. (b) Pending the application of the proceeds of bonds to the purpose or purposes of which such bonds were issued, such proceeds may be invested by the authority in such manner consistent with the resolution pursuant to which such bonds are issued, as the board of directors may deem advisable. (c) Any and all revenues, receipts, investment earnings, and other funds paid to, or otherwise coming into the possession of, the authority as the result of financings accomplished from the proceeds of bonds, shall be held, deposited, administered, invested, and applied as provided in the resolution of the board of directors authorizing the issuance of such bonds and as provided in any trust indenture or other agreement delivered in connection therewith, or otherwise as the authority may direct, consistent with the provisions of such resolution, trust indenture, or other agreement. (Acts 1997, No. 97-388, p. 632, §7.)