Alabama Administrative Code › Title 300 - ALABAMA COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION › Chapter 300-4-13 - (RE)ENGAGE ALABAMA GRANT PROGRAM › Section 300-4-13-.05 - Rule Making Authority For Grant Program

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) The (Re)Engage Alabama Grant Program
			 shall be administered by the Commission, which may adopt any rules necessary
			 for the administration of the program.
(2) The allocation of funds is based on the
			 proportional share of Alabama-resident graduates of the approved public
			 institutions' programs divided by available funds. Similar calculation is
			 conducted for the approved private, nonprofit institutions using IPEDS and
			 institutional data requests.
(a) Using the
			 Alabama Committee on Credentialing and Career Pathways (ACCCP) statewide high
			 demand occupation list, the process to determine each institution's fund
			 allocation is as follows:
1. Careers
			 requiring an associate or bachelor's degree within the upper quartile based on
			 the ACCCP high demand and high wage are identified as the workforce shortages
			 to be targeted for the program.
2.
			 The nationally recognized Classification of Instructional Programs (CIPs) that
			 align with the upper quartile ACCCP high wage high demand occupations are
			 identified to create a program CIP listing.
3. From the program CIP listing, the CIPs
			 that are offered at the approved institutions are identified per
			 institution.
4. Historical data of
			 Alabama-resident graduates per CIP for each approved institution is collected
			 and analyzed to evaluate the total average degree count for the associate and
			 baccalaureate levels for the program CIPs.
5. The associate average degree total and the
			 baccalaureate average degree total are each divided by the overall average
			 degree total to determine the percentage of available funds to be allocated per
			 degree level (i.e., the initial distribution for 2024 yielded 74% of funds to
			 be allocated for baccalaureate and 26% of funds to be allocated for
			 associate).
6. Each institution's
			 average number of in-state degrees awarded is divided by the total degrees per
			 level (associate or baccalaureate) to determine the institution's degree
			 percentage within the degree level.
7. Each institution's degree percentage is
			 multiplied by the amount of the degree level portion of funds determined in
			 section .05(2)(a)5.
8. The number
			 of potential grant recipients is determined by dividing the institution's
			 funding portion in section .05(2)(a)7 by the maximum per academic year award
			 for a full-time student (i.e., Bachelor's: minimum 72 hours earned with at
			 least 48 remaining for degree completion at 120 hours, costing $12,000 at $250
			 per credit hour; Associate: minimum 36 hours earned with at least 24 remaining
			 for degree completion at 60 hours, costing $3,000 at $125 per credit hour.)
			 This funding calculation yields ample funding for students who would require
			 the maximum number of hours (based on 60 credit hours for associate and 120
			 credit hours for bachelor's) to complete a degree in one of the qualifying
			 CIPs.