HB745 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Merika ColemanSenator

Democrat

Co-Sponsors

Cam WardMac McCutcheonPat MooreMike BallAllen TreadawayBenjamin H. LewisLawrence McAdory

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Alabama Teacher Recruitment Incentive Program (ATRIP), Commission on Higher Education to provide for leave from program for humanitarian religious trip, retroactive effect

Summary

HB745 would let ATRIP scholarship recipients defer from the program to participate in humanitarian religious trips, with rules set by the Commission on Higher Education and retroactive application to 2006.

What This Bill Does

The Alabama Commission on Higher Education would create rules to allow ATRIP recipients to take a leave from the scholarship program for humanitarian religious trips. This is an additional deferment option beyond any existing ones. The bill states the deferment would apply retroactively to January 1, 2006, and the act would take effect after passage and the governor's approval.

Who It Affects

• ATRIP scholarship recipients who might want to participate in humanitarian religious trips and could request a leave from the program.
• Alabama Commission on Higher Education, which would promulgate the rules governing the deferment.

Key Provisions

• Directs the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to promulgate rules under the Administrative Procedure Act to allow deferment from ATRIP for humanitarian religious trips.
• Adds this deferment as an option in addition to any other deferments currently provided.
• Provides retroactive effect to January 1, 2006.
• Specifies the act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after its passage and governor's approval.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 25, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Teacher Recruitment Incentives