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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-110.1 - Alabama Community College System Established; Board of Trustees; Transfer of Duties.

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 and succeed to the duties of the Department of Postsecondary Education and shall operate a system of community and technical colleges within the state. All references in state law to the Department of Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Education Department, and Alabama College System, or terms of like import, shall be deemed to refer to the Alabama Community College System. The body corporate created by this subsection shall have all the rights, privileges, and powers necessary to the end of its creation.
(b) The Alabama Community College System shall be governed by the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System, as created in this article for the purpose of governing the community and technical colleges of the state.
(c) Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the authority, powers, and duties assigned to the State Board of Education with respect to the supervision, administration, naming, financing, construction, and equipping of institutions of postsecondary education, including community and technical colleges, junior colleges, and trade schools, however described, are removed from the State Board of Education and delegated to the board, and all actions of such institutions of postsecondary education requiring the approval of the State Board of Education, commencing on May 12, 2015, shall require only approval of the board. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all references to the State Board of Education in Sections 16-3-37, 16-5-8.3, 16-5-13, 16-60-88, 16-60-330, 16-60-332, 16-60-335, and 16-60-338, shall be deemed to refer to the board.
(Act 2015-125, p. 350, §3; Act 2017-171, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-111.1 - Chancellor - Appointment; Vacancies.

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 a Chancellor who will also be Chief Executive Officer of the Alabama Community College System. The Chancellor shall serve at the pleasure of the board and perform such duties as are provided in this article and otherwise as are assigned by the board. The Chancellor serving on May 12, 2015, shall continue to serve until his or her then current contract expires. The board may enter into a contract with the Chancellor for his or her services for a period not to exceed four years. The Chancellor shall be a person of good moral character with academic and professional education equivalent to graduation from a regionally accredited university or college, who is knowledgeable in postsecondary institution administration and has training and experience sufficient to qualify him or her to perform the duties of the office.
(b) Notice of a vacancy in the position of Chancellor shall be posted by the board. The notice shall be posted on the Internet and in a conspicuous place at each postsecondary school campus and worksite, including all state and local board of education offices, at least 30 calendar days before the position is to be filled. The notice shall remain posted until the position is filled and shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Job description and title.
(2) Required qualifications.
(3) Salary range.
(4) Information on where to submit an application.
(5) Information on any deadlines for applying.
(6) Any other relevant information.
(c) The board may adopt or continue procedures with respect to the appointment of the Chancellor which are not inconsistent with this section. The position shall not be filled during the required posting period, except as herein provided. The posting of a vacancy notice as required in this section shall not be abridged or delayed except in emergency circumstances and then delayed only temporarily in order to reasonably meet the conditions of the emergency. A violation of the notice requirements of this section by the board shall void any related employment action taken by the board.
(d) A vacancy in the position of Chancellor shall be filled by the board within 180 days after such a vacancy occurs. The board may temporarily fill the position on an interim basis for not more than two six-month periods.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-486, p. 805, §4; Act 2010-210, p. 332, §2; Act 2015-125, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-111.2 - Chancellor - Responsible for Operation, etc., of Community Colleges and Technical Colleges.

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 the Chancellor, subject to the approval of the board.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-486, p. 805, §3; Act 2015-125, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-111.3 - Chancellor - Compensation.

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 provide for expense allowances to be paid to the Chancellor in whatever amounts and for whatever purposes deemed necessary and appropriate by the board, and directly correlated to the operation and best interests of the Alabama Community College System. Such salary and expense allowances shall be paid in installments from the annual appropriation made to the board or the Alabama Community College System as appropriate.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-486, p. 805, §5; Act 2015-125, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-111.4 - Powers of Board of Trustees.

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 and technical colleges the courses of study to be offered and the conditions for granting certificates, diplomas, and degrees.
(3) Appoint or terminate the employment of the presidents of the community and technical colleges.
(4) Direct the expenditure of legislative appropriations of community and technical colleges including, but not limited to, the allocation of the annual legislative appropriation, as the board determines is in the best interests of the Alabama Community College System.
(5) Prescribe qualifications for faculty and establish, publish, and maintain an annual salary schedule for each community and technical college employee classification and tenure requirements for faculty at community and technical colleges.
(6) Accept gifts, donations, and devises and bequests of money and real and personal property for the benefit of community and technical colleges or any one of them.
(7) Establish a performance-based allocation process that is equitable and compatible with the services and programs offered by each individual campus.
(b) Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, employees of the Alabama Community College System shall participate in the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama pursuant to Chapter 25 and the State Employee's Health Insurance Plan pursuant to Chapter 29, Title 36. Employees of community and technical colleges shall participate in the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama pursuant to Chapter 25 and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan pursuant to Chapter 25A or other qualified health plans established pursuant to Section 1311 of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-486, p. 805, §6; Act 2015-125, p. 350, §4; Act 2017-171, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-111.5 - Chancellor - Powers and Duties as Chief Executive Officer of the Alabama Community College System.

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 within the policies of the board. The Chancellor shall:
(1) Execute and enforce the rules and regulations of the board governing the community and technical colleges.
(2) Interpret the rules and regulations of the board concerning the community and technical colleges.
(3) Administer the office of the Chancellor and appoint to positions of employment such professional, clerical, and other assistants, including specialists and consultants, on a full- or part-time basis as may be needed to assist the Chancellor in performing the duties of the office of the Chancellor. The number of employees, their compensation, and all other expenditures of the office of the Chancellor shall be within the limits of a budget for the office of the Chancellor which shall be approved by the board. The Chancellor and all employees of the office of the Chancellor shall not be subject to or governed by the provisions of the state Merit System law but shall be entitled to all benefits accruing to Merit System employees including the right to accumulate leave and participate in the Teachers' Retirement System.
(4) Have the authority to take any and all actions necessary and proper to administer policies, rules, and regulations of the board in carrying out its responsibility for the management and operation of the community and technical colleges.
(5) Prepare, or cause to be prepared, an annual report of the board on the activities of the Alabama Community College System and shall submit on the first day of December, or as early thereafter as practicable, the same to the board for its approval and adoption. He or she shall also prepare, or cause to be prepared, all other reports which are or may be required of the board.
(6) Prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit for approval by the board such budget for each quadrennium, or for such other period as may be fixed by the Department of Finance or other duly authorized body.
(7) Prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit for approval and adoption by the board such legislative measures as are in his or her opinion needed for the further development and improvement of the community and technical colleges.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-486, p. 805, §8; Act 2015-125, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-111.6 - Delegation of Decision-Making Authority to Chancellor.

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 and operation of the community and technical colleges. The presidents of the community and technical colleges shall be responsible to the Chancellor for the day-to-day operation of the colleges.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-486, p. 805, §9; Act 2015-125, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-111.7 - Appointment of Faculty and Staff; Qualifications.

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 the board and such other regulations which may be adopted by the board.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-486, p. 805, §7; Act 2015-125, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-111.8 - Authority of Board and Chancellor to Take Administrative Action.

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 administration of the Alabama Community College System, necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this article.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-486, p. 805, §14; Act 2015-125, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-111.10 - Personal and Real Property.

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 such repairs and improvements on all property under its control as may be in the best interests of the community and technical colleges and, subject to the approval of a three-fifths majority of the membership of the board, may acquire, sell, and convey title to real estate. The board may make repairs and improvements on all property under its control as may be in the best interests of the community and technical colleges. All property held before May 12, 2015, by or for the benefit of any of the community and technical colleges of the state, whether held in the name of the board, the Alabama Community College System, the State Board of Education, or a community or technical college, without the necessity of any further conveyance, shall be owned by the Alabama Community College System and shall be controlled by the board. All real property acquired on and after May 12, 2015, for the benefit of community and technical colleges shall be acquired by and in the name of the Alabama Community College System. Personal property acquired after that date may be acquired in the name of the Alabama Community College System or of the community or technical college for whose benefit it is acquired.
(Act 2015-125, p. 350, §5; Act 2017-171, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-111.12 - Annual Report.

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 report covering all operations of the Alabama Community College System and the support, conditions, progress, and needs of education throughout the state. The annual report shall be printed in sufficient quantities for general distribution throughout the state and for the usual exchange courtesies between state educational authorities.
(Act 2015-125, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-111.13 - Legislative Recommendations.

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 to the Legislature such additional legislation or changes in the existing legislation as may be deemed desirable. Recommendations may be in the form of prepared bills and shall be submitted to the Governor and the Legislature.
(Act 2015-125, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-111.14 - Official Seal.

Section 16-60-111.14
Official seal.
The board may adopt an official seal for the authorization of its acts.
(Act 2015-125, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-111.15 - Administration of Oaths and Examination of Witnesses.

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 authority to administer oaths and to examine under oath, in any part of the state, witnesses in any matter pertaining to community and technical colleges, and to cause the examination to be reduced to writing.
(Act 2015-125, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-112 - Interpretation of Article.

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 16-60-96, inclusive, or Sections 16-5-1 to 16-5-14, inclusive, relating to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 94, p. 268, §3; Acts 1982, No. 82-486, p. 805, §11; Act 2015-125, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-113 - Authority to Borrow in Anticipation of Current Revenues if Funds Not Sufficient to Pay Teachers' Salaries.

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 for that fiscal year and pledge the current revenues for that fiscal year for payment of such loan or loans if funds on hand are not sufficient to pay the salaries of teachers for any given month. Any amount borrowed may not exceed one month's allotment and may not exceed the amount of the state appropriation minus the amount disbursed from the annual allotment to the college.
(Acts 1969, No. 1153, p. 2159; Acts 1982, No. 82-486, p. 805, §12; Act 2015-125, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-114 - Transfer of Authority, Duties, etc., for Community and Technical Colleges to Chancellor; Construction of Article.

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 and Junior College Authority Act, are hereby transferred to the Chancellor and expressly removed from the State Superintendent of Education. Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, this article shall be construed to require that all actions of the State Board of Education concerning the community and technical colleges which previously have required the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education shall now require only the recommendation of the Chancellor. This article may not be construed as removing the State Superintendent of Education from membership on any board, commission, authority or other agency on which the State Superintendent of Education now serves except as otherwise provided herein.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-486, p. 805, §13; Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-131, p. 137, §1; Act 2015-125, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-116 - Alabama Aviation College.

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 System responsible for providing aviation education and training statewide. The Alabama Aviation College shall be responsible directly to the Chancellor, who shall provide an annual budget that adequately funds the statewide mission of the college. The mission of the college shall include preparing and training maintenance, service, and new build assembly technicians for the aviation industry.
(b) To ensure that programs and curriculum provided by the college are aligned with the needs of the aviation industry, the Chancellor shall appoint an Aviation Commission to advise and make recommendations to the Chancellor to ensure that curriculum content is appropriate, aviation programs offered are marketed to the fullest extent, and partnerships with business and industry are established, and other duties as designated by the Chancellor. In no event shall the college be combined or consolidated with another community or technical college within the Alabama Community College System to form a regional institution. Nothing in this article shall preclude the Chancellor from establishing a site or branch, whether permanent or temporary, to fulfill the statewide aviation education mission of the Alabama Community College System.
(Act 2015-125, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-117 - Technical and Workforce Development Programs.

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 workforce development programs may be provided through the facilities and faculties of the community and technical colleges or may be provided at other sites and utilizing such other faculty and staff as are required to satisfy the needs of business and industry. The board, upon recommendation of the Chancellor, shall appoint such program directors as needed with respect to such programs, using the same procedures as are from time to time applicable to the appointment of the presidents of the community and technical colleges.
(Act 2015-125, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-117.1 - Training on Recognition, Prevention, and Reporting of Human Trafficking.

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 driver training school shall offer, as part of the commercial motor vehicle driving course curriculum, industry specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
(b) The Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System shall be responsible for ensuring the instruction requirements in subsection (a) are met. The board, in conjunction with organizations that specialize in the recognition and prevention of human trafficking, shall annually review and update the training to include changes and trends in human trafficking.
(c) Private driver training schools shall use best efforts to incorporate in the course curriculum the specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
(Act 2019-417, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 6 - Southern Union College. › Section 16-60-130 - Acceptance of Facilities by Governor; Provision for Operation as State Institution.

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 on behalf of the state the property, buildings, facilities and effects appertaining to Southern Union College, Wadley, in Randolph County; and by executive order he may provide for the operation and maintenance of the college as a state educational institution of the same kind as the institutions provided for in Sections 16-60-80 through 16-60-96.
(Acts 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 153, p. 218, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 6 - Southern Union College. › Section 16-60-131 - Operation as Other Like Institutions.

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 and regulated thereafter as other like institutions.
(Acts 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 153, p. 218, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 6 - Southern Union College. › Section 16-60-132 - Advisory Board.

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, appointed by the State Superintendent of Education, upon nomination and recommendation of the president of the college. The advisory board shall promote and serve the best interests of the institution in every way not inconsistent with the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act, Sections 16-60-80 through 16-60-96.
(Acts 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 153, p. 218, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 7 - Snead Junior College. › Section 16-60-150 - Governor Authorized to Accept Property and Provide for Operation and Maintenance.

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 on behalf of the state the property, buildings, facilities and effects appertaining to the Snead Junior College located at Boaz in Marshall County; and by executive order he may provide for the operation and maintenance of the college as a state educational institution of the same kind as the institutions provided for in Sections 16-60-80 through 16-60-96.
(Acts 1967, No. 260, p. 740, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 7 - Snead Junior College. › Section 16-60-151 - College to Be Operated as Other Like Institutions; Outstanding Indebtedness.

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 and regulated thereafter as other like institutions.
The state shall not incur any indebtedness by acquisition of the college and any debt of the college outstanding at the date of acquisition shall not be a debt of the State of Alabama but shall be payable solely from the revenues of the college and appropriations made for the support and maintenance thereof.
(Acts 1967, No. 260, p. 740, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 7 - Snead Junior College. › Section 16-60-152 - Advisory Board.

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, appointed by the State Superintendent of Education, upon nomination and recommendation of the president of the college. The advisory board shall promote and serve the best interests of the institution in every way not inconsistent with the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act.
(Acts 1967, No. 260, p. 740, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 8 - Trade School at Frank Lee Youth Center. › Section 16-60-170 - Authorization to Maintain School.

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 Youth Center in Elmore County. This school shall give priority to training adult inmates in all state correctional institutions in Montgomery and Elmore Counties in useful occupations and prepare them to take their place as useful citizens in our society.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 110, p. 159, §1; Acts 1977, No. 603, p. 808, §1; Act 2015-123, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 8 - Trade School at Frank Lee Youth Center. › Section 16-60-171 - Construction and Maintenance Generally; Equipment, Supplies and Materials; Teachers and Instructors; Enrollment.

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. The State Board of Education shall provide the equipment, supplies and materials for the operation of such trade school and shall staff the same with adequate teachers and instructors. The enrollment shall be selected by the Board of Corrections, with the approval of the State Board of Education.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 110, p. 159, §2; Acts 1977, No. 603, p. 808, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 8 - Trade School at Frank Lee Youth Center. › Section 16-60-172 - Funds for Construction of Buildings and Preparation of Building Sites; Supervision of Construction.

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 the use of any bond issues, appropriations, grants, gifts or any other funds which may be made available to the board of education from any source whatsoever. All buildings to be constructed for the purpose of providing the physical facilities for such trade school shall be under the supervision and direction of the Building Commission, or any agency designated by the Legislature as its successor, and no funds shall be expended for such purpose without approval of the Building Commission.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 110, p. 159, §3; Acts 1977, No. 603, p. 808, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 8 - Trade School at Frank Lee Youth Center. › Section 16-60-173 - Transfer of Property and Buildings Thereon to Board of Education; Reversion of Property and Buildings to Board of Corrections.

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 follows:
In Elmore County, beginning at the NE corner of the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of S. 32, T 19, R 17 and thence West 637.5 feet; thence South 385 feet; proceeding from that point East 500 feet; from that point East 551 feet; from that point 530 feet to the point of beginning.
(b) The State Board of Education and the state Board of Corrections shall proceed forthwith to transfer the property and buildings thereon as described in subsection (a) of this section. In the event this school ceases to give priority to the training of inmates, all of the property and buildings thereon as described in subsection (a) of this section shall revert to the Board of Corrections of the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 110, p. 159, §4; Acts 1977, No. 603, p. 808, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 9 - Regional Vocational and Trade Schools Act. › Section 16-60-190 - Short Title.

Section 16-60-190
Short title.
This article shall be known as the Regional Vocational and Trade Schools Act.
(Acts 1947, No. 673, p. 514, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 9 - Regional Vocational and Trade Schools Act. › Section 16-60-191 - State Board of Education Authorized to Establish and Maintain Regional Trade Schools.

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 in the arts and sciences. The State Board of Education shall have authority to purchase or lease buildings, land, equipment, machinery and supplies necessary for the teaching of trade courses. The State Board of Education is authorized and whenever possible is directed to negotiate leases or purchases with the war assets administration or other agencies of the United States for the lease or purchase of suitable facilities, equipment, machinery and supplies.
(Acts 1947, No. 673, p. 514, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 9 - Regional Vocational and Trade Schools Act. › Section 16-60-192 - When Schools to Be Established; Supervision of State Building Commission.

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 each of the fiscal years 1947-48, 1948-49, 1949-50 and 1950-51. Any construction shall be under the supervision of the state Building Commission, subject to the provisions of Section 16-60-193.
(Acts 1947, No. 673, p. 514, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 9 - Regional Vocational and Trade Schools Act. › Section 16-60-193 - Location of Schools; Order of Establishment; Expenditure of Appropriation; Trade School in Limestone County.

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 determine the order in which the schools shall be established. The board must devote the entire appropriation herein made for each fiscal year to the establishment of the school required to be established during that year; except that, of the appropriation for each year, $75,000.00 thereof shall be reserved as a fund for operating and maintaining such school. Each school shall be located in a different section of the state and so situated that every part of the state is within as close a radius as is reasonably possible to one of the schools of the Alabama School of Trades at Gadsden. No more than one trade school shall be located in a single congressional district; provided, that the trade school now located in Limestone County, Alabama and owned by the city board of education, Decatur, Alabama, shall, when its support by the federal government is terminated and the school has been conveyed to the State of Alabama, be considered an additional or fifth trade school under the operation of this article, and an additional sum of $75,000.00 per year is hereby appropriated from the Education Trust Fund for the maintenance of said school, the said yearly appropriation to commence upon the termination of federal government support of said school and the conveyance of the same by the city board of education, Decatur, Alabama to the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1947, No. 673, p. 514, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 9 - Regional Vocational and Trade Schools Act. › 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.

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 the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education, shall: Make rules and regulations for the government of the trade schools; prescribe the courses of study to be offered and the conditions for granting certificates and diplomas; appoint the president of each trade school and, upon the president's recommendations, appoint the members of the faculty and fix the tenure and salary of each; direct and supervise the use of legislative appropriations for the use of the trade schools; accept gifts, donations, devises and bequests of money and real and personal property for the purposes of this chapter; disseminate information concerning and promote interest in the trade schools among the pupils of the public schools; and provide a means whereby students may earn, if necessary, all or a portion of their tuition, board and lodging.
(c) The trade schools shall be managed and conducted in such a manner so as to be accredited as suitable institutions for veteran vocational and rehabilitation training programs sponsored by the United States.
(d) Members of the faculty of any such trade school may be paid for absences during the time such schools are in session, in the discretion of the State Board of Education, where such absence results from sickness or some other unavoidable cause which prevents the teacher from discharging his or her duties. Such leaves of absence shall be granted subject to rules and regulations duly promulgated and adopted by said board; provided, that payment for such absences caused by sickness shall be in accord with the provisions of law governing sick leave for teachers and other employees of city and county boards of education in the State of Alabama as provided in Section 16-12-21 and pay for such absences resulting from unavoidable causes other than sickness shall not be allowed for a total of more than one week during any one year.
(Acts 1947, No. 673, p. 514, §4; Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 103, p. 321, §1; Acts 1969, No. 758, p. 1337, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 9 - Regional Vocational and Trade Schools Act. › Section 16-60-195 - Advisory Councils.

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 Governor upon the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education. The Governor shall designate one member as chairman. The members of the councils shall serve for terms of one year and shall be eligible for reappointment. The membership of each advisory council shall reflect, as nearly as possible, an equal representation of employer and employee groups or organizations. The councils shall serve in an advisory capacity to the directors of the state vocational trade schools and to the State Board of Education in promoting the interests of the individual schools and the development of the regional trade school program.
(Acts 1953, No. 889, p. 1197, § 1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 9 - Regional Vocational and Trade Schools Act. › Section 16-60-196 - County Appropriations for Support of Vocational Trade Schools.

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 this state in which residents of the county or dependents of such residents are enrolled as students or are entitled to be so enrolled.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 179, p. 2153, § 1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 9 - Regional Vocational and Trade Schools Act. › Section 16-60-197 - Additional Vocational Trade Schools Authorized.

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 this state in addition to the trade schools heretofore provided by law, to be located at such places as will make such schools conveniently accessible to all areas of Alabama. The cost of constructing such schools shall be paid out of the proceeds realized from any bonds issued and sold by the State Board of Education or any other authority of this state for the purpose of financing the construction of public school buildings or from any other funds made available for the construction of trade schools. The first $750,000.00 made available for expenditure on trade schools through the issuance and sale of bonds shall be allocated to the State Board of Education for the purpose of acquiring land, constructing buildings, reconstructing, altering and improving existing buildings and building facilities, including the renewal and replacement of structural parts and for the procurement of equipment for the buildings so constructed, reconstructed or improved at the Decatur Trade School.
The new trade schools to be constructed and established pursuant to this section shall be maintained and operated in accordance with the provisions of this article.
(Acts 1955, No. 401, p. 940, §§ 1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 9 - Regional Vocational and Trade Schools Act. › Section 16-60-198 - Alabama Institute of Aviation Technology at Ozark to Be Operated as Additional Vocational Trade School.

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 Education, the State Board of Education is hereby authorized, directed and required to provide for the operation and maintenance of said Alabama Institute of Aviation Technology as an additional vocational trade school in accordance with the provisions of this article.
The State Board of Education may make such contracts, agreements, rules and regulations as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this section. After the establishment of the trade school herein provided for, the State Board of Education or any other state authority may expend for the operation, maintenance and capital improvements at such institution any funds which are made available to the board or other authority for the operation, maintenance and capital improvements at trade schools in this state.
(Acts 1963, No. 289, p. 733, §§ 1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 10 - Alabama School of Trades. › Section 16-60-210 - Location.

Section 16-60-210
Location.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(School Code 1927, §481; Code 1940, T. 52, §442.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 10 - Alabama School of Trades. › Section 16-60-211 - Corporate Powers.

Section 16-60-211
Corporate powers.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(School Code 1927, §482; Code 1940, T. 52, §443; Acts 1951, No. 324, p. 615, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 10 - Alabama School of Trades. › Section 16-60-212 - Corporate Seal.

Section 16-60-212
Corporate seal.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(School Code 1927, §483; Code 1940, T. 52, §444.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 10 - Alabama School of Trades. › Section 16-60-213 - Board of Trustees - Established; Composition; Appointment; Terms of Office.

Section 16-60-213
Board of trustees - Established; composition; appointment; terms of office.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1947, No. 280, p. 138, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 10 - Alabama School of Trades. › Section 16-60-214 - Board of Trustees - Meetings; Compensation and Expenses.

Section 16-60-214
Board of trustees - Meetings; compensation and expenses.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1947, No. 280, p. 138, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 10 - Alabama School of Trades. › Section 16-60-215 - Board of Trustees - Powers and Duties.

Section 16-60-215
Board of trustees - Powers and duties.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1947, No. 280, p. 138, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 10 - Alabama School of Trades. › Section 16-60-216 - Board of Control.

Section 16-60-216
Board of control.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(School Code 1927, §484; Code 1940, T. 52, §445.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 10 - Alabama School of Trades. › Section 16-60-217 - Donations May Be Accepted.

Section 16-60-217
Donations may be accepted.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(School Code 1927, §487; Code 1940, T. 52, §447.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 10 - Alabama School of Trades. › Section 16-60-218 - Training of Students.

Section 16-60-218
Training of students.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(School Code 1927, §488; Code 1940, T. 52, §448.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 10 - Alabama School of Trades. › Section 16-60-219 - Rules and Regulations for Control of School.

Section 16-60-219
Rules and regulations for control of school.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(School Code 1927, §489; Code 1940, T. 52, §449.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 10 - Alabama School of Trades. › Section 16-60-220 - Records to Be Preserved.

Section 16-60-220
Records to be preserved.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(School Code 1927, §491; Code 1940, T. 52, §450.)