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FISCAL NOTE
House Bill 109
Committee: Education Policy Sponsor: Representative Terri Collins
Analyst: John Friedenreich Date: 03/20/2023
House Bill 109 as introduced creates the 24-member Alabama Workforce Council Committee
on Credential Quality and Transparency to (1) advise the Alabama Committee on Credentialing
and Career Pathways (ACCCP) and (2) make credential and competency data publicly available
through the Alabama Credential Registry. This bill also requires the committee, by June 30,
2024 and annually thereafter, to provide to the ACCCP an annual, up-to-date list of credentials
of value for each of the industry sectors.
Additionally, this bill creates the P-20W Council, consisting of at least 8 members, as well as
members from each partner agency that signs a memorandum of understanding to share data
with the Alabama Terminal on Linking and Analyzing Statistics (ATLAS) on Career Pathways
System. P-20W Council members shall receive no salary or per diem allowance but will be
reimbursed by the Alabama Department of Commerce, which will increase the obligations of
the department by an undetermined amount dependent on the expenses incurred.
In addition, commencing with the 2024-2025 school year, this bill could increase the obligations
of local boards of education to track and report on students that earn certain college or career
readiness indicators before graduation pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education
to administer the provisions of this bill.
Further, this bill will increase the obligations of the Department of Commerce to create the
Office of Education and Workforce Statistics, and to hire a director and any necessary support
staff to manage the Alabama Credential Registry and the ATLAS system. The Fiscal Year 2023
Education Trust Fund appropriation act (Act 2022-393) includes: (1) an appropriation of
$600,000 to the Department of Commerce to manage the Alabama Credential Registry; and (2)
an appropriation of $1 million to the Alabama Community College System (ACCS) to support FN-AGMWQQ-1
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the work of the ACCCP.
Additionally, this bill could increase receipts to the State General Fund from fines; increase
receipts to the State General Fund, county general funds and other funds to which court costs are
deposited; and could increase the obligations of the State General Fund, district attorneys, the
Department of Corrections, the Bureau of Pardons and Paroles, and community corrections
programs by an undetermined amount dependent upon the number of persons charged with and
convicted of the offenses provided by the bill and the penalties imposed.