1 HB135
2 219630-2
3 By Representative Garrett
4 RFD: Ways and Means Education
5 First Read: 13-JAN-22
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2 ENROLLED, An Act,
3 To make appropriations for the support, maintenance
4 and development of public education in Alabama, for debt
5 service, and for capital outlay for the fiscal year ending
6 September 30, 2023.
7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
8 Section 1. There is hereby appropriated for the
9 support of public education in Alabama for the fiscal year
10 ending September 30, 2023, for debt service, and for capital
11 outlay to be paid out of funds specified in subsection (a) of
12 Section 2 of this act, the amounts specified in subsections
13 (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of Section 3 of this act. For the
14 purpose specified in subsection (b) of Section 2 of this act,
15 amounts are shown by programmatic area and the total for all
16 programs is shown so as to include estimated sources of funds
17 other than those listed in subsection (a) of Section 2 of this
18 act. For the purpose of this act, "ETF" shall mean the
19 Education Trust Fund and "Federal and Local Funds" shall mean
20 all gifts, grants, contributions, or entitlements, including
21 grants by the Congress of the United States, municipalities or
22 counties.
23 Section 2. (a) The appropriations provided for in
24 this act shall be paid from funds in the State Treasury to the
25 credit of the Education Trust Fund, Alabama Peace Officers'
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1 Standards and Training Fund, Impaired Drivers Trust Fund,
2 Driver Education and Training Fund, Special Education
3 Catastrophic Fund, Public School Fund and other listed funds
4 and are hereby made for the support of public education in
5 Alabama for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and the
6 appropriations herein made shall be subject to the provisions,
7 terms, conditions and limitations of the Budget and Financial
8 Control Act (Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 41-4-80 et seq.),
9 the provisions of the Budget Management Act of 1976 (Code of
10 Alabama 1975, Sections 41-19-1 et seq.), and shall be in the
11 amounts hereinafter specified.
12 (b) Amounts shown hereinunder the columns "Earmarked
13 Funds" and "Appropriation Total" are as set forth for the
14 purpose of establishing amounts estimated to be available by
15 programmatic area from sources other than those listed in
16 subsection (a) of this Section 2, in order, upon consideration
17 of such other funds so estimated to be available, to promote
18 the accountability for an efficient use of funds available,
19 and the same are hereby appropriated by the Legislature.
20 Provided, however, that regardless of the ending date of any
21 pay period which has been or may be established by the
22 Legislature for the payment of salaries of state employees,
23 the entire payment due shall be made from the fiscal year's
24 appropriation in which the pay date falls.
25 Section 3.
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3A. Legislative Branch:2
1. Examiner of Public Accounts:3
(a) Audit Services Program ...4 10,681,750 10,681,750
SOURCE OF FUNDS:5
(1) ETF.......................6 10,681,750
Total Examiner of Public Ac-7
counts........................8 10,681,750
10,681,750
The Department of Examiners of9
10 Public Accounts is hereby au-
11 thorized to examine as deemed
12 necessary all appropriations
13 herein made for compliance
14 with the laws of the State of
15 Alabama. Any examination per-
16 formed shall be in accordance
17 with the provisions of Title
18 41, Chapter 5A, Code of Ala-
19 bama 1975.
2. Legislative Services Agency:20
(a) Legislative Operations and21
Support Program.............22 3,665,577 3,665,577
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SOURCE OF FUNDS:24
(1) ETF.......................25 3,665,577
Total Legislative Services26
Agency........................27 3,665,577
3,665,577
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3. Legislature:29
(a) Legislative Operations and30
Support Program ............31 4,286,632 4,286,632
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SOURCE OF FUNDS:33
(1) ETF.......................34 4,286,632
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Total Legislature.............1 4,286,632
4,286,632
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3B. Executive Branch:3
1. American Legion and Auxil-4
5 iary Scholarships:
(a) Financial Assistance Pro-6
gram, Estimated.............7 112,500 112,500
SOURCE OF FUNDS:8
(1) ETF.......................9 112,500
Total American Legion and Aux-10
iliary Scholarships ..........11 112,500
112,500
To be expended under the pro-12
13 visions of Sections 16-31-1
14 through 16-31-4, Code of Ala-
15 bama 1975.
2. Archives and History, De-16
17 partment of:
(a) Historical Resources Man-18
agement Program.............19 7,618,890 7,618,890
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SOURCE OF FUNDS:21
(1) ETF.......................22 7,618,890
Total Archives and History,23
Department of.................24 7,618,890
7,618,890
The above appropriation shall25
26 be expended to support the
27 educational functions of the
28 Department of Archives and
29 History. Of the above appro-
30 priation, $10,000 shall be
31 expended for the Men's Hall of
32 Fame.
3. Arts, State Council on the:33
(a) Fine Arts Program ........34 7,630,969 881,700 8,512,669
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Of the above appropriation,1
2 $1,150,000 shall be expended
3 for the Alabama Center for the
4 Arts, of which $475,000 shall
5 be expended for the Alabama
6 Center for the Arts Founda-
7 tion.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:8
(1) ETF.......................9 7,630,969
(2) Federal and Local Funds ..10
881,700
Total Arts, State Council on11
the...........................12 7,630,969 881,700 8,512,669
4. Child Abuse and Neglect Pre-13
14 vention, Department of:
(a) Social Services Program ..15 7,268,270 7,268,270
In accordance with Sections16
17 26-16-1 et seq., Code of Ala-
18 bama 1975.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:19
(1) ETF-Transfer..............20 7,268,270
Total Child Abuse and Neglect21
Prevention, Department of ....22 7,268,270
7,268,270
5. Commerce, Department of:23
(a) Industrial Development24
Training Institute Program .25 74,890,922 74,890,922
Of the above appropriation,26
27 $11,138,768 shall be expended
28 for the Industrial Development
29 and Training Program;
30 $7,622,003 shall be expended
31 for the Industrial Training
32 Program - Operations and Main-
33 tenance; $900,000 shall be
34 expended for a marketing cam-
35 paign for technical education;
36 $400,000 shall be expended for
37 a Rural Marketing Program that
38 features products from Alabama
39 companies in rural counties;
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1 $1,239,840 shall be expended
2 for the Modern Manufacturing
3 Pilot Project; $600,000 shall
4 be expended for the Alabama
5 Workforce Council to manage
6 the Alabama Credential Regis-
7 try, to develop the annual
8 Compendium of Valuable Creden-
9 tials by using the two-tiered
10 non-degree credential quality
11 assurance review process es-
12 tablished in the bylaws of the
13 Alabama Committee on
14 Credentialing and Career Path-
15 ways, and to provide technical
16 assistance to credential pro-
17 viders in registering creden-
18 tials to the Alabama Creden-
19 tial Registry; and $52,990,311
20 shall be expended for
21 Workforce Development, of
22 which $1,000,000 shall be ex-
23 pended for the STEM Council,
24 $500,000 shall be expended for
25 the Alabama Workforce Training
26 Center and $2,167,500 shall be
27 provided to regional councils
28 to develop leadership strate-
29 gies in the local areas. Each
30 region will set measurable
31 goals through a planning pro-
32 cess to: determine current and
33 future skills needed in the
34 local area; develop seamless
35 educational pathways; and
36 align funding with identified
37 local workforce needs.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:38
(1) ETF.......................39 74,890,922
Total Commerce, Department of .40 74,890,922
74,890,922
The funds appropriated for41
42 Workforce Development are to
43 be expended for those costs
44 incurred by the State in hon-
45 oring commitments to pay
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1 workforce development costs,
2 including services and other
3 assistance and expenses of
4 recruitment and training of a
5 company's workforce, that are
6 undertaken to induce companies
7 to locate and expand their
8 operations in Alabama (de-
9 scribed hereinafter as a "Pro-
10 ject") and to develop and im-
11 plement training, placement
12 and recruitment programs that
13 will improve development and
14 expand the State's workforce.
15 Such costs include, but are
16 not limited to: (i) AIDT oper-
17 ating costs directly related
18 to a Project; (ii) wages and
19 benefits for trainers engaged
20 by AIDT for the purpose of a
21 Project; (iii) costs which the
22 State has agreed to pay under
23 the terms of a Project Agree-
24 ment with a company that are
25 necessary and reasonable
26 charges incurred by the com-
27 pany or its affiliates for
28 personnel providing training
29 to the company's employees,
30 whether those trainers are
31 employees of the company or
32 its vendors or suppliers, in-
33 cluding wages, benefits and
34 travel (domestic and, when
35 necessary, international);
36 (iv) any necessary materials,
37 equipment, manuals, or other
38 relevant training materials;
39 (v) the costs incurred for
40 purchasing or repairing or
41 replacing training tools and
42 equipment; (vi) costs incurred
43 for the purchase or construc-
44 tion and maintenance of train-
45 ing facilities; (vii) travel
46 expenses for prospective and
47 current employees and train-
48 ees, including travel, food,
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1 lodging, relocation, and other
2 costs necessary and reasonable
3 to enable the company to se-
4 cure a qualified workforce;
5 and (viii) outside training
6 fees. The above funds appro-
7 priated for Workforce Develop-
8 ment shall be expended primar-
9 ily for the training of Ala-
10 bama residents. It is further
11 the intent that contracts with
12 vendors to provide workforce
13 training shall be inclusive
14 and reflect the racial and
15 gender diversity of the State.
16 The Secretary of the Depart-
17 ment of Commerce shall report
18 quarterly to the Chairs of the
19 Senate Committee on Finance
20 and Taxation-Education, the
21 House Ways and Means-Education
22 Committee and the Legislative
23 Fiscal Officer any funds allo-
24 cated for workforce training.
25 Such report shall include a
26 summary of the persons trained
27 and the vendors providing the
28 training. The report shall
29 contain information including
30 the residence, race and gender
31 of the persons trained and of
32 the principal or majority
33 owner of the firm or business
34 contracted with to provide the
35 training services.
6. Community College System36
37 Board of Trustees, Alabama:
(a) Operations and Maintenance38
.............................39 385,069,149 352,053,777 737,122,926
(b) Auxiliary Enterprises ....40 13,039,123 13,039,123
(c) Restricted Funds .........41 477,362,453 477,362,453
(d) Operations and Maintenance42
43 for Postsecondary Prison
Education...................44 19,593,615 19,593,615
Of the above appropriation,45
46 $2,500,000 shall be expended
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1 for the Perry County Facility;
2 up to $1,999,901 shall be ex-
3 pended for Therapeutic Educa-
4 tion; up to $2,500,000 shall
5 be expended for the operations
6 and maintenance of the
7 LifeTech Institute in
8 Thomasville; and $1,000,000
9 shall be expended for a Day
10 Reporting Center pilot pro-
11 gram.
(e) Adult Education Program ..12 13,814,656 17,867,774 31,682,430
(f) Special Populations Train-13
ing.........................14 4,725,281 4,725,281
The above appropriation shall15
16 be expended for education and
17 training programs to prepare
18 individuals designated as spe-
19 cial populations, as deter-
20 mined by the Chancellor, for
21 entry into the workforce
22 through pre-employment skills
23 training, and intensive career
24 technical training.
(g) Mine Safety Training Pro-25
26 gram at Bevill State Commu-
nity College................27 350,000 350,000
(h) Postsecondary Education28
Department - Administration .29 13,739,913 10,745,994 24,485,907
Of the above appropriation,30
31 $1,335,442 shall be expended
32 for property and capital pur-
33 chases and improvements, as
34 deemed necessary by the Chan-
35 cellor.
(i) Postsecondary/Tech Col-36
37 leges - Truck Driver Train-
ing.........................38 240,790 2,000,000 2,240,790
Of the above appropriation,39
40 $240,790 shall be expended for
41 the Truck Driver Training Pro-
42 gram at Central Alabama Commu-
43 nity College. The above appro-
44 priation from earmarked funds
45 is estimated and shall be ex-
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1 pended pursuant to Section
2 32-5-313, Code of Alabama
3 1975.
(j) Industry Certification4
Initiatives.................5 7,160,778 7,160,778
Industry Certification Initia-6
7 tives funds shall be distrib-
8 uted by the Alabama Community
9 College System Board of Trust-
10 ees. Of the above appropria-
11 tion, $3,750,000 shall be ex-
12 pended for workforce develop-
13 ment initiatives and $600,000
14 shall be expended for career
15 coaches. The Chancellor of the
16 Alabama Community College Sys-
17 tem shall report quarterly to
18 the Chairs of the Senate Com-
19 mittee on Finance and Taxa-
20 tion-Education, the House Ways
21 and Means-Education Committee
22 and the Legislative Fiscal
23 Officer any funds expended for
24 industry certification initia-
25 tives.
(k) Marion Military Institute .26 10,259,104 10,259,104
Of the above appropriation,27
28 $125,000 shall be expended for
29 the Military Hall of Honor.
(l) Alabama Technology Network30
.............................31 5,956,736 5,956,736
Of the above appropriation to32
33 the Alabama Technology Net-
34 work, $503,906 shall be ex-
35 pended for workforce training.
(m) Dual Enrollment ..........36 26,182,385 10,000,000 36,182,385
Of the above appropriation,37
38 $200,000 shall be expended for
39 a Dual Enrollment Program at
40 Murphy University Center which
41 shall be available to students
42 in the state. The remaining
43 appropriation shall be ex-
44 pended at the direction of the
45 Chancellor of the Alabama Com-
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1 munity College System to con-
2 tinue, expand, and develop a
3 dual enrollment scholarship
4 program for academic and ca-
5 reer-technical education pro-
6 grams. The Chancellor will
7 work with business and indus-
8 try partners to allocate the
9 funds in a manner consistent
10 with addressing identified
11 needs in the State of Alabama.
12 Such allocations will further
13 and/or accommodate the contin-
14 uation and expansion of dual
15 enrollment programs.
(n) Science, Technology, Engi-16
17 neering, Arts and Math
(STEAM) Project.............18 600,000 600,000
(o) Volunteer EMSP Certifica-19
tions.......................20 125,000 125,000
Pursuant to Sections 22-18-60,21
22 et seq., Code of Alabama 1975.
(p) Automotive Workforce23
24 Training Scholarship Program
.............................25 300,000 300,000
The Board of Trustees of the26
27 Alabama Community College Sys-
28 tem, in consultation with the
29 Alabama Industrial Development
30 and Training Institute, shall
31 establish qualifications for
32 the award of scholarships to
33 high school students and
34 adults enrolled in a state
35 educational program relating
36 to the automotive manufactur-
37 ing industry and shall further
38 provide for the implementation
39 and administration of the
40 scholarships. Scholarship re-
41 cipients shall be selected by
42 the Board, in consultation
43 with a scholarship committee,
44 comprised of members of the
45 Board of Directors of the Ala-
46 bama Automotive Manufacturers
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1 Association, from applications
2 submitted to the association.
3 The Board shall file a report
4 with the Chairs of the Senate
5 Committee on Finance and Taxa-
6 tion-Education, the House Ways
7 and Means-Education Committee,
8 the Legislative Fiscal Offi-
9 cer, and the Finance Director
10 on September 30, 2023 regard-
11 ing the total number of schol-
12 arships awarded for the Fall
13 term of the 2022-2023 academic
14 year and the institution at-
15 tended by the scholarship re-
16 cipients. The report shall
17 also include the name of each
18 scholarship recipient and the
19 number of years the recipient
20 has received a scholarship.
(q) Distance Learning Program .21 3,375,000 3,375,000
(r) Automotive Manufacturing22
23 Workforce Development Pro-
gram........................24 312,500 312,500
(s) Smart Career Workforce25
Project.....................26 200,000 200,000
The above appropriation shall27
28 be expended to promote smart
29 careers, support soft skill
30 development through engagement
31 opportunities for youth, de-
32 velop and implement an effec-
33 tive smart career awareness
34 campaign for students, par-
35 ents, and the underemployed;
36 and to implement a national
37 recruitment campaign to at-
38 tract talent at all levels of
39 experience across high-growth,
40 high demand occupations.
(t) Alabama Workforce Council41
42 Committee on Credentialing
and Career Pathways ........43 1,000,000 1,000,000
The Alabama Community College44
45 System shall expend the above
46 appropriation to support the
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1 work of the Alabama Workforce
2 Council's Committee on
3 Credentialing and Career Path-
4 ways (ACCCP). The exclusive
5 purpose is to provide support
6 to community and technical
7 colleges to assist students in
8 earning industry-recognized
9 credentials of value included
10 in the Alabama Credential Reg-
11 istry and on the ACCCP's an-
12 nual list of valuable creden-
13 tials beginning in December
14 2022, and to support students'
15 completion of education and
16 training programs aligned to
17 in-demand career fields on the
18 ACCCP's lists of regional and
19 statewide occupations and ca-
20 reer pathways. The goal is to
21 increase the number of adults
22 entering sector-specific ca-
23 reer pathways which lead to
24 employment in high-demand oc-
25 cupations providing fam-
26 ily-sustaining wages. The ACCS
27 shall submit annually, not
28 later than April 30th, to the
29 Alabama Legislature, a report
30 indicating the number of stu-
31 dents who have earned creden-
32 tials through programs sup-
33 ported in whole or in part
34 with this appropriation, and
35 upon implementation of the
36 statewide ATLAS tool, employ-
37 ment outcomes of such students
38 one and five years after pro-
39 gram completion. The Chancel-
40 lor of the Alabama Community
41 College System shall report
42 quarterly to the Chairs of the
43 Senate Committee on Finance
44 and Taxation-Education, the
45 House Ways and Means-Education
46 Committee and the Legislative
47 Fiscal Officer any funds ex-
48 pended for industry certifica-
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1 tion initiatives.
(u) The Women's Fund of2
Greater Birmingham Program .3 750,000 750,000
The above appropriation shall4
5 be expended to support stu-
6 dents in obtaining certifica-
7 tions and post-secondary de-
8 grees, to aid in scholarships,
9 support services including
10 transportation, tuition and
11 fees, and academic support
12 services. This appropriation
13 is contingent upon the Women's
14 Fund of Greater Birmingham
15 providing a match of private
16 funding and programmatic sup-
17 ports of $400,000. The Fund
18 shall file a report no later
19 than December 31, 2023 to the
20 Governor and the Chairs of the
21 Senate Committee on Finance
22 and Taxation-Education and the
23 House Ways and Means-Education
24 Committee detailing the costs,
25 benefits, and economic impacts
26 on the Fund.
(v) ACCS Innovation Center ...27 15,000,000 15,000,000
(w) LPN Programs..............28 2,000,000 2,000,000
The above appropriation shall29
30 be expended to establish new
31 and to support current
32 stand-alone LPN programs
33 throughout the state.
(x) Career Tech Equipment ....34 5,000,000 5,000,000
To provide new or updated35
36 equipment for career and tech-
37 nical education programs in
38 order to ensure that programs
39 meet current business and in-
40 dustry standards to provide
41 students with the training and
42 skills necessary to provide a
43 workforce for new, existing,
44 or expanding jobs.
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SOURCE OF FUNDS:1
(1) ETF.......................2 515,754,907
(2) ACS Truck Driver Fund ....3
2,000,000
(3) Dual Enrollment Tax Credit4
Fund........................5
10,000,000
(4) Federal and Other Funds ..6
871,069,121
Total Community College System7
Board of Trustees, Alabama ...8 515,754,907 883,069,121 1,398,824,028
(1) The allocations as set forth above shall be distributed by the Alabama Community9
10 College System Board of Trustees through the Office of the Chancellor.
(2) The above appropriation from the Education Trust Fund for Operations and Mainte-11
12 nance shall be distributed as provided below. The following amounts are intended to
13 provide a minimum of $125/FTE to each college based on Fall 2021 figures: $100,000
14 shall be distributed to Ingram State Technical College; $225,000 shall be distrib-
15 uted to the Snead State Community College Aeronautics School in Albertville;
16 $450,000 shall be distributed to Northwest-Shoals Community College for the Lauder-
17 dale County Workforce Center and Acquisition and Construction Program; $370,000
18 shall be distributed to the Alabama Aviation College of which $120,000 shall be for
19 the Andalusia Program; $595,875 shall be distributed to Calhoun Community College
20 for the expansion of the Alabama Center for Arts; $100,000 shall be distributed to
21 Shelton State Community College for distance support; $183,625 shall be distributed
22 to Bishop State Community College for building renovation and the welding program at
23 the Carver Campus; $145,000 shall be distributed to Central Alabama Community Col-
24 lege for economic development; $240,750 shall be distributed to Lawson State Commu-
25 nity College; $242,500 shall be distributed to Gadsden State Community College for
26 economic development; $100,000 shall be distributed to Gadsden State Community Col-
27 lege for the Poultry Technology Center in partnership with Auburn University;
28 $250,000 shall be distributed to Shelton State Community College for facility modi-
29 fication; $280,000 shall be distributed to Bevill State Community College to be dis-
30 tributed equally between the Fayette, Hamilton, Sumiton and Jasper campuses in the
31 amount of $70,000 for each campus; $552,125 shall be distributed to Coastal Alabama
32 Community College for the technology and manufacturing program; $552,625 shall be
33 distributed to Jefferson State Community College for the nursing program; $278,875
34 shall be distributed to Wallace Community College-Dothan for the Center for Economic
35 and Workforce Development; $427,875 shall be distributed to Wallace State Community
36 College-Hanceville for the Aviation Program; $100,000 shall be distributed to Drake
37 State Community Technical College for welding facilities expansion; $80,000 shall be
38 distributed to Drake State Community Technical College for a one-time equipment pur-
39 chase; $200,000 shall be distributed to Lurleen B. Wallace Community College for
40 workforce development; $175,000 shall be distributed to Wallace Community Col-
41 lege-Selma for the Excellence in Education to Employment Pipeline; $200,000 shall be
42 distributed to Northeast Alabama Community College; $213,250 shall be distributed to
43 Trenholm State Community College for the Innovation Center; $104,750 shall be dis-
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1 tributed to Chattahoochee Valley Community College for Applied Technology Pro-
2 gram/Career Discovery; $30,125 shall be distributed to Reid State Technical College;
3 $356,125 shall be distributed to Southern Union State Community College; and the
4 remainder shall be distributed to each of the colleges based on a distribution model
5 consistent with the recommendations in the final report of the Alabama Community
6 College Advisory Council on Outcomes-Based Funding, except Marion Military Insti-
7 tute.
(3) The allocation of Adult Education funds appropriated herein is restricted to the8
9 provision of services to individuals who are receiving benefits under the Adult Edu-
10 cation and Family Literacy Act, Title II of the federal Workforce Innovation and
11 Opportunity Act of 2014.
(4) The Chancellor of the Alabama Community College System shall report quarterly to12
13 the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education, the House Ways
14 and Means-Education Committee and the Legislative Fiscal Officer any funds expended
15 for the Alabama Technology Network.
7. Cyber Technology and Engi-16
17 neering, Alabama School of:
(a) Operations and Maintenance18
.............................19 9,882,789 119,572 10,002,361
SOURCE OF FUNDS:20
(1) ETF.......................21 9,882,789
(2) Federal and Local Funds ..22
119,572
Total Cyber Technology and23
24 Engineering, Alabama School of
...............................25 9,882,789 119,572 10,002,361
8. Debt Service:26
(a) Payments on Endowments ...27 81,880 81,880
Payments on endowments shall28
29 be as follows:
For interest on Auburn Univer-30
31 sity Endowment ...20,280
For interest on University of32
33 Alabama Endowment ...61,000
For interest on Grove Hill34
35 Endowment ...600
(b) Interest on Public School36
Fund Endowment..............37 532,864 532,864
Interest on Public School Fund38
39 Endowment shall be as follows:
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Interest on James Wallace Fund1
2 ...275
Interest on 16th Section3
4 Lands, Estimated ...410,000
Interest on School Indemnity5
6 Lands, Estimated ...90,000
Interest on Valueless 16th7
8 Section Land ...5,825
Interest on Surplus Revenue9
10 ...26,764
(c) General Obligation Bonds,11
Estimated...................12 27,285,000 27,285,000
The above appropriation shall13
14 be used to pay debt service on
15 the following General Obliga-
16 tion Bonds: Series 2014-A,
17 Series 2016-A, Series 2016-C,
18 Series 2018-A, and Series
19 2018-B. In the event any of
20 the above bonds are refunded
21 or new General Obligation
22 bonds are issued, debt service
23 on these newly issued bonds
24 may be paid from the appropri-
25 ations made above from the
26 Education Trust Fund contin-
27 gent upon the recommendation
28 of the Director of Finance and
29 the approval of the Governor.
(d) Alabama Incentives Financ-30
31 ing Authority Bonds, Esti-
mated.......................32 3,865,256 3,865,256
The above appropriation shall33
34 be used to pay debt service on
35 the following Alabama Incen-
36 tives Financing Authority
37 Bonds: Series 2009-B, Series
38 2019-A, and Series 2019-B. In
39 the event any of the above
40 bonds are refunded or new Ala-
41 bama Incentives Financing Au-
42 thority bonds are issued, debt
43 service on these newly issued
44 bonds may be paid from the
45 appropriations made above from
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1 the Education Trust Fund con-
2 tingent upon the recommenda-
3 tion of the Director of Fi-
4 nance and the approval of the
5 Governor.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:6
(1) ETF.......................7 31,150,256
(2) ETF, Estimated............8 81,880
(3) ETF-Transfer..............9 532,864
Total Debt Service............10 31,765,000
31,765,000
11
9. Dental Scholarship Awards,12
13 Board of:
(a) Support of Other Educa-14
tional Activities Program ..15 731,166 731,166
To be expended under the pro-16
17 visions of Sections 16-47-76
18 through 16-47-81, Code of Ala-
19 bama 1975. Of the above appro-
20 priation, $500,000 shall be
21 expended on the Alabama Dental
22 Service Program as set out in
23 Sections 16-47-77 through
24 16-47-81, Code of Alabama
25 1975. Funds shall be used for
26 forgivable loans to dental
27 students who agree to reside
28 and practice in counties where
29 there is a shortage of den-
30 tists. To determine the coun-
31 ties with a shortage of den-
32 tists the Board of Dental
33 Scholarships Awards shall an-
34 nually calculate by county a
35 dentist shortage index, pursu-
36 ant to Section 16-47-81, Code
37 of Alabama 1975, by dividing
38 the population of the county
39 by the per capita number of
40 recommended dentists. In addi-
41 tion to the dentist shortage
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1 index, the Board shall give
2 preference to dentists that
3 reside in a county with a den-
4 tist shortage, and shall con-
5 sider the percentage of den-
6 tists in a county that are
7 over the age of 65, the proba-
8 bility of economic success and
9 the proximity of a county to a
10 major metropolitan area in
11 determining the counties eli-
12 gible for the loan recipient.
13 Annually the Board shall com-
14 pile a list of ten counties
15 for the loan recipient to
16 choose from to practice. The
17 recipient must spend an aver-
18 age of 20 hours a week on an
19 annual basis practicing direct
20 patient care in the designated
21 county for a minimum of 5
22 years to qualify for forgive-
23 ness of the loan. The Board
24 shall file a report with the
25 Chairs of the Senate Committee
26 on Finance and Taxa-
27 tion-Education, the House Ways
28 and Means-Education Committee,
29 the Legislative Fiscal Officer
30 and the Finance Director on
31 October 1, 2022 regarding the
32 total number of scholarships
33 awarded for the fall term of
34 the 2021-2022 academic year
35 and the institution attended
36 by the scholarship recipients.
37 The report shall also include
38 the name of each scholarship
39 recipient and the number of
40 years the recipient has re-
41 ceived a scholarship.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:42
(1) ETF.......................43 731,166
Total Dental Scholarship44
Awards, Board of..............45 731,166
731,166
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10. Early Childhood Education,1
2 Department of:
(a) Social Services Program ..3 186,198,945 31,474,000 217,672,945
The proposed spending plan for4
5 the ETF monies included in the
6 above program is as follows:
Marketing Campaign for Alabama7
8 Family Central ...750,000
Summer/After School Program9
10 ...1,511,714
Strong Start/Strong Finish11
12 ...4,000,000
Office of School Readiness13
14 ...173,745,222
Operations and Maintenance15
16 ...1,192,009
Home Instruction for Parents17
18 of Preschool Youngsters
19 (HIPPY)/First Teacher Home
20 Visiting Program ...5,000,000
(b) Children's Policy Council21
Program.....................22 500,000 500,000
SOURCE OF FUNDS:23
(1) ETF.......................24 186,198,945
25
(2) Children's Policy Council26
Fund........................27
500,000
(3) Federal and Local Funds ..28
31,474,000
29
Total Early Childhood Educa-30
tion, Department of ..........31 186,198,945 31,974,000 218,172,945
It is the intent of the Legis-32
33 lature that the above appro-
34 priation for the Strong
35 Start/Strong Finish initiative
36 be used to expand the
37 Pre-K-3rd approach to learning
38 and will incorporate the most
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1 successful parts of Pre-K-3rd
2 initiatives in order to estab-
3 lish a strong foundation of
4 early learning experiences
5 that promotes student achieve-
6 ment and success. It is the
7 intent of the Legislature that
8 the Department notify the mem-
9 bers of each local legislative
10 delegation (whenever possible)
11 prior to grants being awarded
12 in each legislative district.
13 The Department shall notify
14 the legislative delegation of
15 the amount of the grant, the
16 recipient of the grant and the
17 date the grant is awarded.
11. Economic and Community Af-18
19 fairs, Alabama Department of:
(a) Rural Broadband Grant Pro-20
gram........................21 25,000,000 25,000,000
(b) Research and Development22
Grant Program...............23 5,000,000 5,000,000
The Department shall be eligi-24
25 ble for an administrative fee
26 not to exceed two and one-half
27 percent (2.5%) of the sum ap-
28 propriated herein.
(c) Electric Vehicle Technol-29
ogy Education Program ......30 1,000,000 1,000,000
SOURCE OF FUNDS:31
(1) ETF.......................32 1,000,000
(2) ETF-Transfer..............33 30,000,000
Total Economic and Community34
35 Affairs, Alabama Department of
...............................36 31,000,000
31,000,000
37
12. Education, State Board of -38
39 Local Boards of Education:
(a) Foundation Program .......40 4,235,029,022 723,240,625 4,958,269,647
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Of the above appropriation,1
2 $9,839,874 is to be expended
3 for the conversion and modern-
4 ization of the Alabama Student
5 Information Management System
6 (ASIMS). ASIMS will allow the
7 continued support and mainte-
8 nance of the Information Man-
9 agement System which permits
10 each local Education Agency
11 and the State Department of
12 Education to comply with all
13 state and federal accountabil-
14 ity standards and reporting
15 obligations. These funds shall
16 be expended for the State De-
17 partment of Education's Fiscal
18 Year 2023 costs for implemen-
19 tation of the new ASIMS.
(b) Transportation Program ...20 405,738,903 405,738,903
The rate per day for two per-21
22 sonal days and five sick days
23 for transportation personnel
24 shall be $50. The State De-
25 partment of Education shall
26 develop a plan to fund and
27 replace school buses that have
28 been in service for more than
29 ten years. The plan shall take
30 into consideration the age and
31 mileage of eligible buses and
32 the number of eligible buses
33 that run morning and afternoon
34 routes. The Department shall
35 provide a copy of the plan to
36 the Chair of the House Ways
37 and Means-Education Committee,
38 the Chair of the Senate Com-
39 mittee on Finance and Taxa-
40 tion-Education, and the Legis-
41 lative Fiscal Officer by the
42 5th legislative day of the
43 2023 Regular Session.
(c) At-Risk Student Program ..44 20,967,734 20,967,734
Each district shall receive45
46 its pro-rata share for each
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2 ing at-risk of dropping out of
3 school or is performing at an
4 academic level below current
5 grade placement. At-Risk funds
6 may be expended for student
7 programs to improve the effi-
8 ciency and utilization of
9 technology-based educational
10 resources in the classroom. Of
11 the above appropriation,
12 $200,000 shall be used for a
13 grant program to provide Title
14 I Schools with feminine hy-
15 giene products pursuant to
16 HB50 of the 2022 Regular Ses-
17 sion. Of the above appropria-
18 tion, $400,000 shall be allo-
19 cated for the Jones Valley
20 Teaching Farm. Of the above
21 appropriation, $150,000 shall
22 be allocated for the Retired
23 Senior Volunteer Program,
24 which shall be used for stu-
25 dent tutoring and mentoring.
26 The funds allocated to the
27 Retired Senior Volunteer Pro-
28 gram shall not be used for
29 salaries. The program shall
30 file a report on October 1,
31 2022 with the Department of
32 Education, the Chairs of the
33 Senate Committee on Finance
34 and Taxation-Education, the
35 House Ways and Means-Education
36 Committee, the Finance Direc-
37 tor, and the Legislative Fis-
38 cal Officer regarding the num-
39 ber of volunteer hours pro-
40 vided statewide and to each
41 local school system for the
42 prior year.
(d) Endowment Interest Pro-43
44 gram-Public School Fund,
Estimated...................45 532,864 532,864
(e) Public School Fund, Esti-46
mated.......................47 215,000,000 215,000,000
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Notwithstanding Section1
2 16-13-234, Code of Alabama
3 1975, the local boards of edu-
4 cation shall request waivers
5 to spend Public School Funds
6 appropriated in this Act, af-
7 ter the payment of pledged
8 debt service or obligated cap-
9 ital projects, for other oper-
10 ating expenses.
(f) Board of Adjustment ......11 750,800 750,800
(g) School Nurses Program ....12 49,579,875 49,579,875
To be distributed so that each school system shall receive one nurse and an addi-13
14 tional nurse or fractions of a nursing allocation based upon the average daily mem-
15 bership during the first 20 scholastic days after Labor Day of the preceding school
16 year. The School Nurses Program shall use the following salary matrix to determine
17 nursing salaries, based on 182 contract days. The pay of any part-time employee
18 shall conform to the pro-rata share of the following matrix:
Years Expe-19
20 rience LPN RN RN/MS
less than 321 22,181 42,198 48,531
3 but less22
23 than 6 24,379 46,415 53,372
6 but less24
25 than 9 25,427 48,447 55,714
9 but less26
27 than 12 25,758 49,096 56,462
12 but less28
29 than 15 26,222 49,989 57,485
15 but less30
31 than 18 26,797 51,128 58,801
18 but less32
33 than 21 27,119 51,789 59,557
21 but less34
35 than 24 27,444 52,450 60,320
24 but less36
37 than 27 28,027 53,074 60,944
27 or more38 28,611 53,699 61,569
(h) Information Technology39
Services Program............40 20,413,127 20,413,127
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The above appropriation shall1
2 be expended by local school
3 systems towards the position
4 of a District Technology Coor-
5 dinator that meets the job
6 description and qualifications
7 established by the State Board
8 of Education. Of the above
9 appropriation, $10,454,000
10 shall be used to improve
11 cybersecurity, including pro-
12 tection of data and infra-
13 structure. The State Depart-
14 ment of Education shall allo-
15 cate this portion of the ap-
16 propriation in equal parts to
17 each local education agency,
18 including the Alabama Insti-
19 tute for Deaf and Blind, the
20 Alabama School for Math and
21 Science, the Alabama School of
22 Fine Arts, the Alabama School
23 of Cyber Technology and Engi-
24 neering, and the Department of
25 Youth Services School through
26 applications submitted to the
27 Department. Allocations shall
28 be used to fund network admin-
29 istration and/or technology
30 that sustains, complements,
31 upgrades, or augments current
32 security measures. The Depart-
33 ment shall consult with the
34 Alabama Leaders in Educational
35 Technology (ALET) to implement
36 this allocation, and to assist
37 school systems’ effective use
38 of these funds, including but
39 not limited to, conducting
40 workshops, training, and col-
41 laborative support for
42 cybersecurity. Of the above
43 appropriation, $50,000 shall
44 be directed to Alabama Leaders
45 in Educational Technology
46 (ALET) to assist school sys-
47 tems’ effective use of these
48 funds, including but not lim-
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1 ited to, conducting workshops,
2 training, and collaborative
3 support for cybersecurity.
(i) Career Tech Operations and4
Maintenance.................5 8,000,000 8,000,000
(j) Current Units.............6 2,000,000 2,000,000
The above appropriation in-7
8 cludes funds for start-up
9 and/or conversion of public
10 charter schools which shall be
11 funded at Foundation Program
12 cost per unit in the same man-
13 ner as other public K-12
14 schools.
(k) Student Growth............15 27,080,035 27,080,035
To be distributed pursuant to16
17 the provisions of Act
18 2021-166.
(l) Math and Science Teacher19
Program.....................20 80,000,000 80,000,000
To be distributed to school systems based on the provisions of Act 2021-340. The21
22 Math and Science Teacher Program shall use the following salary matrix to determine
23 the salaries of qualified math and science teachers, based on 189 contract days. In
24 addition to the following salaries, qualified math and science teachers employed in
25 hard-to-staff schools shall receive an additional $5,000 stipend.
Step26 Bachelor Master AA/EDS Doctor
027 $48,558 $55,059 $58,963 $62,864
128 $51,981 $59,778 $64,456 $69,138
229 $54,758 $62,969 $67,916 $72,826
330 $56,360 $64,813 $69,904 $74,958
431 $58,005 $66,705 $71,944 $77,146
532 $59,693 $68,646 $74,038 $79,392
633 $61,426 $70,638 $76,188 $81,696
734 $63,204 $72,685 $78,393 $84,061
835 $64,468 $74,136 $79,961 $85,743
936 $65,757 $75,620 $81,560 $87,458
1037 $66,743 $76,755 $82,783 $88,769
1138 $67,745 $77,906 $84,025 $90,100
1239 $68,761 $79,075 $85,285 $91,452
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131 $68,761 $79,075 $85,285 $91,452
142 $68,761 $79,075 $85,285 $91,452
153 $69,796 $80,266 $86,570 $92,830
164 $69,796 $80,266 $86,570 $92,830
175 $69,796 $80,266 $86,570 $92,830
186 $70,853 $81,481 $87,881 $94,235
197 $70,853 $81,481 $87,881 $94,235
208 $70,853 $81,481 $87,881 $94,235
219 $71,931 $82,722 $89,217 $95,669
2210 $71,931 $82,722 $89,217 $95,669
2311 $71,931 $82,722 $89,217 $95,669
2412 $73,030 $83,984 $90,581 $97,131
2513 $73,030 $83,984 $90,581 $97,131
2614 $73,030 $83,984 $90,581 $97,131
2715 $74,151 $85,275 $91,971 $98,622
SOURCE OF FUNDS:16
(1) ETF.......................17 4,769,559,496
(2) ETF-Transfer..............18 80,000,000
(3) Federal and Local Funds ..19
723,240,625
(4) Public School Fund, Esti-20
mated.......................21
215,532,864
Total Education, State Board22
23 of - Local Boards of Education
...............................24 4,849,559,496 938,773,489 5,788,332,985
25
Upon certification and approval by the Deputy State Superintendent of the Office of26
27 Administrative and Financial Services that any newly formed city school system is an
28 operational public school system within the State of Alabama, the Department shall
29 ensure that any Foundation Program funds or other state funds allocated to the par-
30 ent county board of education of the newly formed city school system for students
31 that attended and were counted in the Average Daily Membership of the parent county
32 board of education and now will attend the newly formed city school system shall be
33 transferred to the newly formed city school system for operational expenses. The
34 above appropriation shall be distributed by the State Board of Education in accor-
35 dance with the provisions of Sections 16-13-230 through 16-13-239, Code of Alabama
36 1975, and all other laws and regulations of the State Board of Education relating to
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1 the expenditure of such funds. These funds shall be used to provide a minimum school
2 term of 180 full instructional days, or the hourly equivalent thereof, and for equi-
3 table educational opportunities in the public schools of the State. It is the intent
4 of the Legislature that funds appropriated from the Education Trust Fund shall not
5 be used to pay membership dues to any organization/association. Foundation Program
6 calculations for FY 2022-2023 are based on the funding divisors set forth below.
7 Units earned under the Foundation Program shall be employed as regular classroom
8 teachers and assigned by the local board of education. The divisors listed below
9 shall not serve to prescribe pupil-teacher ratios. It is the intent of the Legisla-
10 ture that local boards of education have flexibility in determining where reductions
11 are made. Any reductions made using flexibility of state units must comply with fed-
12 eral comparability and supplanting guidelines. Each district will submit an applica-
13 tion for approval by the State Superintendent as to the unit allocation adjustments
14 requested.
Grades K-3 ....15 14.25
Grades 4-6 ....16 20.43
Grades 7-8 ....17 19.70
Grades 9-12 ...18 17.95
In allocating the funds in the Foundation Program, the State Board of Education19
20 shall allot funds based on the rates established as follows:
The Foundation Program shall use the following salary matrix to determine the cost21
22 of instructional salaries, based on 187 contract days, and any part-time contract
23 shall conform to the pro-rata share of the following matrix:
Years Experi-24
25 ence BS MS 6Y DO ND
026 43,358 49,859 53,763 57,664 43,358
127 43,358 49,859 53,763 57,664 43,358
228 43,358 49,859 53,763 57,664 43,358
329 47,689 54,842 59,134 63,433 47,689
430 47,689 54,842 59,134 63,433 47,689
531 47,689 54,842 59,134 63,433 47,689
632 49,780 57,245 61,742 66,205 49,780
733 49,780 57,245 61,742 66,205 49,780
834 49,780 57,245 61,742 66,205 49,780
935 51,283 58,974 63,606 68,205 51,283
1036 51,795 59,563 64,242 68,887 51,795
1137 52,313 60,159 64,884 69,575 52,313
1238 52,837 60,761 65,533 70,271 52,837
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131 53,365 61,368 66,189 70,974 53,365
142 53,899 61,982 66,850 71,684 53,899
153 54,438 62,602 67,519 72,401 54,438
164 54,982 63,228 68,194 73,125 54,982
175 55,532 63,860 68,876 73,856 55,532
186 56,087 64,499 69,565 74,594 56,087
197 56,648 65,144 70,261 75,340 56,648
208 57,214 65,795 70,963 76,094 57,214
219 57,787 66,453 71,673 76,855 57,787
2210 58,364 67,118 72,389 77,623 58,364
2311 58,948 67,789 73,113 78,399 58,948
2412 59,538 68,467 73,845 79,183 59,538
2513 60,133 69,151 74,583 79,975 60,133
2614 60,734 69,843 75,329 80,775 60,734
2715 61,342 70,541 76,082 81,583 61,342
2816 61,955 71,247 76,843 82,399 61,955
2917 62,575 71,959 77,611 83,223 62,575
3018 63,200 72,679 78,387 84,055 63,200
3119 63,832 73,405 79,171 84,895 63,832
3220 64,471 74,140 79,963 85,744 64,471
3321 65,115 74,881 80,763 86,602 65,115
3422 65,766 75,630 81,570 87,468 65,766
3523 66,424 76,386 82,386 88,342 66,424
Professional learning activities are sustained, intensive, collaborative,24
25 job-embedded, data-driven, and classroom-focused to provide educators with the
26 knowledge and skills necessary to enable students to succeed and meet the challeng-
27 ing state academic standards. At least fifty percent of all professional learning
28 requirements necessary to retain a valid Alabama teaching certificate shall be di-
29 rectly related to the knowledge and skills necessary to provide high quality in-
30 struction that leads to student development and academic growth. The State Superin-
31 tendent shall establish an approval system, including, but not limited to a menu of
32 micro credentials, that relates directly to any valid teaching certificate holders’
33 responsibilities as an educator. The State Board of Education may adopt rules, as
34 necessary, for initial or recertification criteria. The State Superintendent shall
35 provide a status report on the approval system status and budgetary needs to the
36 Chairs of the House Ways and Means-Education and Senate Finance and Taxa-
37 tion-Education Committees on a quarterly basis.
Notwithstanding Section 16-13-231.1(d), Code of Alabama 1975, there shall not be an38
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1 appropriation for the 1% over the total cost of instructional salaries for the Foun-
2 dation Program as calculated by the State Minimum Salary Schedule for the fiscal
3 year beginning October 1, 2022. For "Fringe Benefits" the rate per day for two per-
4 sonal days and five sick days (for units earned in the Foundation Program) shall be
5 $95. The Teachers' Retirement System employer rate shall be 12.59% of salaries for
6 Tier I members and 11.44% of salaries for Tier II members. The Public Education Em-
7 ployees' Health Insurance Program (PEEHIP) rate shall be $800 per month for each
8 full-time employee. As funds are appropriated, the appropriation herein shall in-
9 clude funds to pay for substitute support employees for each day a support employee
10 is absent.
For "Classroom Instructional Support," the uniform amounts used in determining the11
12 Foundation Program allowance for classroom instructional support shall be: (1) text-
13 books or digital resources at $75.00 per pupil in average daily membership during
14 the first 20 scholastic days after Labor Day of the preceding school year; (2)
15 classroom materials and supplies at $900.00 per unit earned in the Foundation Pro-
16 gram; (3) technology at $500.00 per unit earned in the Foundation Program; (4) pro-
17 fessional development at $100.00 per unit earned in the Foundation Program; and (5)
18 library enhancement at $157.72 per unit earned in the Foundation Program. Funds al-
19 located for instructional support units to meet Advanced Education standards may be
20 used for principals, assistant principals, counselors, and librarians as calculated
21 by the State Department of Education and assigned to the schools where such units
22 are earned. An instructional support unit earned for a principal shall be increased
23 by .31 for elementary schools, .35 for middle schools, and .45 for secondary schools
24 and unit schools. An instructional support unit earned for an assistant principal
25 shall be increased by .10 for elementary schools, middle schools, secondary schools
26 and unit schools. An instructional support unit earned for a counselor shall be in-
27 creased by .03 for secondary schools and unit schools. The budgeting and expenditure
28 of funds in the Foundation Program at the local level shall be determined and made
29 by the local board of education in accordance with rules and regulations of the
30 State Board of Education and all laws governing such school budgets and expendi-
31 tures.
13. Education, State Department32
33 of:
(a) Administrative Services34
Program.....................35 324,456,029 65,491,160 389,947,189
The proposed spending plan for36
37 the ETF monies included in the
38 above program is as follows:
Operations and39
40 Maintenance of
the Department .41 30,650,156
Of the above appropriation,42
43 $5,000,000 shall be expended
44 for a grant program to be ad-
45 ministered by the State Super-
46 intendent of Education to ad-
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1 dress unmet capital, equip-
2 ment, or other needs of K-12
3 schools. Individual grant
4 amounts may not exceed
5 $500,000 for any one system.
6 The Superintendent shall no-
7 tify all members of the local
8 legislative delegation five
9 days prior to the announcement
10 of any grant made to any K-12
11 school located in the legisla-
12 tive jurisdiction. The five
13 days prior notice requirement
14 shall be waived in the event
15 of a declared emergency. The
16 State Superintendent of Educa-
17 tion shall report all grants
18 awarded to the Chairs of the
19 Senate Committee on Finance
20 and Taxation-Education, the
21 House Ways and Means-Education
22 Committee, and the Legislative
23 Fiscal Officer. Such report
24 shall include amounts awarded
25 and intended use of funds.
Children First26
Trust Fund ....27 3,050,000
The above appropriation will28
29 be directed by the State De-
30 partment of Education towards
31 the specialized treatment of
32 students with autism, students
33 with emotional disabilities
34 and students with deficit dis-
35 orders. The Department may
36 also allocate funds to each
37 local educational agency as a
38 supplemental appropriation
39 based upon the number of stu-
40 dents with identifiable dis-
41 abilities.
Operations and42
43 Maintenance for
44 the Alabama
45 Reading Initia-
tive ..........46 94,239,601
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Of the above1
2 amount, at
3 least
4 $36,800,000
5 shall be allo-
6 cated directly
7 to local boards
8 of education
9 for the employ-
10 ment of reading
11 coaches to work
12 in grades K-3.
13 At a minimum,
14 $80,000 shall
15 be distributed
16 to each local
17 board of educa-
18 tion for the
19 employment of a
20 full time read-
21 ing coach. The
22 remaining funds
23 shall be dis-
24 tributed to
25 each local
26 board of educa-
27 tion pro-rata
28 based on the
29 number of K-3
30 schools and/or
31 students as de-
32 termined by the
33 State Depart-
34 ment of Educa-
35 tion. All funds
36 are to be dis-
37 tributed and
38 expended for
39 reading coaches
40 to serve grades
41 K, 1, 2, and 3
42 only. It is the
43 intent of the
44 Legislature
45 that funds ap-
46 propriated for
47 the Alabama
48 Reading Initia-
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2 pended only for
3 the Alabama
4 Reading Initia-
5 tive Program.
6 The State Su-
7 perintendent of
8 Education shall
9 report
10 semi-annually
11 to the Chairs
12 of the Senate
13 Committee on
14 Finance and
15 Taxa-
16 tion-Education,
17 the House Ways
18 and
19 Means-Education
20 Committee, the
21 Permanent Joint
22 Legislative
23 Committee on
24 Finances and
25 Budgets and the
26 Legislative
27 Fiscal Officer,
28 the expendi-
29 tures for the
30 Alabama Reading
31 Initiative Pro-
32 gram. Such re-
33 port shall in-
34 clude, but not
35 be limited to,
36 the specific
37 amounts ex-
38 pended for pro-
39 fessional de-
40 velopment, a
41 summary and
42 evaluation of
43 summer and af-
44 ter-school pro-
45 gramming across
46 the state, and
47 on-site support
48 for school
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2 support staff
3 for Alabama
4 Reading Initia-
5 tive purposes
6 only. The re-
7 maining funds
8 shall be ex-
9 pended for any
10 of the follow-
11 ing: for the
12 employment of
13 state and re-
14 gional level
15 reading spe-
16 cialists, for
17 professional
18 development and
19 technical as-
20 sistance to
21 schools, to
22 supplement the
23 costs of local
24 reading
25 coaches, summer
26 enrichment pro-
27 grams, incen-
28 tives for
29 schools demon-
30 strating the
31 most growth in
32 grade 3 reading
33 achievement, or
34 other purposes
35 to improve K-3
36 literacy. The
37 remaining funds
38 appropriated
39 herein shall be
40 expended in
41 accordance with
42 the general
43 provisions of
44 the Alabama
45 Literacy Act,
46 Chapter 16G of
47 Title 16. The
48 State Superin-
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2 cation shall
3 ensure these
4 funds target
5 the lowest per-
6 forming
7 schools.
Certified Aca-8
9 demic Language
10 Therapist
11 (CALT) Stipend
12 Program 600,000
The above ap-13
14 propriation in-
15 cludes funds to
16 pay salary sup-
17 plements and
18 related benefit
19 costs for Cer-
20 tified Academic
21 Language Thera-
22 pists (CALT)
23 and other costs
24 of the program.
25 Supplement
26 amounts will be
27 determined by
28 the availabil-
29 ity of funds
30 based on the
31 number of CALT
32 Teachers. (1)
33 The state of
34 Alabama will
35 provide an an-
36 nual supplement
37 of $5,000 to
38 any CALT that
39 is employed
40 full-time in a
41 public K-12
42 school system
43 or public inde-
44 pendent school
45 and is properly
46 certified by
47 the state of
48 Alabama. The
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2 bility criteria
3 will apply: (a)
4 CALTs employed
5 on less than a
6 full-time con-
7 tract on Octo-
8 ber 1 will re-
9 ceive a
10 pro-rata share
11 of the salary
12 supplement. (b)
13 CALTs employed
14 full-time after
15 October 1 will
16 receive a
17 pro-rata share
18 of the salary
19 supplement. (c)
20 Any CALT em-
21 ployed
22 full-time in
23 Alabama and are
24 properly certi-
25 fied by the
26 state of Ala-
27 bama will re-
28 ceive the an-
29 nual salary
30 stipend. (d)
31 CALTs employed
32 as a substitute
33 are not eligi-
34 ble for the
35 salary supple-
36 ment. (e) CALTs
37 who are on
38 leave of ab-
39 sence for more
40 than half a
41 school year
42 will receive a
43 prorated amount
44 based on the
45 number of
46 months worked
47 during the
48 school year.
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1 (f) CALTs will
2 receive the
3 salary supple-
4 ment each year
5 of the valid
6 period of the
7 CALT creden-
8 tials unless
9 the Alabama
10 Legislature
11 declines to
12 make the annual
13 appropriation.
14 (g) CALTs must
15 maintain their
16 CALT creden-
17 tials in order
18 to continue
19 receiving the
20 salary supple-
21 ment. (h) CALTs
22 employed in the
23 final year of
24 their CALT cre-
25 dentials valid
26 period will
27 receive a pro-
28 rated amount
29 based on the
30 number of
31 months worked
32 covered in that
33 valid period.
34 (i) CALTs who
35 leave after
36 October 1 will
37 be eligible for
38 a prorated
39 amount based on
40 the months
41 served. (j)
42 CALTs must re-
43 main employed
44 with a public
45 K-12 Local
46 Board of Educa-
47 tion school
48 system or pub-
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1 lic independent
2 school to con-
3 tinue receiving
4 the salary sup-
5 plement.
Operations and6
7 Maintenance for
8 the Alabama
9 Math, Science
10 and Technology
Initiative ....11 48,299,318
Of the above12
13 appropriation,
14 $15,000,000
15 shall be ex-
16 pended in ac-
17 cordance with
18 the provisions
19 of SB171 of the
20 2022 Regular
21 Session, the
22 Alabama Numer-
23 acy Act, if en-
24 acted. From the
25 above appropri-
26 ation, the
27 State Superin-
28 tendent of Edu-
29 cation shall
30 direct AMSTI
31 resources to
32 the districts
33 based on their
34 individual
35 needs. This ap-
36 propriation
37 shall not be
38 transferred and
39 must be ex-
40 pended in ac-
41 cordance with
42 the intent of
43 the appropria-
44 tion to each of
45 the AMSTI
46 sites. It is
47 the intent of
48 the Legislature
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3 AMSTI be di-
4 vided based
5 upon the number
6 of classroom
7 teachers served
8 by in-service
9 centers and
10 expended only
11 for the Alabama
12 Math, Science
13 and Technology
14 Initiative Pro-
15 gram through
16 established
17 procedures of
18 the most recent
19 year's contrac-
20 tual agreement
21 of each site
22 within the re-
23 gional
24 in-service cen-
25 ter regions.
26 The State Su-
27 perintendent of
28 Education shall
29 report
30 semi-annually
31 to the Chairs
32 of the Senate
33 Committee on
34 Finance and
35 Taxa-
36 tion-Education,
37 the House Ways
38 and
39 Means-Education
40 Committee, the
41 Permanent Joint
42 Legislative
43 Committee on
44 Finances and
45 Budgets and the
46 Legislative
47 Fiscal Officer
48 the expendi-
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1 tures for the
2 Alabama Math,
3 Science and
4 Technology Ini-
5 tiative Pro-
6 gram. Such re-
7 port shall in-
8 clude, but not
9 be limited to,
10 the amounts
11 expended for
12 the equipment,
13 materials and
14 supplies needed
15 to teach math
16 and science, as
17 well as the
18 amounts ex-
19 pended for pro-
20 fessional de-
21 velopment and
22 on-site sup-
23 port. The re-
24 port shall also
25 include infor-
26 mation regard-
27 ing the effec-
28 tiveness of the
29 initiative in
30 improving math
31 and science
32 test scores for
33 K-12 students.
34 No money appro-
35 priated for the
36 Alabama Reading
37 Initiative or
38 the Alabama
39 Math, Science
40 and Technology
41 Initiative may
42 be repurposed
43 by the State
44 Superintendent
45 of Education
46 for any other
47 purpose other
48 than those al-
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School Safety3
4 Security and
5 Climate Program 10,240,000
Of the above6
7 amount,
8 $800,000 shall
9 be expended for
10 Regional Safety
11 Training Spe-
12 cialists;
13 $250,000 shall
14 be expended for
15 the Mental
16 Health Collabo-
17 rative; and
18 $4,690,000
19 shall be ex-
20 pended for the
21 School-Based
22 Mental Health
23 Service Coordi-
24 nator. The
25 above appropri-
26 ation for
27 School-Based
28 Mental Health
29 Service Coordi-
30 nator shall be
31 expended to
32 provide grants
33 to local educa-
34 tion agencies
35 and public in-
36 dependent
37 schools to ex-
38 pand
39 school-based
40 mental health
41 initiatives.
42 The State Su-
43 perintendent of
44 Education shall
45 notify, in
46 writing, all
47 school systems
48 of the avail-
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1 ability of the
2 funding. The
3 notification
4 shall include
5 the grant ap-
6 plication and
7 the amount
8 available to
9 each system.
10 The grant ap-
11 plication pro-
12 cess must re-
13 quire the sub-
14 mission of
15 plans by the
16 applicant to
17 provide for a
18 mental health
19 service coordi-
20 nator to sup-
21 port coordina-
22 tion of mental
23 health services
24 throughout the
25 system. In the
26 awarding of
27 grants, prefer-
28 ence will be
29 given to appli-
30 cants willing
31 to partner with
32 the Alabama
33 Department of
34 Mental Health
35 under the ADMH
36 school-based
37 Mental Health
38 collaboration
39 and tradition-
40 ally
41 high-poverty
42 underserved
43 districts
44 throughout the
45 state. After
46 funding reaches
47 $40,000 for
48 each system,
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2 funding for the
3 program shall
4 be allocated to
5 school systems
6 by ADMH. Of the
7 above amount,
8 $3,000,000
9 shall be ex-
10 pended for the
11 Bullying Pre-
12 vention Project
13 in accordance
14 with Title 16,
15 Chapter 28B,
16 Code of Alabama
17 1975. The State
18 Superintendent
19 of Education
20 shall distrib-
21 ute the above
22 appropriation
23 as grants to
24 local education
25 agencies. These
26 agencies may be
27 awarded funds
28 only after ap-
29 plication to
30 the State De-
31 partment of
32 Education. The
33 grant applica-
34 tion process
35 may require the
36 submission of
37 plans by the
38 applicant to
39 meet the re-
40 quirements set
41 forth in Chap-
42 ter 28B of Ti-
43 tle 16. In the
44 awarding of
45 grants, prefer-
46 ence will be
47 given to appli-
48 cants seeking
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1 to develop and
2 implement evi-
3 dence-based
4 practices to
5 promote a
6 school environ-
7 ment that is
8 free of harass-
9 ment, intimida-
10 tion, violence,
11 and threats of
12 violence. This
13 program may
14 also address
15 tier one and
16 tier two of the
17 school-based
18 mental health
19 model of all
20 students re-
21 ceiving preven-
22 tion education
23 and peers work-
24 ing to support
25 and identify
26 at-risk stu-
27 dents. Addi-
28 tionally, the
29 program may
30 focus to in-
31 crease school
32 safety through
33 early identifi-
34 cation of
35 at-risk stu-
36 dents, minimiz-
37 ing disciplin-
38 ary infractions
39 including
40 school suspen-
41 sions and ex-
42 pulsions. The
43 program may
44 provide grade
45 level preven-
46 tion curriculum
47 for all stu-
48 dents and, in
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1 that case, the
2 curriculum must
3 be updated an-
4 nually to re-
5 main current
6 and relevant to
7 current trends
8 that youth face
9 in their lives.
10 Any applicable
11 prevention cur-
12 riculum must be
13 comprehensive
14 and satisfy the
15 following state
16 mandates:
17 Erin's Law,
18 Jamari Terrell
19 Williams Stu-
20 dent Bullying
21 Prevention Act,
22 Jason Flatt
23 Act, and Drugs
24 and Alcohol. In
25 addition, any
26 program related
27 to mental
28 health should
29 be flexible
30 enough to focus
31 on the greatest
32 mental health
33 needs for each
34 individual
35 school. For
36 accountability
37 purposes, re-
38 porting data
39 must include
40 the number of
41 students en-
42 gaged in the
43 programs, the
44 number of stu-
45 dents sup-
46 ported, and the
47 number of stu-
48 dents referred
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1 to adults as
2 at-risk.
Computer Sci-3
4 ence for Ala-
5 bama (CS4AL)
6 Program 3,000,000
State Charter7
8 School Commis-
sion ..........9 400,000
New Schools for10
11 Alabama 400,000
The above ap-12
13 propriation
14 shall be ex-
15 pended for pub-
16 lic charter
17 school startup
18 funding grants,
19 which shall be
20 distributed on
21 a competitive
22 basis to no
23 fewer than two
24 new,
25 high-quality
26 public charter
27 school appli-
28 cants.
Arts Education .29 1,700,000
Alabama Holo-30
31 caust Commis-
sion ..........32 95,000
Statewide Stu-33
34 dent Assessment
................35 19,405,117
To be expended36
37 for expenses
38 directly re-
39 lated to stu-
40 dent assess-
41 ments.
CLAS-Certified42
43 Instructional
44 Leader Program 548,000
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Children's Eye1
2 Screening Pro-
3 gram and Fol-
4 low-up Eye Care
................5 2,896,460
Vendors shall6
7 file a report
8 on or before
9 December 31,
10 2022 with the
11 Chairs of the
12 House Ways and
13 Means-Education
14 Committee, the
15 Senate Commit-
16 tee on Finance
17 and Taxa-
18 tion-Education,
19 the Finance Di-
20 rector, and the
21 Legislative
22 Fiscal Officer.
23 Of the above
24 appropriation,
25 $1,448,230
26 shall be used
27 to provide eye
28 screening for
29 students in
30 Grades K, 2 and
31 4. The method
32 of screening
33 shall be color
34 photo refrac-
35 tion as devel-
36 oped by the Na-
37 tional Aeronau-
38 tics and Space
39 Administration;
40 and $1,448,230
41 shall be used
42 to provide fol-
43 low-up eye care
44 for Grades K, 2
45 and 4 students.
46 Follow-up eye
47 care services
48 shall include,
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1 but not be lim-
2 ited to, pro-
3 viding assis-
4 tance in ob-
5 taining and
6 coordinating
7 local eye care
8 services for
9 those children
10 identified as
11 needing said
12 follow-up eye
13 care services
14 whether in-
15 sured, unin-
16 sured or
17 underinsured.
18 Children iden-
19 tified as unin-
20 sured or
21 underinsured
22 shall be pro-
23 vided with free
24 eye exams and
25 free prescrip-
26 tion specta-
27 cles. A data-
28 base including
29 specific data
30 by child,
31 grade,
32 school/system,
33 and services
34 for out-
35 come-based mea-
36 surement shall
37 be maintained
38 and archived.
Woolley Insti-39
40 tute for Spoken
41 Language Educa-
tion ..........42 610,000
Special Educa-43
44 tion Licensed
45 Interpreters
46 Deaf/Hard of
47 Hearing Teach-
ers............48 8,500,000
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Local School1
2 and School Sys-
3 tem Academic
4 and Financial
5 Improvement
6 Program
(At-Risk) .....7 12,040,633
Of the above8
9 appropriation,
10 $250,000 shall
11 be expended for
12 financial
13 awards pursuant
14 to the Legisla-
15 tive School
16 Performance
17 Recognition
18 Program, as es-
19 tablished by
20 Section
21 16-6C-3, Code
22 of Alabama
23 1975.
Military Chil-24
25 dren Support
Plan ..........26 800,000
English Lan-27
28 guage Learners
Program .......29 16,155,334
Of the above appropriation,30
31 $2,000,000 shall be used to
32 support Regional EL Special-
33 ists under the State Depart-
34 ment of Education. Based on
35 the 2021-22 school system
36 count supplied to the Alabama
37 Department of Education by
38 each local superintendent of
39 education, the remaining
40 amount herein is appropriated
41 on a per student basis to be
42 utilized by local school
43 boards to provide assistance
44 to students not utilizing Eng-
45 lish as their native language
46 so they may become proficient
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1 in reading, writing and speak-
2 ing english at the earliest
3 possible time. Notwithstanding
4 the above: (1) funding to
5 school systems where the per-
6 centage of English Language
7 Learner (ELL) students to the
8 total number of students en-
9 rolled in the school system
10 exceeds ten percent shall re-
11 ceive a weight of 1.5 per stu-
12 dent; and (2) funding to
13 schools where the percentage
14 of current English Language
15 Learner (ELL) students to the
16 total number of students en-
17 rolled in the school exceeds
18 fifteen percent or current or
19 former English Language
20 Learner (ELL) students exceed
21 twenty percent shall receive a
22 weight of 2.0 per student.
Tenure Person-23
nel Hearings ..24 200,000
To provide reimbursements for25
26 court reporters and hearing
27 officers under the provisions
28 of Title 16, Chapter 24C, Code
29 of Alabama 1975.
Distance Learn-30
ing............31 20,165,768
Job descriptions shall be de-32
33 veloped by the State Depart-
34 ment of Education for posi-
35 tions funded by this appropri-
36 ation. The hiring of personnel
37 shall be monitored by the
38 State Department of Education
39 for compliance with these job
40 descriptions. In addition,
41 these funds shall be used ex-
42 clusively for the distance
43 learning initiative ACCESS
44 (Alabama Connecting Class-
45 rooms, Educators, and Students
46 Statewide). For the 2022-2023
47 school year, the Department
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1 shall not charge any Alabama
2 resident, whether
3 home-schooled or enrolled in a
4 non-public school, a fee to
5 participate in the ACCESS Pro-
6 gram.
Advanced Place-7
ment ..........8 11,421,179
The above appropriation may9
10 support the programmatic work
11 of A+ Education Partnership to
12 expand access to Advanced
13 Placement (AP) courses and
14 rigorous curricula in preced-
15 ing grades by providing educa-
16 tor training, equipment, in-
17 centives, and ongoing support
18 to teachers and students. Sub-
19 ject to appropriations, it is
20 the intent of the
21 Legislature that the State
22 Department of Education may
23 also provide funds to pay for
24 the AP exam fees for Alabama
25 students eligible to receive
26 free or reduced lunch.
High Needs Spe-27
28 cial Education
29 Grant Program 17,400,000
Juvenile Proba-30
31 tion Officers 750,000
Governor's32
33 Mathematics Ed-
34 ucation Coach-
35 ing Corps 5,000,000
This appropriation shall be36
37 used to implement a pilot pro-
38 gram for mathematics education
39 coaches in grades K through 5.
40 The State Department of Educa-
41 tion shall develop and imple-
42 ment the program, which shall
43 utilize highly skilled and
44 experienced elementary school
45 mathematics educators to act
46 as coaches for classroom math-
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1 ematics teachers, with an em-
2 phasis on improving student
3 achievement in mathematics.
4 The State Department of Educa-
5 tion shall submit a report to
6 the Governor, the Finance Di-
7 rector, the Legislative Fiscal
8 Officer, the Speaker of the
9 House, the President Pro Tem-
10 pore of the Senate, the Chair
11 of the House Ways and
12 Means-Education Committee, the
13 Chair of the Senate Finance
14 and Taxation-Education Commit-
15 tee and the Chairs of the
16 House and Senate Education
17 Policy Committees not later
18 than July 1, 2023, detailing
19 the implementation of the pi-
20 lot program and reporting on
21 the impact of the program on
22 teacher professional develop-
23 ment and student growth and
24 performance on mathematics
25 assessments.
Auxiliary26
27 Teacher Grant
28 Program for
29 Underperforming
30 Schools 5,439,463
This appropriation shall be31
32 used for the State Department
33 of Education, to fund grants
34 for auxiliary teachers in K-3
35 underperforming elementary
36 schools pursuant to the most
37 recent designations pursuant
38 to the Alabama Accountability
39 Act or school grading system
40 subject to identification by
41 the State Superintendent pur-
42 suant to the provisions of
43 House Bill 429 of the 2022
44 Regular Session.
Underperforming45
46 Schools 10,000,000
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This appropriation shall be1
2 used for the State Department
3 of Education, in consultation
4 with the Department of Early
5 Childhood Education, to fund
6 grants to the lowest perform-
7 ing public elementary schools
8 which are identified as
9 underperforming elementary
10 schools pursuant to the most
11 recent designations pursuant
12 to the Alabama Accountability
13 Act or school grading system
14 subject to identification by
15 the State Superintendent. The
16 intent of these grants is to
17 identify and target the spe-
18 cific deficiencies of each
19 individual underperforming
20 public elementary school. In
21 order to identify the said
22 deficiencies, the State De-
23 partment of Education shall
24 assess each school and shall
25 share its written assessment
26 of the said deficiencies with
27 each school, after which the
28 Department of Education, in
29 consultation with each school,
30 shall issue specific recommen-
31 dations to successfully re-
32 solve those deficiencies. The
33 Department of Education shall
34 thereafter provide grants to
35 each eligible school for the
36 express purpose of carrying
37 out the specific objective of
38 resolving the identified defi-
39 ciencies and the overall ob-
40 jective of improving the
41 school's performance. As to
42 each elementary school identi-
43 fied pursuant to this section,
44 the State Department of Educa-
45 tion shall annually produce
46 written reports to the Chair
47 of the House Ways and
48 Means-Education Committee, the
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1 Chair of the Senate Finance
2 and Taxation-Education Commit-
3 tee, the Governor, the Finance
4 Director, the Legislative Fis-
5 cal Officer, the State School
6 Board, the Local School Board,
7 the Local Superintendent, and
8 the Principal of each school.
Online9
10 High-Speed
11 Teacher Certif-
12 ication Portal 450,000
To support improvements in13
14 teacher certification.
(b) Financial Assistance Pro-15
gram........................16 115,941,642 4,206,873,819 4,322,815,461
The proposed spending plan for17
18 the ETF monies included in the
19 above program is as follows:
Southwest20
21 School of Deaf
and Blind .....22 198,865
Symphony in Ed-23
24 ucation Program 100,000
Special Educa-25
26 tion Pre-School
Program ......27 27,623,062
National Board28
29 for Profes-
30 sional Teaching
Standards .....31 13,712,908
The above appropriation in-32
33 cludes funds to pay salary
34 supplements and related bene-
35 fit costs for Nationally
36 Board-Certified Teachers
37 (NBCT) and other costs of the
38 program. Supplement amounts
39 will be determined by the
40 availability of funds based on
41 the number of National Board
42 Certified Teachers. (1) The
43 state of Alabama will provide
44 an annual supplement of $5,000
45 to any NBCT that is employed
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1 full-time in a public K-12
2 school and is properly certi-
3 fied by the state of Alabama.
4 The existing eligibility cri-
5 teria will apply: (a) NBCTs
6 employed on a less than
7 full-time contract on October
8 1 will receive a pro-rata
9 share of the salary supple-
10 ment. (b) NBCTs employed
11 full-time after October 1 will
12 receive a pro-rata share of
13 the salary supplement. (c)
14 NBCTs who earn National Board
15 Certification in another state
16 and are teaching full-time in
17 Alabama on October 1 and are
18 properly certified by the
19 state of Alabama will receive
20 the annual salary stipend. (d)
21 NBCTs employed as a substitute
22 are not eligible for the sal-
23 ary supplement. (e) NBCTs who
24 are on leave of absence for
25 more than half a school year
26 will receive a prorated amount
27 based on the number of months
28 worked during the school year.
29 (f) NBCTs will receive the
30 salary supplement each year of
31 the valid period of the cer-
32 tificate unless the Alabama
33 Legislature declines to make
34 the annual appropriation. (g)
35 NBCTs must renew their certif-
36 icate by the year of the cer-
37 tificate's expiration in order
38 to continue receiving the sal-
39 ary supplement. (h) NBCTs em-
40 ployed in the final year of
41 the certificate valid period
42 will receive a prorated amount
43 based on the number of months
44 worked covered in that valid
45 period. (i) NBCTs who leave
46 after October 1 will be eligi-
47 ble for a prorated amount
48 based on the months served.
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1 (j) NBCTs must remain employed
2 with a public K-12 local Board
3 of Education in order to con-
4 tinue receiving the salary
5 supplement. (2) In addition to
6 the supplement provided by
7 subsection (1) of this sec-
8 tion, classroom teachers shall
9 be eligible for an additional
10 supplement of $5,000 if in an
11 instructional assignment in
12 challenging, high poverty
13 schools, subject to the fol-
14 lowing conditions and limita-
15 tions: (a) Teacher holds a
16 valid NBPTS certificate in
17 Literacy, English as a New
18 Language, Math, Science, Ex-
19 ceptional Needs, or Career and
20 Technical Education; and (b)
21 School has been on the "Fail-
22 ing School" list 3 of the last
23 5 years; and/or (c) School has
24 a graduation rate more than
25 10% less than the state aver-
26 age for 2 of the 3 most re-
27 cently posted years; and/or
28 (d) School has a free and re-
29 duced federal lunch student
30 percentage of 75% or greater
31 as determined by the most re-
32 cent data posted or provides
33 meals to all students through
34 the Community Eligibility Pro-
35 vision. The State Department
36 of Education shall file a re-
37 port on or before September
38 30, 2023 with the Chairs of
39 the Senate Committee on Fi-
40 nance and Taxation-Education,
41 House Ways and Means-Education
42 Committee and the Legislative
43 Fiscal Officer regarding the
44 number of classroom teachers
45 becoming eligible and receiv-
46 ing the additional supplement
47 provided in (2) above during
48 fiscal year 2023.
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Children's Hos-1
pital .........2 703,546
Of the above appropriation,3
4 $600,000 shall be distributed
5 to the Children's Hospital for
6 poison control.
Career Tech7
Initiative ....8 25,167,239
The above appropriation shall9
10 be spent on expanding career
11 tech learning opportunities
12 for students and to extend
13 leadership and student orga-
14 nized activities throughout
15 the state as defined by the
16 State Superintendent of Educa-
17 tion. Of the above appropria-
18 tion, $6,700,000 shall be used
19 to expand the Career Coaches
20 Program. Career coaches who
21 are certified as teachers may
22 be compensated on the state
23 minimum salary schedule for
24 teachers based upon years of
25 experience, highest degree
26 earned, and the length of con-
27 tract in the same manner as
28 classroom teachers. Further-
29 more, not more than $1,000,000
30 of the above appropriation
31 shall be first used for
32 agriscience purposes if an
33 adequate number of RFP's are
34 received. Such funds shall be
35 made available through a com-
36 petitive grant process to pay
37 stipends, salaries, benefits
38 and travel of agriscience
39 teachers who work on a 220 day
40 or less contract provided
41 their duties and activities
42 exceed existing contract
43 length. In the event all the
44 agriscience funds are not ap-
45 plied for, the balance of the
46 $1,000,000 shall revert to the
47 balance of the appropriation
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2 the discretion of the State
3 Superintendent of Education
4 for additional career tech
5 initiatives not limited to but
6 including travel and student
7 leadership development activi-
8 ties in other career tech pro-
9 gram disciplines. Of the above
10 appropriation, $794,372 shall
11 be expended for the Imagine
12 Academy; $726,900 shall be
13 expended for the Agribusiness
14 Education Program, of which
15 $275,000 shall be expended for
16 student membership dues for
17 Future Farmers of America; and
18 $365,000 shall be expended for
19 the ProStart Career and Tech-
20 nical Education Program for
21 culinary, restaurant and hos-
22 pitality training for high
23 school students that is recog-
24 nized as meeting the standards
25 set by the national profes-
26 sional trade association for
27 the industry.
Teacher28
29 In-Service Cen-
ters ..........30 3,509,080
The State Superintendent of31
32 Education shall administer the
33 In-Service Centers by confirm-
34 ing the areas of focus for
35 professional development ac-
36 tivities, monitoring and ap-
37 proving the professional de-
38 velopment plan of the centers,
39 approving the budget, and
40 evaluating the centers on an
41 annual basis to determine per-
42 formance outcomes and identify
43 any deficiencies and require
44 any necessary corrective mea-
45 sures. Nothing herein shall
46 require the existing
47 in-service regions be redrawn
48 or require the State Superin-
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2 ASIMS, technology in motion,
3 or other funds to more than
4 the existing in-service re-
5 gions. The above appropriation
6 to the In-Service Centers
7 shall be distributed to the
8 In-Service Centers as follows:
University of9
10 Alabama
......263,24911
University of12
13 Alabama at Bir-
14 mingham
......346,84815
Alabama A and M16
17 University
......320,08618
Alabama State19
20 University
......282,28721
Athens State22
23 University
......274,83824
Auburn Univer-25
26 sity
......284,21727
Jacksonville28
29 State Univer-
30 sity
......279,52831
University of32
33 Montevallo
......291,39134
Troy University35
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University of2
3 North Alabama
......258,2834
University of5
6 South Alabama
......368,6447
University of8
9 West Alabama
......245,83410
Teacher Profes-11
12 sional Develop-
ment Training .13 3,898,913
Of the above appropriation,14
15 $2,357,192 shall be expended
16 for the Technology in Motion
17 Program to train teachers
18 (K-12) on authentic computer
19 science and other technology
20 program training as directed
21 by the State Superintendent.
22 High school and middle school
23 teachers from math, science,
24 and career tech will be
25 trained to offer stand-alone
26 Computer Science courses, and
27 elementary teachers will be
28 trained to integrate computer
29 science into weekly activi-
30 ties, following nationally
31 developed curricula that ad-
32 dress the Alabama Standards
33 for Computer Science. Of the
34 above appropriation, $300,000
35 shall be expended for Computer
36 Science educator training. The
37 ALSDE shall coordinate and as
38 needed allocate funds through
39 a competitive grant process
40 for state entities (e.g.,
41 non-profits, higher ed) to
42 offer professional development
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2 approved by the ALSDE for a
3 computer science pathway; cur-
4 ricula should be open and
5 available across multiple com-
6 puting platforms (e.g., avail-
7 able within a web browser).
8 Funding shall be used for pro-
9 fessional development and
10 teacher support. The ALSDE
11 shall provide a report of the
12 initiative to the Chair of the
13 House Ways and Means-Education
14 Committee and the Chair of the
15 Senate Committee on Finance
16 and Taxation-Education no
17 later than June 15, 2023. Of
18 the above appropriation,
19 $613,907 shall be expended to
20 establish a Middle School Com-
21 puter Programming Initiative.
22 The Department shall allocate
23 funds through a competitive
24 grant process for local educa-
25 tion agencies. Each grant may
26 be used for professional de-
27 velopment, training, and cur-
28 riculum, and shall not exceed
29 $25,000. Only one grant is
30 available per system. The De-
31 partment shall provide a re-
32 port of the initiative to the
33 Chair of the House Ways and
34 Means-Education Committee and
35 the Chair of the Senate Com-
36 mittee on Finance and Taxa-
37 tion-Education no later than
38 June 1, 2023. Of the above
39 appropriation, $438,907 shall
40 be used for the Principal
41 Mentoring Program and $188,907
42 shall be used for the Special
43 Education Professional Devel-
44 opment Program for educators
45 and school board members. The
46 Department shall file a report
47 with the Chairs of the House
48 Ways and Means-Education Com-
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1 mittee, the Senate Committee
2 on Finance and Taxa-
3 tion-Education, the Finance
4 Director, and the Legislative
5 Fiscal Officer on the first
6 day of the 2023 Regular Ses-
7 sion regarding the expendi-
8 tures and usage of the funds
9 appropriated to these two pro-
10 grams in fiscal year 2023.
Jobs for Ala-11
12 bama's Gradu-
ates (JAG) ....13 2,550,742
High Hopes for14
15 Alabama Stu-
dents .........16 9,980,287
Student Botani-17
18 cal Pilot Pro-
19 ject 300,000
Teacher Re-20
21 cruitment and
22 Placement 800,000
Alabama Schol-23
24 ars Bowl TV
Show ..........25 100,000
Teach for Amer-26
ica............27 822,000
It is the intent of the Legis-28
29 lature that funds appropriated
30 for Teach for America be used
31 to employ veterans of the
32 United States Armed Forces
33 where possible. Any teachers
34 employed with these funds
35 shall only teach in the sub-
36 ject area for which they have
37 demonstrated competency as
38 determined and approved by the
39 State Department of Education.
Alabama Foot-40
41 ball Coaches
42 Association 125,000
No scholarship awarded by the43
44 association shall be awarded
45 to a recipient that is an im-
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2 current football coach.
Alabama Base-3
4 ball Coaches
5 Association 100,000
Coach Safely6
7 Initiative 700,000
Helping Fami-8
9 lies Initiative
................10 2,300,000
Of the above appropriation to11
12 the Helping Families Initia-
13 tive, no more than $75,000
14 shall be expended for execu-
15 tive salaries or benefits. The
16 Helping Families Initiative
17 shall file a report with the
18 Chairs of the House Ways and
19 Means-Education Committee,
20 Senate Committee on Finance
21 and Taxation-Education, the
22 Finance Director, and the Leg-
23 islative Fiscal Officer on the
24 first day of the 2023 Regular
25 Session regarding the expendi-
26 tures and usage of the funds
27 appropriated in fiscal year
28 2023 as provided in Section
29 16.
Hudson Alpha30
31 Institute -
32 Science Teacher
Training ......33 1,000,000
The Institute shall file a34
35 report with the Chairs of the
36 House Ways and Means-Education
37 Committee, Senate Committee on
38 Finance and Taxa-
39 tion-Education, the Finance
40 Director, and the Legislative
41 Fiscal Officer on the first
42 day of the 2023 Regular Ses-
43 sion regarding the expendi-
44 tures and usage of the funds
45 appropriated in fiscal year
46 2023 as provided in Section
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Southern Re-2
3 search Insti-
4 tute 1,000,000
The above appropriation shall5
6 be used to expand the Science,
7 Technology, Engineering, and
8 Mathematics (STEM) Educational
9 Outreach Program statewide.
10 The Institute shall file a
11 report with the Chairs of the
12 House Ways and Means-Education
13 Committee, Senate Committee on
14 Finance and Taxa-
15 tion-Education, the Finance
16 Director, and the Legislative
17 Fiscal Officer on the first
18 day of the 2023 Regular Ses-
19 sion regarding the expendi-
20 tures and usage of the funds
21 appropriated in fiscal year
22 2023 as provided in Section
23 16.
Early Childhood24
25 Classroom As-
26 sessment 2,750,000
The above appropriation shall27
28 be utilized by the Department
29 of Education for a state-level
30 contract established following
31 a request for proposal for a
32 literacy and math assessment
33 that teachers may use to ob-
34 tain real-time assessments of
35 the literacy and math skill
36 levels of students enrolled in
37 kindergarten, first, second
38 and third grade. The funding
39 shall be used by the Depart-
40 ment to request proposals for
41 and to procure and implement a
42 K-3 literacy and math assess-
43 ment system for the prelimi-
44 nary identification of stu-
45 dents at risk for literacy and
46 math difficulties, including
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1 dyslexia. In negotiating the
2 terms of the contract, the
3 Department shall include per-
4 formance measures, which may
5 include student outcomes, as
6 conditions affecting the
7 amounts payable under the con-
8 tract.
National Board9
10 Certification
of Teachers ...11 1,500,000
Of the above appropriation, at12
13 least $50,000 shall be ex-
14 pended for Accomplished Teach-
15 ing, Learning and Schools (AT-
16 LAS), and at least $50,000
17 shall be expended for candi-
18 date support and professional
19 development during the certif-
20 ication process. The balance
21 of funds shall be expended to
22 provide fee support to candi-
23 dates seeking certification.
24 Any unused portion of the
25 funds shall be expended for
26 aforementioned candidate sup-
27 port and professional develop-
28 ment. Candidates whose annual
29 household income exceeds
30 $150,000 or three times the
31 most recently available median
32 household income for the state
33 of Alabama shall not be eligi-
34 ble for fee support. Priority
35 shall be given to candidates
36 in certificate areas of need
37 as determined by the State
38 Superintendent of Education
39 (e.g. Mathematics, Literacy,
40 Science, English Language
41 Arts, Career and Technical
42 Education, etc.); candidates
43 who agree to teach at a school
44 with five or fewer National
45 Board Certified Teachers for a
46 period of three years; and
47 additional need criteria de-
48 termined by the State Superin-
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Alabama Teacher2
Mentor Program .3 4,000,000
In each school where there is4
5 at least one or more
6 first-year teachers, a mentor
7 teacher shall be identified
8 and recommended by the school
9 principal to the Department of
10 Education based on (1) his or
11 her commitment to collabora-
12 tive work and (2) he or she
13 having at least five years of
14 teaching experience. The men-
15 tor teacher shall be compen-
16 sated in an amount of no less
17 than one thousand dollars
18 ($1,000) for the academic year
19 for his or her services as a
20 mentor. The Department shall
21 clearly define roles and re-
22 sponsibilities for the mentor
23 teacher to, at a minimum, in-
24 clude (1) requiring at least
25 two meetings per month of the
26 mentor teacher and the
27 first-year teacher during the
28 school year, and (2) requiring
29 mid-year and year-end report-
30 ing by the mentor teacher to
31 his or her principal relating
32 to the progress of each first
33 year teacher he or she is
34 mentoring.
Liberty Learn-35
36 ing Foundation 600,000
Healthy Eating,37
38 Active Living
39 (HEAL, Inc.) 750,000
Robotics Grant40
41 Program 1,000,000
The above appropriation shall42
43 be expended to provide grants
44 of not more than $3,500 per
45 school to support robotics
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1 programs. Up to $100,000 of
2 the above appropriation shall
3 be used to provide grants to
4 elementary robotics programs.
5 The State Department of Educa-
6 tion shall notify in writing
7 all school systems, by July 1,
8 2022, of the availability of
9 funding for elementary, middle
10 and high school robotics pro-
11 grams. The notification shall
12 include the grant application
13 process and the amount of
14 funding available to each
15 school. No funding will be
16 available until October 1,
17 2022.
Remote Learning18
19 Hub 2,000,000
The above appropriation shall20
21 be used as a dynamic and in-
22 teractive remote learning
23 model to deliver effective,
24 highly engaging STEM education
25 in regions of Alabama that
26 struggle to reach desired stu-
27 dent outcomes in math, science
28 and technology. Development
29 and implementation of this
30 innovative model shall be led
31 by the National Math and Sci-
32 ence Initiative (NMSI), work-
33 ing with a coalition of Ala-
34 bama stakeholders including
35 the Alabama STEM Council. The
36 State Superintendent of Educa-
37 tion shall collaborate with
38 NMSI to support this program
39 to reimagine how STEM educa-
40 tion is delivered, especially
41 in hard-to-reach, high pov-
42 erty, or traditionally un-
43 der-served locations. The pro-
44 gram will offer STEM learning
45 pathways for grades 6-12, fo-
46 cusing on Algebra preparedness
47 and success in the project’s
48 first phase (2021-2022). It is
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2 that funds appropriated for
3 the remote learning project
4 will be delivered in a phased
5 approach, beginning with
6 pre-Algebra and Algebra I
7 courses and adding high school
8 math and science courses.
9 Dynamic and interactive
10 courses will be delivered to
11 schools in Alabama’s
12 underserved locations through
13 a remote learning provider,
14 using Alabama educators who
15 will be co-located at a cen-
16 tralized hub to be identified
17 by NMSI, to allow for effec-
18 tive teacher planning and col-
19 laboration, resource and tech-
20 nology support, and ongoing
21 training. Ten percent of fund-
22 ing must be dedicated to rig-
23 orous assessment of the pro-
24 gram, evaluating the impact on
25 student learning as well as
26 on-site educator professional
27 development.
Vaping Educa-28
29 tion Program 150,000
The above appropriation shall30
31 be used by the Drug Education
32 Council in coordination with
33 the Department of Education to
34 conduct vaping prevention edu-
35 cation programs for elemen-
36 tary, middle, and high school
37 students.
Special Educa-38
39 tion Certified
40 Behavior Ana-
lysts (Autism) .41 8,500,000
(c) Disability Determination42
for Social Security Program .43 104,384,122 104,384,122
(d) Gifted Students Program ..44 9,850,000 9,850,000
Of the above appropriation,45
46 $925,000 shall be expended for
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2 gram pursuant to Section
3 16-1-51, Code of Alabama 1975.
(e) Reading is Fundamental4
Program.....................5 30,000 30,000
(f) Liability Insurance Pro-6
gram........................7 12,500,000 12,500,000
(g) Alabama Science in Motion8
Program.....................9 2,583,796 2,583,796
All funds appropriated to this10
11 program shall be expended in
12 accordance with Title 16,
13 Chapters 61B and 61C, Code of
14 Alabama 1975. Additionally,
15 any funds unexpended and car-
16 ried over from prior fiscal
17 years are hereby
18 reappropriated. Of the above
19 appropriation, the State Su-
20 perintendent of Education
21 shall direct ASIMS funding to
22 each site within the
23 In-service Center regions
24 based on the most recent
25 year's contractual agreements.
26 This appropriation shall not
27 be transferred and must be
28 expended in accordance with
29 the intent of the appropria-
30 tion of each of the ASIMS
31 sites. The State Superinten-
32 dent of Education shall report
33 semi-annually to the Chairs of
34 the Senate Committee on Fi-
35 nance and Taxation-Education,
36 the House Ways and
37 Means-Education Committee, the
38 Permanent Joint Legislative
39 Committee on Finance and Bud-
40 gets and the Legislative Fis-
41 cal Officer the expenditures
42 for the Alabama Science in
43 Motion Program. Such report
44 shall include, but not be lim-
45 ited to, the amounts expended
46 for the equipment, materials
47 and supplies needed to teach
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1 Biology, Chemistry and Phys-
2 ics, as well as the amounts
3 expended for professional de-
4 velopment and for on-site sup-
5 port. The existing Alabama
6 Science in Motion Advisory
7 Committee shall advise the
8 State Superintendent of Educa-
9 tion on the operational activ-
10 ities of the ASIMS Program.
11 The ASIMS Advisory Committee
12 shall remain comprised of six
13 project directors, three ASIMS
14 Specialists and three class-
15 room teachers; provided, how-
16 ever, that each of the sites
17 shall be represented by at
18 least one member of the ASIMS
19 Advisory Committee. No funds
20 appropriated for the Alabama
21 Science in Motion Program may
22 be repurposed by the State
23 Superintendent of Education
24 for any other purpose other
25 than those already established
26 herein.
(h) American Village .........27 1,275,000 1,275,000
Of the above appropriation,28
29 $75,000 shall be expended for
30 the Semiquincentennial Commis-
31 sion and $200,000 shall be
32 expended for the U.S. History
33 Commission.
(i) Future Teachers of Alabama 34
.............................35 250,000 250,000
The above appropriation shall36
37 be expended to provide grants
38 of not more than $500 to each
39 senior high school to estab-
40 lish and support Future Teach-
41 ers of Alabama programs by
42 funding stipends for teachers
43 to serve as program directors
44 at each school. The State De-
45 partment of Education shall
46 notify in writing all school
47 systems, by July 1, 2022, of
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2 for senior high school Future
3 Teachers of Alabama programs.
4 The notification shall include
5 the grant application process
6 and clearly defined program
7 expectations.
(j) Kindervision..............8 200,000 200,000
SOURCE OF FUNDS:9
(1) ETF.......................10 464,502,671
11
(2) ETF-Transfer..............12 2,583,796
(3) Driver Education and13
Training Fund...............14
5,144,570
(4) Federal and Local Funds ..15
4,366,604,531
(5) Special Education Cata-16
strophic Fund...............17
5,000,000
Total Education, State Depart-18
ment of.......................19 467,086,467 4,376,749,101 4,843,835,568
The funds appropriated above20
21 shall not be used to implement
22 standards, programs or student
23 assessments created by the
24 Common Core State Standards
25 Initiative after April 1,
26 2013.
14. Educational Television Com-27
28 mission:
(a) Educational Television29
Program.....................30 11,935,169 1,629,789 13,564,958
SOURCE OF FUNDS:31
(1) ETF.......................32 11,935,169
(2) Federal and Local Funds ..33
1,629,789
Total Educational Television34
Commission....................35 11,935,169 1,629,789 13,564,958
36
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2 bama Commission on the:
(a) Special Services Program .3 571,815 571,815
SOURCE OF FUNDS:4
(1) ETF.......................5 571,815
Total Evaluation of Services,6
Alabama Commission on the ....7 571,815
571,815
16. Executive Commission on Com-8
9 munity Services Grants, State:
(a) Community Services Grants10
Program.....................11 11,504,798 11,504,798
Distributed pursuant to Sec-12
13 tion 29-2-123, Code of Alabama
14 1975.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:15
(1) ETF.......................16 11,504,798
The above appropriation shall17
18 be used for grants that pro-
19 mote public education pur-
20 poses.
Total Executive Commission on21
22 Community Services Grants,
State.........................23 11,504,798
11,504,798
17. Family Practice Rural Health24
25 Board:
(a) Family Practice Rural26
Health Program..............27 2,702,161 2,702,161
28
SOURCE OF FUNDS:29
(1) ETF.......................30 2,702,161
Total Family Practice Rural31
Health Board..................32 2,702,161
2,702,161
Of the above appropriation, at33
34 least $144,155 shall be ex-
35 pended for the Auburn Rural
36 Health Program; a minimum of
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1 $89,815 shall be expended for
2 the Tuskegee Area Health Edu-
3 cation Center (TAHEC);
4 $962,500 shall be expended for
5 the Rural Medical Scholars
6 Program at the University of
7 Alabama at Tuscaloosa; and
8 $743,644 shall be expended for
9 the Rural Health Program at
10 the University of Alabama in
11 Huntsville.
18. Finance, Department of:12
(a) Fiscal Management Program .13 919,330 919,330
SOURCE OF FUNDS:14
(1) ETF.......................15 919,330
Total Finance, Department of .16 919,330
919,330
17
19. Finance-Teacher Unused Sick18
19 Leave:
(a) Employee Benefits Program .20 2,000,000 2,000,000
SOURCE OF FUNDS:21
(1) ETF, Estimated............22 2,000,000
Total Finance-Teacher Unused23
Sick Leave....................24 2,000,000
2,000,000
To be distributed by the State25
26 Comptroller to the designated
27 beneficiaries or estates for
28 unused sick leave pursuant to
29 Section 16-1-18.2, Code of
30 Alabama 1975.
20. Fine Arts, Alabama School of:31
(a) Financial Assistance Pro-32
gram........................33 10,303,387 482,000 10,785,387
SOURCE OF FUNDS:34
(1) ETF.......................35 10,303,387
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482,000
Total Fine Arts, Alabama2
School of.....................3 10,303,387 482,000 10,785,387
21. Fire Fighters Personnel Stan-4
5 dards and Education Commis-
6 sion, Alabama/Fire College:
(a) Operations and Maintenance7
.............................8 6,087,282 2,088,422 8,175,704
SOURCE OF FUNDS:9
(1) ETF.......................10 6,087,282
(2) Federal and Local Funds ..11
2,088,422
Total Fire Fighters Personnel12
13 Standards and Education Com-
mission, Alabama/Fire College .14 6,087,282 2,088,422 8,175,704
22. Geological Survey:15
(a) Discovery and Development16
17 of Mineral, Energy and Water
18 Resources, Geologic Research
19 and Topographic Mapping Pro-
gram........................20 545,206 545,206
SOURCE OF FUNDS:21
(1) ETF.......................22 545,206
Total Geological Survey ......23 545,206
545,206
23. Governor's Office of Volun-24
25 teer Services:
(a) Executive Direction Pro-26
gram........................27 385,569 385,569
SOURCE OF FUNDS:28
(1) ETF.......................29 385,569
Total Governor's Office of30
Volunteer Services............31 385,569
385,569
24. Health, Department of Public:32
(a) Public Health Services33 14,044,397 14,044,397
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Of the above appropriation,2
3 $550,000 shall be expended for
4 AIDS Alabama; $497,463 shall
5 be expended for the Alabama
6 Kidney Foundation; $700,000
7 shall be expended for the Cen-
8 ter for Ethics and Social Re-
9 sponsibility and Impact Ala-
10 bama; $550,000 shall be ex-
11 pended for the Alabama Health
12 Education Centers; $75,000
13 shall be expended for the Ala-
14 bama Commission on Tick Borne
15 Illness; and $450,000 shall be
16 expended for the Statewide
17 Trauma System to include
18 $200,000 for a Statewide
19 Stroke System. The above enti-
20 ties shall each file a report
21 with the Chairs of the House
22 Ways and Means-Education Com-
23 mittee, Senate Committee on
24 Finance and Taxa-
25 tion-Education, the Finance
26 Director and the Legislative
27 Fiscal Officer on the first
28 day of the 2023 Regular Ses-
29 sion regarding the expendi-
30 tures and usage of the funds
31 appropriated in fiscal year
32 2023 as provided in Section
33 16.
(b) Continuing Education for34
EMT Personnel...............35 1,635,782 1,635,782
With the above appropriation,36
37 the Department shall offer
38 performance-based awards to
39 regional EMS agencies for the
40 purpose of providing continu-
41 ing education to EMTs and
42 strengthening the EMS infra-
43 structure.
(c) Alabama Medical Education44
Consortium..................45 385,000 385,000
The above appropriation shall46
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1 be expended for the Rural Ala-
2 bama Teaching Health Center.
3 The Center shall file a report
4 with the Chairs of the House
5 Ways and Means-Education Com-
6 mittee, Senate Committee on
7 Finance and Taxa-
8 tion-Education, the Finance
9 Director, and the Legislative
10 Fiscal Officer on the first
11 day of the 2023 Regular Ses-
12 sion regarding the expendi-
13 tures and usage of the funds
14 appropriated in fiscal year
15 2023 as provided in Section
16 16.
(d) Office of Emergency Medi-17
cal Services................18 1,000,000 1,000,000
Of the above appropriation,19
20 $1,000,000 shall be expended
21 by the State Health Officer to
22 improve and support the Ala-
23 bama Trauma Communications
24 Center located at the Univer-
25 sity of Alabama at Birmingham.
26 The office shall report by
27 March 1, 2023, how the money
28 was spent or was planned to be
29 spent, and what measurable
30 improvements were expected
31 from the spending, and report
32 by January 1, 2024, on the
33 extent to which goals for im-
34 provement were met or are on
35 track to be met. The reports
36 shall be delivered to the Gov-
37 ernor and to the Chairs of the
38 House Ways and Means-Education
39 Committee and the Senate Com-
40 mittee on Finance and Taxa-
41 tion-Education.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:42
(1) ETF.......................43 17,065,179
Total Health, Department of44
Public........................45 17,065,179
17,065,179
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25. Higher Education, Alabama1
2 Commission on:
(a) Planning and Coordination3
Services Program............4 5,359,631 436,239 5,795,870
The proposed spending plan for5
6 the ETF monies included in the
7 above program is as follows:
Operations and8
Maintenance ...9 3,809,631
Industry Cre-10
11 dential Direc-
tory ..........12 100,000
FAFSA Comple-13
14 tion Assistance 500,000
Retain Alabama .15 950,000
Of the above appropriation,16
17 $400,000 shall be expended for
18 the Retain Alabama project
19 administered by ACHE, $300,000
20 shall be expended for the Fo-
21 cused Talent Retention Initia-
22 tive project administered by
23 EDPA, and $250,000 shall be
24 expended for the Alabama
25 Higher Education Partnership
26 Student Retention Council Pro-
27 gram. The Retain Alabama pro-
28 ject will provide digital mar-
29 keting strategies targeting
30 soon-to-be college graduates,
31 promotional materials about
32 Alabama and career opportuni-
33 ties, and other strategies to
34 retain Alabama College gradu-
35 ates initiated by the Execu-
36 tive Director. The Retention
37 Initiative would help retain
38 Alabama College graduates by:
39 (1) Identifying internships,
40 co-op opportunities, and en-
41 try-level jobs at emerging
42 companies and established com-
43 panies in Alabama; (2) Part-
44 nering with Alabama colleges
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2 these career opportunities to
3 Alabama college students
4 throughout the State; and (3)
5 Creating opportunities for
6 Alabama college students to
7 learn more about communities
8 throughout Alabama, while also
9 engaging with other students
10 to create a cohort environ-
11 ment.
(b) Student Financial Aid Pro-12
gram........................13 23,579,137 23,579,137
(1) Policeman's14
15 Survivor Tui-
16 tion, Estimated
................17 466,935
To be expended under the pro-18
19 visions of Section 36-21-105,
20 Code of Alabama 1975.
(2) Alabama Na-21
22 tional Guard
23 Educational As-
24 sistance Schol-
arships .......25 5,472,952
To be expended in accordance26
27 with Sections 31-10-1 through
28 31-10-5 and Sections 31-10-20
29 through 31-10-25, Code of Ala-
30 bama 1975.
(3) Alabama31
32 Student Assis-
tance Program .33 8,000,000
(4) Educational34
35 Grants Program
36 (Alabama Stu-
37 dent Grant Pro-
gram) .........38 8,000,000
To be expended in accordance39
40 with Sections 16-33A-1 through
41 16-33A-11, Code of Alabama
42 1975. Private institutions
43 receiving state grant funds
44 under this provision shall
45 make their best effort to use
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2 of Federal Work Study alloca-
3 tions for the purpose of tu-
4 toring and mentoring students
5 in grades K-12 to better pre-
6 pare them for graduation, col-
7 lege entry and retention. In-
8 stitutions shall work with
9 their respective governing
10 boards to develop and imple-
11 ment this effort.
(5) Birmingham12
13 Promise Schol-
14 arship Program 892,500
(6) Math and15
16 Science Teacher
17 Education Pro-
18 gram 746,750
To be expended pursuant to19
20 Sections 16-5-50, et seq.,
21 Code of Alabama 1975. ACHE
22 shall submit an annual report
23 to the Governor and to the
24 Chairs of the Senate Committee
25 on Finance and Taxa-
26 tion-Education, House Ways and
27 Means-Education Committee and
28 the Legislative Fiscal Officer
29 within 30 days after September
30 30, 2023 including updates on
31 all aspects of the program.
(c) Support of Other Educa-32
tional Activities Program ..33 2,628,698 2,628,698
The proposed spending plan for34
35 the ETF monies included in the
36 above program is as follows:
(1) Network of37
38 Alabama Aca-
39 demic Libraries
................40 379,201
ACHE shall provide for the41
42 participation of Athens State
43 University in the Network of
44 Alabama Academic Libraries.
(2) Southern45 656,214
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1 Regional Educa-
2 tion Board
(SREB) ........3
(3) EPSCoR (Re-4
5 search) Program
................6 1,200,216
Of the above appropriation, at7
8 least thirty percent (30%) may
9 be expended for the operations
10 and maintenance of the Alabama
11 Experimental Program to Stimu-
12 late Competitive Research (Al-
13 abama EPSCoR) administrative
14 offices located at the Univer-
15 sity of Alabama at Birmingham.
(4) Articula-16
17 tion and Gen-
18 eral Studies
19 Committee
20 (AGSC)/ State-
21 wide Transfer
22 and Articula-
23 tion Reporting
24 System (STARS).
................25 393,067
To be expended in accordance26
27 with Section 16-5-8(e), Code
28 of Alabama 1975. The purpose
29 of AGSC/STARS is to provide
30 Alabama college students with
31 a simplified, seamless, and
32 streamlined transfer process
33 by providing them with accu-
34 rate transfer information
35 through state-approved trans-
36 fer guides. STARS is housed at
37 Troy University. The Commis-
38 sion shall work to ensure that
39 dual enrollment courses apply
40 towards a degree where appli-
41 cable.
(d) Support of State Universi-42
ties Program................43 6,391,283 6,391,283
The proposed spending plan for44
45 the ETF monies included in the
46 above program is as follows:
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2 ricultural Land
Grant Alliance .3 6,266,283
Of the above appropriation to4
5 AALGA, $5,006,831 shall be
6 distributed as a state match
7 for federal funds for those
8 institutions in the Alliance
9 required to provide matching
10 state funds for the first time
11 in the fiscal year 2023;
12 $539,524 shall be allocated
13 for the McIntire-Stennis For-
14 estry Research Initiative
15 Matching Program; and an addi-
16 tional $844,928 shall be dis-
17 tributed to Tuskegee Univer-
18 sity for the USDA matching
19 funds.
(e) Support of Other State20
Programs....................21 18,203,120 18,203,120
Of the above appropriation,22
23 $1,182,000 shall be expended
24 for the Alabama Forestry Foun-
25 dation Black Belt Initiative,
26 of which $650,000 shall be
27 used for a final allocation to
28 the Solon Dixon Forestry Edu-
29 cation Center. Of the above
30 appropriation, $650,000 shall
31 be expended for the Alabama
32 HBCU Consortium to be used to
33 enhance the institutional
34 sustainability of the Alabama
35 HBCUs. The proposed spending
36 plan for the remaining ETF
37 monies included in the above
38 program is as follows and each
39 of the entities shall file a
40 report with the Chairs of the
41 House Ways and Means-Education
42 Committee, Senate Committee on
43 Finance and Taxa-
44 tion-Education, the Finance
45 Director and the Legislative
46 Fiscal Officer on the first
47 day of the 2023 Regular Ses-
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1 sion regarding the expendi-
2 tures and usage of the funds
3 appropriated in fiscal year
4 2023 as provided in Section
5 16. The below appropriation
6 for the Alabama Recruit and
7 Retain Minority Teachers Pro-
8 gram shall be distributed
9 equally between Alabama A&M
10 University and Athens State
11 University and shall be used
12 to recruit, train, and mentor
13 minority teacher candidates.
Black Belt Adventures14
15 ...475,000
Black Belt Treasures16
17 ...335,000
Alabama Civil Air Patrol18
19 ...100,000
National Computer Forensics20
21 Institute ...450,000
Adaptive and Disability Sports22
23 Education ...60,000
Resource Conservation and De-24
25 velopment Programs (RC and D)
26 ...5,287,744
Motorsports Hall of Fame27
28 ...200,000
Alabama Trails Foundation29
30 ...340,000
Alabama Forestry Commission31
32 Education Program ...200,000
Alabama Recruit and Retain33
34 Minority Teachers ...700,000
AKEEP Education and Teacher35
36 Recruitment Partnership
37 ...100,000
USS Alabama Battleship38
39 ...750,000
State of Alabama Humanities40
41 Foundation ...200,000
Soil and Water Conservation42
43 Committee Program ...2,673,376
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STEM Major Teacher Recruitment1
2 ...4,500,000
(f) Deferred Maintenance Pro-3
gram........................4 5,000,000 5,000,000
The above appropriation is to5
6 be deposited into a separate
7 fund to be allocated for a
8 grant program for the Histori-
9 cally Black Colleges and Uni-
10 versities in the state. The
11 grants are to be allocated for
12 deferred maintenance on exist-
13 ing structures and cannot be
14 utilized for new construction.
15 The grant program shall be
16 administered by ACHE, and ACHE
17 shall establish rules for the
18 implementation of the grant
19 program, the application pro-
20 cess for the grants, and the
21 awarding of the grants. The
22 program shall require a dol-
23 lar-for-dollar match to be
24 paid by the institution re-
25 ceiving the grant. Grants
26 shall be awarded based on dem-
27 onstrated needs, and ACHE
28 shall develop and implement a
29 scoring process to evaluate
30 each grant application and to
31 certify compliance with grant
32 award following project com-
33 pletion. ACHE shall submit an
34 annual report to the Governor,
35 the Chairs of the Senate Fi-
36 nance and Taxation-Education
37 Committee, House Ways and
38 Means-Education Committee, the
39 Finance Director and the Leg-
40 islative Fiscal Officer within
41 30 days after September 30,
42 2023. The report shall include
43 the recipient, amount, and
44 approved use of each grant
45 issued. Notwithstanding any
46 other provision of law to the
47 contrary, any of the above
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1 funds which remain unexpended
2 on September 30, 2023, shall
3 not revert, but shall be
4 reappropriated in the fiscal
5 year beginning October 1,
6 2023, to be expended for the
7 grant program.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:8
(1) ETF.......................9 60,415,119
(2) ETF - Transfer............10 746,750
(3) Federal and Local Funds ..11
436,239
Total Higher Education, Ala-12
bama Commission on............13 61,161,869 436,239 61,598,108
In addition to the above ap-14
15 propriations, any scholarship
16 funds transferred from the
17 State Department of Education
18 for the Alabama Teacher Re-
19 cruitment Incentive Program
20 (ATRIP) shall not revert.
26. Historical Commission, Ala-21
22 bama:
(a) Historical Resources Man-23
agement Program.............24 4,092,038 4,092,038
Of the above appropriation to25
26 the Alabama Historical Commis-
27 sion, $2,300,000 shall be dis-
28 tributed as grants to monu-
29 ments to commemorate histori-
30 cal events and places, histor-
31 ical skills centers, cultural
32 heritage parks, historic
33 sites, commissions, boards,
34 agencies, and authorities that
35 are not owned, operated, or
36 otherwise under the control of
37 the Alabama Historical Commis-
38 sion or other state agencies.
39 A minimum of $300,000 of the
40 grants shall be distributed to
41 historical sites, or monuments
42 related to the civil rights
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1 movement, as determined by the
2 Commission. Grants will be
3 awarded to entities that re-
4 flect a historical educa-
5 tion-based mission and concen-
6 trate on historical educa-
7 tional programming. Preference
8 shall be given to: (i) any
9 property constructed prior to
10 1840 that is listed in or eli-
11 gible for the National Regis-
12 ter of Historic Places and
13 that are publicly owned and
14 accessible to the public; or
15 (ii) any historic school
16 structure; or (iii) any prop-
17 erty in Alabama built in 1943
18 or before, and is listed in or
19 eligible for the National Reg-
20 ister of Historic Places or
21 any property built after 1943
22 that significantly contributed
23 to the civil rights movement.
24 Grant amounts shall not exceed
25 $75,000 for any one entity and
26 must be used within two years
27 of receiving. The first grant
28 shall be for the Pike County
29 Historical Museum for the max-
30 imum amount provided other
31 grant criteria are met. Grants
32 will not be awarded to any
33 entity receiving funding di-
34 rectly or indirectly from the
35 Education Trust Fund or the
36 General Fund nor may grants be
37 awarded to any private or
38 for-profit business or organi-
39 zation.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:40
(1) ETF-Transfer..............41 4,092,038
Total Historical Commission,42
Alabama.......................43 4,092,038
4,092,038
27. Human Resources, Department44
45 of:
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(a) Human Services Program -1
2 Jobs Opportunities and Basic
3 Skills Training (JOBS) Pro-
4 gram and Family and Children
Services Program............5 13,390,281 13,390,281
Of the above appropriation,6
7 $900,000 shall be expended for
8 Child Advocacy Centers.
(b) Human Services Program -9
10 Jobs Child Care and After
11 School Child Care Program
12 and Family and Children Ser-
vices Program...............13 35,906,548 35,906,548
Of the above appropriation,14
15 $375,000 shall be distributed
16 to the Black Belt Eye Care
17 Consortium; $926,114 shall be
18 distributed to the Greater
19 Alabama Child Development Pro-
20 gram for rural day care;
21 $570,932 shall be distributed
22 to the Wiregrass Rehabilita-
23 tion Center for day care; and
24 $1,000,000 shall be used for
25 Educating Children at Residen-
26 tial Hospitals. The above en-
27 tities shall each file a re-
28 port with the Chairs of the
29 House Ways and Means-Education
30 Committee, Senate Committee on
31 Finance and Taxa-
32 tion-Education, the Finance
33 Director and the Legislative
34 Fiscal Officer on the first
35 day of the 2023 Regular Ses-
36 sion regarding the expendi-
37 tures and usage of the funds
38 appropriated in fiscal year
39 2023 as provided in Section
40 16. The Commissioner of the
41 Department of Human Resources
42 shall report semi-annually to
43 the Chairs of the Senate Fi-
44 nance and Taxation-Education
45 Committee, the House Ways and
46 Means-Education Committee,
47 Permanent Joint Legislative
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1 Committee on Finances and Bud-
2 gets, and the Legislative Fis-
3 cal Officer regarding the ex-
4 penditure of federal stimulus
5 funds received by the Depart-
6 ment for Child Care and After
7 School Care Programs. Such
8 report shall include, but not
9 be limited to, specific
10 amounts expended for profes-
11 sional development and a sum-
12 mary of summer and af-
13 ter-school programming across
14 the state.
(c) Fostering Hope Scholarship15
Program.....................16 1,205,608 1,205,608
To be expended under the pro-17
18 visions of Sections 38-12B-1
19 through 38-12B-10, Code of
20 Alabama 1975. The Department
21 shall file a report with the
22 Chairs of the Senate Committee
23 on Finance and Taxa-
24 tion-Education, House Ways and
25 Means-Education Committee, the
26 Legislative Fiscal Officer and
27 the Finance Director on Octo-
28 ber 1, 2022 regarding the to-
29 tal number of scholarships
30 awarded for the Fall term of
31 the 2021-2022 academic year
32 and the institution attended
33 by the scholarship recipients.
34 The report shall also include
35 the name of each scholarship
36 recipient and the number of
37 years the recipient has re-
38 ceived a scholarship.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:39
(1) ETF-Transfer..............40 50,502,437
Total Human Resources, Depart-41
ment of.......................42 50,502,437
50,502,437
No funds from the sales tax43
44 for the issuance of food
45 stamps shall be reverted by
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1 the Department of Human Re-
2 sources to the Education Trust
3 Fund. Any funds appropriated
4 which are in excess of the
5 amount needed to fund the food
6 stamp program shall be re-
7 tained by the Department and
8 expended for direct services
9 to children, including the
10 TANF program.
28. Law Enforcement Agency,11
12 State:
(a) Law Enforcement Program ..13 591,776 591,776
Of the above appropriation,14
15 $572,446 shall be expended for
16 school safety.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:17
(1) ETF - Transfer............18 591,776
Total Law Enforcement Agency,19
State.........................20 591,776
591,776
29. Library Service, Alabama Pub-21
22 lic:
(a) Public Library Service23
Program.....................24 14,270,190 3,097,396 17,367,586
Of the above appropriation, a25
26 minimum of $5,879,772 is to be
27 distributed to public librar-
28 ies within the State; $395,000
29 shall be expended for Homework
30 Alabama; $350,000 shall be
31 distributed to the Alabama
32 Supreme Court Library; and
33 $3,566,841 shall be expended
34 for the Virtual Library Pro-
35 ject.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:36
(1) ETF.......................37 14,270,190
(2) Federal and Local Funds ..38
3,097,396
Total Library Service, Alabama39
Public........................40 14,270,190 3,097,396 17,367,586
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30. Lieutenant Governor, Office1
2 of the:
(a) Lieutenant Governor's Com-3
4 mission on 21st Century
Workforce...................5 114,312 114,312
SOURCE OF FUNDS:6
(1) ETF.......................7 114,312
Total Lieutenant Governor,8
Office of the.................9 114,312
114,312
31. Marine Environmental Sciences10
11 Consortium/Dauphin Island Sea
12 Lab:
(a) Support of Other Educa-13
tional Activities Program ..14 5,500,849 15,098,599 20,599,448
Of the above appropriation,15
16 $100,000 shall be expended for
17 the Mobile Bay National Estu-
18 ary Program and $100,000 shall
19 be expended for the Missis-
20 sippi-Alabama Sea Grant Con-
21 sortium.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:22
(1) ETF.......................23 5,500,849
(2) Federal and Local Funds ..24
15,098,599
Total Marine Environmental25
26 Sciences Consortium/Dauphin
Island Sea Lab................27 5,500,849 15,098,599 20,599,448
32. Mathematics and Science, Ala-28
29 bama School of:
(a) Financial Assistance Pro-30
gram........................31 9,933,232 1,177,850 11,111,082
SOURCE OF FUNDS:32
(1) ETF.......................33 9,933,232
(2) Federal and Local Funds ..34
1,177,850
Total Mathematics and Science,35
Alabama School of.............36 9,933,232 1,177,850 11,111,082
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33. Medical Scholarship Awards,1
2 Board of:
(a) Support of Other Educa-3
tional Activities Program ..4 2,440,014 400,000 2,840,014
The Board in determining those5
6 areas in greatest need of med-
7 ical service shall primarily
8 be guided by information, on
9 the rural primary care service
10 areas that have a deficit of
11 primary-care physicians, pro-
12 vided by the most-recent Sta-
13 tus Report of the Alabama Pri-
14 mary Care Physician Workforce
15 from the Office for Family
16 Health Education & Research at
17 the UAB Huntsville Regional
18 Medical Campus. Other factors
19 used by the Board in determin-
20 ing areas of greatest need
21 shall include the practice
22 locations agreed to by people
23 granted loans beforehand by
24 the Board but who have not yet
25 started clinical practice, or
26 started practice too late to
27 have been included in the
28 most-recent Status Report. The
29 Board shall give preference to
30 physicians that reside in the
31 area of greatest need. The
32 Board shall file a report with
33 the Chair of the Senate Com-
34 mittee on Finance and Taxa-
35 tion-Education, the Chair of
36 the House Ways and
37 Means-Education Committee, the
38 Legislative Fiscal Officer and
39 the Finance Director on Octo-
40 ber 1, 2022. The Board’s re-
41 port shall include, if deter-
42 mined, where each student who
43 has not started clinical prac-
44 tice has contracted to prac-
45 tice clinical medicine to re-
46 pay his or her loans. If that
47 area is not a rural pri-
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2 fied as having a deficit of
3 primary-care physicians by the
4 most-recent Status Report of
5 the Alabama Primary Care Phy-
6 sician Workforce, the Board in
7 its report shall state why it
8 allowed that location as a
9 place where that student could
10 practice to repay his or her
11 loans. The report shall also
12 include the total number of
13 scholarships awarded for the
14 fall term of the 2021-2022
15 academic year and the institu-
16 tion attended by the scholar-
17 ship recipients. The report
18 shall also include the name of
19 each scholarship recipient and
20 the number of years the recip-
21 ient has received a scholar-
22 ship and, if determined, where
23 the recipient has contracted
24 to practice clinical medicine
25 to repay his or her loans.
26 The report shall also report
27 where contract holders were
28 working in clinical practice
29 to repay their loans, how many
30 in each location, where physi-
31 cians who had repaid their
32 loans worked to do so, and how
33 many in each location. The
34 report also shall detail the
35 Board’s budget and operating
36 expenses for the 2021-2022
37 fiscal year. Of the above ap-
38 propriation, $500,000 is to be
39 distributed to the Alabama
40 Physician Assistants Service
41 Program (Loan Repayment), to
42 be expended under the provi-
43 sions of Sections 16-47-220
44 through 16-47-225, Code of
45 Alabama 1975. The Board shall
46 file a report with the Chairs
47 of the Senate Committee on
48 Finance and Taxa-
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1 tion-Education, House Ways and
2 Means-Education Committee, the
3 Legislative Fiscal Officer and
4 the Finance Director on Octo-
5 ber 1, 2022 regarding the ex-
6 penditures and the condition
7 and accomplishments of the
8 program, including start-up
9 preparations.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:10
(1) ETF.......................11 2,440,014
(2) Federal and Local Funds ..12
400,000
Total Medical Scholarship13
Awards, Board of..............14 2,440,014 400,000 2,840,014
34. Mental Health, Department of:15
(a) Substance Abuse Program ..16 1,892,794 1,892,794
17
(b) Special Services Program .18 5,141,706 5,141,706
Of the above appropriation to19
20 the Department of Mental
21 Health for the Special Ser-
22 vices Program, the sum of
23 $438,900 shall be allocated
24 for the Alabama Interagency
25 Autism Coordinating Council,
26 of which $225,000 shall be
27 expended for regional centers.
28 The above entities shall each
29 file a report with the Chairs
30 of the House Ways and
31 Means-Education Committee,
32 Senate Committee on Finance
33 and Taxation-Education, the
34 Finance Director and the Leg-
35 islative Fiscal Officer on the
36 first day of the 2023 Regular
37 Session regarding the expendi-
38 tures and usage of the funds
39 appropriated in fiscal year
40 2023 as provided in Section
41 16.
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(c) Institutional Treatment1
2 and Care of Intellectually
Disabled Program............3 49,356,719 49,356,719
Of the above appropriation to4
5 the Department of Mental
6 Health for the Institutional
7 Treatment and Care of Intel-
8 lectually Disabled Program,
9 the sum of $4,282,409 shall be
10 used to fund ARC-type commu-
11 nity-based programs pursuant
12 to a formula developed by the
13 Legislative Services
14 Agency-Fiscal Division in con-
15 sultation with the Department
16 of Mental Health. Any ARC pro-
17 gram receiving funds for the
18 first time in FY 2023, shall
19 receive a minimum of $50,000.
20 Of the above appropriation,
21 $800,000 shall be expended for
22 the Developmental Disability
23 Nurse Delegation Program;
24 $440,000 shall be allocated to
25 Camp ASCCA; $500,000 shall be
26 transferred to the Eagles'
27 Wings Program; $500,000 shall
28 be expended for Rainbow Omega;
29 and $960,000 shall be allo-
30 cated for Residential Habili-
31 tation. The above entities
32 shall each file a report with
33 the Chairs of the House Ways
34 and Means-Education Committee,
35 Senate Committee on Finance
36 and Taxation-Education, the
37 Finance Director and the Leg-
38 islative Fiscal Officer on the
39 first day of the 2023 Regular
40 Session regarding the expendi-
41 tures and usage of the funds
42 appropriated in fiscal year
43 2023 as provided in Section
44 16.
(d) Institutional Treatment45
46 and Care of Mental Illness
Program.....................47 11,543,617 11,543,617
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Of the above appropriation,1
2 $3,500,000 shall be allocated
3 for School-Based Mental Health
4 Services Collaboration.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:5
(1) ETF-Transfer..............6 67,934,836
Total Mental Health, Depart-7
ment of.......................8 67,934,836
67,934,836
Of the above appropriation to9
10 the Department of Mental
11 Health a portion shall be used
12 to develop and implement best
13 practices and strategies, in
14 conjunction with the State
15 Department of Education, de-
16 signed to address the mental
17 health needs, including atten-
18 tion-deficit/hyperactivity
19 disorder and other anger dis-
20 orders, of children and ado-
21 lescents in public schools. Of
22 the above appropriation,
23 $4,750,000 shall be used for
24 services to Medicaid-eligible
25 children and youth with severe
26 emotional disturbance or au-
27 tism spectrum disorder. The
28 ETF funding provided in this
29 act shall be combined with
30 funding provided in the state
31 general fund appropriations
32 act so that a total of at
33 least $11,000,000 in state
34 funds is allocated for ser-
35 vices to those
36 Medicaid-eligible children and
37 youth.
35. Music Hall of Fame:38
(a) Fine Arts Program ........39 201,448 136,703 338,151
SOURCE OF FUNDS:40
(1) ETF.......................41 201,448
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Total Music Hall of Fame .....3 201,448 136,703 338,151
36. Nursing, Alabama Board of:4
(a) Professional and Occupa-5
6 tional Licensing and Regula-
tion Program................7 616,027 9,352,541 9,968,568
The above appropriation shall8
9 be expended pursuant to the
10 provisions of Sections
11 34-21-60 through 34-21-63,
12 Code of Alabama 1975. Notwith-
13 standing the limiting provi-
14 sions of Sections 34-21-60
15 through 34-21-63, Code of Ala-
16 bama 1975, $150,000 of the
17 above appropriation shall be
18 expended exclusively for
19 scholarships for advanced de-
20 grees to train instructors to
21 teach nursing classes in Ala-
22 bama colleges and universities
23 and $450,000 shall be expended
24 for a loan repayment program
25 for advanced-practice nurses.
26 The Board shall file a report
27 with the Chairs of the Senate
28 Committee on Finance and Taxa-
29 tion-Education, House Ways and
30 Means-Education Committee, the
31 Legislative Fiscal Officer and
32 the Finance Director on Octo-
33 ber 1, 2022 regarding the to-
34 tal number of scholarships and
35 loans awarded for the Fall
36 term of the 2021-2022 academic
37 year and the institution at-
38 tended by the scholarship and
39 loan recipients. The report
40 shall also include the name of
41 each scholarship and loan re-
42 cipient and the number of
43 years the recipient has re-
44 ceived a scholarship or loan.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:45
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(1) ETF.......................1 616,027
(2) Alabama Board of Nursing2
Trust Fund..................3
9,352,541
Total Nursing, Alabama Board4
of............................5 616,027 9,352,541 9,968,568
37. Optometric Scholarship6
7 Awards, Board of:
(a) Support of Other Educa-8
tional Activities Program ..9 200,000 200,000
To be expended under the pro-10
11 visions of Sections 34-22-60
12 through 34-22-65, Code of Ala-
13 bama 1975. The Board shall
14 file a report with the Chairs
15 of the Senate Committee on
16 Finance and Taxa-
17 tion-Education, House Ways and
18 Means-Education Committee, the
19 Legislative Fiscal Officer and
20 the Finance Director on Octo-
21 ber 1, 2022 regarding the to-
22 tal number of scholarships
23 awarded for the Fall term of
24 the 2021-2022 academic year
25 and the institution attended
26 by the scholarship recipients.
27 The report shall also include
28 the name of each scholarship
29 recipient and the number of
30 years the recipient has re-
31 ceived a scholarship.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:32
(1) ETF.......................33 200,000
Total Optometric Scholarship34
Awards, Board of..............35 200,000
200,000
38. Peace Officers' Standards and36
37 Training Commission, Alabama:
(a) Professional and Occupa-38
39 tional Licensing and Regula-
tion Program................40 733,995 1,769,027 2,503,022
(b) Certified Law Enforcement41 1,862,000 300,000 2,162,000
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Academy Program.............1
Of the above appropriation for2
3 the Certified Law Enforcement
4 Academy Program, $1,862,000 of
5 ETF monies included therein
6 shall be allocated to the five
7 regional training academies,
8 consistent with the provisions
9 of Section 36-21-47.1, Code of
10 Alabama 1975, in a fair and
11 equitable manner.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:12
(1) ETF.......................13 2,595,995
(2) Alabama Peace Officers'14
15 Standards and Training Fund
16 - as provided in Sections
17 36-21-40 through 36-21-51,
Code of Alabama 1975. ......18
2,069,027
Total Peace Officers' Stan-19
20 dards and Training Commission,
Alabama.......................21 2,595,995 2,069,027 4,665,022
39. Physical Fitness, State Com-22
23 mission on:
(a) Advisory Services Program .24 2,196,987 16,135 2,213,122
Of the above appropriation,25
26 $930,467 shall be expended for
27 the Alabama Sports Festival;
28 $435,000 shall be expended for
29 the Alabama Sports Hall of
30 Fame; and $532,260 shall be
31 expended for the Alabama
32 Sports Council. These entities
33 shall each file a report with
34 the Chairs of the House Ways
35 and Means-Education Committee,
36 Senate Committee on Finance
37 and Taxation-Education and the
38 Legislative Fiscal Officer on
39 the first day of the 2023 Reg-
40 ular Session regarding the
41 expenditures and usage of the
42 funds appropriated in fiscal
43 year 2023 as provided in Sec-
44 tion 17.
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SOURCE OF FUNDS:1
(1) ETF.......................2 2,196,987
(2) Federal and Local Funds ..3
16,135
Total Physical Fitness, State4
Commission on.................5 2,196,987 16,135 2,213,122
40. Rehabilitation Services, De-6
7 partment of:
(a) Direct Client Services for8
the Handicapped Program ....9 51,655,677 162,587,836 214,243,513
The proposed spending plan for10
11 the ETF monies included in the
12 above program is as follows:
Homebound .....13 5,802,368
Hemophilia ....14 1,289,809
Children's Re-15
16 habilitation
Services ......17 11,402,209
Of the above appropriation,18
19 the agency will pay to each
20 hospital the standard per diem
21 paid by the Alabama Medicaid
22 Agency for services relating
23 to scoliosis and spina bifida
24 medical care.
Education of25
26 Dependents of
Blind Parents .27 10,399
The above appropriation shall28
29 be allocated for reimbursement
30 to every state institution of
31 higher learning, college, uni-
32 versity, community college, or
33 junior college, in which bene-
34 fits are given to dependents
35 of blind parents under the
36 provisions of Sections 16-33-1
37 through 16-33-12, Code of Ala-
38 bama 1975.
Rehabilitation39
Services ......40 14,725,961
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Of the above appropriation,1
2 $88,213 shall be expended for
3 Teaching Children With Dis-
4 abilities.
Early Interven-5
tion Program ..6 14,426,031
Respite Related7
8 Services and
Training ......9 315,000
Rehabilitation10
Projects ......11 1,560,631
Rehabilitation12
-FMAP .........13 1,323,269
Alabama Head14
15 and Spinal Cord
Injury ........16 500,000
Exceptional17
Foundation ....18 150,000
Disability Re-19
20 source Network 150,000
SOURCE OF FUNDS:21
(1) ETF.......................22 51,155,677
(2) ETF-Transfer..............23 500,000
(3) Alabama Head and Spinal24
Cord Injury Trust Fund .....25
1,000,000
(4) Federal and Local Funds ..26
161,587,836
Total Rehabilitation Services,27
Department of.................28 51,655,677 162,587,836 214,243,513
The above appropriation to the29
30 Department of Rehabilitation
31 Services - Rehabilitation Pro-
32 jects may be used to contract
33 with providers of cerebral
34 palsy services.
41. Sickle Cell Oversight and35
36 Regulatory Commission, Ala-
37 bama:
(a) Support of Other Educa-38
tional Activities Program ..39 1,681,613 1,681,613
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Of the above appropriation to1
2 the Alabama Sickle Cell Over-
3 sight and Regulatory Commis-
4 sion, $60,973 shall be used to
5 fund travel and other expenses
6 of the Alabama Sickle Cell
7 Oversight and Regulatory Com-
8 mission and $1,620,640 shall
9 be used to fund university and
10 community-based Sickle Cell
11 programs which were funded
12 from the ETF budget in FY
13 2000. These funds shall be
14 distributed proportionately to
15 the distribution made in FY
16 2003.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:17
(1) ETF.......................18 1,681,613
Total Sickle Cell Oversight19
20 and Regulatory Commission,
Alabama.......................21 1,681,613
1,681,613
42. Space Science Exhibit Commis-22
23 sion, Alabama:
(a) Special Services Program .24 2,250,000 30,892,000 33,142,000
SOURCE OF FUNDS:25
(1) ETF.......................26 2,250,000
(2) Federal and Local Funds ..27
30,892,000
Total Space Science Exhibit28
Commission, Alabama ..........29 2,250,000 30,892,000 33,142,000
43. Supercomputer Authority, Ala-30
31 bama:
(a) Information Technology32
Services Program............33 19,432,955 7,000,000 26,432,955
The above appropriation is to34
35 be expended in accordance with
36 Sections 41-10-390 through
37 41-10-406, Code of Alabama
38 1975.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:39
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(1) ETF-Transfer..............1 19,432,955
(2) Supercomputer Revolving2
Fund, Estimated.............3
7,000,000
Total Supercomputer Authority,4
Alabama.......................5 19,432,955 7,000,000 26,432,955
44. Veterans' Affairs, Department6
7 of:
(a) Administration of Veter-8
ans' Affairs Program .......9 2,689,831 2,689,831
(b) Student Financial Aid Pro-10
gram, Estimated.............11 63,961,470 63,961,470
For reimbursement to every12
13 state institution of higher
14 learning, college, university,
15 community college, junior col-
16 lege or technical college in
17 which benefits are given to
18 veterans, their spouses, wid-
19 ows, or children under the
20 provisions of Sections 31-6-1
21 through 31-6-17, Code of Ala-
22 bama 1975.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:23
(1) ETF.......................24 66,651,301
Total Veterans' Affairs, De-25
partment of...................26 66,651,301
66,651,301
45. Youth Services, Department27
28 of:
(a) Financial Assistance Pro-29
gram (School District) .....30 8,164,973 8,164,973
The above appropriation shall31
32 be expended by the Youth Ser-
33 vices Department School Dis-
34 trict in a manner consistent
35 with the funding formula coop-
36 eratively established by the
37 Youth Services Board and the
38 State Board of Education pur-
39 suant to the provisions of
40 Sections 44-1-70 through
41 44-1-78, Code of Alabama 1975.
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(b) Youth Services Program ...1 46,761,950 46,761,950
2
(c) Special Programming for3
4 Achievement Network (SPAN)
Program.....................5 3,565,732 3,565,732
SOURCE OF FUNDS:6
(1) ETF - Transfer............7 58,492,655
Total Youth Services, Depart-8
ment of.......................9 58,492,655
58,492,655
3C. Colleges and Universities:10
1. Alabama Agricultural and11
12 Mechanical University, Board
13 of Trustees:
(a) Operations and Maintenance14
and Program Support .......15 44,806,989 94,580,948 139,387,937
Of the above appropriation,16
17 $250,000 shall be expended for
18 the State Black Archives Re-
19 search Center and Museum of
20 which $125,000 shall be a fi-
21 nal allocation for the
22 Scottsboro Boys Mu-
23 seum-Scottsboro and $125,000
24 shall be expended for Artifi-
25 cial Intelligence,
26 Cybersecurity and STEM en-
27 hancements.
(b) Extension-Urban Affairs28
29 and Non-Traditional Land
Grant Programs..............30 4,084,765 4,084,765
Pursuant to Knight v. Alabama31
32 Final Settlement Agreement.
(c) Agricultural Research Sta-33
tion Fixed Costs............34 432,285 432,285
Pursuant to Knight v. Alabama35
36 Final Settlement Agreement.
(d) Auxiliary Enterprises ....37 28,795,118 28,795,118
(e) Restricted Funds .........38 55,366,680 55,366,680
(f) Agricultural Research and39 1,305,883 1,305,883
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Extension-State Match ......1
(g) The Virginia Caples Learn-2
ing Living Institute .......3 100,000 100,000
SOURCE OF FUNDS:4
(1) ETF.......................5 50,729,922
(2) Federal and Other Funds ..6
178,742,746
Total Alabama Agricultural and7
8 Mechanical University, Board
of Trustees...................9 50,729,922 178,742,746 229,472,668
2. Alabama A and M University,10
11 Board of Trustees-Miles Col-
12 lege Consortium:
(a) Alabama A and M Univer-13
14 sity-Miles College Consor-
tium........................15 493,486 493,486
SOURCE OF FUNDS:16
(1) ETF.......................17 493,486
Total Alabama A and M Univer-18
19 sity, Board of Trustees-Miles
College Consortium............20 493,486
493,486
3. Alabama State University,21
22 Board of Trustees:
(a) Operations and Maintenance23
and Program Support .......24 55,871,225 64,358,650 120,229,875
The above appropriation for25
26 Operations and Maintenance
27 includes the amount of
28 $479,323 for Health Informa-
29 tion Management Program, the
30 amount of $520,980 for the
31 Occupational Therapy Program,
32 the amount of $1,630,747 for
33 the Physical Therapy Program,
34 the amount of $1,657,477 for
35 Title VI Program Enhancement,
36 the amount of $2,392,969 for
37 the EdD in Educational Leader-
38 ship, Policy and Law Program,
39 and the amount of $184,906 for
40 Desegregation Planning, pursu-
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1 ant to the Knight v. Alabama
2 Final Settlement Agreement. Of
3 the above appropriation,
4 $500,000 shall be expended for
5 dormitory renovations. Of the
6 above appropriation, $100,000
7 in the amount of $25,000 per
8 quarter shall be transferred
9 to the Alabama Department of
10 Forensic Sciences Forensic
11 Services Trust Fund for the
12 building occupied by the Ala-
13 bama Department of Forensic
14 Sciences at the Alabama State
15 University campus.
(b) Auxiliary Enterprises ....16 8,430,060 8,430,060
(c) Restricted Funds .........17 36,933,402 36,933,402
SOURCE OF FUNDS:18
(1) ETF.......................19 55,871,225
(2) Federal and Other Funds ..20
109,722,112
Total Alabama State Univer-21
sity, Board of Trustees ......22 55,871,225 109,722,112 165,593,337
4. Alabama, The University of,23
24 Board of Trustees:
(a) Operations and Maintenance25
26 and Program Support for the
27 University of Alabama at
Tuscaloosa..................28 212,885,740 827,367,012 1,040,252,752
Of the above appropriation,29
30 $961,600 shall be expended by
31 the Alabama Small Business
32 Development Centers;
33 $5,000,000 shall be expended
34 for the Alabama Transportation
35 Institute; $1,000,000 shall be
36 expended for the Institute for
37 Automotive Engineering;
38 $1,360,000 shall be expended
39 for the State of Alabama Water
40 Resource Center; and $600,000
41 shall be expended for the Ru-
42 ral Health Care Program.
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(b) Operations and Maintenance1
2 and Program Support for the
3 University of Alabama at
Birmingham..................4 348,600,223 2,984,186,124 3,332,786,347
Of the above appropriation,5
6 $5,052,527 shall be expended
7 for the University of Alabama
8 at Birmingham Cancer Center;
9 $201,473 shall be expended for
10 the Minority Dental Program;
11 $356,765 shall be expended for
12 the High School and Middle
13 School Athletic Training Pro-
14 grams; $500,000 shall be ex-
15 pended for the UAB School of
16 Medicine-Central Alabama Re-
17 gional Campus; $500,000 shall
18 be expended for the Center for
19 Clinical and Transitional Sci-
20 ence; $250,000 shall be ex-
21 pended for the School of Op-
22 tometry; $390,734 shall be
23 expended for the Amyotrophic
24 Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
25 Clinic; $2,000,000 shall be
26 expended for Genome Alabama in
27 collaboration with the Hudson
28 Alpha Institute; $1,250,000
29 shall be expended for the Ru-
30 ral Hospitals Resource Center;
31 and $1,400,000 shall be ex-
32 pended for the Alabama Drug
33 Discovery Alliance in collabo-
34 ration with the Southern Re-
35 search Institute.
(c) Operations and Maintenance36
37 and Program Support for the
38 University of Alabama in
Huntsville..................39 63,678,125 155,508,992 219,187,117
Of the above appropriation,40
41 $850,000 shall be expended for
42 the Alabama Office of the
43 State Climatologist and
44 $2,700,000 shall be expended
45 for the Redstone Research Re-
46 tention Program.
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(d) Special Mental Health and1
2 Chauncey Sparks Center for
3 Developmental and Learning
4 Disorders, University of
Alabama at Birmingham ......5 4,236,628 4,236,628
(e) Auxiliary Enterprises ....6 264,387,627 264,387,627
(f) Restricted Funds .........7 788,897,115 788,897,115
SOURCE OF FUNDS:8
(1) ETF.......................9 629,400,716
(2) Federal and Other Funds ..10
5,020,346,870
Total Alabama, The University11
of, Board of Trustees ........12 629,400,716 5,020,346,870 5,649,747,586
5. Athens State University,13
14 Board of Trustees:
(a) Operations and Maintenance15
and Program Support ........16 19,444,951 22,162,715 41,607,666
Of the above appropriation,17
18 $275,000 shall be expended for
19 the Collaboration Program with
20 the Alabama Community College
21 System, $256,455 shall be ex-
22 pended for the Arts Center,
23 and $325,000 shall be expended
24 for the Center for Excellence
25 in Education Diversity.
(b) Auxiliary Enterprises ....26 398,500 398,500
(c) Restricted Funds .........27 24,757,846 24,757,846
SOURCE OF FUNDS:28
(1) ETF.......................29 19,444,951
(2) Federal and Other Funds ..30
47,319,061
Total Athens State University,31
Board of Trustees.............32 19,444,951 47,319,061 66,764,012
6. Auburn University, Board of33
34 Trustees:
(a) Operations and Maintenance35
36 and Program Support, Auburn
University..................37 226,370,953 758,586,446 984,957,399
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Of the above appropriation,1
2 $250,000 shall be expended for
3 the Poultry Science Depart-
4 ment; $250,000 shall be ex-
5 pended on the recruitment and
6 retention of a National Live-
7 stock Competition Coordinator
8 for the College of Agricul-
9 ture; and $940,125 shall be
10 expended for CLT Outreach and
11 Research, of which $250,000
12 shall be allocated to the Col-
13 lege of Architecture, Design
14 and Construction for CLT
15 equipment purchases. The above
16 appropriation for CLT Outreach
17 and Research shall be used for
18 capital expenses and equipment
19 and shall not be used for sal-
20 aries and benefits.
(b) Auxiliary Enterprises ....21 215,708,570 215,708,570
(c) Restricted Funds .........22 223,919,631 223,919,631
(d) Operations and Maintenance23
24 and Program Support, Alabama
25 Agricultural Experiment Sta-
tion........................26 38,783,091 6,083,438 44,866,529
27
(e) Operations and Maintenance28
29 and Program Support, Alabama
30 Cooperative Extension System
.............................31 40,849,865 7,750,349 48,600,214
Of the above appropriation,32
33 $125,000 shall be expended for
34 a 4-H youth development agri-
35 cultural and animal sciences
36 extension specialist.
(f) Operations and Maintenance37
38 and Program Support, Auburn
University at Montgomery ...39 29,539,550 50,543,495 80,083,045
Of the above appropriation,40
41 $114,915 shall be expended for
42 the Senior Resource Center.
SOURCE OF FUNDS:43
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(1) ETF.......................1 335,543,459
(2) Federal and Other Funds ..2
1,262,591,929
Total Auburn University, Board3
of Trustees...................4 335,543,459 1,262,591,929 1,598,135,388
7. Jacksonville State Univer-5
6 sity, Board of Trustees:
(a) Operations and Maintenance7
and Program Support .......8 51,028,490 96,302,368 147,330,858
Of the above appropriation,9
10 $450,000 shall be expended for
11 the Little River Canyon Field
12 School; $700,000 shall be ex-
13 pended for the Center for Man-
14 ufacturing Support; $500,000
15 shall be expended for the Cen-
16 ter for Applied Forensics;
17 $475,000 shall be expended for
18 the Center for Law Enforcement
19 Best Practices; and $225,000
20 shall be expended for the Eco-
21 nomic Development Initiative
22 for the Alabama Scenic River
23 Trail. Notwithstanding any
24 provision of law to the con-
25 trary, any amount appropriated
26 to Jacksonville State Univer-
27 sity for the Little River Can-
28 yon Field School, for the fis-
29 cal year ending September 30,
30 2022, which is unexpended
31 shall remain at Jacksonville
32 State University to be ex-
33 pended for the Little River
34 Canyon Field School.
(b) Auxiliary Enterprises ....35 18,333,955 18,333,955
(c) Restricted Funds .........36 75,807,317 75,807,317
SOURCE OF FUNDS:37
(1) ETF.......................38 51,028,490
(2) Federal and Other Funds ..39
190,443,640
Total Jacksonville State Uni-40 51,028,490 190,443,640 241,472,130
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8. Montevallo, University of,2
3 Board of Trustees:
(a) Operations and Maintenance4
and Program Support .......5 27,232,352 40,594,137 67,826,489
Of the above appropriation,6
7 $50,000 shall be expended to
8 purchase books and materials
9 for disadvantaged students;
10 $1,000,000 shall be expended
11 for Allied Health; and
12 $350,000 shall be expended for
13 rural teacher recruitment.
(b) Auxiliary Enterprises ....14 7,430,553 7,430,553
(c) Restricted Funds .........15 11,646,620 11,646,620
SOURCE OF FUNDS:16
(1) ETF.......................17 27,232,352
(2) Federal and Other Funds ..18
59,671,310
Total Montevallo, University19
of, Board of Trustees ........20 27,232,352 59,671,310 86,903,662
21
9. North Alabama, University22
23 of, Board of Trustees:
(a) Operations and Maintenance24
and Program Support .......25 45,004,247 80,435,551 125,439,798
Of the above appropriation,26
27 $2,250,000 shall be expended
28 for workforce development ini-
29 tiatives.
(b) Auxiliary Enterprises ....30 18,478,676 18,478,676
(c) Restricted Funds .........31 5,545,000 5,545,000
SOURCE OF FUNDS:32
(1) ETF.......................33 45,004,247
(2) Federal and Other Funds ..34
104,459,227
Total North Alabama, Univer-35
sity of, Board of Trustees ...36 45,004,247 104,459,227 149,463,474
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10. South Alabama, University of,1
2 Board of Trustees:
(a) Operations and Maintenance3
and Program Support .......4 140,713,869 882,102,265 1,022,816,134
5
(b) Auxiliary Enterprises ....6 24,623,540 24,623,540
(c) Restricted Funds .........7 67,100,000 67,100,000
SOURCE OF FUNDS:8
(1) ETF.......................9 140,713,869
(2) Federal and Other Funds ..10
973,825,805
Total South Alabama, Univer-11
sity of, Board of Trustees ...12 140,713,869 973,825,805 1,114,539,674
11. Troy University, Board of13
14 Trustees:
(a) Operations and Maintenance15
and Program Support ........16 68,023,640 155,180,017 223,203,657
Of the above appropriation,17
18 $450,000 shall be expended for
19 the Sign Language Interpretive
20 Center and $450,000 shall be
21 expended for the Dothan Pre-K
22 Teacher Training Center.
(b) Auxiliary Enterprises ....23 21,270,241 21,270,241
(c) Restricted Funds .........24 47,991,335 47,991,335
SOURCE OF FUNDS:25
(1) ETF.......................26 68,023,640
(2) Federal and Other Funds ..27
224,441,593
Total Troy University, Board28
of Trustees...................29 68,023,640 224,441,593 292,465,233
12. West Alabama, University of,30
31 Board of Trustees:
(a) Operations and Maintenance32
and Program Support .......33 25,656,648 50,042,000 75,698,648
Of the above appropriation,34
35 $400,000 shall be expended for
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Education Trust
Fund
Earmarked Funds Appropriation To-
tal
1 Rural Workforce Development;
2 $50,000 shall be expended for
3 National Young Farmers;
4 $610,000 shall be expended for
5 the Blackbelt Teaching Initia-
6 tive; $550,000 shall be ex-
7 pended for Black Belt STEM;
8 and $10,000 shall be expended
9 for the Women's Hall of Fame.
(b) Auxiliary Enterprises ....10 5,876,902 5,876,902
(c) Restricted Funds .........11 753,034 753,034
SOURCE OF FUNDS:12
(1) ETF.......................13 25,656,648
(2) Federal and Local Funds ..14
56,671,936
Total West Alabama, University15
of, Board of Trustees ........16 25,656,648 56,671,936 82,328,584
13. West Alabama, University of,17
18 Board of Trustees-Stillman
19 College:
(a) University of West Ala-20
bama-Stillman College ......21 100,000 100,000
SOURCE OF FUNDS:22
(1) ETF.......................23 100,000
Total West Alabama, University24
25 of, Board of Trustees-Stillman
College.......................26 100,000
100,000
3D. Alabama Innovation Fund:27
1. Alabama Innovation Fund:28
(a) Alabama Innovation Fund ..29 33,420,133 33,420,133
SOURCE OF FUNDS:30
(1) ETF.......................31 33,420,133
Total Alabama Innovation Fund .32 33,420,133
33,420,133
The above appropriation shall33
34 be used for economic develop-
35 ment and research purposes
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Education Trust
Fund
Earmarked Funds Appropriation To-
tal
1 recommended by the Secretary
2 of the Alabama Department of
3 Commerce and approved by the
4 Governor. The Secretary of the
5 Department of Commerce shall
6 notify the Chairs of the Sen-
7 ate Finance and Taxa-
8 tion-Education Committee and
9 the House Ways and
10 Means-Education Committee in
11 writing at least 10 days prior
12 to the disbursement of any
13 funds. Such notification shall
14 include the project descrip-
15 tion and the amount to be dis-
16 bursed. Of the above appropri-
17 ation, $5,000,000 shall be
18 allocated for Small Business
19 Innovation Research and Small
20 Business Technology matching
21 grants pursuant to the provi-
22 sions of Act 2021-449 and
23 $25,000,000 shall be allocated
24 for the Alabama Innovation
25 Corporation to be utilized for
26 the purposes authorized pursu-
27 ant to Act 2021-455. The Ala-
28 bama Innovation Corporation
29 shall file a report with the
30 Chairs of the House Ways and
31 Means-Education Committee,
32 Senate Committee on Finance
33 and Taxation-Education, the
34 Finance Director and the Leg-
35 islative Fiscal Officer on the
36 first day of the 2023 Regular
37 Session regarding the expendi-
38 tures and usage of the funds
39 appropriated in fiscal year
40 2023 as provided in Section
41 16. Of the above appropria-
42 tion, $1,000,000 shall be al-
43 located for the Neurological
44 Research Project; $1,000,000
45 shall be allocated for the
46 Southern Research Institute;
47 and $1,000,000 shall be allo-
48 cated for the Hudson Alpha
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Education Trust
Fund
Earmarked Funds Appropriation To-
tal
1 Institute for Biotechnology.
2 The Secretary of the Depart-
3 ment of Commerce shall file a
4 report with the Chairs of the
5 House Ways and Means-Education
6 Committee, Senate Committee on
7 Finance and Taxa-
8 tion-Education, the Finance
9 Director and the Legislative
10 Fiscal Officer on the first
11 day of the 2023 Regular Ses-
12 sion regarding the expendi-
13 tures and usage of the funds
14 appropriated in fiscal year
15 2023 as provided in Section
16 16.
3E. Other:17
1. Deaf and Blind, Alabama In-18
19 stitute for, Board of Trust-
20 ees:
(a) Adult Programs............21 17,270,098 7,430,345 24,700,443
Of the above appropriation,22
23 $10,000 shall be expended for
24 the Birmingham Regional Of-
25 fice.
(b) Children and Youth Pro-26
grams.......................27 41,226,619 12,500,775 53,727,394
(c) Industries for the Blind .28 11,150,411 22,192,700 33,343,111
SOURCE OF FUNDS:29
(1) ETF.......................30 69,647,128
(2) Federal and Local Funds ..31
42,123,820
Total Deaf and Blind, Alabama32
33 Institute for, Board of Trust-
ees...........................34 69,647,128 42,123,820 111,770,948
Section 4. Each college or university receiving an35
36 appropriation from the Education Trust Fund in Section 3C that
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1 operates a public teacher preparation program leading to the
2 attainment of an initial elementary teaching certification
3 shall be in compliance with the credit hour requirements of
4 reading or literacy coursework, or both, based on the science
5 of learning to read, including multisensory strategies in
6 foundation reading skills. All such programs shall fully
7 cooperate with the Alabama State Department of Education’s
8 internal or external initiatives, such as the Barksdale
9 Reading Institute, that gauge compliance with the Literacy Act
10 to improve the preparation of classroom teachers. Any college
11 or university not in compliance with these provisions by
12 January 2, 2023, as determined by the State Superintendent of
13 Education, shall have their Education Trust Fund appropriation
14 in Section 3C reduced by $1,000,000 or one-half of one
15 percent, whichever is greater. The State Superintendent of
16 Education shall certify the list of non-compliant colleges or
17 universities to the Finance Director, the Chair of the House
18 Ways and Means-Education, the Chair of the Senate Finance and
19 Taxation-Education Committee and the Legislative Fiscal
20 Officer prior to any reduction in funding.
21 Section 5. (a) In addition to the appropriations
22 herein made, all gifts, grants, contributions, insurance
23 proceeds or entitlements, in excess of the amount carried in
24 this act, including grants by the Congress of the United
25 States, municipalities or counties, to any department,
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1 division, board, bureau, commission, agency, institution,
2 office or officer of the State of Alabama are hereby
3 appropriated and, in the event the same are recurring, are
4 reappropriated to such department, division, board, bureau,
5 commission, agency, institution, office or officer to be used
6 only for the purpose or purposes for which the grant or
7 contribution was or shall be made. Further, all state, county,
8 municipal and educational entities are authorized to disburse
9 such sums as deemed necessary by mutual agreement between said
10 entities and the State of Alabama, Department of Examiners of
11 Public Accounts to partially defray the cost of auditing
12 services performed by said agency. All such sums are hereby
13 appropriated and reappropriated if necessary to the Department
14 of Examiners of Public Accounts for audit services, to be
15 expended through the fund established by Section 41-5A-22,
16 Code of Alabama 1975.
17 (b) The State Superintendent of Education shall
18 encourage the Local Education Agencies to use federal stimulus
19 funds provided by the Congress of the United States through
20 the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund for
21 one-time, non-recurring allowable expenses to address the
22 coronavirus pandemic in Alabama public schools. The
23 Superintendent shall periodically report to the Finance
24 Director, Chairs of the Senate Finance and Taxation-Education
25 Committee, the House Ways and Means-Education Committee, and
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1 the Legislative Fiscal Officer, regarding the planned and
2 actual expenditures of these funds by the Local Education
3 Agencies.
4 (c) The Local Education Agencies shall expend no
5 less than $100,000,000 of all federal stimulus funds provided
6 by the Congress of the United States to address the
7 coronavirus pandemic in Alabama public schools to implement
8 the safely opening schools program, to include, but not
9 limited to: screening, testing, isolation and quarantine of
10 students and school personnel with symptoms, in order to
11 protect students, teachers, and support personnel for schools
12 to return to full-time in-person education. Local school
13 boards shall have the choice to utilize the funds for the
14 above purposes to the degree that meets their individual
15 needs.
16 Section 6. The State Superintendent of Education
17 shall make requisitions to the State Comptroller in favor of
18 the proper beneficiary in accordance with the law and rules
19 and regulations governing the expenditure or disbursement of
20 any and all funds appropriated to the State Department of
21 Education and/or the State Board of Education in this act,
22 whereupon the Comptroller shall issue her warrant therefor.
23 All other appropriations in this act shall be paid after
24 proper requisitions are made to the State Comptroller in the
25 manner now provided by law.
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1 Section 7. Nothing in this act shall be construed to
2 affect or repeal any law authorizing or permitting any
3 college, school or other education or eleemosynary institution
4 of the State to receive, collect or disburse any fees,
5 tuitions, charges, sales, endowments, trusts or income
6 therefrom, which are now or may hereafter be authorized to
7 receive, collect or disburse. The receiving college, school or
8 institution shall further maintain separate accounts for such
9 receipts or shall maintain a system of accounting which will
10 show a cash flow of such receipts received under the provision
11 of this appropriation.
12 Section 8. The appropriations made herein to the
13 departments, boards, offices, commissions, and agencies
14 include the amounts necessary and said departments, boards,
15 offices, commissions, and agencies are hereby directed to make
16 the transfer of funds to the State Personnel Department in the
17 amounts enumerated in the general appropriations act for the
18 fiscal year ending September 30, 2023. All agencies and
19 institutions enumerated in this act that receive services from
20 other governmental agencies enumerated in this act or the
21 general appropriations act shall make full payment in a timely
22 manner (as determined by the Department of Finance) for such
23 services.
24 Section 9. All encumbered balances of a previous
25 fiscal year appropriation other than the exclusions authorized
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1 by the Code of Alabama 1975, Section 41-4-93, shall lapse no
2 later than September 30 of the fiscal year immediately
3 following the fiscal year for which the appropriation was made
4 and shall revert to the credit of the Education Trust Fund or
5 earmarked fund from which the appropriation or appropriations
6 were made.
7 Section 10. Upon certification to the Director of
8 Finance by the State Attorney General that a federal court has
9 ordered the State of Alabama to pay claims, attorney fees, or
10 other costs relating to said court order, funds are hereby
11 appropriated to the affected department, board, bureau, or
12 commission in the amount necessary to satisfy that court
13 order. Such appropriations are in addition to any other
14 appropriation heretofore or hereafter made in this
15 appropriation act. Such appropriations are conditioned upon
16 the availability of funds and a determination by the Director
17 of Finance that other current appropriations are not available
18 for court-ordered payments.
19 Section 11. Local boards of education may exercise
20 flexibility among line item expenditures, not to create a
21 reduction of earned teacher units and/or local board of
22 education support personnel.
23 Section 12. The State Superintendent of Education
24 may approve a request by a local board of education for
25 redirecting Other Current Expense funds designated for
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1 pass-through calculations to their local Child Nutrition
2 Program if the redirected funds do not prevent the Child
3 Nutrition Program of that local board of education from
4 maintaining a one-month fund balance.
5 Section 13. The appropriations made herein to the
6 departments, boards, offices, commissions and agencies include
7 the amounts necessary to pay the State Employees' Insurance
8 Board (SEIB). The SEIB rate shall be $930 per month for each
9 full-time employee for the fiscal year ending September 30,
10 2023. The State Employees' Insurance Board will adjust the
11 insurance program wherever appropriate to maintain the
12 aforementioned fixed rate.
13 Section 14. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
14 this act or any other act, any amount from appropriations for
15 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 to the various state
16 agencies and institutions in this act, including
17 appropriations from the Education Trust Fund, which are
18 unexpended and reverted on September 30, 2022 are hereby
19 reappropriated to the respective state agencies, offices and
20 institutions for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2022.
21 Section 15. (a) The At-Risk and High Hopes
22 appropriations made to the State Department of Education shall
23 be expended as follows: 50% shall be at the discretion of the
24 State Superintendent of Education and 50% shall be awarded in
25 the form of grants to school systems/entities for activities
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1 or programs designed to enhance outcomes for At-Risk Students.
2 At-Risk Students shall be defined as students who have not met
3 proficiency standards for state accountability assessments and
4 one or more of the following apply: the student attends a
5 Title I school; qualifies for free or reduced lunch; qualifies
6 for special education or Tier III intervention; or is an
7 English language learner. In the awarding of grants,
8 preference will be given to undertakings that will directly
9 impact student achievement and improve performance on state
10 assessments to include remediation for students, after-school
11 and tutorial programs, career/technical programs, character
12 education, enrichment activities, programs that enhance
13 reading and mathematics abilities in students, activities that
14 increase grade-to-grade promotion, career and college
15 readiness and early warning and prevention programs. Programs
16 must employ evidence-based practices and measure student
17 growth and achievement using research-based norms and
18 criterion. Funds should be awarded on a per-pupil basis, with
19 no more than ten percent of the grant award going toward
20 personnel costs.
21 (b) In an effort to provide the best and most
22 efficient implementation for intervention and innovation in
23 schools, administration of the grant awards shall be assigned
24 to the Alabama State Department of Education's Division of
25 Administrative and Financial Support with evaluative input
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1 from other Alabama State Department of Education advisory
2 personnel, including the State Superintendent of Education, as
3 appropriate. The grant application process must require
4 districts to submit plans to the Alabama State Department of
5 Education detailing their intended use of the grant funds with
6 regard to student proficiency and growth. Grants may be
7 awarded any time after July 1st so schools can prepare for the
8 new school year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Alabama
9 State Department of Education's Division of Administrative and
10 Financial Support shall make every reasonable effort to notify
11 grant recipients of awards by August 1, 2022. No funding will
12 be available until October 1, 2022. Grantees will have no
13 guarantee of funding until October 1, 2022.
14 (c) Upon the awarding of any grant funds, the
15 Alabama State Department of Education must submit a report to
16 the Chairs of the House Ways and Means-Education Committee,
17 the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education and the
18 Legislative Fiscal Officer that shall indicate the
19 grant-recipient districts and each district’s plan for those
20 funds. Those districts shall submit follow-up reports
21 indicating the results of those plans from the previous school
22 year by July 31, 2023.
23 Section 16. (a) All nongovernmental entities,
24 identified by the Legislative Services Agency, which are
25 allocated funds in Section 3 of this act shall file a report
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1 with the Chairs of the House Ways and Means-Education
2 Committee, the Senate Committee on Finance and
3 Taxation-Education, Finance Director, and the Legislative
4 Fiscal Officer prior to the start of the 2023 Regular Session,
5 regarding the proposed expenditures and usage of the funds
6 appropriated in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023. The
7 Legislative Services Agency shall provide notice to the
8 identified nongovernmental entities within 60 days following
9 enactment of this act regarding the reporting requirements and
10 the methodology to submit reports and format to be used, which
11 may include an online platform.
12 (b) In the event an entity was appropriated funds
13 from the Education Trust Fund in the fiscal year ending
14 September 30, 2022, the entity shall also include in its
15 report a detailed breakdown of the expenditure and use of
16 those funds, including an inventory of the services delivered
17 and number of clients served, pursuant to guidelines
18 established by the Legislative Services Agency.
19 Section 17. The State Superintendent of Education
20 shall notify each local superintendent and finance officer of
21 each local education agency by email regarding the
22 availability and application process, including any required
23 forms, for any available grant opportunities during FY 2023.
24 The State Superintendent shall notify all members of the local
25 legislative delegation five days prior to the announcement of
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1 any grant made to any entity located in the legislative
2 jurisdiction. The five days prior notice requirement shall be
3 waived in the event of a declared emergency. The Governor
4 shall encourage the Department to disburse the funds provided
5 herein on a nondiscriminatory basis.
6 Section 18. If any section, paragraph, sentence,
7 clause, provision or portion of this act or all or any portion
8 of the appropriations herein made is held unconstitutional or
9 invalid, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph,
10 sentence, clause, provision or portion of this act or any
11 other appropriation or appropriations or portion thereof
12 hereby made not in and of itself unconstitutional or invalid.
13 Section 19. All laws or parts of laws, general,
14 special, private or local in conflict with or inconsistent
15 with the provisions of this act are hereby expressly repealed.
16 Section 20. This act shall become effective on
17 October 1, 2022.
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3
4
Speaker of the House of Representatives
5
6 President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
House of Representatives7
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in8
9 and was passed by the House 08-MAR-22, as amended.
10
11 Jeff Woodard
12 Clerk
13
14
Senate15 31-MAR-22 Amended and Passed
House16 06-APR-22
Concurred in Sen-
ate Amendment
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