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SB189
7RHJ2EV-1
By Senators Stewart, Beasley
RFD: Finance and Taxation Education
First Read: 05-Mar-24
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5 7RHJ2EV-1 03/05/2024 SS (F)SS 2024-723
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First Read: 05-Mar-24
SYNOPSIS:
This bill requires appropriations totaling
$475,470,075 from the Education Trust Fund to Tuskegee
University in Tuskegee, Alabama beginning with the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 and continuing
into the fiscal year ending September 30, 2035 to
compensate the university for the lack of match funding
needed for federal formula funding made available to
land-grant universities from 1987 through 2020.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To require appropriations from the Education Trust Fund
to Tuskegee University beginning in the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2025 and continuing into the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2035 to compensate the university for the lack
of match funding needed for federal formula funding made
available to land-grant universities from 1987 through 2020.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Legislative Findings. (a) The United States
land-grant university system, comprising the 1862
Institutions, 1890 Institutions, and 1994 Institutions, is a
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Institutions, 1890 Institutions, and 1994 Institutions, is a
federal-state partnership with a threefold mission of
teaching, research, and extensions.
(b) The Morrill Act of 1890, which led to the
establishment of the 1890 Institutions as land-grant
universities, required states choosing to open a second
land-grant institution to serve African American students to
provide an equitable distribution of funds between their 1862
and 1890 land-grant institutions.
(c) Tuskegee University, an 1890 land-grant university,
was established as the Tuskegee Institute by an act of the
Legislature in 1881 and separately incorporated by an act of
the legislature in 1892. The university has received
appropriations from the Legislature since 1881. While
producing extraordinary graduates that contribute greatly to
the state's economy, Tuskegee University has not been able to
advance in ways that are on par with Alabama's 1862 land-grant
university in large part due to unbalanced funding due to the
disparities that have existed in the state matching of federal
formula funding made available and longstanding and ongoing
under-investments in infrastructure, research and development,
and student supported services.
Section 2. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that
Tuskegee University be made whole for the disparities that
have existed in the state matching of federal formula funding
made available to the university for 1890 land-grant
universities.
(b) There is hereby annually appropriated from the
Education Trust Fund to Tuskegee University the following
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Education Trust Fund to Tuskegee University the following
amounts in the following fiscal years:
(1) For the fiscal year ending 2025 -- $47,547,008;
(2) For the fiscal year ending 2026 -- $47,547,008;
(3) For the fiscal year ending 2027 -- $47,547,008;
(4) For the fiscal year ending 2028 -- $47,547,008;
(5) For the fiscal year ending 2029 -- $47,547,008;
(6) For the fiscal year ending 2030 -- $47,547,008;
(7) For the fiscal year ending 2031 -- $47,547,008;
(8) For the fiscal year ending 2032 -- $47,547,008;
(9) For the fiscal year ending 2033 -- $47,547,008;
(10) For the fiscal year ending 2034 -- $47,547,008;
(11) For the fiscal year ending 2035 -- $47,547,008;
(c) The aggregate total of these appropriations
represent the amount that Tuskegee University would have
received, from 1987 to 2020, if the university's state funding
per student were equal to that of the 1862 land-grant
institution.
Section 3. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2024.
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