HB199 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

House Bill

In Committee

Current Status

Regular Session 2015

Session

1

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Steve McMillan
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: Postsecondary Education, State Board of, established, transfer of responsibility over two-year institutions of higher education from the State Board of Education and the State Department of Education to the State Board of Postsecondary Education and the State Department of Postsecondary Education, Secs. 16-60-110.1, 16-60-111, 16-60-111.10, 16-60-111.11, 16-60-111.12, 16-60-111.13, 16-60-111.14, 16-60-111.15, 16-60-111.16, 16-60-116, 16-60-117, 16-60-118 added; Secs. 16-60-110, 16-60-111.1, 16-60-111.2, 16-60-111.3, 16-60-111.4, 16-60-111.5, 16-60-111.6, 16-60-111.7, 16-60-111.8, 16-60-111.9, 16-60-112, 16-60-113, 16-60-114, 16-60-115 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the Department of Postsecondary Education, and its chief executive officer, entitled Chancellor, is a parallel organization to the State Department of Education that is directly responsible to the State Board of Education for the direction and supervision of two-year institutions of higher education.
This bill would establish an independent Alabama Community College System in lieu of the Department of Postsecondary Education and would provide for the assumption by the Chancellor of the system and the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System of all duties and responsibilities for community and technical colleges in the state.
Subjects: Colleges and Universities

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy