HR359 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jay Love

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Higher Education funding, Alabama Commission on Higher Education encouraged to establish and support a Permanent Committee on University Funding

Summary

Encourages the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to establish and support a permanent University Funding Committee to develop a new funding formula for public four-year universities.

What This Bill Does

It would create a permanent committee made up of the presidents (or designees) of Alabama's four-year public universities, chaired by a university president. The committee would develop a funding formula that uses best practices from other states and includes incentives tied to university missions such as student admission and persistence, degree attainment in key areas, student outcomes, weighted credit hours, and measured research and public service productivity. The formula would be completed by June 2014 and used as the basis for the FY2016 Consolidated Budget Recommendation, with the committee reconvening in the second and fourth years of each quadrennium to review and update the formula.

Who It Affects

• Presidents of Alabama's four-year public universities (or their designees) — as members and leadership of the new committee.
• Public university students in Alabama — through funding incentives that aim to improve matriculation, persistence, degree attainment, outcomes, and research/public service productivity.

Key Provisions

• Encourages the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to establish and support a Permanent Committee on University Funding composed of the presidents of Alabama's four-year public universities or their designees, chaired by a university president.
• The committee will develop a higher education funding formula that incorporates best practices from states with successful models and provides incentives for benchmarks aligned with university missions (matriculation and persistence, degree attainment in critical areas, student outcomes, weighted credit hour production, and measurable research and public service productivity).
• The formula must be completed and presented to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education no later than June 2014 and used as the basis for the FY2016 Consolidated Budget Recommendation.
• The committee should reconvene in the second and fourth years of each quadrennium to review and update the formula.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Resolutions, Legislative