Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB75 Compare Versions

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3	3	SB75
4	4	XUWHEEZ-1
5	5	By Senator Orr
6	6	RFD: Finance and Taxation Education
7	7	First Read: 07-Feb-24
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14	14	First Read: 07-Feb-24
15	15	SYNOPSIS:
16	16	This bill makes appropriations for the support,
17	17	maintenance and development of public education in
18	18	Alabama, for debt service, and for capital outlay for
19	19	the fiscal year ending September 30,2025.
20	20	A BILL
21	21	TO BE ENTITLED
22	22	AN ACT
23	23	To make appropriations for the support, maintenance and
24	24	development of public education in Alabama, for debt service,
25	25	and for capital outlay for the fiscal year ending September
26	26	30, 2025.
27	27	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
28	28	Section 1. There is hereby appropriated for the support
29	29	of public education in Alabama for the fiscal year ending
30	30	September 30, 2025, for debt service, and for capital outlay
31	31	to be paid out of funds specified in subsection (a) of Section
32	32	2 of this act and the amounts specified in subsections (a),
33	33	(b), (c), (d), and (e) of Section 3 of this act. For the
34	34	purpose specified in subsection (b) of Section 2 of this act,
35	35	amounts are shown by programmatic area and the total for all
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64	64	amounts are shown by programmatic area and the total for all
65	65	programs is shown so as to include estimated sources of funds
66	66	other than those listed in subsection (a) of Section 2 of this
67	67	act. For the purpose of this act, "ETF" shall mean the
68	68	Education Trust Fund and "Federal and Local Funds" shall mean
69	69	all gifts, grants, contributions, or entitlements, including
70	70	grants by the Congress of the United States, municipalities or
71	71	counties.
72	72	Section 2. (a) The appropriations provided for in this
73	73	act shall be paid from funds in the State Treasury to the
74	74	credit of the Education Trust Fund, Alabama Peace Officers'
75	75	Standards and Training Fund, Impaired Drivers Trust Fund,
76	76	Driver Education and Training Fund, Special Education
77	77	Catastrophic Fund, Public School Fund and other listed funds
78	78	and are hereby made for the support of public education in
79	79	Alabama for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and the
80	80	appropriations herein made shall be subject to the provisions,
81	81	terms, conditions and limitations of the Budget and Financial
82	82	Control Act (Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 41-4-80 et seq.),
83	83	the provisions of the Budget Management Act of 1976 (Code of
84	84	Alabama 1975, Sections 41-19-1 et seq.), and shall be in the
85	85	amounts hereinafter specified.
86	86	(b) Amounts shown hereinunder the columns "Other Funds"
87	87	and "Total" are as set forth for the purpose of establishing
88	88	amounts estimated to be available by programmatic area from
89	89	sources other than those listed in subsection (a) of this
90	90	Section 2, in order, upon consideration of such other funds so
91	91	estimated to be available, to promote the accountability for
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120	120	estimated to be available, to promote the accountability for
121	121	an efficient use of funds available, and the same are hereby
122	122	appropriated by the Legislature. Provided, however, that
123	123	regardless of the ending date of any pay period which has been
124	124	or may be established by the Legislature for the payment of
125	125	salaries of state employees, the entire payment due shall be
126	126	made from the fiscal year's appropriation in which the pay
127	127	date falls.
128	128	(c) All appropriations made in Section 3 shall be at
129	129	the program level. Any directed expenditure of funds below a
130	130	program shall be from funds appropriated for the program.
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142	142	program shall be from funds appropriated for the program.
143	143	Section 3.
144	144	Education
145	145	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
146	146	A. Legislative Branch:
147	147	1. Examiner of Public Accounts:
148	148	(a) Audit Services Program 10,853,649 10,853,649
149	149	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
150	150	(1) ETF 10,853,649
151	151	Total Examiner of Public Accounts 10,853,649 10,853,649
152	152	The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts is hereby authorized to examine as
153	153	deemed necessary all appropriations herein made for compliance with the laws of the
154	154	State of Alabama. Any examination performed shall be in accordance with the
155	155	provisions of Title 41, Chapter 5A, Code of Alabama 1975.
156	156	2. Legislative Services Agency:
157	157	(a) Legislative Operations and
158	158	Support Program
159	159	4,127,307 4,127,307
160	160	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
161	161	(1) ETF 4,127,307
162	162	Total Legislative Services Agency 4,127,307 4,127,307
163	163	3. Legislature :
164	164	(a) Legislative Operations and
165	165	Support Program
166	166	4,298,253 4,298,253
167	167	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
168	168	(1) ETF 4,298,253
169	169	Total Legislature 4,298,253 4,298,253
170	170	B. Executive Branch:
171	171	1. Agriculture and Industries,
172	172	Department of:
173	173	(a) Agricultural Development Services
174	174	Program
175	175	550,000 550,000
176	176	(1) Farm to School Program 550,000
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209	209	Education
210	210	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
211	211	(1) Farm to School Program 550,000
212	212	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
213	213	(1) ETF 550,000
214	214	Total Agriculture and Industries,
215	215	Department of
216	216	550,000 550,000
217	217	2. American Legion and Auxiliary
218	218	Scholarships:
219	219	(a) Financial Assistance Program,
220	220	Estimated
221	221	112,500 112,500
222	222	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
223	223	(1) ETF 112,500
224	224	Total American Legion and Auxiliary
225	225	Scholarships
226	226	112,500 112,500
227	227	To be expended under the provisions of Sections 16-31-1 through 16-31-4, Code of
228	228	Alabama 1975.
229	229	3. Archives and History, Department
230	230	of:
231	231	(a) Historical Resources Management
232	232	Program
233	233	7,806,423 7,806,423
234	234	(1) Men's Hall of Fame 10,000
235	235	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
236	236	(1) ETF 7,806,423
237	237	Total Archives and History, Department
238	238	of
239	239	7,806,423 7,806,423
240	240	The above appropriation shall be expended to support the educational functions of
241	241	the Department of Archives and History.
242	242	4. Arts, State Council on the:
243	243	(a) Fine Arts Program 8,033,074 1,000,000 9,033,074
244	244	(1) Alabama Center for the Arts 1,200,000
245	245	a. Alabama Center for the Arts Foundation 475,000
246	246	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
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278	278	Education
279	279	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
280	280	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
281	281	(1) ETF 8,033,074
282	282	(2) Federal and Local Funds 1,000,000
283	283	Total Arts, State Council on the 8,033,074 1,000,000 9,033,074
284	284	5. Charter School Commission, Alabama
285	285	Public:
286	286	(a) Administrative Services Program 1,500,000 1,500,000
287	287	(1) New Schools for Alabama 400,000
288	288	The above appropriation shall be expended for public charter school startup funding grants,
289	289	which shall be distributed on a competitive basis to high-quality public charter school
290	290	applicants.
291	291	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
292	292	(1) ETF 1,500,000
293	293	Total Charter School Commission,
294	294	Alabama Public
295	295	1,500,000 1,500,000
296	296	6. Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention,
297	297	Department of:
298	298	(a) Social Services Program 9,931,306 9,931,306
299	299	In accordance with Sections 26-16-1 et seq., Code of Alabama 1975.
300	300	(1) Big Brothers/ Big Sisters 150,000
301	301	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
302	302	(1) ETF-Transfer 9,931,306
303	303	Total Child Abuse and Neglect
304	304	Prevention, Department of
305	305	9,931,306 9,931,306
306	306	7. Commerce, Department of:
307	307	(a) Industrial Development Training
308	308	Institute Program
309	309	85,751,214 85,751,214
310	310	(1) Industrial Development and Training
311	311	Program
312	312	8,638,768
313	313	(2) Industrial Training Program -
314	314	Operations and Maintenance
315	315	8,682,295
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347	347	Education
348	348	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
349	349	Operations and Maintenance
350	350	8,682,295
351	351	(3) Marketing Campaign for Technical
352	352	Education
353	353	900,000
354	354	(4) Rural Marketing Program 400,000
355	355	To feature products from Alabama companies in rural counties.
356	356	(5) Workforce Development 66,430,151
357	357	a. STEM Council 6,700,000
358	358	Of the above appropriation, $5,000,000 shall be used for regional STEM hub grants and shall be
359	359	in collaboration with the State Department of Education.
360	360	b. Alabama Workforce Training Center 500,000
361	361	c. Modern Manufacturing Pilot Project 1,239,840
362	362	d. Alabama Workforce Council 1,600,000
363	363	To manage the Alabama Credential Registry, to develop the annual Compendium of Valuable
364	364	Credentials by using the two-tiered non-degree credential quality assurance review process
365	365	established in the bylaws of the Alabama Committee on Credentialing and Career Pathways, and to
366	366	provide technical assistance to credential providers in registering credentials to the Alabama
367	367	Credential Registry.
368	368	e. Alabama Office of Apprenticeship 4,900,000
369	369	Of this appropriation, $2,400,000 shall be expended for the Teacher Registered Apprenticeship
370	370	Pilot Program. Pilot program funds shall be allocated to local education agencies based on
371	371	contracts established with the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship for each apprentice and shall
372	372	be used for the reimburesment of wages, the costs of related technical instruction for
373	373	registered apprentices, and the costs of stipends for journeyworker teachers supervising
374	374	registered apprentices. The maximum allowable reimbursement to a local agency will be $60,000
375	375	per apprentice. The Secretary of the Department of Commerce shall report semi-annually to the
376	376	Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education, the House Ways and
377	377	Means-Education Committee and the Legislative Fiscal Officer any funds allocated for the
378	378	Teacher Registered Apprenticeship Pilot Program.
379	379	f. Regional Councils 2,167,500
380	380	To develop leadership strategies in the local areas. Each region will set measurable goals
381	381	through a planning process to determine current and future skills needed in the local area,
382	382	develop seamless educational pathways, and align funding with identified local workforce needs.
383	383	(6) Talent Triad 700,000
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417	417	Education
418	418	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
419	419	(6) Talent Triad 700,000
420	420	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
421	421	(1) ETF 85,751,214
422	422	Total Commerce, Department of 85,751,214 85,751,214
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427	427	Education
428	428	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
429	429	Total Commerce, Department of 85,751,214 85,751,214
430	430	The funds appropriated for Workforce Development are to be expended for those costs
431	431	incurred by the State in honoring commitments to pay workforce development costs,
432	432	including services and other assistance and expenses of recruitment and training of
433	433	a company's workforce, that are undertaken to induce companies to locate and expand
434	434	their operations in Alabama (described hereinafter as a "Project") and to develop
435	435	and implement training, placement and recruitment programs that will improve
436	436	development and expand the State's workforce. Such costs include, but are not
437	437	limited to: (i) AIDT operating costs directly related to a Project; (ii) wages and
438	438	benefits for trainers engaged by AIDT for the purpose of a Project; (iii) costs
439	439	which the State has agreed to pay under the terms of a Project Agreement with a
440	440	company that are necessary and reasonable charges incurred by the company or its
441	441	affiliates for personnel providing training to the company's employees, whether
442	442	those trainers are employees of the company or its vendors or suppliers, including
443	443	wages, benefits and travel (domestic and, when necessary, international); (iv) any
444	444	necessary materials, equipment, manuals, or other relevant training materials; (v)
445	445	the costs incurred for purchasing or repairing or replacing training tools and
446	446	equipment; (vi) costs incurred for the purchase or construction and maintenance of
447	447	training facilities; (vii) travel expenses for prospective and current employees and
448	448	trainees, including travel, food, lodging, relocation, and other costs necessary and
449	449	reasonable to enable the company to secure a qualified workforce; and (viii) outside
450	450	training fees. The above funds appropriated for Workforce Development shall be
451	451	expended primarily for the training of Alabama residents. It is further the intent
452	452	that contracts with vendors to provide workforce training shall be inclusive and
453	453	reflect the racial and gender diversity of the State. The Secretary of the
454	454	Department of Commerce shall report semi-annually to the Chairs of the Senate
455	455	Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education, the House Ways and Means-Education
456	456	Committee, the Finanace Director, and the Legislative Fiscal Officer any funds
457	457	allocated for workforce training. Such report shall include a summary of the persons
458	458	trained and the vendors providing the training. The report shall contain information
459	459	including the residence, race and gender of the persons trained and of the principal
460	460	or majority owner of the firm or business contracted with to provide the training
461	461	services.
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495	495	Education
496	496	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
497	497	services.
498	498	8. Community College System Board of
499	499	Trustees, Alabama :
500	500	(a) Operations and Maintenance 427,609,921 360,276,747 787,886,668
501	501	The above appropriation from the Education Trust Fund for Operations and
502	502	Maintenance shall be distributed as provided below. The remainder shall be
503	503	distributed to each of the colleges based on a distribution model consistent
504	504	with the recommendations in the final report of the Alabama Community College
505	505	Advisory Council on Outcomes-Based Funding, except Marion Military Institute.
506	506	The below amounts are intended to provide a minimum of $125/FTE to each
507	507	college based on Fall 2023 figures.
508	508	(1) Alabama Aviation College 370,000
509	509	a. Andalusia Program 120,000
510	510	(2) Bevill State Community College 280,000
511	511	a. Fayette Campus 70,000
512	512	b. Hamilton Campus 70,000
513	513	c. Jasper Campus 70,000
514	514	d. Sumiton Campus 70,000
515	515	(3) Bishop State Community College 183,625
516	516	For building renovation and the welding program at Carver Campus.
517	517	(4) Coastal Alabama Community College 552,125
518	518	For the technology and manufacturing program.
519	519	(5) Calhoun Community College 595,875
520	520	For the expansion of the Alabama Center for the Arts.
521	521	(6) Central Alabama Community College 145,000
522	522	For economic development.
523	523	(7) Chattahoochee Valley Community College 104,750
524	524	For Applied Technology Program/Career Discovery.
525	525	(8) Drake State Community Technical College 100,000
526	526	For welding facilities expansion.
527	527	(9) Gadsden State Community College 342,500
528	528	a. Poultry Technology Center 100,000
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562	562	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
563	563	a. Poultry Technology Center 100,000
564	564	In partnership with Auburn University.
565	565	b. For economic development. 242,500
566	566	(10) Ingram State Technical College 100,000
567	567	(11) Jefferson State Community College 552,625
568	568	For the nursing program.
569	569	(12) Lawson State Community College 240,750
570	570	For STEM education
571	571	(13) Lurleen B. Wallace Community College 200,000
572	572	For Workforce Development.
573	573	(14) Northeast Alabama Community College 200,000
574	574	(15) Northwest-Shoals Community College 450,000
575	575	For the Lauderdale County Workforce Center and Acquisition and Construction Program.
576	576	(16) Reid State Technical College 30,125
577	577	(17) Shelton State Community College 350,000
578	578	a. Distance Support 100,000
579	579	b. Facility Modification 250,000
580	580	(18) Snead State Community College 225,000
581	581	For the Aeronautics School in Albertville.
582	582	(19) Southern Union State Community College 356,125
583	583	(20) Trenholm State Community College 213,250
584	584	For the Innovation Center.
585	585	(21) Wallace Community College-Dothan 278,875
586	586	For the Center for Economic and Workforce Development.
587	587	(22) Wallace Community College-Selma 175,000
588	588	For the Excellence in Education to Employment Pipeline.
589	589	(23) Wallace State Community
590	590	College-Hanceville
591	591	427,875
592	592	For the Aviation Program.
593	593	(24) Step increases for 30-year employees 1,007,581
594	594	(b) Auxiliary Enterprises 13,349,240 13,349,240
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626	626	Education
627	627	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
628	628	(b) Auxiliary Enterprises 13,349,240 13,349,240
629	629	(c) Restricted Funds 327,773,373 327,773,373
630	630	(d) Operations and Maintenance for
631	631	Postsecondary Prison Education
632	632	19,093,615 19,093,615
633	633	(1) Perry County Facility 2,500,000
634	634	(2) Therapeutic Education 1,999,901
635	635	(3) LifeTech Institute in Thomasville 2,000,000
636	636	For operations and maintenance.
637	637	(4) Day Reporting Center pilot program 1,000,000
638	638	(e) Adult Education Program 14,464,656 10,867,774 25,332,430
639	639	The allocation of Adult Education funds appropriated herein is restricted to
640	640	the provision of services to individuals who are receiving benefits under the
641	641	Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, Title II of the federal Workforce
642	642	Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014.
643	643	(f) Special Populations Training 4,725,281 4,725,281
644	644	The above appropriation shall be expended for education and training programs
645	645	to prepare individuals designated as special populations, as determined by the
646	646	Chancellor, for entry into the workforce through pre-employment skills
647	647	training, and intensive career technical training.
648	648	(g) Mine Safety Training Program at
649	649	Bevill State Community College
650	650	350,000 350,000
651	651	(h) Postsecondary Education
652	652	Department - Administration
653	653	14,738,866 16,752,756 31,491,622
654	654	(1) Property and Capital Purchases and
655	655	Improvements
656	656	850,000
657	657	(i) Postsecondary/Tech Colleges -
658	658	Truck Driver Training
659	659	240,790 2,000,000 2,240,790
660	660	The above appropriation from earmarked funds is estimated and shall be
661	661	expended pursuant to Section 32-5-313, Code of Alabama 1975.
662	662	(1) Truck Driver Training Program at
663	663	Central Alabama Community College
664	664	240,790
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679	679	298
680	680	299
681	681	300
682	682	301
683	683	302
684	684	303
685	685	304
686	686	305
687	687	306
688	688	307
689	689	308
690	690	309
691	691	310
692	692	311
693	693	312
694	694	313 SB75 INTRODUCED
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696	696	Education
697	697	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
698	698	Central Alabama Community College
699	699	240,790
700	700	(j) Industry Certification
701	701	Initiatives
702	702	9,640,408 9,640,408
703	703	Industry Certification Initiatives funds shall be distributed by the Alabama
704	704	Community College System Board of Trustees. The Chancellor of the Alabama
705	705	Community College System shall report semi-annually to the Chairs of the
706	706	Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education, the House Ways and
707	707	Means-Education Committee, the Finance Director, and the Legislative Fiscal
708	708	Officer any funds expended for industry certification initiatives.
709	709	(1) Career Coaches 3,079,630
710	710	(2) Workforce Development Initiatives 3,750,000
711	711	(k) Marion Military Institute 11,270,809 11,270,809
712	712	(1) Military Hall of Honor 125,000
713	713	(l) Alabama Technology Network 6,062,736 6,062,736
714	714	(1) Workforce Training 503,906
715	715	(m) Dual Enrollment 40,682,385 10,000,000 50,682,385
716	716	The remaining appropriation shall be expended at the direction of the
717	717	Chancellor of the Alabama Community College System to continue, expand, and
718	718	develop a dual enrollment scholarship program for academic and
719	719	career-technical education programs. The Chancellor will work with business
720	720	and industry partners to allocate the funds in a manner consistent with
721	721	addressing identified needs in the State of Alabama. Such allocations will
722	722	further and/or accommodate the continuation and expansion of dual enrollment
723	723	programs.
724	724	(1) Dual Enrollment Program at Murphy
725	725	University Center
726	726	200,000
727	727	To be available to students in the state.
728	728	(n) Science, Technology, Engineering,
729	729	Arts and Math (STEAM) Pilot
730	730	Project
731	731	800,000 800,000
732	732	(o) The Women's Foundation of Alabama 750,000 750,000
733	733	314
734	734	315
735	735	316
736	736	317
737	737	318
738	738	319
739	739	320
740	740	321
741	741	322
742	742	323
743	743	324
744	744	325
745	745	326
746	746	327
747	747	328
748	748	329
749	749	330
750	750	331
751	751	332
752	752	333
753	753	334
754	754	335
755	755	336
756	756	337
757	757	338
758	758	339
759	759	340
760	760	341
761	761	342
762	762	343 SB75 INTRODUCED
763	763	Page 14
764	764	Education
765	765	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
766	766	(o) The Women's Foundation of Alabama 750,000 750,000
767	767	The above appropriation shall be expended to support students in obtaining
768	768	certifications and post-secondary degrees, to aid in scholarships, support
769	769	services including transportation, tuition and fees, and academic support
770	770	services. This appropriation is contingent upon the Women's Foundation of
771	771	Alabama providing a match of private funding and programmatic supports of
772	772	$400,000. The Foundation shall file a report no later than December 31, 2025
773	773	to the Governor and the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and
774	774	Taxation-Education and the House Ways and Means-Education Committee detailing
775	775	the costs, benefits, and economic impacts on the Fund.
776	776	(p) Volunteer EMSP Certifications 125,000 125,000
777	777	Pursuant to Sections 22-18-60, et seq., Code of Alabama 1975.
778	778	(q) Automotive Workforce Training
779	779	Scholarship Program
780	780	300,000 300,000
781	781	The Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System, in consultation
782	782	with the Alabama Industrial Development and Training Institute, shall
783	783	establish qualifications for the award of scholarships to high school students
784	784	and adults enrolled in a state educational program relating to the automotive
785	785	manufacturing industry and shall further provide for the implementation and
786	786	administration of the scholarships. Scholarship recipients shall be selected
787	787	by the Board, in consultation with a scholarship committee, comprised of
788	788	members of the Board of Directors of the Alabama Automotive Manufacturers
789	789	Association, from applications submitted to the association. The Board shall
790	790	file a report with the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and
791	791	Taxation-Education, the House Ways and Means-Education Committee, the
792	792	Legislative Fiscal Officer, and the Finance Director on September 30, 2025
793	793	regarding the total number of scholarships awarded for the Fall term of the
794	794	2024-2025 academic year and the institution attended by the scholarship
795	795	recipients. The report shall also include the name of each scholarship
796	796	recipient and the number of years the recipient has received a scholarship.
797	797	(r) Distance Learning Program 3,375,000 3,375,000
798	798	344
799	799	345
800	800	346
801	801	347
802	802	348
803	803	349
804	804	350
805	805	351
806	806	352
807	807	353
808	808	354
809	809	355
810	810	356
811	811	357
812	812	358
813	813	359
814	814	360
815	815	361
816	816	362
817	817	363
818	818	364
819	819	365
820	820	366
821	821	367
822	822	368
823	823	369
824	824	370
825	825	371
826	826	372
827	827	373 SB75 INTRODUCED
828	828	Page 15
829	829	Education
830	830	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
831	831	(r) Distance Learning Program 3,375,000 3,375,000
832	832	(s) Automotive Manufacturing
833	833	Workforce Development Program
834	834	312,500 312,500
835	835	(t) Smart Career Workforce Project 200,000 200,000
836	836	The above appropriation shall be expended to promote smart careers, support
837	837	soft skill development through engagement opportunities for youth, develop and
838	838	implement an effective smart career awareness campaign for students, parents,
839	839	and the underemployed; and to implement a national recruitment campaign to
840	840	attract talent at all levels of experience across high-growth, high demand
841	841	occupations.
842	842	(u) ACCS Innovation Center 15,000,000 15,000,000
843	843	(v) LPN Programs 3,000,000 3,000,000
844	844	The above appropriation shall be expended to establish new and to support
845	845	current stand-alone LPN programs throughout the state.
846	846	(w) Career Tech Equipment 10,000,000 10,000,000
847	847	To provide new or updated equipment for career and technical education
848	848	programs in order to ensure that programs meet current business and industry
849	849	standards to provide students with the training and skills necessary to
850	850	provide a workforce for new, existing, or expanding jobs.
851	851	(x) Short Term Credential Scholarship
852	852	Program
853	853	1,000,000 1,000,000
854	854	To provide scholarships to Alabama residents enrolling in short-term
855	855	credential programs within the Alabama Community College System. Eligible
856	856	students may receive a grant of up to $4,500 to cover qualifying educational
857	857	expenses, including tutition, fees, books, and supplies necessary for the
858	858	short-term credential program.
859	859	(y) Alabama Career Roadmap 2,000,000 2,000,000
860	860	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
861	861	(1) ETF 585,741,967
862	862	(2) Federal and Other Funds 729,019,890
863	863	(3) ACS Truck Driver Fund 2,000,000
864	864	374
865	865	375
866	866	376
867	867	377
868	868	378
869	869	379
870	870	380
871	871	381
872	872	382
873	873	383
874	874	384
875	875	385
876	876	386
877	877	387
878	878	388
879	879	389
880	880	390
881	881	391
882	882	392
883	883	393
884	884	394
885	885	395
886	886	396
887	887	397
888	888	398
889	889	399
890	890	400
891	891	401
892	892	402
893	893	403 SB75 INTRODUCED
894	894	Page 16
895	895	Education
896	896	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
897	897	(3) ACS Truck Driver Fund 2,000,000
898	898	(4) Dual Enrollment Tax Credit Fund 10,000,000
899	899	Total Community College System Board of
900	900	Trustees, Alabama
901	901	585,741,967 741,019,890 1,326,761,857
902	902	(1) The allocations as set forth above shall be distributed by the Alabama Community
903	903	College System Board of Trustees through the Office of the Chancellor.
904	904	(2) The Chancellor of the Alabama Community College System shall report
905	905	semi-annually to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and
906	906	Taxation-Education, the House Ways and Means-Education Committee, the Finance
907	907	Director, and the Legislative Fiscal Officer any funds expended for the Alabama
908	908	Technology Network.
909	909	9. Cyber Technology and Engineering,
910	910	Alabama School of:
911	911	(a) Operations and Maintenance 11,495,097 11,495,097
912	912	(1) Accel Program 554,000
913	913	For statewide cyber education in K-12 schools as provided in Section 16-26D-6, Code of Alabama
914	914	1975.
915	915	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
916	916	(1) ETF 11,495,097
917	917	Total Cyber Technology and Engineering,
918	918	Alabama School of
919	919	11,495,097 11,495,097
920	920	10. Debt Service:
921	921	(a) Payments on Endowments 81,880 81,880
922	922	Payments on endowments shall be as provided below.
923	923	(1) Auburn University Endowment, For
924	924	interest on
925	925	20,280
926	926	(2) Grove Hill Endowment, For interest on 600
927	927	(3) University of Alabama Endowment, For
928	928	interest on
929	929	61,000
930	930	404
931	931	405
932	932	406
933	933	407
934	934	408
935	935	409
936	936	410
937	937	411
938	938	412
939	939	413
940	940	414
941	941	415
942	942	416
943	943	417
944	944	418
945	945	419
946	946	420
947	947	421
948	948	422
949	949	423
950	950	424
951	951	425
952	952	426
953	953	427
954	954	428
955	955	429
956	956	430
957	957	431
958	958	432
959	959	433 SB75 INTRODUCED
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961	961	Education
962	962	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
963	963	interest on
964	964	61,000
965	965	(b) Interest on Public School Fund
966	966	Endowment
967	967	532,864 532,864
968	968	Interest on Public School Fund Endowment shall be as provided below.
969	969	(1) 16th Section Lands (Estimated),
970	970	Interest on
971	971	410,000
972	972	(2) James Wallace Fund, Interest on 275
973	973	(3) School Indemnity Lands (Estimated),
974	974	Interest on
975	975	90,000
976	976	(4) Surplus Revenue, Interest on 26,764
977	977	(5) Valueless 16th Section Land, Interest
978	978	on
979	979	5,825
980	980	(c) General Obligation Bonds,
981	981	Estimated
982	982	26,748,052 26,748,052
983	983	The above appropriation shall be used to pay debt service on the following
984	984	General Obligation Bonds: Series 2014-A, Series 2016-A, Series 2016-C, Series
985	985	2018-A, and Series 2018-B. In the event any of the above bonds are refunded or
986	986	new General Obligation bonds are issued, debt service on these newly issued
987	987	bonds may be paid from the appropriations made above from the Education Trust
988	988	Fund contingent upon the recommendation of the Director of Finance and the
989	989	approval of the Governor.
990	990	(d) Alabama Incentives Financing
991	991	Authority Bonds, Estimated
992	992	3,865,333 3,865,333
993	993	The above appropriation shall be used to pay debt service on the following
994	994	Alabama Incentives Financing Authority Bonds: Series 2009-B, Series 2019-A,
995	995	and Series 2019-B. In the event any of the above bonds are refunded or new
996	996	Alabama Incentives Financing Authority bonds are issued, debt service on these
997	997	newly issued bonds may be paid from the appropriations made above from the
998	998	Education Trust Fund contingent upon the recommendation of the Director of
999	999	Finance and the approval of the Governor.
1000	1000	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
1001	1001	(1) ETF 30,695,265
1002	1002	434
1003	1003	435
1004	1004	436
1005	1005	437
1006	1006	438
1007	1007	439
1008	1008	440
1009	1009	441
1010	1010	442
1011	1011	443
1012	1012	444
1013	1013	445
1014	1014	446
1015	1015	447
1016	1016	448
1017	1017	449
1018	1018	450
1019	1019	451
1020	1020	452
1021	1021	453
1022	1022	454
1023	1023	455
1024	1024	456
1025	1025	457
1026	1026	458
1027	1027	459
1028	1028	460
1029	1029	461
1030	1030	462
1031	1031	463
1032	1032	464 SB75 INTRODUCED
1033	1033	Page 18
1034	1034	Education
1035	1035	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1036	1036	(1) ETF 30,695,265
1037	1037	(2) ETF-Transfer 532,864
1038	1038	Total Debt Service 31,228,129 31,228,129
1039	1039	11. Dental Scholarship Awards, Board
1040	1040	of:
1041	1041	(a) Support of Other Educational
1042	1042	Activities Program
1043	1043	871,166 871,166
1044	1044	To be expended under the provisions of Sections 16-47-76 through 16-47-81,
1045	1045	Code of Alabama 1975.
1046	1046	(1) Alabama Dental Service Program 500,000
1047	1047	As set out in Sections 16-47-77 through 16-47-81, Code of Alabama 1975.
1048	1048	(2) Alabama Rural Dental Health Scholars
1049	1049	Program
1050	1050	140,000
1051	1051	As set out in Section 16-47-76, Code of Alabama 1975.
1052	1052	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
1053	1053	(1) ETF 871,166
1054	1054	Total Dental Scholarship Awards, Board
1055	1055	of
1056	1056	871,166 871,166
1057	1057	12. Early Childhood Education,
1058	1058	Department of:
1059	1059	(a) Social Services Program 199,533,841 20,414,288 219,948,129
1060	1060	(1) Home Instruction for Parents of
1061	1061	Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY)/First
1062	1062	Teacher Home Visiting Program
1063	1063	5,000,000
1064	1064	(2) Marketing Campaign for Alabama Family
1065	1065	Central
1066	1066	750,000
1067	1067	(3) Office of School Readiness 185,448,382
1068	1068	(4) Operations and Maintenance 2,380,512
1069	1069	(5) Strong Start/Strong Finish 4,122,951
1070	1070	(6) Dolly Parton Imagination Library 1,831,996
1071	1071	(b) Children's Policy Council Program 500,000 500,000
1072	1072	465
1073	1073	466
1074	1074	467
1075	1075	468
1076	1076	469
1077	1077	470
1078	1078	471
1079	1079	472
1080	1080	473
1081	1081	474
1082	1082	475
1083	1083	476
1084	1084	477
1085	1085	478
1086	1086	479
1087	1087	480
1088	1088	481
1089	1089	482
1090	1090	483
1091	1091	484
1092	1092	485
1093	1093	486
1094	1094	487
1095	1095	488
1096	1096	489
1097	1097	490
1098	1098	491
1099	1099	492
1100	1100	493
1101	1101	494 SB75 INTRODUCED
1102	1102	Page 19
1103	1103	Education
1104	1104	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1105	1105	(b) Children's Policy Council Program 500,000 500,000
1106	1106	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
1107	1107	(1) ETF 199,533,841
1108	1108	(2) Federal and Local Funds 20,414,288
1109	1109	(3) Children's Policy Council Fund 500,000
1110	1110	Total Early Childhood Education,
1111	1111	Department of
1112	1112	199,533,841 20,914,288 220,448,129
1113	1113	It is the intent of the Legislature that the above appropriation for the Strong
1114	1114	Start/Strong Finish initiative be used to expand the Pre-K-3rd approach to learning
1115	1115	and will incorporate the most successful parts of Pre-K-3rd initiatives in order to
1116	1116	establish a strong foundation of early learning experiences that promotes student
1117	1117	achievement and success. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department
1118	1118	notify the members of each local legislative delegation (whenever possible) prior to
1119	1119	grants being awarded in each legislative district. The Department shall notify the
1120	1120	legislative delegation of the amount of the grant, the recipient of the grant and
1121	1121	the date the grant is awarded.
1122	1122	13. Economic and Community Affairs,
1123	1123	Alabama Department of:
1124	1124	(a) Research and Development Grant
1125	1125	Program
1126	1126	5,000,000 5,000,000
1127	1127	The Department shall be eligible for an administrative fee not to exceed two
1128	1128	and one-half percent (2.5%) of the sum appropriated herein.
1129	1129	(b) Electric Vehicle Technology
1130	1130	Implementation and Education
1131	1131	Program
1132	1132	2,000,000 2,000,000
1133	1133	(c) Rural Broadband Grant Program 25,000,000 25,000,000
1134	1134	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
1135	1135	(1) ETF 27,000,000
1136	1136	(2) ETF-Transfer 5,000,000
1137	1137	Total Economic and Community Affairs,
1138	1138	Alabama Department of
1139	1139	32,000,000 32,000,000
1140	1140	495
1141	1141	496
1142	1142	497
1143	1143	498
1144	1144	499
1145	1145	500
1146	1146	501
1147	1147	502
1148	1148	503
1149	1149	504
1150	1150	505
1151	1151	506
1152	1152	507
1153	1153	508
1154	1154	509
1155	1155	510
1156	1156	511
1157	1157	512
1158	1158	513
1159	1159	514
1160	1160	515
1161	1161	516
1162	1162	517
1163	1163	518
1164	1164	519
1165	1165	520
1166	1166	521
1167	1167	522
1168	1168	523
1169	1169	524 SB75 INTRODUCED
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1171	1171	Education
1172	1172	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1173	1173	Alabama Department of
1174	1174	32,000,000 32,000,000
1175	1175	14. Education, State Board of Local
1176	1176	Boards of Education:
1177	1177	(a) Foundation Program 4,672,739,803 831,556,221 5,504,296,024
1178	1178	These funds shall be allocated to each LEA with the requirement that each step
1179	1179	of each salary schedule for each class and type of employee provides an hourly
1180	1180	rate of not less than $15 per hour, based upon the number of contract days and
1181	1181	number of hours per day required by the job description for that class and
1182	1182	type of employee.
1183	1183	(1) Alabama Student Information Management
1184	1184	System
1185	1185	13,839,874
1186	1186	For the conversion and modernization of the Alabama Student Information Management System
1187	1187	(ASIMS). ASIMS will allow the continued support and maintenance of the Information Management
1188	1188	System which permits each local Education Agency and the State Department of Education to
1189	1189	comply with all state and federal accountability standards and reporting obligations. These
1190	1190	funds shall be expended for the State Department of Education's Fiscal Year 2025 costs for
1191	1191	implementation of the new ASIMS.
1192	1192	(b) Transportation Program 438,621,912 438,621,912
1193	1193	The rate per day for two personal days and five sick days for transportation
1194	1194	personnel shall be $50. The State Department of Education shall develop a plan
1195	1195	to fund and replace school buses that have been in service for more than ten
1196	1196	years. The plan shall take into consideration the age and mileage of eligible
1197	1197	buses and the number of eligible buses that run morning and afternoon routes.
1198	1198	The Department shall provide a copy of the plan to the Chair of the House Ways
1199	1199	and Means-Education Committee, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance
1200	1200	and Taxation-Education, the Finance Director, and the Legislative Fiscal
1201	1201	Officer by the 5th legislative day of the 2025 Regular Session.
1202	1202	(c) At-Risk Student Program 21,217,734 21,217,734
1203	1203	525
1204	1204	526
1205	1205	527
1206	1206	528
1207	1207	529
1208	1208	530
1209	1209	531
1210	1210	532
1211	1211	533
1212	1212	534
1213	1213	535
1214	1214	536
1215	1215	537
1216	1216	538
1217	1217	539
1218	1218	540
1219	1219	541
1220	1220	542
1221	1221	543
1222	1222	544
1223	1223	545
1224	1224	546
1225	1225	547
1226	1226	548
1227	1227	549
1228	1228	550
1229	1229	551
1230	1230	552 SB75 INTRODUCED
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1232	1232	Education
1233	1233	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1234	1234	(c) At-Risk Student Program 21,217,734 21,217,734
1235	1235	Each district shall receive its pro-rata share for each student who is defined
1236	1236	as being at-risk of dropping out of school or is performing at an academic
1237	1237	level below current grade placement. At-Risk funds may be expended for student
1238	1238	programs to improve the efficiency and utilization of technology-based
1239	1239	educational resources in the classroom.
1240	1240	(d) Endowment Interest Program-Public
1241	1241	School Fund, Estimated
1242	1242	532,864 532,864
1243	1243	(e) Public School Fund, Estimated 215,000,000 215,000,000
1244	1244	Notwithstanding Section 16-13-234, Code of Alabama 1975, the local boards of
1245	1245	education shall request waivers to spend Public School Funds appropriated in
1246	1246	this Act, after the payment of pledged debt service or obligated capital
1247	1247	projects, for other operating expenses.
1248	1248	(f) Board of Adjustment 750,800 750,800
1249	1249	(g) School Nurses Program 89,556,877 89,556,877
1250	1250	553
1251	1251	554
1252	1252	555
1253	1253	556
1254	1254	557
1255	1255	558
1256	1256	559
1257	1257	560
1258	1258	561
1259	1259	562
1260	1260	563
1261	1261	564
1262	1262	565
1263	1263	566 SB75 INTRODUCED
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1265	1265	Education
1266	1266	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1267	1267	(g) School Nurses Program 89,556,877 89,556,877
1268	1268	To be distributed so that each school system shall receive one nurse and an
1269	1269	additional nurse or fractions of a nursing allocation based upon the average
1270	1270	daily membership during the first 20 scholastic days after Labor Day of the
1271	1271	preceding school year. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide funding
1272	1272	to allow each school to have a school nurse by fiscal year 2029. The School
1273	1273	Nurses Program shall use the following salary matrix to determine nursing
1274	1274	salaries, based on 187 contract days, with school nurses paid based upon their
1275	1275	years of public-school nurse experience and highest degree earned. The pay of
1276	1276	any part-time employee shall conform to the pro-rata share of the following
1277	1277	matrix:
1278	1278	STEP LPN RN-ASN RN-BSN RN-MSN RN-DNP
1279	1279	0 33,930 44,764 48,269 52,049 56,124
1280	1280	1 33,930 44,764 48,269 52,049 56,124
1281	1281	2 33,930 44,764 48,269 52,049 56,124
1282	1282	3 37,319 49,236 53,090 57,248 61,730
1283	1283	4 37,319 49,236 53,090 57,248 61,730
1284	1284	5 37,319 49,236 53,090 57,248 61,730
1285	1285	6 38,955 51,394 55,418 59,758 64,437
1286	1286	7 38,955 51,394 55,418 59,758 64,437
1287	1287	567
1288	1288	568
1289	1289	569
1290	1290	570
1291	1291	571
1292	1292	572
1293	1293	573
1294	1294	574
1295	1295	575
1296	1296	576
1297	1297	577
1298	1298	578
1299	1299	579
1300	1300	580
1301	1301	581
1302	1302	582
1303	1303	583
1304	1304	584
1305	1305	585
1306	1306	586
1307	1307	587
1308	1308	588 SB75 INTRODUCED
1309	1309	Page 23
1310	1310	Education
1311	1311	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1312	1312	7 38,955 51,394 55,418 59,758 64,437
1313	1313	8 38,955 51,394 55,418 59,758 64,437
1314	1314	9 40,131 52,946 57,092 61,562 66,382
1315	1315	10 40,532 53,475 57,662 62,177 67,045
1316	1316	11 40,937 54,009 58,238 62,799 67,715
1317	1317	12 41,347 54,550 58,822 63,427 68,394
1318	1318	13 41,760 55,096 59,409 64,062 69,077
1319	1319	14 42,179 55,647 60,004 64,702 69,768
1320	1320	15 42,601 56,204 60,604 65,350 70,466
1321	1321	16 43,026 56,765 61,210 66,003 71,170
1322	1322	17 43,457 57,333 61,822 66,663 71,882
1323	1323	18 43,891 57,906 62,440 67,329 72,601
1324	1324	19 44,330 58,485 63,064 68,002 73,327
1325	1325	20 44,772 59,070 63,694 68,682 74,060
1326	1326	21 45,221 59,661 64,332 69,370 74,801
1327	1327	22 45,673 60,257 64,974 70,062 75,548
1328	1328	589
1329	1329	590
1330	1330	591
1331	1331	592
1332	1332	593
1333	1333	594
1334	1334	595
1335	1335	596
1336	1336	597
1337	1337	598
1338	1338	599
1339	1339	600
1340	1340	601
1341	1341	602
1342	1342	603 SB75 INTRODUCED
1343	1343	Page 24
1344	1344	Education
1345	1345	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1346	1346	22 45,673 60,257 64,974 70,062 75,548
1347	1347	23 46,130 60,860 65,625 70,763 76,304
1348	1348	24 46,591 61,469 66,282 71,472 77,068
1349	1349	25 47,057 62,083 66,944 72,186 77,838
1350	1350	26 47,527 62,703 67,613 72,907 78,616
1351	1351	27 48,003 63,331 68,291 73,637 79,403
1352	1352	28 48,483 63,964 68,973 74,373 80,196
1353	1353	29 48,968 64,604 69,662 75,117 80,999
1354	1354	30 49,457 65,250 70,358 75,867 81,808
1355	1355	31 49,952 65,902 71,062 76,626 82,626
1356	1356	32 50,452 66,562 71,774 77,393 83,453
1357	1357	33 50,956 67,227 72,490 78,166 84,287
1358	1358	34 51,465 67,899 73,215 78,947 85,130
1359	1359	35 51,980 68,578 73,947 79,738 85,981
1360	1360	(h) Information Technology Services
1361	1361	Program
1362	1362	21,288,820 21,288,820
1363	1363	604
1364	1364	605
1365	1365	606
1366	1366	607
1367	1367	608
1368	1368	609
1369	1369	610
1370	1370	611
1371	1371	612
1372	1372	613
1373	1373	614
1374	1374	615
1375	1375	616
1376	1376	617
1377	1377	618
1378	1378	619 SB75 INTRODUCED
1379	1379	Page 25
1380	1380	Education
1381	1381	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1382	1382	Program
1383	1383	21,288,820 21,288,820
1384	1384	The above appropriation shall be expended by local school systems towards the
1385	1385	position of a District Technology Coordinator that meets the job description
1386	1386	and qualifications established by the State Board of Education.
1387	1387	(1) Alabama Leaders in Educational
1388	1388	Technology (ALET)
1389	1389	100,000
1390	1390	The Department shall consult with the Alabama Leaders in Educational Technology (ALET) to
1391	1391	implement this allocation, and to assist school systems’ effective use of these funds,
1392	1392	including but not limited to, conducting workshops, training, and collaborative support for
1393	1393	cybersecurity. The above appropriation shall be directed to Alabama Leaders in Educational
1394	1394	Technology (ALET) to assist school systems’ effective use of these funds, including but not
1395	1395	limited to, conducting workshops, training, and collaborative support for cybersecurity.
1396	1396	(2) Cybersecurity Improvement 10,454,000
1397	1397	The above appropriation shall be used to improve cybersecurity, including protection of data
1398	1398	and infrastructure. The State Department of Education shall allocate this portion of the
1399	1399	appropriation in equal parts to each local education agency, including the Alabama Institute
1400	1400	for Deaf and Blind, the Alabama School for Math and Science, the Alabama School of Fine Arts,
1401	1401	the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering, and the Department of Youth Services
1402	1402	School through applications submitted to the Department. Allocations shall be used to fund
1403	1403	network administration and/or technology that sustains, complements, upgrades, or augments
1404	1404	current security measures.
1405	1405	(i) Career Tech Operations and
1406	1406	Maintenance
1407	1407	8,000,000 8,000,000
1408	1408	(j) Current Units 2,000,000 2,000,000
1409	1409	The above appropriation includes funds for start-up and/or conversion of
1410	1410	public charter schools which shall be funded at Foundation Program cost per
1411	1411	unit in the same manner as other public K-12 schools.
1412	1412	(k) Math and Science Teacher Program 80,000,000 80,000,000
1413	1413	620
1414	1414	621
1415	1415	622
1416	1416	623
1417	1417	624
1418	1418	625
1419	1419	626
1420	1420	627
1421	1421	628
1422	1422	629
1423	1423	630
1424	1424	631
1425	1425	632
1426	1426	633
1427	1427	634
1428	1428	635
1429	1429	636
1430	1430	637
1431	1431	638
1432	1432	639
1433	1433	640
1434	1434	641
1435	1435	642
1436	1436	643
1437	1437	644
1438	1438	645
1439	1439	646 SB75 INTRODUCED
1440	1440	Page 26
1441	1441	Education
1442	1442	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1443	1443	(k) Math and Science Teacher Program 80,000,000 80,000,000
1444	1444	To be distributed to school systems based on the provisions of Article 15
1445	1445	of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Code of Alabama 1975. The Math and Science
1446	1446	Teacher Program shall use the following salary matrix to determine the
1447	1447	salaries of qualified math and science teachers, based on 189 contract days.
1448	1448	In addition to the following salaries, qualified math and science teachers
1449	1449	employed in hard-to-staff schools shall receive an additional $5,000 stipend.
1450	1450	Step Bachelor Master AA/EDS Doctor
1451	1451	0 $50,521 $57,285 $61,346 $65,405
1452	1452	1 $54,082 $62,194 $67,061 $71,932
1453	1453	2 $56,972 $65,514 $70,661 $75,769
1454	1454	3 $58,638 $67,433 $72,730 $77,988
1455	1455	4 $60,350 $69,401 $74,851 $80,263
1456	1456	5 $62,105 $71,420 $77,030 $82,600
1457	1457	6 $63,909 $73,493 $79,267 $84,997
1458	1458	647
1459	1459	648
1460	1460	649
1461	1461	650
1462	1462	651
1463	1463	652
1464	1464	653
1465	1465	654
1466	1466	655
1467	1467	656
1468	1468	657
1469	1469	658
1470	1470	659
1471	1471	660
1472	1472	661
1473	1473	662
1474	1474	663
1475	1475	664
1476	1476	665
1477	1477	666
1478	1478	667
1479	1479	668
1480	1480	669 SB75 INTRODUCED
1481	1481	Page 27
1482	1482	Education
1483	1483	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1484	1484	$79,267
1485	1485	7 $65,759 $75,622 $81,561 $87,458
1486	1486	8 $67,074 $77,132 $83,193 $89,208
1487	1487	9 $68,415 $78,676 $84,856 $90,993
1488	1488	10 $69,440 $79,857 $86,128 $92,356
1489	1489	11 $70,482 $81,055 $87,421 $93,741
1490	1490	12 $71,540 $82,271 $88,731 $95,148
1491	1491	13 $71,540 $82,271 $88,731 $95,148
1492	1492	14 $71,540 $82,271 $88,731 $95,148
1493	1493	15 $72,616 $83,510 $90,069 $96,581
1494	1494	16 $72,616 $83,510 $90,069 $96,581
1495	1495	670
1496	1496	671
1497	1497	672
1498	1498	673
1499	1499	674
1500	1500	675
1501	1501	676
1502	1502	677
1503	1503	678
1504	1504	679
1505	1505	680
1506	1506	681
1507	1507	682
1508	1508	683
1509	1509	684
1510	1510	685
1511	1511	686
1512	1512	687
1513	1513	688
1514	1514	689 SB75 INTRODUCED
1515	1515	Page 28
1516	1516	Education
1517	1517	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1518	1518	16
1519	1519	17 $72,616 $83,510 $90,069 $96,581
1520	1520	18 $73,717 $84,774 $91,432 $98,043
1521	1521	19 $73,717 $84,774 $91,432 $98,043
1522	1522	20 $73,717 $84,774 $91,432 $98,043
1523	1523	21 $74,838 $86,065 $92,823 $99,535
1524	1524	22 $74,838 $86,065 $92,823 $99,535
1525	1525	23 $74,838 $86,065 $92,823 $99,535
1526	1526	24 $75,981 $87,378 $94,241 $101,056
1527	1527	25 $75,981 $87,378 $94,241 $101,056
1528	1528	26 $75,981 $87,378 $94,241 $101,056
1529	1529	690
1530	1530	691
1531	1531	692
1532	1532	693
1533	1533	694
1534	1534	695
1535	1535	696
1536	1536	697
1537	1537	698
1538	1538	699
1539	1539	700
1540	1540	701
1541	1541	702
1542	1542	703
1543	1543	704
1544	1544	705
1545	1545	706
1546	1546	707
1547	1547	708
1548	1548	709 SB75 INTRODUCED
1549	1549	Page 29
1550	1550	Education
1551	1551	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1552	1552	26
1553	1553	27 $77,148 $88,721 $95,688 $102,607
1554	1554	(l) Special Education Teacher Stipend 16,320,000 16,320,000
1555	1555	To provide a $1,200 supplement to each classroom Special Education Teacher.
1556	1556	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
1557	1557	(1) ETF 5,270,495,946
1558	1558	(2) ETF-Transfer 80,000,000
1559	1559	(3) Federal and Local Funds 831,556,221
1560	1560	(4) Public School Fund, Estimated 215,532,864
1561	1561	Total Education, State Board of Local
1562	1562	Boards of Education
1563	1563	5,350,495,946 1,047,089,085 6,397,585,031
1564	1564	710
1565	1565	711
1566	1566	712
1567	1567	713
1568	1568	714
1569	1569	715
1570	1570	716
1571	1571	717
1572	1572	718
1573	1573	719
1574	1574	720
1575	1575	721 SB75 INTRODUCED
1576	1576	Page 30
1577	1577	Education
1578	1578	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1579	1579	Boards of Education
1580	1580	5,350,495,946 1,047,089,085 6,397,585,031
1581	1581	Upon certification and approval by the Deputy State Superintendent of the Office of
1582	1582	Administrative and Financial Services that any newly formed city school system is an
1583	1583	operational public school system within the State of Alabama, the Department shall
1584	1584	ensure that any Foundation Program funds or other state funds allocated to the
1585	1585	parent county board of education of the newly formed city school system for students
1586	1586	that attended and were counted in the Average Daily Membership of the parent county
1587	1587	board of education and now will attend the newly formed city school system shall be
1588	1588	transferred to the newly formed city school system for operational expenses. The
1589	1589	above appropriation shall be distributed by the State Board of Education in
1590	1590	accordance with the provisions of Sections 16-13-230 through 16-13-239, Code of
1591	1591	Alabama 1975, and all other laws and regulations of the State Board of Education
1592	1592	relating to the expenditure of such funds. These funds shall be used to provide a
1593	1593	minimum school term of 180 full instructional days, or the hourly equivalent
1594	1594	thereof, and for equitable educational opportunities in the public schools of the
1595	1595	State. It is the intent of the Legislature that funds appropriated from the
1596	1596	Education Trust Fund shall not be used to pay membership dues to any
1597	1597	organization/association. Foundation Program calculations for FY 2024-2025 are based
1598	1598	on the funding divisors set forth below. Units earned under the Foundation Program
1599	1599	shall be employed as regular classroom teachers and assigned by the local board of
1600	1600	education. The divisors listed below shall not serve to prescribe pupil-teacher
1601	1601	ratios. It is the intent of the Legislature that local boards of education have
1602	1602	flexibility in determining where reductions are made. Any reductions made using
1603	1603	flexibility of state units must comply with federal comparability and supplanting
1604	1604	guidelines. Each district will submit an application for approval by the State
1605	1605	Superintendent as to the unit allocation adjustments requested.
1606	1606	Grades K-3: 14.25
1607	1607	Grades 4-6: 20.06
1608	1608	Grades 7-8: 19.70
1609	1609	Grades 9-12: 17.95
1610	1610	In allocating the funds in the Foundation Program, the State Board of Education
1611	1611	722
1612	1612	723
1613	1613	724
1614	1614	725
1615	1615	726
1616	1616	727
1617	1617	728
1618	1618	729
1619	1619	730
1620	1620	731
1621	1621	732
1622	1622	733
1623	1623	734
1624	1624	735
1625	1625	736
1626	1626	737
1627	1627	738
1628	1628	739
1629	1629	740
1630	1630	741
1631	1631	742
1632	1632	743
1633	1633	744
1634	1634	745
1635	1635	746
1636	1636	747
1637	1637	748
1638	1638	749
1639	1639	750
1640	1640	751
1641	1641	752
1642	1642	753 SB75 INTRODUCED
1643	1643	Page 31
1644	1644	Education
1645	1645	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1646	1646	In allocating the funds in the Foundation Program, the State Board of Education
1647	1647	shall allot funds based on the rates established as follows:
1648	1648	The Foundation Program shall use the following salary matrix to determine the cost
1649	1649	of instructional salaries, based on 187 contract days, and any part-time contract
1650	1650	shall conform to the pro-rata share of the following matrix:
1651	1651	Years
1652	1652	Experience
1653	1653	BS MS 6Y DO ND
1654	1654	0 47,600 51,875 55,936 59,995 47,600
1655	1655	1 47,600 51,875 55,936 59,995 47,600
1656	1656	2 47,600 51,875 55,936 59,995 47,600
1657	1657	3 49,616 57,058 61,524 65,997 49,616
1658	1658	4 49,616 57,058 61,524 65,997 49,616
1659	1659	5 49,616 57,058 61,524 65,997 49,616
1660	1660	6 51,792 59,558 64,237 68,881 51,792
1661	1661	7 51,792 59,558 64,237 68,881 51,792
1662	1662	754
1663	1663	755
1664	1664	756
1665	1665	757
1666	1666	758
1667	1667	759
1668	1668	760
1669	1669	761
1670	1670	762
1671	1671	763
1672	1672	764
1673	1673	765
1674	1674	766
1675	1675	767
1676	1676	768
1677	1677	769
1678	1678	770
1679	1679	771
1680	1680	772
1681	1681	773
1682	1682	774
1683	1683	775
1684	1684	776 SB75 INTRODUCED
1685	1685	Page 32
1686	1686	Education
1687	1687	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1688	1688	7 51,792 59,558 64,237 68,881 51,792
1689	1689	8 51,792 59,558 64,237 68,881 51,792
1690	1690	9 53,356 61,358 66,177 70,962 53,356
1691	1691	10 53,888 61,971 66,838 71,671 53,888
1692	1692	11 54,428 62,591 67,506 72,387 54,428
1693	1693	12 54,972 63,217 68,181 73,111 54,972
1694	1694	13 55,522 63,848 68,864 73,842 55,522
1695	1695	14 56,077 64,487 69,551 74,581 56,077
1696	1696	15 56,638 65,133 70,248 75,327 56,638
1697	1697	16 57,204 65,783 70,950 76,080 57,204
1698	1698	17 57,776 66,441 71,660 76,841 57,776
1699	1699	777
1700	1700	778
1701	1701	779
1702	1702	780
1703	1703	781
1704	1704	782
1705	1705	783
1706	1706	784
1707	1707	785
1708	1708	786
1709	1709	787
1710	1710	788
1711	1711	789
1712	1712	790
1713	1713	791
1714	1714	792
1715	1715	793
1716	1716	794
1717	1717	795
1718	1718	796 SB75 INTRODUCED
1719	1719	Page 33
1720	1720	Education
1721	1721	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1722	1722	17 57,776 66,441 71,660 76,841 57,776
1723	1723	18 58,354 67,105 72,377 77,608 58,354
1724	1724	19 58,937 67,776 73,101 78,384 58,937
1725	1725	20 59,527 68,454 73,831 79,169 59,527
1726	1726	21 60,122 69,139 74,570 79,961 60,122
1727	1727	22 60,723 69,831 75,314 80,760 60,723
1728	1728	23 61,330 70,528 76,068 81,567 61,330
1729	1729	24 61,944 71,234 76,829 82,383 61,944
1730	1730	25 62,563 71,946 77,597 83,207 62,563
1731	1731	26 63,188 72,665 78,373 84,039 63,188
1732	1732	27 63,821 73,392 79,157 84,880 63,821
1733	1733	797
1734	1734	798
1735	1735	799
1736	1736	800
1737	1737	801
1738	1738	802
1739	1739	803
1740	1740	804
1741	1741	805
1742	1742	806
1743	1743	807
1744	1744	808
1745	1745	809
1746	1746	810
1747	1747	811
1748	1748	812
1749	1749	813
1750	1750	814
1751	1751	815
1752	1752	816 SB75 INTRODUCED
1753	1753	Page 34
1754	1754	Education
1755	1755	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1756	1756	27 63,821 73,392 79,157 84,880 63,821
1757	1757	28 64,459 74,126 79,948 85,728 64,459
1758	1758	29 65,104 74,867 80,748 86,586 65,104
1759	1759	30 65,754 75,616 81,555 87,452 65,754
1760	1760	31 66,412 76,372 82,371 88,325 66,412
1761	1761	32 67,077 77,136 83,195 89,209 67,077
1762	1762	33 67,747 77,907 84,027 90,102 67,747
1763	1763	34 68,424 78,686 84,867 91,003 68,424
1764	1764	35 69,109 79,473 85,715 91,912 69,109
1765	1765	Professional learning activities are sustained, intensive, collaborative,
1766	1766	job-embedded, data-driven, and classroom-focused to provide educators with the
1767	1767	knowledge and skills necessary to enable students to succeed and meet the
1768	1768	challenging state academic standards. At least fifty percent of all professional
1769	1769	learning requirements necessary to retain a valid Alabama teaching certificate shall
1770	1770	be directly related to the knowledge and skills necessary to provide high quality
1771	1771	817
1772	1772	818
1773	1773	819
1774	1774	820
1775	1775	821
1776	1776	822
1777	1777	823
1778	1778	824
1779	1779	825
1780	1780	826
1781	1781	827
1782	1782	828
1783	1783	829
1784	1784	830
1785	1785	831
1786	1786	832
1787	1787	833
1788	1788	834
1789	1789	835
1790	1790	836
1791	1791	837
1792	1792	838
1793	1793	839 SB75 INTRODUCED
1794	1794	Page 35
1795	1795	Education
1796	1796	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1797	1797	be directly related to the knowledge and skills necessary to provide high quality
1798	1798	instruction that leads to student development and academic growth. The State
1799	1799	Superintendent shall establish an approval system, including, but not limited to a
1800	1800	menu of micro credentials, that relates directly to any valid teaching certificate
1801	1801	holders’ responsibilities as an educator. The State Board of Education may adopt
1802	1802	rules, as necessary, for initial or recertification criteria. The State
1803	1803	Superintendent shall provide a status report on the approval system status and
1804	1804	budgetary needs to the Chairs of the House Ways and Means-Education and Senate
1805	1805	Finance and Taxation-Education Committees on a semi-annual basis.
1806	1806	Notwithstanding Section 16-13-231.1(d), Code of Alabama 1975, there shall not be an
1807	1807	appropriation for the 1% over the total cost of instructional salaries for the
1808	1808	Foundation Program as calculated by the State Minimum Salary Schedule for the fiscal
1809	1809	year beginning October 1, 2024. For "Fringe Benefits" the rate per day for two
1810	1810	personal days and five sick days (for units earned in the Foundation Program) shall
1811	1811	be $120. The Teachers' Retirement System employer rate shall be 13.57% of salaries
1812	1812	for Tier I members and 12.60% of salaries for Tier II members. The Public Education
1813	1813	Employees' Health Insurance Program (PEEHIP) rate shall be $800 per month for each
1814	1814	full-time employee. As funds are appropriated, the appropriation herein shall
1815	1815	include funds to pay for substitute support employees for each day a support
1816	1816	employee is absent.
1817	1817	For "Classroom Instructional Support," the uniform amounts used in determining the
1818	1818	Foundation Program allowance for classroom instructional support shall be: (1)
1819	1819	textbooks or digital resources at $100.00 per pupil in average daily membership
1820	1820	during the first 20 scholastic days after Labor Day of the preceding school year;
1821	1821	(2) classroom materials and supplies at $1,000.00 per unit earned in the Foundation
1822	1822	Program; (3) technology at $500.00 per unit earned in the Foundation Program; (4)
1823	1823	professional development at $100.00 per unit earned in the Foundation Program; and
1824	1824	(5) library enhancement at $157.72 per unit earned in the Foundation Program. 100%
1825	1825	of funds allocated for classroom materials and supplies shall be used for
1826	1826	in-classroom expenses. Funds allocated for instructional support units to meet
1827	1827	Advanced Education standards may be used for principals, assistant principals,
1828	1828	840
1829	1829	841
1830	1830	842
1831	1831	843
1832	1832	844
1833	1833	845
1834	1834	846
1835	1835	847
1836	1836	848
1837	1837	849
1838	1838	850
1839	1839	851
1840	1840	852
1841	1841	853
1842	1842	854
1843	1843	855
1844	1844	856
1845	1845	857
1846	1846	858
1847	1847	859
1848	1848	860
1849	1849	861
1850	1850	862
1851	1851	863
1852	1852	864
1853	1853	865
1854	1854	866
1855	1855	867
1856	1856	868
1857	1857	869
1858	1858	870
1859	1859	871 SB75 INTRODUCED
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1861	1861	Education
1862	1862	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1863	1863	Advanced Education standards may be used for principals, assistant principals,
1864	1864	counselors, and librarians as calculated by the State Department of Education and
1865	1865	assigned to the schools where such units are earned. An instructional support unit
1866	1866	earned for a principal shall be increased by .31 for elementary schools, .35 for
1867	1867	middle schools, and .45 for secondary schools and unit schools. An instructional
1868	1868	support unit earned for an assistant principal shall be increased by .10 for
1869	1869	elementary schools, middle schools, secondary schools and unit schools. An
1870	1870	instructional support unit earned for a counselor shall be increased by .03 for
1871	1871	secondary schools and unit schools. The budgeting and expenditure of funds in the
1872	1872	Foundation Program at the local level shall be determined and made by the local
1873	1873	board of education in accordance with rules and regulations of the State Board of
1874	1874	Education and all laws governing such school budgets and expenditures.
1875	1875	15. Education, State Department of:
1876	1876	(a) Administrative Services Program 497,059,360 65,346,811 562,406,171
1877	1877	(1) Advancement Placement 13,500,000
1878	1878	The above appropriation may support the programmatic work of A+ Education Partnership to expand
1879	1879	access to Advanced Placement (AP) courses and rigorous curricula in preceding grades by
1880	1880	providing educator training, equipment, incentives, and ongoing support to teachers and
1881	1881	students. Subject to appropriations, it is the intent of the Legislature that the State
1882	1882	Department of Education may also provide funds to pay for the AP exam fees for Alabama students
1883	1883	eligible to receive free or reduced lunch.
1884	1884	(2) Alabama Holocaust Commission 95,000
1885	1885	(3) Alabama Math, Science and Technology
1886	1886	Initiative - Operations and Maintenance
1887	1887	103,928,318
1888	1888	872
1889	1889	873
1890	1890	874
1891	1891	875
1892	1892	876
1893	1893	877
1894	1894	878
1895	1895	879
1896	1896	880
1897	1897	881
1898	1898	882
1899	1899	883
1900	1900	884
1901	1901	885
1902	1902	886
1903	1903	887
1904	1904	888
1905	1905	889
1906	1906	890
1907	1907	891
1908	1908	892
1909	1909	893
1910	1910	894
1911	1911	895 SB75 INTRODUCED
1912	1912	Page 37
1913	1913	Education
1914	1914	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1915	1915	Initiative - Operations and Maintenance
1916	1916	103,928,318
1917	1917	From the above appropriation, the State Superintendent of Education shall direct Alabama Math,
1918	1918	Science and Technology Initiative Program (AMSTI) resources to the districts based on their
1919	1919	individual needs. This appropriation shall not be transferred and must be expended in
1920	1920	accordance with the intent of the appropriation to each of the AMSTI sites. It is the intent of
1921	1921	the Legislature that funds appropriated for AMSTI be divided based upon the number of classroom
1922	1922	teachers served by in-service centers and expended only for AMSTI through established
1923	1923	procedures of the most recent year's contractual agreement of each site within the regional
1924	1924	in-service center regions. The State Superintendent of Education shall report semi-annually to
1925	1925	the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education, the House Ways and
1926	1926	Means-Education Committee, the Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Finances and Budgets,
1927	1927	the Finanace Director, and the Legislative Fiscal Officer the expenditures for AMSTI. Such
1928	1928	report shall include, but not be limited to, the amounts expended for the equipment, materials
1929	1929	and supplies needed to teach math and science, as well as the amounts expended for professional
1930	1930	development and on-site support. The report shall also include information regarding the
1931	1931	effectiveness of the initiative in improving math and science test scores for K-12 students. No
1932	1932	money appropriated for the Alabama Reading Initiative or AMSTI may be repurposed by the State
1933	1933	Superintendent of Education for any other purpose other than those already established herein.
1934	1934	a. Alabama Numeracy Act 68,000,000
1935	1935	To be expended in accordance with Title 16, Chapter 6H, Code of Alabama 1975.
1936	1936	b. Data Literacy 2,629,000
1937	1937	The above appropriation shall be expended in collaboration with Innovate Alabama.
1938	1938	(4) Alabama Reading Initiative - Operations
1939	1939	and Maintenance
1940	1940	142,839,601
1941	1941	896
1942	1942	897
1943	1943	898
1944	1944	899
1945	1945	900
1946	1946	901
1947	1947	902
1948	1948	903
1949	1949	904
1950	1950	905
1951	1951	906
1952	1952	907
1953	1953	908
1954	1954	909
1955	1955	910
1956	1956	911
1957	1957	912
1958	1958	913
1959	1959	914
1960	1960	915
1961	1961	916
1962	1962	917
1963	1963	918 SB75 INTRODUCED
1964	1964	Page 38
1965	1965	Education
1966	1966	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
1967	1967	and Maintenance
1968	1968	142,839,601
1969	1969	It is the intent of the Legislature that funds appropriated for the Alabama Reading Initiative
1970	1970	be expended only for the Alabama Reading Initiative Program. The State Superintendent of
1971	1971	Education shall report semi-annually to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and
1972	1972	Taxation-Education, the House Ways and Means-Education Committee, the Permanent Joint
1973	1973	Legislative Committee on Finances and Budgets, the Finance Director, and the Legislative Fiscal
1974	1974	Officer, the expenditures for the Alabama Reading Initiative Program. Such report shall
1975	1975	include, but not be limited to, the specific amounts expended for professional development, a
1976	1976	summary and evaluation of summer and afterschool programming across the state, and on-site
1977	1977	support for school coaches and support staff for Alabama Reading Initiative purposes only. The
1978	1978	remaining funds shall be expended for any of the following: for the employment of state and
1979	1979	regional level reading specialists, for professional development and technical assistance to
1980	1980	schools, to supplement the costs of local reading coaches, summer enrichment programs,
1981	1981	incentives for schools demonstrating the most growth in grade 3 reading achievement, or other
1982	1982	purposes to improve K-3 literacy. The remaining funds appropriated herein shall be expended in
1983	1983	accordance with the general provisions of the Alabama Literacy Act, Chapter 16G of Title 16.
1984	1984	The State Superintendent of Education shall ensure these funds target the lowest performing
1985	1985	schools.
1986	1986	a. K-3 Reading Coaches 36,800,000
1987	1987	A minimum of the amount above shall be allocated directly to local boards of education for the
1988	1988	employment of reading coaches to work in grades K-3. At a minimum, $80,000 shall be distributed
1989	1989	to each local board of education for the employment of a full time reading coach. The remaining
1990	1990	funds shall be distributed to each local board of education pro-rata based on the number of K-3
1991	1991	schools and/or students as determined by the State Department of Education. All funds are to be
1992	1992	distributed and expended for reading coaches to serve grades K, 1, 2, and 3 only.
1993	1993	b. Certified Academic Language Therapist
1994	1994	(CALT) Stipend Program
1995	1995	600,000
1996	1996	919
1997	1997	920
1998	1998	921
1999	1999	922
2000	2000	923
2001	2001	924
2002	2002	925
2003	2003	926
2004	2004	927
2005	2005	928
2006	2006	929
2007	2007	930
2008	2008	931
2009	2009	932
2010	2010	933
2011	2011	934
2012	2012	935
2013	2013	936
2014	2014	937
2015	2015	938
2016	2016	939
2017	2017	940
2018	2018	941
2019	2019	942
2020	2020	943
2021	2021	944 SB75 INTRODUCED
2022	2022	Page 39
2023	2023	Education
2024	2024	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
2025	2025	(CALT) Stipend Program
2026	2026	600,000
2027	2027	The above appropriation includes funds to pay salary supplements and related benefit costs for
2028	2028	Certified Academic Language Therapists (CALT) and other costs of the program. Supplement
2029	2029	amounts will be determined by the availability of funds based on the number of CALT Teachers.
2030	2030	(1) The state of Alabama will provide an annual supplement of $5,000 to any CALT that is
2031	2031	employed full-time in a public K-12 school system or public independent school and is properly
2032	2032	certified by the state of Alabama. The existing eligibility criteria will apply: (a) CALTs
2033	2033	employed on less than a full-time contract on October 1 will receive a pro-rata share of the
2034	2034	salary supplement. (b) CALTs employed full-time after October 1 will receive a pro-rata share
2035	2035	of the salary supplement. (c) Any CALT employed full-time in Alabama and are properly certified
2036	2036	by the state of Alabama will receive the annual salary stipend. (d) CALTs employed as a
2037	2037	substitute are not eligible for the salary supplement. (e) CALTs who are on leave of absence
2038	2038	for more than half a school year will receive a prorated amount based on the number of months
2039	2039	worked during the school year. (f) CALTs will receive the salary supplement each year of the
2040	2040	valid period of the CALT credentials unless the Alabama Legislature declines to make the annual
2041	2041	appropriation. (g) CALTs must maintain their CALT credentials in order to continue receiving
2042	2042	the salary supplement. (h) CALTs employed in the final year of their CALT credentials valid
2043	2043	period will receive a prorated amount based on the number of months worked covered in that
2044	2044	valid period. (i) CALTs who leave after October 1 will be eligible for a prorated amount based
2045	2045	on the months served. (j) CALTs must remain employed with a public K-12 Local Board of
2046	2046	Education school system or public independent school to continue receiving the salary
2047	2047	supplement.
2048	2048	(5) Alabama Summer and Afterschool Program 2,860,000
2049	2049	Of the above appropriation, $2,860,000 shall be expended for the Alabama Summer and Afterschool
2050	2050	Program (ASAP) grants to local education agencies, municipalities, and not-for-profit
2051	2051	organizations for afterschool and summer programs that provide direct services and for entities
2052	2052	that provide support to afterschool programs. Grant funds shall be allocated based on an
2053	2053	application process developed by the State Superintendent of Education.
2054	2054	(6) Arts Education 2,000,000
2055	2055	(7) Auxiliary Teacher Grant Program for
2056	2056	Underperforming Schools
2057	2057	5,439,463
2058	2058	945
2059	2059	946
2060	2060	947
2061	2061	948
2062	2062	949
2063	2063	950
2064	2064	951
2065	2065	952
2066	2066	953
2067	2067	954
2068	2068	955
2069	2069	956
2070	2070	957
2071	2071	958
2072	2072	959
2073	2073	960
2074	2074	961
2075	2075	962
2076	2076	963
2077	2077	964
2078	2078	965
2079	2079	966
2080	2080	967
2081	2081	968
2082	2082	969
2083	2083	970
2084	2084	971
2085	2085	972
2086	2086	973
2087	2087	974 SB75 INTRODUCED
2088	2088	Page 40
2089	2089	Education
2090	2090	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
2091	2091	Underperforming Schools
2092	2092	5,439,463
2093	2093	This appropriation shall be used for the State Department of Education, to fund grants for
2094	2094	auxiliary teachers in K-3 underperforming elementary schools pursuant to the most recent
2095	2095	designations pursuant to the Alabama Accountability Act or school grading system subject to
2096	2096	identification by the State Superintendent of Education.
2097	2097	(8) Children First Trust Fund 3,050,000
2098	2098	The above appropriation will be directed by the State Department of Education towards the
2099	2099	specialized treatment of students with autism, students with emotional disabilities and
2100	2100	students with deficit disorders. The Department may also allocate funds to each local
2101	2101	educational agency as a supplemental appropriation based upon the number of students with
2102	2102	identifiable disabilities.
2103	2103	(9) Children's Eye Screening Program and
2104	2104	Follow-up Eye Care
2105	2105	2,896,460
2106	2106	Vendors shall file a report on or before December 31, 2024 with the Chairs of the House Ways
2107	2107	and Means-Education Committee, the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education, the
2108	2108	Finance Director, and the Legislative Fiscal Officer. Children identified as uninsured or
2109	2109	underinsured shall be provided with free eye exams and free prescription spectacles. A database
2110	2110	including specific data by child, grade, school/system, and services for outcome-based
2111	2111	measurement shall be maintained and archived.
2112	2112	a. Student Eye Screenings 1,448,230
2113	2113	To provide eye screening for students in Grades K, 2 and 4. The method of screening shall be
2114	2114	color photo refraction as developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
2115	2115	b. Student Follow-Up Eye care 1,448,230
2116	2116	To provide follow-up eye care for Grades K, 2 and 4 students. Follow-up eye care services shall
2117	2117	include, but not be limited to, providing assistance in obtaining and coordinating local eye
2118	2118	care services for those children identified as needing said follow-up eye care services whether
2119	2119	insured, uninsured or underinsured.
2120	2120	(10) CLAS-Certified Instructional Leader
2121	2121	Program
2122	2122	548,000
2123	2123	(11) Computer Science for Alabama (CS4AL)
2124	2124	Program
2125	2125	6,000,000
2126	2126	(12) Distance Learning 20,165,768
2127	2127	975
2128	2128	976
2129	2129	977
2130	2130	978
2131	2131	979
2132	2132	980
2133	2133	981
2134	2134	982
2135	2135	983
2136	2136	984
2137	2137	985
2138	2138	986
2139	2139	987
2140	2140	988
2141	2141	989
2142	2142	990
2143	2143	991
2144	2144	992
2145	2145	993
2146	2146	994
2147	2147	995
2148	2148	996
2149	2149	997
2150	2150	998
2151	2151	999
2152	2152	1000
2153	2153	1001
2154	2154	1002
2155	2155	1003
2156	2156	1004
2157	2157	1005 SB75 INTRODUCED
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2159	2159	Education
2160	2160	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
2161	2161	(12) Distance Learning 20,165,768
2162	2162	Job descriptions shall be developed by the State Department of Education for positions funded
2163	2163	by this appropriation. The hiring of personnel shall be monitored by the State Department of
2164	2164	Education for compliance with these job descriptions. In addition, these funds shall be used
2165	2165	exclusively for the distance learning initiative ACCESS (Alabama Connecting Classrooms,
2166	2166	Educators, and Students Statewide). For the 2024-2025 school year, the Department shall not
2167	2167	charge any Alabama resident, whether home-schooled or enrolled in a non-public school, a fee to
2168	2168	participate in the ACCESS Program.
2169	2169	(13) English Language Learners Program 17,500,000
2170	2170	Based on the 2023-24 school system count supplied to the Alabama Department of Education by
2171	2171	each local superintendent of education, the remaining amount herein is appropriated on a per
2172	2172	student basis to be utilized by local school boards to provide assistance to students not
2173	2173	utilizing English as their native language so they may become proficient in reading, writing
2174	2174	and speaking English at the earliest possible time. Notwithstanding the above: (1) funding to
2175	2175	school systems where the percentage of English Language Learner (ELL) students to the total
2176	2176	number of students enrolled in the school system exceeds ten percent shall receive a weight of
2177	2177	1.5 per student; and (2) funding to schools where the percentage of current ELL students to the
2178	2178	total number of students enrolled in the school exceeds fifteen percent, or current or former
2179	2179	ELL students exceed twenty percent shall receive a weight of 2.0 per student.
2180	2180	a. Regional EL Specialists 2,000,000
2181	2181	To support Regional EL Specialists under the State Department of Education.
2182	2182	(14) High Needs Special Education Grant
2183	2183	Program
2184	2184	17,400,000
2185	2185	(15) Juvenile Probation Officers 750,000
2186	2186	(16) Local School and School System Academic
2187	2187	and Financial Improvement Program
2188	2188	(At-Risk)
2189	2189	13,315,633
2190	2190	a. Legislative School Performance
2191	2191	Recognition Program
2192	2192	250,000
2193	2193	For financial awards pursuant to the Legislative School Performance Recognition Program, as
2194	2194	established by Section 16-6C-3, Code of Alabama 1975.
2195	2195	b. Feminine Hygiene Products Grant Program 200,000
2196	2196	For Title I schools pursuant to Section 16-1-55, Code of Alabama 1975.
2197	2197	1006
2198	2198	1007
2199	2199	1008
2200	2200	1009
2201	2201	1010
2202	2202	1011
2203	2203	1012
2204	2204	1013
2205	2205	1014
2206	2206	1015
2207	2207	1016
2208	2208	1017
2209	2209	1018
2210	2210	1019
2211	2211	1020
2212	2212	1021
2213	2213	1022
2214	2214	1023
2215	2215	1024
2216	2216	1025
2217	2217	1026
2218	2218	1027
2219	2219	1028
2220	2220	1029
2221	2221	1030
2222	2222	1031
2223	2223	1032
2224	2224	1033
2225	2225	1034
2226	2226	1035
2227	2227	1036
2228	2228	1037 SB75 INTRODUCED
2229	2229	Page 42
2230	2230	Education
2231	2231	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
2232	2232	For Title I schools pursuant to Section 16-1-55, Code of Alabama 1975.
2233	2233	c. Jones Valley Teaching Farm 500,000
2234	2234	d. Retired Senior Volunteer Program 175,000
2235	2235	To be used for student tutoring and mentoring. The funds allocated to the Retired Senior
2236	2236	Volunteer Program shall not be used for salaries. The program shall file a report on October 1,
2237	2237	2024, with the Department of Education, the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and
2238	2238	Taxation-Education, the House Ways and Means-Education Committee, the Finance Director, and the
2239	2239	Legislative Fiscal Officer regarding the number of volunteer hours provided statewide and to
2240	2240	each local school system for the prior year.
2241	2241	e. Montgomery pilot program: Career Direct
2242	2242	Certification
2243	2243	200,000
2244	2244	f. Montgomery pilot program: Conflict
2245	2245	Resolution
2246	2246	200,000
2247	2247	(17) Military Children Support Plan 800,000
2248	2248	(18) Online High-Speed Teacher Certification
2249	2249	Portal
2250	2250	450,000
2251	2251	To support improvements in teacher certification.
2252	2252	(19) Operations and Maintenance of the
2253	2253	Department
2254	2254	31,866,000
2255	2255	a. Unmet Needs Grant Program 5,000,000
2256	2256	To be expended for a grant program to be administered by the State Superintendent of Education
2257	2257	to address unmet capital, equipment, or other needs of K-12 schools. Individual grant amounts
2258	2258	may not exceed $500,000 for any one system. The Superintendent shall notify all members of the
2259	2259	local legislative delegation five days prior to the announcement of any grant made to any K-12
2260	2260	school located in the legislative jurisdiction. The five days prior notice requirement shall be
2261	2261	waived in the event of a declared emergency. The State Superintendent of Education shall report
2262	2262	all grants awarded to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education, the
2263	2263	House Ways and Means-Education Committee, the Finance Director, and the Legislative Fiscal
2264	2264	Officer. Such report shall include amounts awarded and intended use of funds.
2265	2265	(20) School Safety Security and Climate
2266	2266	Program
2267	2267	11,240,000
2268	2268	a. Bullying Prevention Project 4,000,000
2269	2269	1038
2270	2270	1039
2271	2271	1040
2272	2272	1041
2273	2273	1042
2274	2274	1043
2275	2275	1044
2276	2276	1045
2277	2277	1046
2278	2278	1047
2279	2279	1048
2280	2280	1049
2281	2281	1050
2282	2282	1051
2283	2283	1052
2284	2284	1053
2285	2285	1054
2286	2286	1055
2287	2287	1056
2288	2288	1057
2289	2289	1058
2290	2290	1059
2291	2291	1060
2292	2292	1061
2293	2293	1062
2294	2294	1063
2295	2295	1064
2296	2296	1065
2297	2297	1066
2298	2298	1067
2299	2299	1068 SB75 INTRODUCED
2300	2300	Page 43
2301	2301	Education
2302	2302	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
2303	2303	a. Bullying Prevention Project 4,000,000
2304	2304	To be expended for the Bullying Prevention Project in accordance with Title 16, Chapter 28B,
2305	2305	Code of Alabama 1975. The State Superintendent of Education shall distribute the above
2306	2306	appropriation as grants to local education agencies. These agencies may be awarded funds only
2307	2307	after application to the State Department of Education. The grant application process may
2308	2308	require the submission of plans by the applicant to meet the requirements set forth in Chapter
2309	2309	28B of Title 16. In the awarding of grants, preference will be given to applicants seeking to
2310	2310	develop and implement evidence-based practices to promote a school environment that is free of
2311	2311	harassment, intimidation, violence, and threats of violence. This program may also address tier
2312	2312	one and tier two of the school-based mental health model of all students receiving prevention
2313	2313	education and peers working to support and identify at-risk students. Additionally, the program
2314	2314	may focus to increase school safety through early identification of at-risk students,
2315	2315	minimizing disciplinary infractions including school suspensions and expulsions. The program
2316	2316	may provide grade level prevention curriculum for all students and, in that case, the
2317	2317	curriculum must be updated annually to remain current and relevant to current trends that youth
2318	2318	face in their lives. Any applicable prevention curriculum must be comprehensive and satisfy the
2319	2319	following state mandates: Erin's Law, Jamari Terrell Williams Student Bullying Prevention Act,
2320	2320	Jason Flatt Act, and Drugs and Alcohol. In addition, any program related to mental health
2321	2321	should be flexible enough to focus on the greatest mental health needs for each individual
2322	2322	school. For accountability purposes, reporting data must include the number of students engaged
2323	2323	in the programs, the number of students supported, and the number of students referred to
2324	2324	adults as at-risk.
2325	2325	b. Mental Health Collaborative 250,000
2326	2326	c. Regional Safety Training Specialists 800,000
2327	2327	d. School-Based Mental Health Service
2328	2328	Coordinator
2329	2329	4,690,000
2330	2330	1069
2331	2331	1070
2332	2332	1071
2333	2333	1072
2334	2334	1073
2335	2335	1074
2336	2336	1075
2337	2337	1076
2338	2338	1077
2339	2339	1078
2340	2340	1079
2341	2341	1080
2342	2342	1081
2343	2343	1082
2344	2344	1083
2345	2345	1084
2346	2346	1085
2347	2347	1086
2348	2348	1087
2349	2349	1088
2350	2350	1089
2351	2351	1090
2352	2352	1091
2353	2353	1092
2354	2354	1093 SB75 INTRODUCED
2355	2355	Page 44
2356	2356	Education
2357	2357	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
2358	2358	Coordinator
2359	2359	4,690,000
2360	2360	The above appropriation shall be expended to provide grants to local education agencies and
2361	2361	public independent schools to expand school-based mental health initiatives. The State
2362	2362	Superintendent of Education shall notify, in writing, all school systems of the availability of
2363	2363	the funding. The notification shall include the grant application and the amount available to
2364	2364	each system. The grant application process must require the submission of plans by the
2365	2365	applicant to provide for a mental health service coordinator to support coordination of mental
2366	2366	health services throughout the system. In the awarding of grants, preference will be given to
2367	2367	applicants willing to partner with the Alabama Department of Mental Health under the ADMH
2368	2368	school-based Mental Health collaboration and traditionally high-poverty underserved districts
2369	2369	throughout the state. After funding reaches $40,000 for each system, additional funding for the
2370	2370	program shall be allocated to school systems by ADMH.
2371	2371	(21) Special Education Licensed Interpreters
2372	2372	Deaf/Hard of Hearing Teachers
2373	2373	8,500,000
2374	2374	(22) Statewide Student Assessment 19,405,117
2375	2375	To be expended for expenses directly related to student assessments.
2376	2376	(23) Tenure Personnel Hearings 200,000
2377	2377	To provide reimbursements for court reporters and hearing officers under the provisions of
2378	2378	Title 16, Chapter 24C, Code of Alabama 1975.
2379	2379	(24) Turnaround Schools 11,000,000
2380	2380	1094
2381	2381	1095
2382	2382	1096
2383	2383	1097
2384	2384	1098
2385	2385	1099
2386	2386	1100
2387	2387	1101
2388	2388	1102
2389	2389	1103
2390	2390	1104
2391	2391	1105
2392	2392	1106
2393	2393	1107
2394	2394	1108
2395	2395	1109
2396	2396	1110
2397	2397	1111
2398	2398	1112 SB75 INTRODUCED
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2400	2400	Education
2401	2401	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
2402	2402	(24) Turnaround Schools 11,000,000
2403	2403	This appropriation shall be used for the State Department of Education, in consultation with
2404	2404	the Department of Early Childhood Education, to fund grants to the lowest performing public
2405	2405	elementary schools which are identified as underperforming elementary schools pursuant to the
2406	2406	most recent designations pursuant to the Alabama Accountability Act or school grading system
2407	2407	subject to identification by the State Superintendent. The intent of these grants is to
2408	2408	identify and target the specific deficiencies of each individual underperforming public
2409	2409	elementary school. In order to identify the said deficiencies, the State Department of
2410	2410	Education shall assess each school and shall share its written assessment of the said
2411	2411	deficiencies with each school, after which the Department of Education, in consultation with
2412	2412	each school, shall issue specific recommendations to successfully resolve those deficiencies.
2413	2413	The Department of Education shall thereafter provide grants to each eligible school for the
2414	2414	express purpose of carrying out the specific objective of resolving the identified deficiencies
2415	2415	and the overall objective of improving the school's performance. As to each elementary school
2416	2416	identified pursuant to this section, the State Department of Education shall annually produce
2417	2417	written reports to the Chair of the House Ways and Means-Education Committee, the Chair of the
2418	2418	Senate Finance and Taxation-Education Committee, the Governor, the Finance Director, the
2419	2419	Legislative Fiscal Officer, the State School Board, the Local School Board, the Local
2420	2420	Superintendent, and the Principal of each school.
2421	2421	(25) Woolley Institute for Spoken Language
2422	2422	Education
2423	2423	810,000
2424	2424	(26) Office of School Improvement 1,850,000
2425	2425	(27) Office of Specialized Treatment Centers 26,800,000
2426	2426	Of the above appropriation, $26,000,000 shall be made available to the State Department of
2427	2427	Education endorsed and approved Specialized Treatment Centers for the purpose of educational
2428	2428	services and operational costs. The funds shall be allocated based on a formula using student
2429	2429	counts and licensed capacity approved by the State Superintendent of Education.
2430	2430	(28) Cameras in the Classroom Grant Program 500,000
2431	2431	To be expended in accordance with Section 16-39-13, Code of Alabama 1975.
2432	2432	(29) Principal Leadership and Mentoring Act 30,850,000
2433	2433	To be expended in accordance with Title 16, Chapter 6I, Code of Alabama 1975.
2434	2434	(30) Speech Pathologist Stipend Program 500,000
2435	2435	1113
2436	2436	1114
2437	2437	1115
2438	2438	1116
2439	2439	1117
2440	2440	1118
2441	2441	1119
2442	2442	1120
2443	2443	1121
2444	2444	1122
2445	2445	1123
2446	2446	1124
2447	2447	1125
2448	2448	1126
2449	2449	1127
2450	2450	1128
2451	2451	1129
2452	2452	1130
2453	2453	1131
2454	2454	1132
2455	2455	1133
2456	2456	1134
2457	2457	1135
2458	2458	1136
2459	2459	1137
2460	2460	1138
2461	2461	1139
2462	2462	1140
2463	2463	1141
2464	2464	1142
2465	2465	1143 SB75 INTRODUCED
2466	2466	Page 46
2467	2467	Education
2468	2468	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
2469	2469	(30) Speech Pathologist Stipend Program 500,000
2470	2470	The above appropriation includes funds to pay salary supplements and related benefit costs for
2471	2471	Speech Pathologists and other costs of the program. Supplement amounts will be $1,000 for each
2472	2472	Speech Pathologist.
2473	2473	(b) American Village 2,275,000 2,275,000
2474	2474	(1) Semiquincentennial Commission 75,000
2475	2475	(2) U.S. History Commission 200,000
2476	2476	(3) Shall be expended equally between the
2477	2477	American Village and Troy University
2478	2478	for the civics partnership
2479	2479	1,000,000
2480	2480	(c) Alabama Science in Motion Program 2,583,796 2,583,796
2481	2481	1144
2482	2482	1145
2483	2483	1146
2484	2484	1147
2485	2485	1148
2486	2486	1149
2487	2487	1150
2488	2488	1151
2489	2489	1152
2490	2490	1153 SB75 INTRODUCED
2491	2491	Page 47
2492	2492	Education
2493	2493	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
2494	2494	(c) Alabama Science in Motion Program 2,583,796 2,583,796
2495	2495	All funds appropriated to this program shall be expended in accordance with
2496	2496	Title 16, Chapters 61B and 61C, Code of Alabama 1975. Additionally, any funds
2497	2497	unexpended and carried over from prior fiscal years are hereby reappropriated.
2498	2498	Of the above appropriation, the State Superintendent of Education shall direct
2499	2499	ASIMS funding to each site within the In-service Center regions based on the
2500	2500	most recent year's contractual agreements. This appropriation shall not be
2501	2501	transferred and must be expended in accordance with the intent of the
2502	2502	appropriation of each of the ASIMS sites. The State Superintendent of
2503	2503	Education shall report semi-annually to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on
2504	2504	Finance and Taxation-Education, the House Ways and Means-Education Committee,
2505	2505	the Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Finance and Budgets, the Finance
2506	2506	Director, and the Legislative Fiscal Officer the expenditures for the Alabama
2507	2507	Science in Motion Program. Such report shall include, but not be limited to,
2508	2508	the amounts expended for the equipment, materials, and supplies needed to
2509	2509	teach Biology, Chemistry and Physics, as well as the amounts expended for
2510	2510	professional development and for on-site support. The existing Alabama Science
2511	2511	in Motion Advisory Committee shall advise the State Superintendent of
2512	2512	Education on the operational activities of the ASIMS Program. The ASIMS
2513	2513	Advisory Committee shall remain comprised of six project directors, three
2514	2514	ASIMS Specialists and three classroom teachers; provided, however, that each
2515	2515	of the sites shall be represented by at least one member of the ASIMS Advisory
2516	2516	Committee. No funds appropriated for the Alabama Science in Motion Program may
2517	2517	be repurposed by the State Superintendent of Education for any other purpose
2518	2518	other than those already established herein.
2519	2519	(d) Disability Determination for
2520	2520	Social Security Program
2521	2521	106,317,845 106,317,845
2522	2522	(e) Financial Assistance Program 138,774,189 4,206,627,984 4,345,402,173
2523	2523	(1) Alabama Baseball Coaches Association 125,000
2524	2524	(2) Alabama Coaches Officials Organization 50,000
2525	2525	(3) Alabama Football Coaches Association 150,000
2526	2526	No scholarship awarded by the association shall be awarded to a recipient that is an immediate
2527	2527	family member of a current football coach.
2528	2528	1154
2529	2529	1155
2530	2530	1156
2531	2531	1157
2532	2532	1158
2533	2533	1159
2534	2534	1160
2535	2535	1161
2536	2536	1162
2537	2537	1163
2538	2538	1164
2539	2539	1165
2540	2540	1166
2541	2541	1167
2542	2542	1168
2543	2543	1169
2544	2544	1170
2545	2545	1171
2546	2546	1172
2547	2547	1173
2548	2548	1174
2549	2549	1175
2550	2550	1176
2551	2551	1177
2552	2552	1178
2553	2553	1179
2554	2554	1180
2555	2555	1181
2556	2556	1182
2557	2557	1183
2558	2558	1184
2559	2559	1185 SB75 INTRODUCED
2560	2560	Page 48
2561	2561	Education
2562	2562	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
2563	2563	family member of a current football coach.
2564	2564	(4) Alabama Scholars Bowl TV Show 100,000
2565	2565	(5) Alabama Teacher Mentor Program 5,000,000
2566	2566	In each school where there is at least one or more first-year teachers, a mentor teacher shall
2567	2567	be identified and recommended by the school principal to the Department of Education based on
2568	2568	(1) his or her commitment to collaborative work and (2) he or she having at least five years of
2569	2569	teaching experience. The mentor teacher shall be compensated in an amount of no less than one
2570	2570	thousand dollars ($1,000) for the academic year for his or her services as a mentor. The
2571	2571	Department shall clearly define roles and responsibilities for the mentor teacher to, at a
2572	2572	minimum, include (1) requiring at least two meetings per month of the mentor teacher and the
2573	2573	first-year teacher during the school year, and (2) requiring mid-year and year-end reporting by
2574	2574	the mentor teacher to his or her principal relating to the progress of each first-year teacher
2575	2575	he or she is mentoring.
2576	2576	(6) Blackbelt Afterschool and Youth Sports
2577	2577	Initiative
2578	2578	500,000
2579	2579	To enhance quality of life through parks and recreation, youth sports, and afterschool
2580	2580	programs, with a primary geographical focus on the Black Belt Region in Alabama.
2581	2581	(7) Career Tech Initiative 38,667,239
2582	2582	The above appropriation shall be spent on expanding career tech learning opportunities for
2583	2583	students and to extend leadership and student organized activities throughout the state as
2584	2584	defined by the State Superintendent of Education.
2585	2585	a. Agribusiness Education Program 726,900
2586	2586	$275,000 of the amount above shall be expended for student membership dues for Future Farmers
2587	2587	of America.
2588	2588	b. Agriscience Teachers 1,000,000
2589	2589	Not more than $1,000,000 of the appropriation for Career Tech Initiatives shall be first used
2590	2590	for agriscience purposes if an adequate number of RFP's are received. Such funds shall be made
2591	2591	available through a competitive grant process to pay stipends, salaries, benefits and travel of
2592	2592	agriscience teachers who work on a 220 day or less contract provided their duties and
2593	2593	activities exceed existing contract length. In the event all the agriscience funds are not
2594	2594	applied for, the balance of the $1,000,000 shall revert to the balance of the appropriation and
2595	2595	shall be distributed at the discretion of the State Superintendent of Education for additional
2596	2596	career tech initiatives not limited to but including travel and student leadership development
2597	2597	activities in other career tech program disciplines.
2598	2598	1186
2599	2599	1187
2600	2600	1188
2601	2601	1189
2602	2602	1190
2603	2603	1191
2604	2604	1192
2605	2605	1193
2606	2606	1194
2607	2607	1195
2608	2608	1196
2609	2609	1197
2610	2610	1198
2611	2611	1199
2612	2612	1200
2613	2613	1201
2614	2614	1202
2615	2615	1203
2616	2616	1204
2617	2617	1205
2618	2618	1206
2619	2619	1207
2620	2620	1208
2621	2621	1209
2622	2622	1210
2623	2623	1211
2624	2624	1212
2625	2625	1213
2626	2626	1214
2627	2627	1215
2628	2628	1216
2629	2629	1217
2630	2630	1218 SB75 INTRODUCED
2631	2631	Page 49
2632	2632	Education
2633	2633	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
2634	2634	activities in other career tech program disciplines.
2635	2635	c. Career Coaches Program 15,723,370
2636	2636	To expand the Career Coaches Program. Career coaches who are certified as teachers may be
2637	2637	compensated on the state minimum salary schedule for teachers based upon years of experience,
2638	2638	highest degree earned, and the length of contract in the same manner as classroom teachers.
2639	2639	d. Imagine Academy 794,372
2640	2640	e. ProStart Career and Technical Education
2641	2641	Program
2642	2642	365,000
2643	2643	For culinary, restaurant and hospitality training for high school students that is recognized
2644	2644	as meeting the standards set by the national professional trade association for the industry.
2645	2645	(8) Children's Hospital 1,000,000
2646	2646	a. Poison Control 750,000
2647	2647	b. Sunshine School 250,000
2648	2648	(9) Coach Safely Initiative 800,000
2649	2649	(10) Early Childhood Classroom Assessment 2,750,000
2650	2650	The above appropriation shall be utilized by the Department of Education for a state-level
2651	2651	contract established following a request for proposal for a literacy and math assessment that
2652	2652	teachers may use to obtain real-time assessments of the literacy and math skill levels of
2653	2653	students enrolled in kindergarten, first, second and third grade. The funding shall be used by
2654	2654	the Department to request proposals for and to procure and implement a K-3 literacy and math
2655	2655	assessment system for the preliminary identification of students at risk for literacy and math
2656	2656	difficulties, including dyslexia. In negotiating the terms of the contract, the Department
2657	2657	shall include performance measures, which may include student outcomes, as conditions affecting
2658	2658	the amounts payable under the contract.
2659	2659	(11) Helping Families Initiative 3,000,000
2660	2660	(12) Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL,
2661	2661	Inc.)
2662	2662	825,000
2663	2663	(13) High Hopes for Alabama Students 10,980,287
2664	2664	(14) Hudson Alpha Institute - Science
2665	2665	Teacher Training
2666	2666	1,000,000
2667	2667	(15) Jobs for Alabama's Graduates (JAG) 6,050,742
2668	2668	(16) Liberty Learning Foundation 700,000
2669	2669	(17) McWane Science Center 500,000
2670	2670	1219
2671	2671	1220
2672	2672	1221
2673	2673	1222
2674	2674	1223
2675	2675	1224
2676	2676	1225
2677	2677	1226
2678	2678	1227
2679	2679	1228
2680	2680	1229
2681	2681	1230
2682	2682	1231
2683	2683	1232
2684	2684	1233
2685	2685	1234
2686	2686	1235
2687	2687	1236
2688	2688	1237
2689	2689	1238
2690	2690	1239
2691	2691	1240
2692	2692	1241
2693	2693	1242
2694	2694	1243
2695	2695	1244
2696	2696	1245
2697	2697	1246
2698	2698	1247
2699	2699	1248
2700	2700	1249
2701	2701	1250 SB75 INTRODUCED
2702	2702	Page 50
2703	2703	Education
2704	2704	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
2705	2705	(17) McWane Science Center 500,000
2706	2706	The above appropriation shall be expended for student classroom STEM education and teacher
2707	2707	training at the McWane Science Center.
2708	2708	(18) National Board Certification of
2709	2709	Teachers
2710	2710	1,500,000
2711	2711	The amounts below are minimum amounts. The balance of funds shall be expended to provide fee
2712	2712	support to candidates seeking certification. Any unused portion of the funds shall be expended
2713	2713	for aforementioned candidate support and professional development. Candidates whose annual
2714	2714	household income exceeds $150,000 or three times the most recently available median household
2715	2715	income for the state of Alabama shall not be eligible for fee support. Priority shall be given
2716	2716	to candidates in certificate areas of need as determined by the State Superintendent of
2717	2717	Education (e.g. Mathematics, Literacy, Science, English Language Arts, Career and Technical
2718	2718	Education, etc.); candidates who agree to teach at a school with five or fewer National Board
2719	2719	Certified Teachers for a period of three years; and additional need criteria determined by the
2720	2720	State Superintendent of Education.
2721	2721	a. Accomplished Teaching, Learning and
2722	2722	Schools (ATLAS)
2723	2723	50,000
2724	2724	b. Candidate Support and Professional
2725	2725	Development
2726	2726	50,000
2727	2727	During the certification process.
2728	2728	(19) National Board for Professional
2729	2729	Teaching Standards
2730	2730	13,712,908
2731	2731	1251
2732	2732	1252
2733	2733	1253
2734	2734	1254
2735	2735	1255
2736	2736	1256
2737	2737	1257
2738	2738	1258
2739	2739	1259
2740	2740	1260
2741	2741	1261
2742	2742	1262
2743	2743	1263
2744	2744	1264
2745	2745	1265
2746	2746	1266
2747	2747	1267
2748	2748	1268
2749	2749	1269
2750	2750	1270
2751	2751	1271 SB75 INTRODUCED
2752	2752	Page 51
2753	2753	Education
2754	2754	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
2755	2755	Teaching Standards
2756	2756	13,712,908
2757	2757	The above appropriation includes funds to pay salary supplements and related benefit costs for
2758	2758	Nationally Board-Certified Teachers (NBCT) and other costs of the program. Supplement amounts
2759	2759	will be determined by the availability of funds based on the number of National Board Certified
2760	2760	Teachers. (1) The state of Alabama will provide an annual supplement of $5,000 to any NBCT that
2761	2761	is employed full-time in a public K-12 school and is properly certified by the state of
2762	2762	Alabama. The existing eligibility criteria will apply: (a) NBCTs employed on a less than
2763	2763	full-time contract on October 1 will receive a pro-rata share of the salary supplement. (b)
2764	2764	NBCTs employed full-time after October 1 will receive a pro-rata share of the salary
2765	2765	supplement. (c) NBCTs who earn National Board Certification in another state and are teaching
2766	2766	full-time in Alabama on October 1 and are properly certified by the state of Alabama will
2767	2767	receive the annual salary stipend. (d) NBCTs employed as a substitute are not eligible for the
2768	2768	salary supplement. (e) NBCTs who are on leave of absence for more than half a school year will
2769	2769	receive a prorated amount based on the number of months worked during the school year. (f)
2770	2770	NBCTs will receive the salary supplement each year of the valid period of the certificate
2771	2771	unless the Alabama Legislature declines to make the annual appropriation. (g) NBCTs must renew
2772	2772	their certificate by the year of the certificate's expiration in order to continue receiving
2773	2773	the salary supplement. (h) NBCTs employed in the final year of the certificate valid period
2774	2774	will receive a prorated amount based on the number of months worked covered in that valid
2775	2775	period. (i) NBCTs who leave after October 1 will be eligible for a prorated amount based on the
2776	2776	months served. (j) NBCTs must remain employed with a public K-12 local Board of Education in
2777	2777	order to continue receiving the salary supplement. (2) In addition to the supplement provided
2778	2778	by subsection (1) of this section, classroom teachers shall be eligible for an additional
2779	2779	supplement of $5,000 if in an instructional assignment in challenging, high poverty schools,
2780	2780	subject to the following conditions and limitations: (a) Teacher holds a valid NBPTS
2781	2781	certificate in Literacy, English as a New Language, Math, Science, Exceptional Needs, or Career
2782	2782	and Technical Education; and (b) School has been on the "Priority School" list 3 of the last 5
2783	2783	years; and/or (c) School has a graduation rate more than 10% less than the state average for 2
2784	2784	of the 3 most recently posted years; and/or (d) School has a free and reduced federal lunch
2785	2785	student percentage of 75% or greater as determined by the most recent data posted or provides
2786	2786	meals to all students through the Community Eligibility Provision. The State Department of
2787	2787	Education shall file a report on or before September 30, 2025 with the Chairs of the Senate
2788	2788	Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education, House Ways and Means-Education Committee, the
2789	2789	Finance Director, and the Legislative Fiscal Officer regarding the number of classroom teachers
2790	2790	becoming eligible and receiving the additional supplement provided in (2) above during fiscal
2791	2791	1272
2792	2792	1273
2793	2793	1274
2794	2794	1275
2795	2795	1276
2796	2796	1277
2797	2797	1278
2798	2798	1279
2799	2799	1280
2800	2800	1281
2801	2801	1282
2802	2802	1283
2803	2803	1284
2804	2804	1285
2805	2805	1286
2806	2806	1287
2807	2807	1288
2808	2808	1289
2809	2809	1290
2810	2810	1291
2811	2811	1292
2812	2812	1293
2813	2813	1294
2814	2814	1295
2815	2815	1296
2816	2816	1297
2817	2817	1298
2818	2818	1299
2819	2819	1300
2820	2820	1301
2821	2821	1302
2822	2822	1303
2823	2823	1304
2824	2824	1305 SB75 INTRODUCED
2825	2825	Page 52
2826	2826	Education
2827	2827	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
2828	2828	becoming eligible and receiving the additional supplement provided in (2) above during fiscal
2829	2829	year 2025.
2830	2830	(20) Remote Learning Hub 2,000,000
2831	2831	The above appropriation shall be used as a dynamic and interactive remote learning model to
2832	2832	deliver effective, highly engaging STEM education in regions of Alabama that struggle to reach
2833	2833	desired student outcomes in math, science, and technology. Development and implementation of
2834	2834	this innovative model shall be led by the STEM Council, working with a coalition of Alabama
2835	2835	stakeholders including UAB Teach. The State Superintendent of Education shall collaborate with
2836	2836	STEM Council to support this program to reimagine how STEM education is delivered, especially
2837	2837	in hard-to-reach, high poverty, or traditionally under-served locations. The program will offer
2838	2838	STEM learning pathways for grades 6-12, focusing on Algebra preparedness and success. It is the
2839	2839	intent of the Legislature that funds appropriated for the remote learning project will be
2840	2840	delivered in a phased approach, beginning with pre-Algebra and Algebra I courses and adding
2841	2841	high school math and science courses. Dynamic and interactive courses will be delivered to
2842	2842	schools in Alabama’s underserved locations through a remote learning provider, using Alabama
2843	2843	educators who will be co-located at a centralized hub to be identified by UAB Teach, to allow
2844	2844	for effective teacher planning and collaboration, resource and technology support, and ongoing
2845	2845	training. Ten percent of funding must be dedicated to rigorous assessment of the program,
2846	2846	evaluating the impact on student learning as well as on-site educator professional development.
2847	2847	(21) Robotics Grant Program 1,000,000
2848	2848	The above appropriation shall be expended to provide grants of not more than $3,500 per school
2849	2849	to support robotics programs. The State Department of Education shall notify in writing all
2850	2850	school systems, by July 1, 2024, of the availability of funding for elementary, middle and high
2851	2851	school robotics programs. The notification shall include the grant application process and the
2852	2852	amount of funding available to each school. No funding will be available until October 1, 2024.
2853	2853	a. Elementary Robotics Grant Program 100,000
2854	2854	Up to $100,000 shall be used to provide grants to elementary robotics programs.
2855	2855	(22) Saban Center 500,000
2856	2856	The above appropriation shall be expended for student classroom STEM education and teacher
2857	2857	training at the Saban Center.
2858	2858	(23) Southern Research Institute 1,000,000
2859	2859	The above appropriation shall be used to expand the Science, Technology, Engineering, and
2860	2860	Mathematics (STEM) Educational Outreach Program statewide.
2861	2861	(24) Southwest School of Deaf and Blind 198,865
2862	2862	1306
2863	2863	1307
2864	2864	1308
2865	2865	1309
2866	2866	1310
2867	2867	1311
2868	2868	1312
2869	2869	1313
2870	2870	1314
2871	2871	1315
2872	2872	1316
2873	2873	1317
2874	2874	1318
2875	2875	1319
2876	2876	1320
2877	2877	1321
2878	2878	1322
2879	2879	1323
2880	2880	1324
2881	2881	1325
2882	2882	1326
2883	2883	1327
2884	2884	1328
2885	2885	1329
2886	2886	1330
2887	2887	1331
2888	2888	1332
2889	2889	1333
2890	2890	1334
2891	2891	1335
2892	2892	1336
2893	2893	1337
2894	2894	1338 SB75 INTRODUCED
2895	2895	Page 53
2896	2896	Education
2897	2897	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
2898	2898	(24) Southwest School of Deaf and Blind 198,865
2899	2899	(25) Special Education Certified Behavior
2900	2900	Analysts (Autism)
2901	2901	8,500,000
2902	2902	(26) Special Education Pre-School Program 28,623,062
2903	2903	(27) Student Botanical Pilot Project 300,000
2904	2904	(28) Symphony in Education Program 200,000
2905	2905	(29) Teach for America 822,000
2906	2906	It is the intent of the Legislature that funds appropriated for Teach for America be used to
2907	2907	employ veterans of the United States Armed Forces where possible. Any teachers employed with
2908	2908	these funds shall only teach in the subject area for which they have demonstrated competency as
2909	2909	determined and approved by the State Department of Education.
2910	2910	(30) Teacher In-Service Centers 3,509,080
2911	2911	The State Superintendent of Education shall administer the In-Service Centers by confirming the
2912	2912	areas of focus for professional development activities, monitoring and approving the
2913	2913	professional development plan of the centers, approving the budget, and evaluating the centers
2914	2914	on an annual basis to determine performance outcomes and identify any deficiencies and require
2915	2915	any necessary corrective measures. Nothing herein shall require the existing in-service regions
2916	2916	be redrawn or require the State Superintendent to distribute AMSTI, ASIMS, technology in
2917	2917	motion, or other funds to more than the existing in-service regions. The above appropriation to
2918	2918	the In-Service Centers shall be distributed to the In-Service Centers as provided below.
2919	2919	a. Alabama A and M University 320,086
2920	2920	b. Alabama at Birmingham, University of 346,848
2921	2921	c. Alabama State University 282,287
2922	2922	d. Alabama, University of 263,249
2923	2923	e. Athens State University 274,838
2924	2924	f. Auburn University 284,217
2925	2925	g. Jacksonville State University 279,528
2926	2926	h. Montevallo, University of 291,391
2927	2927	i. North Alabama, University of 258,283
2928	2928	j. South Alabama, University of 368,644
2929	2929	k. Troy University 293,875
2930	2930	l. West Alabama, University of 245,834
2931	2931	1339
2932	2932	1340
2933	2933	1341
2934	2934	1342
2935	2935	1343
2936	2936	1344
2937	2937	1345
2938	2938	1346
2939	2939	1347
2940	2940	1348
2941	2941	1349
2942	2942	1350
2943	2943	1351
2944	2944	1352
2945	2945	1353
2946	2946	1354
2947	2947	1355
2948	2948	1356
2949	2949	1357
2950	2950	1358
2951	2951	1359
2952	2952	1360
2953	2953	1361
2954	2954	1362
2955	2955	1363
2956	2956	1364
2957	2957	1365
2958	2958	1366
2959	2959	1367
2960	2960	1368
2961	2961	1369 SB75 INTRODUCED
2962	2962	Page 54
2963	2963	Education
2964	2964	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
2965	2965	l. West Alabama, University of 245,834
2966	2966	(31) Teacher Professional Development
2967	2967	Training
2968	2968	3,460,006
2969	2969	The Department shall file a report with the Chairs of the House Ways and Means-Education
2970	2970	Committee, the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education, the Finance Director, and
2971	2971	the Legislative Fiscal Officer on the first day of the 2025 Regular Session regarding the
2972	2972	expenditures and usage of the funds appropriated to these programs in fiscal year 2025.
2973	2973	a. Computer Science Educator Training 300,000
2974	2974	The ALSDE shall coordinate and, as needed, allocate funds through a competitive grant process
2975	2975	for state entities (e.g., non-profits, higher ed) to offer professional development on
2976	2976	curricula that has been approved by the ALSDE for a computer science pathway; curricula should
2977	2977	be open and available across multiple computing platforms (e.g., available within a web
2978	2978	browser). Funding shall be used for professional development and teacher support. The ALSDE
2979	2979	shall provide a report of the initiative to the Chair of the House Ways and Means-Education
2980	2980	Committee and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education no later than
2981	2981	June 15, 2025.
2982	2982	b. Middle School Computer Programming
2983	2983	Initiative
2984	2984	613,907
2985	2985	The Department shall allocate funds through a competitive grant process for local education
2986	2986	agencies. Each grant may be used for professional development, training, and curriculum, and
2987	2987	shall not exceed $25,000. Only one grant is available per system. The Department shall provide
2988	2988	a report of the initiative to the Chair of the House Ways and Means-Education Committee and the
2989	2989	Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education no later than June 1, 2025.
2990	2990	c. Special Education Professional
2991	2991	Development Program
2992	2992	188,907
2993	2993	For educators and school board members.
2994	2994	d. Technology in Motion Program 2,357,192
2995	2995	To train teachers (K-12) on authentic computer science and other technology program training as
2996	2996	directed by the State Superintendent. High school and middle school teachers from math,
2997	2997	science, and career tech will be trained to offer stand-alone Computer Science courses, and
2998	2998	elementary teachers will be trained to integrate computer science into weekly activities,
2999	2999	following nationally developed curricula that address the Alabama Standards for Computer
3000	3000	Science.
3001	3001	(32) Teacher Recruitment and Placement 800,000
3002	3002	1370
3003	3003	1371
3004	3004	1372
3005	3005	1373
3006	3006	1374
3007	3007	1375
3008	3008	1376
3009	3009	1377
3010	3010	1378
3011	3011	1379
3012	3012	1380
3013	3013	1381
3014	3014	1382
3015	3015	1383
3016	3016	1384
3017	3017	1385
3018	3018	1386
3019	3019	1387
3020	3020	1388
3021	3021	1389
3022	3022	1390
3023	3023	1391
3024	3024	1392
3025	3025	1393
3026	3026	1394
3027	3027	1395
3028	3028	1396
3029	3029	1397
3030	3030	1398
3031	3031	1399
3032	3032	1400
3033	3033	1401
3034	3034	1402 SB75 INTRODUCED
3035	3035	Page 55
3036	3036	Education
3037	3037	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
3038	3038	(32) Teacher Recruitment and Placement 800,000
3039	3039	(33) Vaping Education Program 150,000
3040	3040	The above appropriation shall be used by the Drug Education Council in coordination with the
3041	3041	Department of Education to conduct vaping prevention education programs for elementary, middle,
3042	3042	and high school students.
3043	3043	(34) Athletic Trainers Secondary School
3044	3044	Incentive Program
3045	3045	300,000
3046	3046	To be expended in accordance with Sections 34-40-31 through 34-40-35, Code of Alabama 1975.
3047	3047	(f) Future Teachers of Alabama 250,000 250,000
3048	3048	The above appropriation shall be expended to provide grants of not more than
3049	3049	$1,000 to each senior high school to establish and support Future Teachers of
3050	3050	Alabama programs by funding stipends for teachers to serve as program
3051	3051	directors at each school and for program activites. The State Department of
3052	3052	Education shall notify in writing all school systems, by July 1, 2024, of the
3053	3053	availability of funding for senior high school Future Teachers of Alabama
3054	3054	programs. The notification shall include the grant application process and
3055	3055	clearly defined program expectations.
3056	3056	(g) Gifted Students Program 11,350,000 11,350,000
3057	3057	(1) Gifted Student Grant Program 1,425,000
3058	3058	Pursuant to Section 16-1-51, Code of Alabama 1975.
3059	3059	(h) Kindervision 200,000 200,000
3060	3060	(i) Liability Insurance Program 17,500,000 17,500,000
3061	3061	(j) Reading is Fundamental Program 30,000 30,000
3062	3062	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3063	3063	(1) ETF 667,438,549
3064	3064	(2) ETF-Transfer 2,583,796
3065	3065	(3) Driver Education and Training
3066	3066	Fund
3067	3067	5,145,634
3068	3068	(4) Federal and Local Funds 4,368,147,006
3069	3069	(5) Special Education Catastrophic
3070	3070	Fund
3071	3071	5,000,000
3072	3072	1403
3073	3073	1404
3074	3074	1405
3075	3075	1406
3076	3076	1407
3077	3077	1408
3078	3078	1409
3079	3079	1410
3080	3080	1411
3081	3081	1412
3082	3082	1413
3083	3083	1414
3084	3084	1415
3085	3085	1416
3086	3086	1417
3087	3087	1418
3088	3088	1419
3089	3089	1420
3090	3090	1421
3091	3091	1422
3092	3092	1423
3093	3093	1424
3094	3094	1425
3095	3095	1426
3096	3096	1427
3097	3097	1428
3098	3098	1429
3099	3099	1430
3100	3100	1431
3101	3101	1432 SB75 INTRODUCED
3102	3102	Page 56
3103	3103	Education
3104	3104	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
3105	3105	Fund
3106	3106	5,000,000
3107	3107	Total Education, State Department of 670,022,345 4,378,292,640 5,048,314,985
3108	3108	The funds appropriated above shall not be used to implement standards, programs or
3109	3109	student assessments created by the Common Core State Standards Initiative after
3110	3110	April 1, 2013.
3111	3111	16. Educational Television Commission:
3112	3112	(a) Educational Television Program 10,199,798 1,270,766 11,470,564
3113	3113	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3114	3114	(1) ETF 10,199,798
3115	3115	(2) Federal and Local Funds 1,270,766
3116	3116	Total Educational Television Commission 10,199,798 1,270,766 11,470,564
3117	3117	17. Evaluation of Services, Alabama
3118	3118	Commission on the:
3119	3119	(a) Special Services Program 641,638 641,638
3120	3120	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3121	3121	(1) ETF 641,638
3122	3122	Total Evaluation of Services, Alabama
3123	3123	Commission on the
3124	3124	641,638 641,638
3125	3125	18. Executive Commission on Community
3126	3126	Services Grants, State:
3127	3127	(a) Community Services Grants Program 11,504,798 11,504,798
3128	3128	Distributed pursuant to Section 29-2-123, Code of Alabama 1975.
3129	3129	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3130	3130	(1) ETF 11,504,798
3131	3131	Total Executive Commission on Community
3132	3132	Services Grants, State
3133	3133	11,504,798 11,504,798
3134	3134	The above appropriation shall be used for grants that promote public education
3135	3135	purposes.
3136	3136	19. Family Practice Rural Health Board:
3137	3137	(a) Family Practice Rural Health
3138	3138	Program
3139	3139	3,614,995 3,614,995
3140	3140	1433
3141	3141	1434
3142	3142	1435
3143	3143	1436
3144	3144	1437
3145	3145	1438
3146	3146	1439
3147	3147	1440
3148	3148	1441
3149	3149	1442
3150	3150	1443
3151	3151	1444
3152	3152	1445
3153	3153	1446
3154	3154	1447
3155	3155	1448
3156	3156	1449
3157	3157	1450
3158	3158	1451
3159	3159	1452
3160	3160	1453
3161	3161	1454
3162	3162	1455
3163	3163	1456
3164	3164	1457
3165	3165	1458
3166	3166	1459
3167	3167	1460
3168	3168	1461
3169	3169	1462 SB75 INTRODUCED
3170	3170	Page 57
3171	3171	Education
3172	3172	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
3173	3173	Program
3174	3174	3,614,995 3,614,995
3175	3175	(1) Auburn Rural Health Program 144,155
3176	3176	(2) Rural Medical Scholars Program -
3177	3177	University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
3178	3178	962,500
3179	3179	(3) Tuskegee Area Health Education Center
3180	3180	(TAHEC)
3181	3181	89,815
3182	3182	Minimum amount.
3183	3183	(4) UAH Rural Health Program 799,417
3184	3184	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3185	3185	(1) ETF 3,614,995
3186	3186	Total Family Practice Rural Health
3187	3187	Board
3188	3188	3,614,995 3,614,995
3189	3189	20. Finance, Department of:
3190	3190	(a) Fiscal Management Program 953,453 953,453
3191	3191	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3192	3192	(1) ETF 953,453
3193	3193	Total Finance, Department of 953,453 953,453
3194	3194	21. Finance-Teacher Unused Sick Leave:
3195	3195	(a) Employee Benefits Program 2,500,000 2,500,000
3196	3196	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3197	3197	(1) ETF 2,500,000
3198	3198	Total Finance-Teacher Unused Sick Leave 2,500,000 2,500,000
3199	3199	To be distributed by the State Comptroller to the designated beneficiaries or
3200	3200	estates for unused sick leave pursuant to Section 16-1-18.2, Code of Alabama 1975.
3201	3201	22. Fine Arts, Alabama School of:
3202	3202	(a) Financial Assistance Program 11,574,518 704,000 12,278,518
3203	3203	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3204	3204	(1) ETF 11,574,518
3205	3205	(2) Federal and Local Funds 704,000
3206	3206	Total Fine Arts, Alabama School of 11,574,518 704,000 12,278,518
3207	3207	1463
3208	3208	1464
3209	3209	1465
3210	3210	1466
3211	3211	1467
3212	3212	1468
3213	3213	1469
3214	3214	1470
3215	3215	1471
3216	3216	1472
3217	3217	1473
3218	3218	1474
3219	3219	1475
3220	3220	1476
3221	3221	1477
3222	3222	1478
3223	3223	1479
3224	3224	1480
3225	3225	1481
3226	3226	1482
3227	3227	1483
3228	3228	1484
3229	3229	1485
3230	3230	1486
3231	3231	1487
3232	3232	1488
3233	3233	1489
3234	3234	1490
3235	3235	1491 SB75 INTRODUCED
3236	3236	Page 58
3237	3237	Education
3238	3238	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
3239	3239	Total Fine Arts, Alabama School of 11,574,518 704,000 12,278,518
3240	3240	23. Fire Fighters Personnel Standards
3241	3241	and Education Commission,
3242	3242	Alabama/Fire College:
3243	3243	(a) Operations and Maintenance 6,777,863 4,618,387 11,396,250
3244	3244	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3245	3245	(1) ETF 6,777,863
3246	3246	(2) Federal and Local Funds 4,618,387
3247	3247	Total Fire Fighters Personnel Standards
3248	3248	and Education Commission, Alabama/Fire
3249	3249	College
3250	3250	6,777,863 4,618,387 11,396,250
3251	3251	24. Geological Survey:
3252	3252	(a) Discovery and Development of
3253	3253	Mineral, Energy and Water
3254	3254	Resources, Geologic Research and
3255	3255	Topographic Mapping Program
3256	3256	562,069 562,069
3257	3257	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3258	3258	(1) ETF 562,069
3259	3259	Total Geological Survey 562,069 562,069
3260	3260	25. Governor's Office of Volunteer
3261	3261	Services:
3262	3262	(a) Executive Direction Program 398,646 398,646
3263	3263	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3264	3264	(1) ETF 398,646
3265	3265	Total Governor's Office of Volunteer
3266	3266	Services
3267	3267	398,646 398,646
3268	3268	26. Health, Department of Public:
3269	3269	(a) Alabama Medical Education
3270	3270	Consortium
3271	3271	385,000 385,000
3272	3272	(1) Rural Alabama Teaching Health Center 385,000
3273	3273	The above appropriation shall be expended for the Rural Alabama Teaching Health Center.
3274	3274	1492
3275	3275	1493
3276	3276	1494
3277	3277	1495
3278	3278	1496
3279	3279	1497
3280	3280	1498
3281	3281	1499
3282	3282	1500
3283	3283	1501
3284	3284	1502
3285	3285	1503
3286	3286	1504
3287	3287	1505
3288	3288	1506
3289	3289	1507
3290	3290	1508
3291	3291	1509
3292	3292	1510
3293	3293	1511
3294	3294	1512
3295	3295	1513
3296	3296	1514
3297	3297	1515
3298	3298	1516
3299	3299	1517
3300	3300	1518
3301	3301	1519
3302	3302	1520
3303	3303	1521 SB75 INTRODUCED
3304	3304	Page 59
3305	3305	Education
3306	3306	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
3307	3307	The above appropriation shall be expended for the Rural Alabama Teaching Health Center.
3308	3308	(b) Administrative Services Program 1,180,079 1,180,079
3309	3309	(c) Continuing Education for EMT
3310	3310	Personnel
3311	3311	1,635,782 1,635,782
3312	3312	With the above appropriation, the Department shall offer performance-based
3313	3313	awards to regional EMS agencies for the purpose of providing continuing
3314	3314	education to EMTs and strengthening the EMS infrastructure.
3315	3315	(d) Office of Emergency Medical
3316	3316	Services
3317	3317	1,000,000 1,000,000
3318	3318	(1) Alabama Trauma Communications Center 1,000,000
3319	3319	To be expended by the State Health Officer to improve and support the Alabama Trauma
3320	3320	Communications Center located at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The office shall
3321	3321	report by March 1, 2025, how the money was spent or was planned to be spent, and what
3322	3322	measurable improvements were expected from the spending, and report by January 1, 2026, on the
3323	3323	extent to which goals for improvement were met or are on track to be met. The reports shall be
3324	3324	delivered to the Governor and to the Chairs of the House Ways and Means-Education Committee and
3325	3325	the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education.
3326	3326	(e) Public Health Services Program 13,402,367 13,402,367
3327	3327	(1) AIDS Alabama 550,000
3328	3328	(2) Alabama Health Education Centers 690,000
3329	3329	(3) Alabama Kidney Foundation 497,463
3330	3330	(4) Center for Ethics and Social
3331	3331	Responsibility and Impact Alabama
3332	3332	700,000
3333	3333	(5) Statewide Trauma System 450,000
3334	3334	a. Statewide Stroke System 200,000
3335	3335	(6) Alabama Commission on Tick Borne
3336	3336	Illness
3337	3337	75,000
3338	3338	(f) Primary Care Physician Residency
3339	3339	Program
3340	3340	800,000 800,000
3341	3341	For a physician residency program through the Cahaba Clinic.
3342	3342	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3343	3343	(1) ETF 18,403,228
3344	3344	1522
3345	3345	1523
3346	3346	1524
3347	3347	1525
3348	3348	1526
3349	3349	1527
3350	3350	1528
3351	3351	1529
3352	3352	1530
3353	3353	1531
3354	3354	1532
3355	3355	1533
3356	3356	1534
3357	3357	1535
3358	3358	1536
3359	3359	1537
3360	3360	1538
3361	3361	1539
3362	3362	1540
3363	3363	1541
3364	3364	1542
3365	3365	1543
3366	3366	1544
3367	3367	1545
3368	3368	1546
3369	3369	1547
3370	3370	1548
3371	3371	1549
3372	3372	1550
3373	3373	1551
3374	3374	1552 SB75 INTRODUCED
3375	3375	Page 60
3376	3376	Education
3377	3377	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
3378	3378	(1) ETF 18,403,228
3379	3379	Total Health, Department of Public 18,403,228 18,403,228
3380	3380	27. Higher Education, Alabama
3381	3381	Commission on:
3382	3382	(a) Deferred Maintenance Program 5,000,000 5,000,000
3383	3383	The above appropriation is to be deposited into a separate fund to be
3384	3384	allocated for a grant program for the Historically Black Colleges and
3385	3385	Universities in the state. The grants are to be allocated for deferred
3386	3386	maintenance on existing structures and cannot be utilized for new
3387	3387	construction. The grant program shall be administered by ACHE, and ACHE shall
3388	3388	establish rules for the implementation of the grant program, the application
3389	3389	process for the grants, and the awarding of the grants. The program shall
3390	3390	require a dollar-for-dollar match to be paid by the institution receiving the
3391	3391	grant. Grants shall be awarded based on demonstrated needs, and ACHE shall
3392	3392	develop and implement a scoring process to evaluate each grant application and
3393	3393	to certify compliance with grant award following project completion. ACHE
3394	3394	shall submit an annual report to the Governor, the Chairs of the Senate
3395	3395	Finance and Taxation-Education Committee, House Ways and Means-Education
3396	3396	Committee, the Finance Director and the Legislative Fiscal Officer within 30
3397	3397	days after September 30, 2025. The report shall include the recipient, amount,
3398	3398	and approved use of each grant issued. Notwithstanding any other provision of
3399	3399	law to the contrary, any of the above funds which remain unexpended on
3400	3400	September 30, 2025, shall not revert, but shall be reappropriated in the
3401	3401	fiscal year beginning October 1, 2025, to be expended for the grant program.
3402	3402	(b) Planning and Coordination
3403	3403	Services Program
3404	3404	5,646,209 436,239 6,082,448
3405	3405	(1) FAFSA Completion Assistance 500,000
3406	3406	(2) Industry Credential Directory 100,000
3407	3407	Of the above appropriation, $100,000 shall be allocated for a non-public facing credential
3408	3408	registry for college and university credentials. The credential registry shall include all
3409	3409	degree and non-degree credentials offered at public colleges and universities. Data from the
3410	3410	college and university credential registry shall be shared via a data sharing agreement to the
3411	3411	public facing Alabama Credential Registry managed by the Alabama Department of Commerce.
3412	3412	1553
3413	3413	1554
3414	3414	1555
3415	3415	1556
3416	3416	1557
3417	3417	1558
3418	3418	1559
3419	3419	1560
3420	3420	1561
3421	3421	1562
3422	3422	1563
3423	3423	1564
3424	3424	1565
3425	3425	1566
3426	3426	1567
3427	3427	1568
3428	3428	1569
3429	3429	1570
3430	3430	1571
3431	3431	1572
3432	3432	1573
3433	3433	1574
3434	3434	1575
3435	3435	1576
3436	3436	1577
3437	3437	1578
3438	3438	1579
3439	3439	1580
3440	3440	1581
3441	3441	1582
3442	3442	1583
3443	3443	1584 SB75 INTRODUCED
3444	3444	Page 61
3445	3445	Education
3446	3446	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
3447	3447	public facing Alabama Credential Registry managed by the Alabama Department of Commerce.
3448	3448	(3) Operations and Maintenance 3,996,209
3449	3449	(4) Retain Alabama 1,050,000
3450	3450	The Retain Alabama project will provide digital marketing strategies targeting soon-to-be
3451	3451	college graduates, promotional materials about Alabama and career opportunities, and other
3452	3452	strategies to retain Alabama College graduates initiated by the Executive Director in
3453	3453	collaboration and coordination with Innovate Alabama. The Retention Initiative would help
3454	3454	retain Alabama College graduates by: (1) Identifying internships, co-op opportunities, and
3455	3455	entry-level jobs at emerging companies and established companies in Alabama; (2) Partnering
3456	3456	with Alabama colleges and universities to promote these career opportunities to Alabama college
3457	3457	students throughout the State; and (3) Creating opportunities for Alabama college students to
3458	3458	learn more about communities throughout Alabama, while also engaging with other students to
3459	3459	create a cohort environment.
3460	3460	a. Alabama Higher Education Partnership
3461	3461	Student Retention Council Program
3462	3462	250,000
3463	3463	b. Focused Talent Retention Initiative
3464	3464	Project
3465	3465	400,000
3466	3466	Administered by EDPA
3467	3467	c. Retain Alabama Project 400,000
3468	3468	Administered by ACHE
3469	3469	(c) Student Financial Aid Program 29,937,299 29,937,299
3470	3470	(1) Alabama National Guard Educational
3471	3471	Assistance Scholarships
3472	3472	8,831,114
3473	3473	To be expended in accordance with Sections 31-10-1 through 31-10-5 and Sections 31-10-20
3474	3474	through 31-10-24, Code of Alabama 1975.
3475	3475	(2) Alabama Student Assistance Program 9,500,000
3476	3476	(3) Birmingham Promise Scholarship Program 892,500
3477	3477	(4) Educational Grants Program (Alabama
3478	3478	Student Grant Program)
3479	3479	9,500,000
3480	3480	1585
3481	3481	1586
3482	3482	1587
3483	3483	1588
3484	3484	1589
3485	3485	1590
3486	3486	1591
3487	3487	1592
3488	3488	1593
3489	3489	1594
3490	3490	1595
3491	3491	1596
3492	3492	1597
3493	3493	1598
3494	3494	1599
3495	3495	1600
3496	3496	1601
3497	3497	1602
3498	3498	1603
3499	3499	1604
3500	3500	1605
3501	3501	1606
3502	3502	1607
3503	3503	1608
3504	3504	1609
3505	3505	1610
3506	3506	1611
3507	3507	1612 SB75 INTRODUCED
3508	3508	Page 62
3509	3509	Education
3510	3510	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
3511	3511	Student Grant Program)
3512	3512	9,500,000
3513	3513	To be expended in accordance with Sections 16-33A-1 through 16-33A-11, Code of Alabama 1975.
3514	3514	Private institutions receiving state grant funds under this provision shall make their best
3515	3515	effort to use the equivalent of ten percent of Federal Work Study allocations for the purpose
3516	3516	of tutoring and mentoring students in grades K-12 to better prepare them for graduation,
3517	3517	college entry and retention. Institutions shall work with their respective governing boards to
3518	3518	develop and implement this effort.
3519	3519	(5) Math and Science Teacher Education
3520	3520	Program
3521	3521	746,750
3522	3522	To be expended pursuant to Sections 16-5-50, et seq., Code of Alabama 1975. ACHE shall submit
3523	3523	an annual report to the Governor and to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and
3524	3524	Taxation-Education, House Ways and Means-Education Committee and the Legislative Fiscal Officer
3525	3525	within 30 days after September 30, 2025, including updates on all aspects of the program.
3526	3526	(6) Policeman's Survivor Tuition, Estimated 466,935
3527	3527	To be expended under the provisions of Section 36-21-105, Code of Alabama 1975.
3528	3528	(d) Support of Other Educational
3529	3529	Activities Program
3530	3530	7,600,063 7,600,063
3531	3531	(1) Articulation and General Studies
3532	3532	Committee (AGSC)/ Statewide Transfer
3533	3533	and Articulation Reporting System
3534	3534	(STARS)
3535	3535	799,589
3536	3536	To be expended in accordance with Section 16-5-8(e), Code of Alabama 1975. The purpose of
3537	3537	AGSC/STARS is to provide Alabama college students with a simplified, seamless, and streamlined
3538	3538	transfer process by providing them with accurate transfer information through state-approved
3539	3539	transfer guides. STARS is housed at Troy University. The Commission shall work to ensure that
3540	3540	dual enrollment courses apply towards a degree where applicable.
3541	3541	(2) EPSCoR (Research) Program 1,260,184
3542	3542	Of the above appropriation, at least thirty percent (30%) may be expended for the operations
3543	3543	and maintenance of the Alabama Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (Alabama
3544	3544	EPSCoR) administrative offices located at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
3545	3545	(3) Network of Alabama Academic Libraries 384,076
3546	3546	ACHE shall provide for the participation of Athens State University in the Network of Alabama
3547	3547	Academic Libraries.
3548	3548	1613
3549	3549	1614
3550	3550	1615
3551	3551	1616
3552	3552	1617
3553	3553	1618
3554	3554	1619
3555	3555	1620
3556	3556	1621
3557	3557	1622
3558	3558	1623
3559	3559	1624
3560	3560	1625
3561	3561	1626
3562	3562	1627
3563	3563	1628
3564	3564	1629
3565	3565	1630
3566	3566	1631
3567	3567	1632
3568	3568	1633
3569	3569	1634
3570	3570	1635
3571	3571	1636
3572	3572	1637
3573	3573	1638
3574	3574	1639
3575	3575	1640
3576	3576	1641
3577	3577	1642
3578	3578	1643
3579	3579	1644 SB75 INTRODUCED
3580	3580	Page 63
3581	3581	Education
3582	3582	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
3583	3583	Academic Libraries.
3584	3584	(4) Southern Regional Education Board
3585	3585	(SREB)
3586	3586	656,214
3587	3587	(5) STEM Major Teacher Recruitment 4,500,000
3588	3588	(e) Support of State Universities
3589	3589	Program
3590	3590	6,491,283 6,491,283
3591	3591	(1) Alabama Agricultural Land Grant
3592	3592	Alliance
3593	3593	6,491,283
3594	3594	a. McIntire-Stennis Forestry Research
3595	3595	Initiative Matching Program
3596	3596	539,524
3597	3597	b. State Matching Funds 5,006,831
3598	3598	To be distributed as a state match for federal funds for those institutions in the Alliance
3599	3599	required to provide matching state funds for the first time in the fiscal year 2000.
3600	3600	c. Tuskegee University - USDA Matching
3601	3601	Funds
3602	3602	944,928
3603	3603	(f) Support of Other State Programs 15,018,120 15,018,120
3604	3604	(1) AKEEP Education and Teacher Recruitment
3605	3605	Partnership
3606	3606	200,000
3607	3607	(2) Adaptive and Disability Sports
3608	3608	Education
3609	3609	60,000
3610	3610	(3) Alabama Civil Air Patrol 100,000
3611	3611	(4) Alabama Forestry Commission Education
3612	3612	Program
3613	3613	200,000
3614	3614	(5) Alabama Forestry Foundation Black Belt
3615	3615	Initiative
3616	3616	532,000
3617	3617	(6) Alabama Recruit and Retain Minority
3618	3618	Teachers
3619	3619	700,000
3620	3620	This appropriation shall be distributed equally between Alabama A&M University and Athens State
3621	3621	University and shall be used to recruit, train, and mentor minority teacher candidates.
3622	3622	(7) Alabama Trails Foundation 340,000
3623	3623	(8) Black Belt Adventures 475,000
3624	3624	(9) Black Belt Treasures 350,000
3625	3625	1645
3626	3626	1646
3627	3627	1647
3628	3628	1648
3629	3629	1649
3630	3630	1650
3631	3631	1651
3632	3632	1652
3633	3633	1653
3634	3634	1654
3635	3635	1655
3636	3636	1656
3637	3637	1657
3638	3638	1658
3639	3639	1659
3640	3640	1660
3641	3641	1661
3642	3642	1662
3643	3643	1663
3644	3644	1664
3645	3645	1665
3646	3646	1666
3647	3647	1667
3648	3648	1668
3649	3649	1669
3650	3650	1670
3651	3651	1671
3652	3652	1672
3653	3653	1673
3654	3654	1674
3655	3655	1675 SB75 INTRODUCED
3656	3656	Page 64
3657	3657	Education
3658	3658	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
3659	3659	(9) Black Belt Treasures 350,000
3660	3660	(10) Motorsports Hall of Fame 200,000
3661	3661	(11) National Computer Forensics Institute 550,000
3662	3662	(12) Resource Conservation and Development
3663	3663	Programs (RC and D)
3664	3664	6,087,744
3665	3665	(13) Soil and Water Conservation Committee
3666	3666	Program
3667	3667	2,923,376
3668	3668	(14) State of Alabama Humanities Foundation 300,000
3669	3669	(15) Alabama HBCU Consortium 650,000
3670	3670	To be used to enhance the institutional sustainability of the Alabama HBCUs. The entity shall
3671	3671	report semi-annually to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education,
3672	3672	the House Ways and Means-Education Committee, the Finance Director, Legislative Fiscal Officer,
3673	3673	and Innovate Alabama regarding the expenditure of Consortium funds.
3674	3674	(16) USS Alabama Battleship 1,350,000
3675	3675	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3676	3676	(1) ETF 63,946,224
3677	3677	(2) ETF-Transfer 5,746,750
3678	3678	(3) Federal and Local Funds 436,239
3679	3679	Total Higher Education, Alabama
3680	3680	Commission on
3681	3681	69,692,974 436,239 70,129,213
3682	3682	In addition to the above appropriations, any scholarship funds transferred from the
3683	3683	State Department of Education for the Alabama Teacher Recruitment Incentive Program
3684	3684	(ATRIP) shall not revert.
3685	3685	28. Historical Commission, Alabama :
3686	3686	(a) Historical Resources Management
3687	3687	Program
3688	3688	5,236,751 5,236,751
3689	3689	(1) Operating Grant Program 3,300,000
3690	3690	1676
3691	3691	1677
3692	3692	1678
3693	3693	1679
3694	3694	1680
3695	3695	1681
3696	3696	1682
3697	3697	1683
3698	3698	1684
3699	3699	1685
3700	3700	1686
3701	3701	1687
3702	3702	1688
3703	3703	1689
3704	3704	1690
3705	3705	1691
3706	3706	1692
3707	3707	1693
3708	3708	1694
3709	3709	1695
3710	3710	1696
3711	3711	1697
3712	3712	1698
3713	3713	1699
3714	3714	1700
3715	3715	1701 SB75 INTRODUCED
3716	3716	Page 65
3717	3717	Education
3718	3718	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
3719	3719	(1) Operating Grant Program 3,300,000
3720	3720	To be distributed as grants to monuments to commemorate historical events and places,
3721	3721	historical skills centers, cultural heritage parks, historic sites, commissions, boards,
3722	3722	agencies, and authorities that are not owned, operated, or otherwise under the control of the
3723	3723	Alabama Historical Commission or other state agencies. A minimum of $300,000 of the grants
3724	3724	shall be distributed to historical sites, or monuments related to the civil rights movement, as
3725	3725	determined by the Commission. Grants will be awarded to entities that reflect a historical
3726	3726	education-based mission and concentrate on historical educational programming. Preference shall
3727	3727	be given to: (i) any property constructed prior to 1840 that is listed in or eligible for the
3728	3728	National Register of Historic Places and that are publicly owned and accessible to the public;
3729	3729	or (ii) any property in Alabama built in 1943 or before, and is listed in or eligible for the
3730	3730	National Register of Historic Places or any property built after 1943 that significantly
3731	3731	contributed to the civil rights movement. Grant amounts shall not exceed $75,000 for any one
3732	3732	entity and must be used within two years of receiving. Grants will not be awarded to any entity
3733	3733	receiving funding directly or indirectly from the Education Trust Fund or the General Fund nor
3734	3734	may grants be awarded to any private or for-profit business or organization.
3735	3735	a. Grants to Historical Sites 500,000
3736	3736	A minimum of $300,000 of the grants shall be distributed to historical sites, or monuments
3737	3737	related to the civil rights movement, as determined by the Commission.
3738	3738	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3739	3739	(1) ETF-Transfer 5,236,751
3740	3740	Total Historical Commission, Alabama 5,236,751 5,236,751
3741	3741	29. Human Resources, Department of:
3742	3742	(a) Fostering Hope Scholarship
3743	3743	Program
3744	3744	1,205,608 1,205,608
3745	3745	1702
3746	3746	1703
3747	3747	1704
3748	3748	1705
3749	3749	1706
3750	3750	1707
3751	3751	1708
3752	3752	1709
3753	3753	1710
3754	3754	1711
3755	3755	1712
3756	3756	1713
3757	3757	1714
3758	3758	1715
3759	3759	1716
3760	3760	1717
3761	3761	1718
3762	3762	1719
3763	3763	1720
3764	3764	1721
3765	3765	1722
3766	3766	1723
3767	3767	1724
3768	3768	1725 SB75 INTRODUCED
3769	3769	Page 66
3770	3770	Education
3771	3771	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
3772	3772	Program
3773	3773	1,205,608 1,205,608
3774	3774	To be expended under the provisions of Sections 38-12B-1 through 38-12B-10,
3775	3775	Code of Alabama 1975. The Department shall file a report with the Chairs of
3776	3776	the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education, House Ways and
3777	3777	Means-Education Committee, the Legislative Fiscal Officer and the Finance
3778	3778	Director on October 1, 2024, regarding the total number of scholarships
3779	3779	awarded for the Fall term of the 2023-2024 academic year and the institution
3780	3780	attended by the scholarship recipients. The report shall also include the name
3781	3781	of each scholarship recipient and the number of years the recipient has
3782	3782	received a scholarship.
3783	3783	(b) Human Services Program - Jobs
3784	3784	Child Care and After School Child
3785	3785	Care Program and Family and
3786	3786	Children Services Program
3787	3787	74,058,142 74,058,142
3788	3788	The Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources shall report
3789	3789	semi-annually to the Chairs of the Senate Finance and Taxation-Education
3790	3790	Committee, the House Ways and Means-Education Committee, Permanent Joint
3791	3791	Legislative Committee on Finances and Budgets, the Finance Director, and the
3792	3792	Legislative Fiscal Officer regarding the expenditure of federal stimulus funds
3793	3793	received by the Department for Child Care and After School Care Programs. Such
3794	3794	report shall include, but not be limited to, specific amounts expended for
3795	3795	professional development and a summary of summer and after-school programming
3796	3796	across the state.
3797	3797	(1) Black Belt Eye Care Consortium 375,000
3798	3798	(2) Educating Children at Residential
3799	3799	Hospitals
3800	3800	1,000,000
3801	3801	(3) Greater Alabama Child Development
3802	3802	Program
3803	3803	926,114
3804	3804	For rural daycare
3805	3805	(4) Wiregrass Rehabilitation Center 570,932
3806	3806	For daycare
3807	3807	1726
3808	3808	1727
3809	3809	1728
3810	3810	1729
3811	3811	1730
3812	3812	1731
3813	3813	1732
3814	3814	1733
3815	3815	1734
3816	3816	1735
3817	3817	1736
3818	3818	1737
3819	3819	1738
3820	3820	1739
3821	3821	1740
3822	3822	1741
3823	3823	1742
3824	3824	1743
3825	3825	1744
3826	3826	1745
3827	3827	1746
3828	3828	1747
3829	3829	1748
3830	3830	1749
3831	3831	1750
3832	3832	1751
3833	3833	1752
3834	3834	1753
3835	3835	1754
3836	3836	1755 SB75 INTRODUCED
3837	3837	Page 67
3838	3838	Education
3839	3839	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
3840	3840	For daycare
3841	3841	(c) Human Services Program - Jobs
3842	3842	Opportunities and Basic Skills
3843	3843	Training (JOBS) Program and
3844	3844	Family and Children Services
3845	3845	Program
3846	3846	13,790,281 13,790,281
3847	3847	(1) Child Advocacy Centers 1,300,000
3848	3848	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3849	3849	(1) ETF-Transfer 89,054,031
3850	3850	Total Human Resources, Department of 89,054,031 89,054,031
3851	3851	No funds from the sales tax for the issuance of food stamps shall be reverted by the
3852	3852	Department of Human Resources to the Education Trust Fund. Any funds appropriated
3853	3853	which are in excess of the amount needed to fund the food stamp program shall be
3854	3854	retained by the Department and expended for direct services to children, including
3855	3855	the TANF program.
3856	3856	30. Law Enforcement Agency, State:
3857	3857	(a) Law Enforcement Program 949,592 949,592
3858	3858	(1) School Safety 572,446
3859	3859	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3860	3860	(1) ETF-Transfer 949,592
3861	3861	Total Law Enforcement Agency, State 949,592 949,592
3862	3862	31. Library Service, Alabama Public:
3863	3863	(a) Public Library Service Program 15,326,788 3,117,869 18,444,657
3864	3864	(1) Alabama Supreme Court Library 550,000
3865	3865	(2) Homework Alabama 395,000
3866	3866	(3) Public Libraries 6,600,000
3867	3867	To be distributed to public libraries within the State.
3868	3868	(4) Virtual Library Project 3,611,637
3869	3869	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3870	3870	(1) ETF 15,326,788
3871	3871	(2) Federal and Local Funds 3,117,869
3872	3872	1756
3873	3873	1757
3874	3874	1758
3875	3875	1759
3876	3876	1760
3877	3877	1761
3878	3878	1762
3879	3879	1763
3880	3880	1764
3881	3881	1765
3882	3882	1766
3883	3883	1767
3884	3884	1768
3885	3885	1769
3886	3886	1770
3887	3887	1771
3888	3888	1772
3889	3889	1773
3890	3890	1774
3891	3891	1775
3892	3892	1776
3893	3893	1777
3894	3894	1778
3895	3895	1779
3896	3896	1780
3897	3897	1781
3898	3898	1782
3899	3899	1783
3900	3900	1784
3901	3901	1785 SB75 INTRODUCED
3902	3902	Page 68
3903	3903	Education
3904	3904	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
3905	3905	(2) Federal and Local Funds 3,117,869
3906	3906	Total Library Service, Alabama Public 15,326,788 3,117,869 18,444,657
3907	3907	32. Lieutenant Governor, Office of the:
3908	3908	(a) Lieutenant Governor's Commission
3909	3909	on 21st Century Workforce
3910	3910	128,321 128,321
3911	3911	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3912	3912	(1) ETF 128,321
3913	3913	Total Lieutenant Governor, Office of
3914	3914	the
3915	3915	128,321 128,321
3916	3916	33. Marine Environmental Sciences
3917	3917	Consortium/Dauphin Island Sea Lab:
3918	3918	(a) Support of Other Educational
3919	3919	Activities Program
3920	3920	6,250,000 25,618,233 31,868,233
3921	3921	(1) Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant
3922	3922	Consortium
3923	3923	125,000
3924	3924	(2) Mobile Bay National Estuary Program 125,000
3925	3925	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3926	3926	(1) ETF 6,250,000
3927	3927	(2) Federal and Local Funds 25,618,233
3928	3928	Total Marine Environmental Sciences
3929	3929	Consortium/Dauphin Island Sea Lab
3930	3930	6,250,000 25,618,233 31,868,233
3931	3931	34. Mathematics and Science, Alabama
3932	3932	School of:
3933	3933	(a) Financial Assistance Program 11,520,100 1,400,000 12,920,100
3934	3934	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3935	3935	(1) ETF 11,520,100
3936	3936	(2) Federal and Local Funds 1,400,000
3937	3937	Total Mathematics and Science, Alabama
3938	3938	School of
3939	3939	11,520,100 1,400,000 12,920,100
3940	3940	35. Medical Scholarship Awards, Board
3941	3941	of:
3942	3942	1786
3943	3943	1787
3944	3944	1788
3945	3945	1789
3946	3946	1790
3947	3947	1791
3948	3948	1792
3949	3949	1793
3950	3950	1794
3951	3951	1795
3952	3952	1796
3953	3953	1797
3954	3954	1798
3955	3955	1799
3956	3956	1800
3957	3957	1801
3958	3958	1802
3959	3959	1803
3960	3960	1804
3961	3961	1805
3962	3962	1806
3963	3963	1807
3964	3964	1808
3965	3965	1809
3966	3966	1810
3967	3967	1811
3968	3968	1812
3969	3969	1813
3970	3970	1814
3971	3971	1815 SB75 INTRODUCED
3972	3972	Page 69
3973	3973	Education
3974	3974	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
3975	3975	of:
3976	3976	(a) Support of Other Educational
3977	3977	Activities Program
3978	3978	2,440,014 400,000 2,840,014
3979	3979	The Board in determining those areas in greatest need of medical service shall
3980	3980	primarily be guided by information, on the rural primary care service areas
3981	3981	that have a deficit of primary-care physicians, provided by the most-recent
3982	3982	Status Report of the Alabama Primary Care Physician Workforce from the Office
3983	3983	for Family Health Education & Research at the UAB Huntsville Regional Medical
3984	3984	Campus. Other factors used by the Board in determining areas of greatest need
3985	3985	shall include the practice locations agreed to by people granted loans
3986	3986	beforehand by the Board but who have not yet started clinical practice, or
3987	3987	started practice too late to have been included in the most-recent Status
3988	3988	Report. The Board shall give preference to physicians that reside in the area
3989	3989	of greatest need. The Board shall file a report with the Chair of the Senate
3990	3990	Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education, the Chair of the House Ways and
3991	3991	Means-Education Committee, the Legislative Fiscal Officer and the Finance
3992	3992	Director on October 1, 2024. The Board’s report shall include, if determined,
3993	3993	where each student who has not started clinical practice has contracted to
3994	3994	practice clinical medicine to repay his or her loans. If that area is not a
3995	3995	rural primary-care service area identified as having a deficit of primary-care
3996	3996	physicians by the most-recent Status Report of the Alabama Primary Care
3997	3997	Physician Workforce, the Board in its report shall state why it allowed that
3998	3998	location as a place where that student could practice to repay his or her
3999	3999	loans. The report shall also include the total number of scholarships awarded
4000	4000	for the fall term of the 2023-2024 academic year and the institution attended
4001	4001	by the scholarship recipients. The report shall also include the name of each
4002	4002	scholarship recipient and the number of years the recipient has received a
4003	4003	scholarship and, if determined, where the recipient has contracted to practice
4004	4004	clinical medicine to repay his or her loans. The report shall also report
4005	4005	where contract holders were working in clinical practice to repay their loans,
4006	4006	how many in each location, where physicians who had repaid their loans worked
4007	4007	to do so, and how many in each location. The report also shall detail the
4008	4008	Board’s budget and operating expenses for the 2023-2024 fiscal year.
4009	4009	1816
4010	4010	1817
4011	4011	1818
4012	4012	1819
4013	4013	1820
4014	4014	1821
4015	4015	1822
4016	4016	1823
4017	4017	1824
4018	4018	1825
4019	4019	1826
4020	4020	1827
4021	4021	1828
4022	4022	1829
4023	4023	1830
4024	4024	1831
4025	4025	1832
4026	4026	1833
4027	4027	1834
4028	4028	1835
4029	4029	1836
4030	4030	1837
4031	4031	1838
4032	4032	1839
4033	4033	1840
4034	4034	1841
4035	4035	1842
4036	4036	1843
4037	4037	1844
4038	4038	1845
4039	4039	1846
4040	4040	1847 SB75 INTRODUCED
4041	4041	Page 70
4042	4042	Education
4043	4043	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
4044	4044	Board’s budget and operating expenses for the 2023-2024 fiscal year.
4045	4045	(1) Alabama Physician Assistants Service
4046	4046	Program (Loan Repayment)
4047	4047	500,000
4048	4048	To be expended under the provisions of Sections 16-47-220 through 16-47-225, Code of Alabama
4049	4049	1975. The Board shall file a report with the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and
4050	4050	Taxation-Education, House Ways and Means-Education Committee, the Legislative Fiscal Officer
4051	4051	and the Finance Director on October 1, 2024, regarding the expenditures and the condition and
4052	4052	accomplishments of the program, including start-up preparations.
4053	4053	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4054	4054	(1) ETF 2,440,014
4055	4055	(2) Federal and Local Funds 400,000
4056	4056	Total Medical Scholarship Awards, Board
4057	4057	of
4058	4058	2,440,014 400,000 2,840,014
4059	4059	36. Mental Health, Department of:
4060	4060	(a) Institutional Treatment and Care
4061	4061	of Intellectually Disabled
4062	4062	Program
4063	4063	52,516,626 52,516,626
4064	4064	(1) ARC-type Community-based Programs 4,282,409
4065	4065	To fund ARC-type community-based programs pursuant to a formula developed by the Department of
4066	4066	Mental Health. Any ARC program receiving funds for the first time in FY 2025 shall receive a
4067	4067	minimum of $50,000.
4068	4068	(2) Camp ASCCA 465,000
4069	4069	(3) Developmental Disability Nurse
4070	4070	Delegation Program
4071	4071	800,000
4072	4072	(4) Eagles' Wings Program 550,000
4073	4073	(5) Rainbow Omega 550,000
4074	4074	(6) Residential Habilitation 960,000
4075	4075	(7) Community Provider Rate Increases 3,000,000
4076	4076	(8) ARC of Southwest Alabama 34,907
4077	4077	This funding is in addition to the amount allocated to the ARC of Southwest Alabama from the
4078	4078	formula for ARC-type community-based programs.
4079	4079	1848
4080	4080	1849
4081	4081	1850
4082	4082	1851
4083	4083	1852
4084	4084	1853
4085	4085	1854
4086	4086	1855
4087	4087	1856
4088	4088	1857
4089	4089	1858
4090	4090	1859
4091	4091	1860
4092	4092	1861
4093	4093	1862
4094	4094	1863
4095	4095	1864
4096	4096	1865
4097	4097	1866
4098	4098	1867
4099	4099	1868
4100	4100	1869
4101	4101	1870
4102	4102	1871
4103	4103	1872
4104	4104	1873
4105	4105	1874
4106	4106	1875
4107	4107	1876
4108	4108	1877 SB75 INTRODUCED
4109	4109	Page 71
4110	4110	Education
4111	4111	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
4112	4112	formula for ARC-type community-based programs.
4113	4113	(b) Institutional Treatment and Care
4114	4114	of Mental Illness Program
4115	4115	15,387,880 15,387,880
4116	4116	(1) School-Based Mental Health Services
4117	4117	Collaboration
4118	4118	4,500,000
4119	4119	(2) Community Provider Rate Increases 3,000,000
4120	4120	(3) For services to Medicaid-eligible
4121	4121	Children and Youth with Severe
4122	4122	Emotional Disturbance or Autism
4123	4123	Spectrum Disorder
4124	4124	4,750,000
4125	4125	To be used for services to Medicaid-eligible children and youth with severe emotional
4126	4126	disturbance or autism spectrum disorder. The ETF funding provided in this act shall be combined
4127	4127	with funding provided in the State General Fund appropriations act so that a total of at least
4128	4128	$11,000,000 in state funds is allocated for services to those Medicaid-eligible children and
4129	4129	youth.
4130	4130	(c) Special Services Program 6,824,436 6,824,436
4131	4131	(1) Alabama Interagency Autism Coordinating
4132	4132	Council
4133	4133	438,900
4134	4134	a. Regional Centers 225,000
4135	4135	(d) Substance Abuse Program 2,392,794 2,392,794
4136	4136	(1) Community Provider Rate Increases 500,000
4137	4137	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4138	4138	(1) ETF-Transfer 77,121,736
4139	4139	Total Mental Health, Department of 77,121,736 77,121,736
4140	4140	Of the above appropriation to the Department of Mental Health a portion shall be
4141	4141	used to develop and implement best practices and strategies, in conjunction with the
4142	4142	State Department of Education, designed to address the mental health needs,
4143	4143	including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and other anger disorders, of
4144	4144	children and adolescents in public schools.
4145	4145	37. Music Hall of Fame:
4146	4146	(a) Fine Arts Program 204,381 360,018 564,399
4147	4147	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4148	4148	1878
4149	4149	1879
4150	4150	1880
4151	4151	1881
4152	4152	1882
4153	4153	1883
4154	4154	1884
4155	4155	1885
4156	4156	1886
4157	4157	1887
4158	4158	1888
4159	4159	1889
4160	4160	1890
4161	4161	1891
4162	4162	1892
4163	4163	1893
4164	4164	1894
4165	4165	1895
4166	4166	1896
4167	4167	1897
4168	4168	1898
4169	4169	1899
4170	4170	1900
4171	4171	1901
4172	4172	1902
4173	4173	1903
4174	4174	1904
4175	4175	1905
4176	4176	1906
4177	4177	1907
4178	4178	1908 SB75 INTRODUCED
4179	4179	Page 72
4180	4180	Education
4181	4181	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
4182	4182	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4183	4183	(1) ETF 204,381
4184	4184	(2) Music Hall of Fame Fund,
4185	4185	Estimated
4186	4186	360,018
4187	4187	Total Music Hall of Fame 204,381 360,018 564,399
4188	4188	38. Nursing, Alabama Board of:
4189	4189	(a) Professional and Occupational
4190	4190	Licensing and Regulation Program
4191	4191	766,027 10,785,098 11,551,125
4192	4192	The above appropriation shall be expended pursuant to the provisions of
4193	4193	Sections 34-21-60 through 34-21-63, Code of Alabama 1975.
4194	4194	(1) Advanced Degrees Scholarships 150,000
4195	4195	For scholarships for advanced degrees to train instructors to teach nursing classes in Alabama
4196	4196	colleges and universities, notwithstanding the limiting provisions of Sections 34-21-60 through
4197	4197	34-21-63, Code of Alabama 1975.
4198	4198	(2) Loan Repayment Program 450,000
4199	4199	For a loan repayment program for advanced-practice nurses, notwithstanding the limiting
4200	4200	provisions of Sections 34-21-60 through 34-21-63, Code of Alabama 1975. The Board shall file a
4201	4201	report with the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education, House Ways
4202	4202	and Means-Education Committee, the Legislative Fiscal Officer and the Finance Director by
4203	4203	October 1, 2024, regarding the total number of scholarships and loans awarded for the Fall term
4204	4204	of the 2023-2024 academic year and the institution attended by the scholarship and loan
4205	4205	recipients. The report shall also include the name of each scholarship and loan recipient and
4206	4206	the number of years the recipient has received a scholarship or loan.
4207	4207	(3) Nursing Educator Loan Program 150,000
4208	4208	For a loan repayment program for advanced-practice nurses, notwithstanding the limiting
4209	4209	provisions of Sections 34-21-150 through 34-21-155, Code of Alabama 1975. The Board shall file
4210	4210	a report with the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education, House Ways
4211	4211	and Means-Education Committee, the Legislative Fiscal Officer and the Finance Director by
4212	4212	October 1, 2024, regarding the total number of scholarships and loans awarded for the Fall term
4213	4213	of the 2023-2024 academic year and the institution attended by the scholarship and loan
4214	4214	recipients. The report shall also include the name of each scholarship and loan recipient and
4215	4215	the number of years the recipient has received a scholarship or loan.
4216	4216	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4217	4217	1909
4218	4218	1910
4219	4219	1911
4220	4220	1912
4221	4221	1913
4222	4222	1914
4223	4223	1915
4224	4224	1916
4225	4225	1917
4226	4226	1918
4227	4227	1919
4228	4228	1920
4229	4229	1921
4230	4230	1922
4231	4231	1923
4232	4232	1924
4233	4233	1925
4234	4234	1926
4235	4235	1927
4236	4236	1928
4237	4237	1929
4238	4238	1930
4239	4239	1931
4240	4240	1932
4241	4241	1933
4242	4242	1934
4243	4243	1935
4244	4244	1936
4245	4245	1937
4246	4246	1938
4247	4247	1939
4248	4248	1940 SB75 INTRODUCED
4249	4249	Page 73
4250	4250	Education
4251	4251	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
4252	4252	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4253	4253	(1) ETF 766,027
4254	4254	(2) Alabama Board of Nursing Trust
4255	4255	Fund
4256	4256	10,785,098
4257	4257	Total Nursing, Alabama Board of 766,027 10,785,098 11,551,125
4258	4258	39. Optometric Scholarship Awards,
4259	4259	Board of:
4260	4260	(a) Support of Other Educational
4261	4261	Activities Program
4262	4262	200,000 200,000
4263	4263	To be expended under the provisions of Sections 34-22-60 through 34-22-65,
4264	4264	Code of Alabama 1975.
4265	4265	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4266	4266	(1) ETF 200,000
4267	4267	Total Optometric Scholarship Awards,
4268	4268	Board of
4269	4269	200,000 200,000
4270	4270	40. Peace Officers' Standards and
4271	4271	Training Commission, Alabama:
4272	4272	(a) Professional and Occupational
4273	4273	Licensing and Regulation Program
4274	4274	261,089 1,945,929 2,207,018
4275	4275	(b) Certified Law Enforcement Academy
4276	4276	Program
4277	4277	1,862,000 300,000 2,162,000
4278	4278	(1) Regional Training Academies 1,862,000
4279	4279	To be allocated to the five regional training academies, consistent with the provisions of
4280	4280	Section 36-21-47.1, Code of Alabama 1975, in a fair and equitable manner.
4281	4281	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4282	4282	(1) ETF 2,123,089
4283	4283	(2) Alabama Peace Officers' Standards
4284	4284	and Training Fund - as provided
4285	4285	in Sections 36-21-40 through
4286	4286	36-21-51, Code of Alabama 1975
4287	4287	2,245,929
4288	4288	1941
4289	4289	1942
4290	4290	1943
4291	4291	1944
4292	4292	1945
4293	4293	1946
4294	4294	1947
4295	4295	1948
4296	4296	1949
4297	4297	1950
4298	4298	1951
4299	4299	1952
4300	4300	1953
4301	4301	1954
4302	4302	1955
4303	4303	1956
4304	4304	1957
4305	4305	1958
4306	4306	1959
4307	4307	1960
4308	4308	1961
4309	4309	1962
4310	4310	1963
4311	4311	1964
4312	4312	1965
4313	4313	1966
4314	4314	1967
4315	4315	1968
4316	4316	1969 SB75 INTRODUCED
4317	4317	Page 74
4318	4318	Education
4319	4319	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
4320	4320	36-21-51, Code of Alabama 1975
4321	4321	2,245,929
4322	4322	Total Peace Officers' Standards and
4323	4323	Training Commission, Alabama
4324	4324	2,123,089 2,245,929 4,369,018
4325	4325	41. Physical Fitness, State Commission
4326	4326	on:
4327	4327	(a) Advisory Services Program 2,399,951 9,288 2,409,239
4328	4328	(1) Alabama Sports Council 532,260
4329	4329	(2) Alabama Sports Festival 1,005,467
4330	4330	(3) Alabama Sports Hall of Fame 510,000
4331	4331	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4332	4332	(1) ETF 2,399,951
4333	4333	(2) Federal and Local Funds 9,288
4334	4334	Total Physical Fitness, State
4335	4335	Commission on
4336	4336	2,399,951 9,288 2,409,239
4337	4337	42. Rehabilitation Services, Department
4338	4338	of:
4339	4339	(a) Direct Client Services for the
4340	4340	Handicapped Program
4341	4341	55,447,104 193,170,658 248,617,762
4342	4342	(1) Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury 1,000,000
4343	4343	(2) Children's Rehabilitation Services 12,050,611
4344	4344	Of the above appropriation, the agency will pay to each hospital the standard per diem paid by
4345	4345	the Alabama Medicaid Agency for services relating to scoliosis and spina bifida medical care.
4346	4346	(3) Disability Resource Network 150,000
4347	4347	(4) Early Intervention Program 14,690,685
4348	4348	(5) Education of Dependents of Blind
4349	4349	Parents
4350	4350	10,399
4351	4351	The above appropriation shall be allocated for reimbursement to every state institution of
4352	4352	higher learning, college, university, community college, or junior college, in which benefits
4353	4353	are given to dependents of blind parents under the provisions of Sections 16-33-1 through
4354	4354	16-33-12, Code of Alabama 1975.
4355	4355	(6) Hemophilia 1,289,809
4356	4356	(7) Homebound 6,212,581
4357	4357	1970
4358	4358	1971
4359	4359	1972
4360	4360	1973
4361	4361	1974
4362	4362	1975
4363	4363	1976
4364	4364	1977
4365	4365	1978
4366	4366	1979
4367	4367	1980
4368	4368	1981
4369	4369	1982
4370	4370	1983
4371	4371	1984
4372	4372	1985
4373	4373	1986
4374	4374	1987
4375	4375	1988
4376	4376	1989
4377	4377	1990
4378	4378	1991
4379	4379	1992
4380	4380	1993
4381	4381	1994
4382	4382	1995
4383	4383	1996
4384	4384	1997
4385	4385	1998
4386	4386	1999
4387	4387	2000 SB75 INTRODUCED
4388	4388	Page 75
4389	4389	Education
4390	4390	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
4391	4391	(7) Homebound 6,212,581
4392	4392	(8) Rehabilitation Services 18,017,388
4393	4393	a. Teaching Children With Disabilities 88,213
4394	4394	(9) Respite Related Services and Training 315,000
4395	4395	(10) Exceptional Foundation 150,000
4396	4396	(11) Rehabilitation Projects 1,560,631
4397	4397	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4398	4398	(1) ETF 54,447,104
4399	4399	(2) ETF-Transfer 1,000,000
4400	4400	(3) Alabama Head and Spinal Cord
4401	4401	Injury Trust Fund
4402	4402	1,000,000
4403	4403	(4) Federal and Local Funds 192,170,658
4404	4404	Total Rehabilitation Services,
4405	4405	Department of
4406	4406	55,447,104 193,170,658 248,617,762
4407	4407	The above appropriation to the Department of Rehabilitation Services -
4408	4408	Rehabilitation Projects may be used to contract with providers of cerebral palsy
4409	4409	services.
4410	4410	43. Revenue, Department of:
4411	4411	(a) Education Savings Account Program 50,000,000 50,000,000
4412	4412	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4413	4413	(1) CHOOSE Act Fund, Estimated 50,000,000
4414	4414	As established by House Bill X/Senate Bill X of the 2024 Regular Session of
4415	4415	the Legislature.
4416	4416	Total Revenue, Department of 50,000,000 50,000,000
4417	4417	44. Sickle Cell Oversight and
4418	4418	Regulatory Commission, Alabama :
4419	4419	(a) Support of Other Educational
4420	4420	Activities Program
4421	4421	1,681,613 1,681,613
4422	4422	(1) Commission Travel and Other Expenses 60,973
4423	4423	(2) University and Community-based Sickle
4424	4424	Cell Programs
4425	4425	1,620,640
4426	4426	2001
4427	4427	2002
4428	4428	2003
4429	4429	2004
4430	4430	2005
4431	4431	2006
4432	4432	2007
4433	4433	2008
4434	4434	2009
4435	4435	2010
4436	4436	2011
4437	4437	2012
4438	4438	2013
4439	4439	2014
4440	4440	2015
4441	4441	2016
4442	4442	2017
4443	4443	2018
4444	4444	2019
4445	4445	2020
4446	4446	2021
4447	4447	2022
4448	4448	2023
4449	4449	2024
4450	4450	2025
4451	4451	2026
4452	4452	2027
4453	4453	2028
4454	4454	2029
4455	4455	2030 SB75 INTRODUCED
4456	4456	Page 76
4457	4457	Education
4458	4458	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
4459	4459	Cell Programs
4460	4460	1,620,640
4461	4461	To fund university and community-based Sickle Cell programs which were funded from the ETF
4462	4462	budget in FY 2000. These funds shall be distributed proportionately to the distribution made in
4463	4463	FY 2003.
4464	4464	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4465	4465	(1) ETF 1,681,613
4466	4466	Total Sickle Cell Oversight and
4467	4467	Regulatory Commission, Alabama
4468	4468	1,681,613 1,681,613
4469	4469	45. Space Science Exhibit Commission,
4470	4470	Alabama :
4471	4471	(a) Special Services Program 2,850,000 47,152,895 50,002,895
4472	4472	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4473	4473	(1) ETF 2,850,000
4474	4474	(2) Federal and Local Funds 47,152,895
4475	4475	Total Space Science Exhibit Commission,
4476	4476	Alabama
4477	4477	2,850,000 47,152,895 50,002,895
4478	4478	46. Supercomputer Authority, Alabama :
4479	4479	(a) Information Technology Services
4480	4480	Program
4481	4481	22,908,780 4,500,000 27,408,780
4482	4482	The above appropriation is to be expended in accordance with Sections
4483	4483	41-10-390 through 41-10-406, Code of Alabama 1975.
4484	4484	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4485	4485	(1) ETF-Transfer 22,908,780
4486	4486	(2) Supercomputer Revolving Fund,
4487	4487	Estimated
4488	4488	4,500,000
4489	4489	Total Supercomputer Authority, Alabama 22,908,780 4,500,000 27,408,780
4490	4490	47. Veterans' Affairs, Department of:
4491	4491	(a) Administration of Veteran's
4492	4492	Affairs Program
4493	4493	2,815,227 2,815,227
4494	4494	(b) Student Financial Aid Program,
4495	4495	Estimated
4496	4496	45,000,000 45,000,000
4497	4497	2031
4498	4498	2032
4499	4499	2033
4500	4500	2034
4501	4501	2035
4502	4502	2036
4503	4503	2037
4504	4504	2038
4505	4505	2039
4506	4506	2040
4507	4507	2041
4508	4508	2042
4509	4509	2043
4510	4510	2044
4511	4511	2045
4512	4512	2046
4513	4513	2047
4514	4514	2048
4515	4515	2049
4516	4516	2050
4517	4517	2051
4518	4518	2052
4519	4519	2053
4520	4520	2054
4521	4521	2055
4522	4522	2056
4523	4523	2057
4524	4524	2058
4525	4525	2059
4526	4526	2060 SB75 INTRODUCED
4527	4527	Page 77
4528	4528	Education
4529	4529	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
4530	4530	Estimated
4531	4531	45,000,000 45,000,000
4532	4532	For reimbursement to every state institution of higher learning, college,
4533	4533	university, community college, junior college or technical college in which
4534	4534	benefits are given to veterans, their spouses, widows, or children under the
4535	4535	provisions of Sections 31-6-1 through 31-6-17, Code of Alabama 1975.
4536	4536	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4537	4537	(1) ETF 47,815,227
4538	4538	Total Veterans' Affairs, Department of 47,815,227 47,815,227
4539	4539	48. Youth Services, Department of:
4540	4540	(a) Financial Assistance Program
4541	4541	(School District)
4542	4542	8,403,949 8,403,949
4543	4543	The above appropriation shall be expended by the Youth Services Department
4544	4544	School District in a manner consistent with the funding formula cooperatively
4545	4545	established by the Youth Services Board and the State Board of Education
4546	4546	pursuant to the provisions of Sections 44-1-70 through 44-1-78, Code of
4547	4547	Alabama 1975.
4548	4548	(b) Youth Services Program 50,700,102 50,700,102
4549	4549	(c) Special Programming for
4550	4550	Achievement Network (SPAN)
4551	4551	Program
4552	4552	3,565,732 3,565,732
4553	4553	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4554	4554	(1) ETF-Transfer 62,669,783
4555	4555	Total Youth Services, Department of 62,669,783 62,669,783
4556	4556	C. Colleges and Universities:
4557	4557	1. Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical
4558	4558	University, Board of Trustees:
4559	4559	(a) Operations and Maintenance and
4560	4560	Program Support
4561	4561	51,381,500 105,090,689 156,472,189
4562	4562	(1) Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity
4563	4563	and STEM Enhancements
4564	4564	125,000
4565	4565	2061
4566	4566	2062
4567	4567	2063
4568	4568	2064
4569	4569	2065
4570	4570	2066
4571	4571	2067
4572	4572	2068
4573	4573	2069
4574	4574	2070
4575	4575	2071
4576	4576	2072
4577	4577	2073
4578	4578	2074
4579	4579	2075
4580	4580	2076
4581	4581	2077
4582	4582	2078
4583	4583	2079
4584	4584	2080
4585	4585	2081
4586	4586	2082
4587	4587	2083
4588	4588	2084
4589	4589	2085
4590	4590	2086
4591	4591	2087
4592	4592	2088
4593	4593	2089 SB75 INTRODUCED
4594	4594	Page 78
4595	4595	Education
4596	4596	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
4597	4597	and STEM Enhancements
4598	4598	125,000
4599	4599	(2) State Black Archives Research Center
4600	4600	and Museum
4601	4601	125,000
4602	4602	(b) Extension-Urban Affairs and
4603	4603	Non-Traditional Land Grant
4604	4604	Programs
4605	4605	4,084,765 4,084,765
4606	4606	Pursuant to Knight v. Alabama Final Settlement Agreement.
4607	4607	(c) Agricultural Research Station
4608	4608	Fixed Costs
4609	4609	432,285 432,285
4610	4610	Pursuant to Knight v. Alabama Final Settlement Agreement.
4611	4611	(d) Auxiliary Enterprises 31,432,542 31,432,542
4612	4612	(e) Restricted Funds 59,563,903 59,563,903
4613	4613	(f) Agricultural Research and
4614	4614	Extension-State Match
4615	4615	1,305,883 1,305,883
4616	4616	(g) The Virginia Caples Learning
4617	4617	Living Institute
4618	4618	100,000 100,000
4619	4619	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4620	4620	(1) ETF 57,304,433
4621	4621	(2) Federal and Other Funds 196,087,134
4622	4622	Total Alabama Agricultural and
4623	4623	Mechanical University, Board of
4624	4624	Trustees
4625	4625	57,304,433 196,087,134 253,391,567
4626	4626	2. Alabama A and M University, Board
4627	4627	of Trustees-Miles College
4628	4628	Consortium:
4629	4629	(a) Alabama A and M University-Miles
4630	4630	College Consortium
4631	4631	493,486 493,486
4632	4632	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4633	4633	(1) ETF 493,486
4634	4634	Total Alabama A and M University, Board
4635	4635	of Trustees-Miles College Consortium
4636	4636	493,486 493,486
4637	4637	2090
4638	4638	2091
4639	4639	2092
4640	4640	2093
4641	4641	2094
4642	4642	2095
4643	4643	2096
4644	4644	2097
4645	4645	2098
4646	4646	2099
4647	4647	2100
4648	4648	2101
4649	4649	2102
4650	4650	2103
4651	4651	2104
4652	4652	2105
4653	4653	2106
4654	4654	2107
4655	4655	2108
4656	4656	2109
4657	4657	2110
4658	4658	2111
4659	4659	2112
4660	4660	2113
4661	4661	2114
4662	4662	2115
4663	4663	2116
4664	4664	2117
4665	4665	2118
4666	4666	2119 SB75 INTRODUCED
4667	4667	Page 79
4668	4668	Education
4669	4669	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
4670	4670	of Trustees-Miles College Consortium
4671	4671	493,486 493,486
4672	4672	3. Alabama State University, Board of
4673	4673	Trustees:
4674	4674	(a) Operations and Maintenance and
4675	4675	Program Support
4676	4676	62,783,930 68,611,210 131,395,140
4677	4677	(1) Title VI Program Enhancement 1,657,477
4678	4678	(2) Physical Therapy Program 1,630,747
4679	4679	(3) Occupational Therapy Program 520,980
4680	4680	(4) Health Information Management Program 479,323
4681	4681	(5) EdD in Educational Leadership, Policy
4682	4682	and Law Program
4683	4683	2,392,969
4684	4684	(6) Dormitory Renovations 500,000
4685	4685	(7) Desegregation Planning 184,906
4686	4686	Pursuant to the Knight v. Alabama Final Settlement Agreement.
4687	4687	(8) Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences 100,000
4688	4688	$25,000 per quarter shall be transferred to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences -
4689	4689	Forensic Services Trust Fund for the building occupied by the department at the Alabama State
4690	4690	University campus.
4691	4691	(b) Auxiliary Enterprises 10,084,513 10,084,513
4692	4692	(c) Restricted Funds 24,895,358 24,895,358
4693	4693	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4694	4694	(1) ETF 62,783,930
4695	4695	(2) Federal and Other Funds 103,591,081
4696	4696	Total Alabama State University, Board
4697	4697	of Trustees
4698	4698	62,783,930 103,591,081 166,375,011
4699	4699	4. Alabama, The University of, Board
4700	4700	of Trustees:
4701	4701	(a) Operations and Maintenance and
4702	4702	Program Support for the
4703	4703	University of Alabama at
4704	4704	Tuscaloosa
4705	4705	248,302,456 908,337,544 1,156,640,000
4706	4706	2120
4707	4707	2121
4708	4708	2122
4709	4709	2123
4710	4710	2124
4711	4711	2125
4712	4712	2126
4713	4713	2127
4714	4714	2128
4715	4715	2129
4716	4716	2130
4717	4717	2131
4718	4718	2132
4719	4719	2133
4720	4720	2134
4721	4721	2135
4722	4722	2136
4723	4723	2137
4724	4724	2138
4725	4725	2139
4726	4726	2140
4727	4727	2141
4728	4728	2142
4729	4729	2143
4730	4730	2144
4731	4731	2145
4732	4732	2146
4733	4733	2147
4734	4734	2148
4735	4735	2149 SB75 INTRODUCED
4736	4736	Page 80
4737	4737	Education
4738	4738	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
4739	4739	Tuscaloosa
4740	4740	248,302,456 908,337,544 1,156,640,000
4741	4741	(1) Alabama Small Business Development
4742	4742	Centers
4743	4743	961,600
4744	4744	(2) Alabama Transportation Institute 5,000,000
4745	4745	(3) Institute for Automotive Engineering 1,000,000
4746	4746	(4) Rural Health Care Program 600,000
4747	4747	(5) State of Alabama Water Resource Center 1,360,000
4748	4748	(b) Operations and Maintenance and
4749	4749	Program Support for the
4750	4750	University of Alabama at
4751	4751	Birmingham
4752	4752	393,173,000 4,218,352,555 4,611,525,555
4753	4753	(1) Alabama Drug Discovery Alliance 1,400,000
4754	4754	In collaboration with the Southern Research Institute.
4755	4755	(2) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
4756	4756	Clinic
4757	4757	750,000
4758	4758	(3) Center for Clinical and Transitional
4759	4759	Science
4760	4760	500,000
4761	4761	(4) Genome Alabama 2,000,000
4762	4762	In collaboration with the Hudson Alpha Institute.
4763	4763	(5) High School and Middle School Athletic
4764	4764	Training Programs
4765	4765	356,765
4766	4766	(6) Minority Dental Program 201,473
4767	4767	(7) Rural Hospitals Resource Center 1,250,000
4768	4768	(8) School of Optometry 250,000
4769	4769	(9) UAB School of Medicine-Central Alabama
4770	4770	Regional Campus
4771	4771	500,000
4772	4772	(10) University of Alabama at Birmingham
4773	4773	Cancer Center
4774	4774	5,052,527
4775	4775	(c) Operations and Maintenance and
4776	4776	Program Support for the
4777	4777	University of Alabama in
4778	4778	Huntsville
4779	4779	72,681,686 145,854,371 218,536,057
4780	4780	2150
4781	4781	2151
4782	4782	2152
4783	4783	2153
4784	4784	2154
4785	4785	2155
4786	4786	2156
4787	4787	2157
4788	4788	2158
4789	4789	2159
4790	4790	2160
4791	4791	2161
4792	4792	2162
4793	4793	2163
4794	4794	2164
4795	4795	2165
4796	4796	2166
4797	4797	2167
4798	4798	2168
4799	4799	2169
4800	4800	2170
4801	4801	2171
4802	4802	2172
4803	4803	2173
4804	4804	2174
4805	4805	2175
4806	4806	2176
4807	4807	2177
4808	4808	2178
4809	4809	2179
4810	4810	2180 SB75 INTRODUCED
4811	4811	Page 81
4812	4812	Education
4813	4813	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
4814	4814	Huntsville
4815	4815	72,681,686 145,854,371 218,536,057
4816	4816	(1) Alabama Office of the State
4817	4817	Climatologist
4818	4818	850,000
4819	4819	(2) Redstone Research Retention Program 2,700,000
4820	4820	(d) Special Mental Health and
4821	4821	Chauncey Sparks Center for
4822	4822	Developmental and Learning
4823	4823	Disorders, University of Alabama
4824	4824	at Birmingham
4825	4825	4,236,628 4,236,628
4826	4826	(e) Auxiliary Enterprises 325,543,336 325,543,336
4827	4827	(f) Restricted Funds 1,103,695,478 1,103,695,478
4828	4828	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4829	4829	(1) ETF 718,393,770
4830	4830	(2) Federal and Other Funds 6,701,783,284
4831	4831	Total Alabama, The University of, Board
4832	4832	of Trustees
4833	4833	718,393,770 6,701,783,284 7,420,177,054
4834	4834	5. Athens State University, Board of
4835	4835	Trustees:
4836	4836	(a) Operations and Maintenance and
4837	4837	Program Support
4838	4838	21,741,509 22,735,259 44,476,768
4839	4839	(1) Arts Center 256,455
4840	4840	(2) Center for Excellence in Education
4841	4841	Diversity
4842	4842	325,000
4843	4843	(3) Collaboration Program with the Alabama
4844	4844	Community College System
4845	4845	275,000
4846	4846	(b) Auxiliary Enterprises 475,000 475,000
4847	4847	(c) Restricted Funds 22,975,868 22,975,868
4848	4848	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4849	4849	(1) ETF 21,741,509
4850	4850	(2) Federal and Other Funds 46,186,127
4851	4851	2181
4852	4852	2182
4853	4853	2183
4854	4854	2184
4855	4855	2185
4856	4856	2186
4857	4857	2187
4858	4858	2188
4859	4859	2189
4860	4860	2190
4861	4861	2191
4862	4862	2192
4863	4863	2193
4864	4864	2194
4865	4865	2195
4866	4866	2196
4867	4867	2197
4868	4868	2198
4869	4869	2199
4870	4870	2200
4871	4871	2201
4872	4872	2202
4873	4873	2203
4874	4874	2204
4875	4875	2205
4876	4876	2206
4877	4877	2207
4878	4878	2208
4879	4879	2209 SB75 INTRODUCED
4880	4880	Page 82
4881	4881	Education
4882	4882	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
4883	4883	(2) Federal and Other Funds 46,186,127
4884	4884	Total Athens State University, Board of
4885	4885	Trustees
4886	4886	21,741,509 46,186,127 67,927,636
4887	4887	6. Auburn University, Board of
4888	4888	Trustees:
4889	4889	(a) Operations and Maintenance and
4890	4890	Program Support, Auburn
4891	4891	University
4892	4892	267,629,307 848,438,805 1,116,068,112
4893	4893	(1) CLT Outreach and Research 940,125
4894	4894	The above appropriation for CLT Outreach and Research shall be used for capital expenses and
4895	4895	equipment and shall not be used for salaries and benefits.
4896	4896	a. College of Architecture, Design and
4897	4897	Construction
4898	4898	250,000
4899	4899	For CLT equipment purchases.
4900	4900	(2) National Livestock Competition
4901	4901	Coordinator
4902	4902	250,000
4903	4903	For the recruitment and retention of a National Livestock Competition Coordinator for the
4904	4904	College of Agriculture.
4905	4905	(3) Poultry Science Department 250,000
4906	4906	(4) Irrigation Research and Outreach
4907	4907	Initiative
4908	4908	500,000
4909	4909	(b) Operations and Maintenance and
4910	4910	Program Support, Alabama
4911	4911	Agricultural Experiment Station
4912	4912	42,970,803 5,692,110 48,662,913
4913	4913	(c) Operations and Maintenance and
4914	4914	Program Support, Alabama
4915	4915	Cooperative Extension System
4916	4916	45,243,995 2,029,902 47,273,897
4917	4917	(1) 4-H Youth Development Agricultural and
4918	4918	Animal Sciences Extension Specialist
4919	4919	125,000
4920	4920	(d) Operations and Maintenance and
4921	4921	Program Support, Auburn
4922	4922	University at Montgomery
4923	4923	33,112,856 59,107,600 92,220,456
4924	4924	2210
4925	4925	2211
4926	4926	2212
4927	4927	2213
4928	4928	2214
4929	4929	2215
4930	4930	2216
4931	4931	2217
4932	4932	2218
4933	4933	2219
4934	4934	2220
4935	4935	2221
4936	4936	2222
4937	4937	2223
4938	4938	2224
4939	4939	2225
4940	4940	2226
4941	4941	2227
4942	4942	2228
4943	4943	2229
4944	4944	2230
4945	4945	2231
4946	4946	2232
4947	4947	2233
4948	4948	2234
4949	4949	2235
4950	4950	2236
4951	4951	2237
4952	4952	2238
4953	4953	2239
4954	4954	2240 SB75 INTRODUCED
4955	4955	Page 83
4956	4956	Education
4957	4957	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
4958	4958	University at Montgomery
4959	4959	33,112,856 59,107,600 92,220,456
4960	4960	(1) Senior Resource Center 114,915
4961	4961	(e) Restricted Funds 264,298,732 264,298,732
4962	4962	(f) Auxiliary Enterprises 222,239,178 222,239,178
4963	4963	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4964	4964	(1) ETF 388,956,961
4965	4965	(2) Federal and Other Funds 1,401,806,327
4966	4966	Total Auburn University, Board of
4967	4967	Trustees
4968	4968	388,956,961 1,401,806,327 1,790,763,288
4969	4969	7. Jacksonville State University,
4970	4970	Board of Trustees:
4971	4971	(a) Operations and Maintenance and
4972	4972	Program Support
4973	4973	57,283,222 115,686,510 172,969,732
4974	4974	(1) Center for Applied Forensics 500,000
4975	4975	(2) Center for Law Enforcement Best
4976	4976	Practices
4977	4977	475,000
4978	4978	(3) Center for Manufacturing Support 700,000
4979	4979	(4) Economic Development Initiative for the
4980	4980	Alabama Scenic River Trail
4981	4981	250,000
4982	4982	(5) Little River Canyon Field School 450,000
4983	4983	Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any amount appropriated to Jacksonville
4984	4984	State University for the Little River Canyon Field School, for the fiscal year ending September
4985	4985	30, 2024, which is unexpended shall remain at Jacksonville State University to be expended for
4986	4986	the Little River Canyon Field School.
4987	4987	(6) Correctional Professional Training 150,000
4988	4988	(b) Auxiliary Enterprises 24,139,080 24,139,080
4989	4989	(c) Restricted Funds 78,520,306 78,520,306
4990	4990	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4991	4991	(1) ETF 57,283,222
4992	4992	(2) Federal and Other Funds 218,345,896
4993	4993	2241
4994	4994	2242
4995	4995	2243
4996	4996	2244
4997	4997	2245
4998	4998	2246
4999	4999	2247
5000	5000	2248
5001	5001	2249
5002	5002	2250
5003	5003	2251
5004	5004	2252
5005	5005	2253
5006	5006	2254
5007	5007	2255
5008	5008	2256
5009	5009	2257
5010	5010	2258
5011	5011	2259
5012	5012	2260
5013	5013	2261
5014	5014	2262
5015	5015	2263
5016	5016	2264
5017	5017	2265
5018	5018	2266
5019	5019	2267
5020	5020	2268
5021	5021	2269 SB75 INTRODUCED
5022	5022	Page 84
5023	5023	Education
5024	5024	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
5025	5025	(2) Federal and Other Funds 218,345,896
5026	5026	Total Jacksonville State University,
5027	5027	Board of Trustees
5028	5028	57,283,222 218,345,896 275,629,118
5029	5029	8. Montevallo, University of, Board of
5030	5030	Trustees:
5031	5031	(a) Operations and Maintenance and
5032	5032	Program Support
5033	5033	30,680,750 43,750,000 74,430,750
5034	5034	(1) Allied Health 1,250,000
5035	5035	(2) Purchase Books and Materials for
5036	5036	Disadvantaged Students
5037	5037	50,000
5038	5038	(3) Rural Teacher Recruitment 350,000
5039	5039	(b) Auxiliary Enterprises 12,250,000 12,250,000
5040	5040	(c) Restricted Funds 12,793,341 12,793,341
5041	5041	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
5042	5042	(1) ETF 30,680,750
5043	5043	(2) Federal and Other Funds 68,793,341
5044	5044	Total Montevallo, University of, Board
5045	5045	of Trustees
5046	5046	30,680,750 68,793,341 99,474,091
5047	5047	9. North Alabama, University of, Board
5048	5048	of Trustees:
5049	5049	(a) Operations and Maintenance and
5050	5050	Program Support
5051	5051	53,189,628 102,141,717 155,331,345
5052	5052	(1) Workforce Development Initiatives 2,250,000
5053	5053	(b) Auxiliary Enterprises 24,015,571 24,015,571
5054	5054	(c) Restricted Funds 6,000,000 6,000,000
5055	5055	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
5056	5056	(1) ETF 53,189,628
5057	5057	(2) Federal and Other Funds 132,157,288
5058	5058	Total North Alabama, University of,
5059	5059	Board of Trustees
5060	5060	53,189,628 132,157,288 185,346,916
5061	5061	2270
5062	5062	2271
5063	5063	2272
5064	5064	2273
5065	5065	2274
5066	5066	2275
5067	5067	2276
5068	5068	2277
5069	5069	2278
5070	5070	2279
5071	5071	2280
5072	5072	2281
5073	5073	2282
5074	5074	2283
5075	5075	2284
5076	5076	2285
5077	5077	2286
5078	5078	2287
5079	5079	2288
5080	5080	2289
5081	5081	2290
5082	5082	2291
5083	5083	2292
5084	5084	2293
5085	5085	2294
5086	5086	2295
5087	5087	2296
5088	5088	2297
5089	5089	2298 SB75 INTRODUCED
5090	5090	Page 85
5091	5091	Education
5092	5092	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
5093	5093	Board of Trustees
5094	5094	53,189,628 132,157,288 185,346,916
5095	5095	10. South Alabama, University of, Board
5096	5096	of Trustees:
5097	5097	(a) Operations and Maintenance and
5098	5098	Program Support
5099	5099	161,458,465 1,146,029,165 1,307,487,630
5100	5100	(1) ALS Center for Excellence 750,000
5101	5101	(2) Rural Hospitals Resource Center 1,250,000
5102	5102	(b) Auxiliary Enterprises 24,401,976 24,401,976
5103	5103	(c) Restricted Funds 174,825,800 174,825,800
5104	5104	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
5105	5105	(1) ETF 161,458,465
5106	5106	(2) Federal and Other Funds 1,345,256,941
5107	5107	Total South Alabama, University of,
5108	5108	Board of Trustees
5109	5109	161,458,465 1,345,256,941 1,506,715,406
5110	5110	11. Troy University, Board of Trustees:
5111	5111	(a) Operations and Maintenance and
5112	5112	Program Support
5113	5113	81,246,926 149,072,642 230,319,568
5114	5114	(1) Dothan Pre-K Teacher Training Center 450,000
5115	5115	(2) Sign Language Interpretive Center 450,000
5116	5116	(3) Center for Civics Education and
5117	5117	Leadership
5118	5118	1,000,000
5119	5119	(b) Auxiliary Enterprises 19,737,811 19,737,811
5120	5120	(c) Restricted Funds 41,773,247 41,773,247
5121	5121	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
5122	5122	(1) ETF 81,246,926
5123	5123	(2) Federal and Other Funds 210,583,700
5124	5124	Total Troy University, Board of
5125	5125	Trustees
5126	5126	81,246,926 210,583,700 291,830,626
5127	5127	12. West Alabama, University of, Board
5128	5128	of Trustees:
5129	5129	2299
5130	5130	2300
5131	5131	2301
5132	5132	2302
5133	5133	2303
5134	5134	2304
5135	5135	2305
5136	5136	2306
5137	5137	2307
5138	5138	2308
5139	5139	2309
5140	5140	2310
5141	5141	2311
5142	5142	2312
5143	5143	2313
5144	5144	2314
5145	5145	2315
5146	5146	2316
5147	5147	2317
5148	5148	2318
5149	5149	2319
5150	5150	2320
5151	5151	2321
5152	5152	2322
5153	5153	2323
5154	5154	2324
5155	5155	2325
5156	5156	2326
5157	5157	2327 SB75 INTRODUCED
5158	5158	Page 86
5159	5159	Education
5160	5160	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
5161	5161	of Trustees:
5162	5162	(a) Operations and Maintenance and
5163	5163	Program Support
5164	5164	30,515,149 47,930,250 78,445,399
5165	5165	(1) Black Belt STEM 550,000
5166	5166	(2) Blackbelt Teaching Initiative 690,000
5167	5167	(3) National Young Farmers 50,000
5168	5168	(4) Rural Workforce Development 400,000
5169	5169	(5) Women's Hall of Fame 10,000
5170	5170	(b) Auxiliary Enterprises 6,404,090 6,404,090
5171	5171	(c) Restricted Funds 753,034 753,034
5172	5172	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
5173	5173	(1) ETF 30,515,149
5174	5174	(2) Federal and Other Funds 55,087,374
5175	5175	Total West Alabama, University of,
5176	5176	Board of Trustees
5177	5177	30,515,149 55,087,374 85,602,523
5178	5178	13. West Alabama, University of, Board
5179	5179	of Trustees-Stillman College:
5180	5180	(a) University of West
5181	5181	Alabama-Stillman College
5182	5182	100,000 100,000
5183	5183	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
5184	5184	(1) ETF 100,000
5185	5185	Total West Alabama, University of,
5186	5186	Board of Trustees-Stillman College
5187	5187	100,000 100,000
5188	5188	D. Alabama Innovation Fund:
5189	5189	1. Alabama Innovation Fund:
5190	5190	(a) Alabama Innovation Fund 33,420,133 33,420,133
5191	5191	2328
5192	5192	2329
5193	5193	2330
5194	5194	2331
5195	5195	2332
5196	5196	2333
5197	5197	2334
5198	5198	2335
5199	5199	2336
5200	5200	2337
5201	5201	2338
5202	5202	2339
5203	5203	2340
5204	5204	2341
5205	5205	2342
5206	5206	2343
5207	5207	2344
5208	5208	2345
5209	5209	2346
5210	5210	2347
5211	5211	2348
5212	5212	2349
5213	5213	2350
5214	5214	2351
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5217	5217	Education
5218	5218	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
5219	5219	(a) Alabama Innovation Fund 33,420,133 33,420,133
5220	5220	The above appropriation shall be used for economic development and research
5221	5221	purposes recommended by the Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce
5222	5222	and approved by the Governor. The Secretary of the Department of Commerce
5223	5223	shall notify the Chairs of the Senate Finance and Taxation-Education Committee
5224	5224	and the House Ways and Means-Education Committee in writing at least 10 days
5225	5225	prior to the disbursement of any funds. Such notification shall include the
5226	5226	project description and the amount to be disbursed.
5227	5227	(1) Innovate Alabama 25,000,000
5228	5228	(2) Neurological Research Project 1,000,000
5229	5229	(3) Hudson Alpha Institute for
5230	5230	Biotechnology
5231	5231	1,000,000
5232	5232	(4) Small Business Innovation Research and
5233	5233	Small Business Technology Matching
5234	5234	Grants
5235	5235	5,000,000
5236	5236	Pursuant to the provisions of Article 21 of Chapter 10 of Title 41.
5237	5237	(5) Southern Research Institute 1,000,000
5238	5238	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
5239	5239	(1) ETF 33,420,133
5240	5240	Total Alabama Innovation Fund 33,420,133 33,420,133
5241	5241	E. Other:
5242	5242	1. Deaf and Blind, Alabama Institute
5243	5243	for, Board of Trustees:
5244	5244	(a) Adult Programs 16,980,631 8,506,725 25,487,356
5245	5245	(1) Birmingham Regional Office 10,000
5246	5246	(b) Children and Youth Programs 47,205,902 13,338,685 60,544,587
5247	5247	(c) Industries for the Blind 12,080,260 27,294,000 39,374,260
5248	5248	SOURCE OF FUNDS:
5249	5249	(1) ETF 76,266,793
5250	5250	(2) Federal and Local Funds 49,139,410
5251	5251	2353
5252	5252	2354
5253	5253	2355
5254	5254	2356
5255	5255	2357
5256	5256	2358
5257	5257	2359
5258	5258	2360
5259	5259	2361
5260	5260	2362
5261	5261	2363
5262	5262	2364
5263	5263	2365
5264	5264	2366
5265	5265	2367
5266	5266	2368
5267	5267	2369
5268	5268	2370
5269	5269	2371
5270	5270	2372
5271	5271	2373
5272	5272	2374
5273	5273	2375
5274	5274	2376
5275	5275	2377
5276	5276	2378
5277	5277	2379
5278	5278	2380
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5281	5281	Education
5282	5282	Trust Fund Other Funds Total
5283	5283	(2) Federal and Local Funds 49,139,410
5284	5284	Total Deaf and Blind, Alabama Institute
5285	5285	for, Board of Trustees
5286	5286	76,266,793 49,139,410 125,406,2032382
5287	5287	2383
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5290	5290	Section 4. (a) In addition to the appropriations
5291	5291	herein made, all gifts, grants, contributions, insurance
5292	5292	proceeds or entitlements, in excess of the amount carried in
5293	5293	this act, including grants by the Congress of the United
5294	5294	States, municipalities or counties, to any department,
5295	5295	division, board, bureau, commission, agency, institution,
5296	5296	office or officer of the State of Alabama are hereby
5297	5297	appropriated and, in the event the same are recurring, are
5298	5298	reappropriated to such department, division, board, bureau,
5299	5299	commission, agency, institution, office, or officer to be used
5300	5300	only for the purpose or purposes for which the grant or
5301	5301	contribution was or shall be made. Further, all state, county,
5302	5302	municipal, and educational entities are authorized to disburse
5303	5303	such sums as deemed necessary by mutual agreement between said
5304	5304	entities and the State of Alabama, Department of Examiners of
5305	5305	Public Accounts to partially defray the cost of auditing
5306	5306	services performed by said agency. All such sums are hereby
5307	5307	appropriated and reappropriated if necessary to the Department
5308	5308	of Examiners of Public Accounts for audit services, to be
5309	5309	expended through the fund established by Section 41-5A-22,
5310	5310	Code of Alabama 1975.
5311	5311	(b) The State Superintendent of Education shall encourage the
5312	5312	Local Education Agencies to use federal stimulus funds
5313	5313	2385
5314	5314	2386
5315	5315	2387
5316	5316	2388
5317	5317	2389
5318	5318	2390
5319	5319	2391
5320	5320	2392
5321	5321	2393
5322	5322	2394
5323	5323	2395
5324	5324	2396
5325	5325	2397
5326	5326	2398
5327	5327	2399
5328	5328	2400
5329	5329	2401
5330	5330	2402
5331	5331	2403
5332	5332	2404
5333	5333	2405
5334	5334	2406
5335	5335	2407
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5338	5338	Local Education Agencies to use federal stimulus funds
5339	5339	provided by the Congress of the United States through the
5340	5340	Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund for
5341	5341	one-time, non-recurring allowable expenses to address the
5342	5342	coronavirus pandemic in Alabama public schools. The
5343	5343	Superintendent shall periodically report to the Finance
5344	5344	Director, Chairs of the Senate Finance and Taxation-Education
5345	5345	Committee, the House Ways and Means-Education Committee, and
5346	5346	the Legislative Fiscal Officer, regarding the planned and
5347	5347	actual expenditures of these funds by the Local Education
5348	5348	Agencies.
5349	5349	(c) The Local Education Agencies shall expend no less than
5350	5350	$100,000,000 of all federal stimulus funds provided by the
5351	5351	Congress of the United States to address the coronavirus
5352	5352	pandemic in Alabama public schools to implement the safely
5353	5353	opening schools program, to include, but not limited to:
5354	5354	screening, testing, isolation, and quarantine of students and
5355	5355	school personnel with symptoms, in order to protect students,
5356	5356	teachers, and support personnel for schools to return to
5357	5357	full-time in-person education. Local school boards shall have
5358	5358	the choice to utilize the funds for the above purposes to the
5359	5359	degree that meets their individual needs.
5360	5360	Section 5. The State Superintendent of Education shall
5361	5361	make requisitions to the State Comptroller in favor of the
5362	5362	proper beneficiary in accordance with the law and rules and
5363	5363	regulations governing the expenditure or disbursement of any
5364	5364	and all funds appropriated to the State Department of
5365	5365	Education and/or the State Board of Education in this act,
5366	5366	2409
5367	5367	2410
5368	5368	2411
5369	5369	2412
5370	5370	2413
5371	5371	2414
5372	5372	2415
5373	5373	2416
5374	5374	2417
5375	5375	2418
5376	5376	2419
5377	5377	2420
5378	5378	2421
5379	5379	2422
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5381	5381	2424
5382	5382	2425
5383	5383	2426
5384	5384	2427
5385	5385	2428
5386	5386	2429
5387	5387	2430
5388	5388	2431
5389	5389	2432
5390	5390	2433
5391	5391	2434
5392	5392	2435 SB75 INTRODUCED
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5394	5394	Education and/or the State Board of Education in this act,
5395	5395	whereupon the Comptroller shall issue her warrant therefor.
5396	5396	All other appropriations in this act shall be paid after
5397	5397	proper requisitions are made to the State Comptroller in the
5398	5398	manner now provided by law.
5399	5399	Section 6. Nothing in this act shall be construed to
5400	5400	affect or repeal any law authorizing or permitting any
5401	5401	college, school, or other education or eleemosynary
5402	5402	institution of the State to receive, collect or disburse any
5403	5403	fees, tuitions, charges, sales, endowments, trusts or income
5404	5404	therefrom, which are now or may hereafter be authorized to
5405	5405	receive, collect, or disburse. The receiving college, school
5406	5406	or institution shall further maintain separate accounts for
5407	5407	such receipts or shall maintain a system of accounting which
5408	5408	will show a cash flow of such receipts received under the
5409	5409	provision of this appropriation.
5410	5410	Section 7. The appropriations made herein to the
5411	5411	departments, boards, offices, commissions, and agencies
5412	5412	include the amounts necessary and said departments, boards,
5413	5413	offices, commissions, and agencies are hereby directed to make
5414	5414	the transfer of funds to the State Personnel Department in the
5415	5415	amounts enumerated in the general appropriations act for the
5416	5416	fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. All agencies and
5417	5417	institutions enumerated in this act that receive services from
5418	5418	other governmental agencies enumerated in this act or the
5419	5419	general appropriations act shall make full payment in a timely
5420	5420	manner (as determined by the Department of Finance) for such
5421	5421	services.
5422	5422	2436
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5424	5424	2438
5425	5425	2439
5426	5426	2440
5427	5427	2441
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5436	5436	2450
5437	5437	2451
5438	5438	2452
5439	5439	2453
5440	5440	2454
5441	5441	2455
5442	5442	2456
5443	5443	2457
5444	5444	2458
5445	5445	2459
5446	5446	2460
5447	5447	2461
5448	5448	2462 SB75 INTRODUCED
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5450	5450	services.
5451	5451	Section 8. All encumbered balances of a previous
5452	5452	fiscal year appropriation other than the exclusions authorized
5453	5453	by the Code of Alabama 1975, Section 41-4-93, shall lapse no
5454	5454	later than September 30 of the fiscal year immediately
5455	5455	following the fiscal year for which the appropriation was made
5456	5456	and shall revert to the credit of the Education Trust Fund or
5457	5457	earmarked fund from which the appropriation or appropriations
5458	5458	were made.
5459	5459	Section 9. Upon certification to the Director of
5460	5460	Finance by the State Attorney General that a federal court has
5461	5461	ordered the State of Alabama to pay claims, attorney fees, or
5462	5462	other costs relating to said court order, funds are hereby
5463	5463	appropriated to the affected department, board, bureau, or
5464	5464	commission in the amount necessary to satisfy that court
5465	5465	order. Such appropriations are in addition to any other
5466	5466	appropriation heretofore or hereafter made in this
5467	5467	appropriation act. Such appropriations are conditioned upon
5468	5468	the availability of funds and a determination by the Director
5469	5469	of Finance that other current appropriations are not available
5470	5470	for court-ordered payments.
5471	5471	Section 10. Local boards of education may exercise
5472	5472	flexibility among line item expenditures, not to create a
5473	5473	reduction of earned teacher units and/or local board of
5474	5474	education support personnel.
5475	5475	Section 11. The State Superintendent of Education may
5476	5476	approve a request by a local board of education for
5477	5477	redirecting Other Current Expense funds designated for
5478	5478	2463
5479	5479	2464
5480	5480	2465
5481	5481	2466
5482	5482	2467
5483	5483	2468
5484	5484	2469
5485	5485	2470
5486	5486	2471
5487	5487	2472
5488	5488	2473
5489	5489	2474
5490	5490	2475
5491	5491	2476
5492	5492	2477
5493	5493	2478
5494	5494	2479
5495	5495	2480
5496	5496	2481
5497	5497	2482
5498	5498	2483
5499	5499	2484
5500	5500	2485
5501	5501	2486
5502	5502	2487
5503	5503	2488
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5506	5506	redirecting Other Current Expense funds designated for
5507	5507	pass-through calculations to their local Child Nutrition
5508	5508	Program if the redirected funds do not prevent the Child
5509	5509	Nutrition Program of that local board of education from
5510	5510	maintaining a one-month fund balance.
5511	5511	Section 12. The appropriations made herein to the
5512	5512	departments, boards, offices, commissions, and agencies
5513	5513	include the amounts necessary to pay the State Employees'
5514	5514	Insurance Board (SEIB). The SEIB rate shall be $997 per month
5515	5515	for each full-time employee for the fiscal year ending
5516	5516	September 30, 2025. The State Employees' Insurance Board will
5517	5517	adjust the insurance program wherever appropriate to maintain
5518	5518	the aforementioned fixed rate.
5519	5519	Section 13. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
5520	5520	this act or any other act, any amount from appropriations for
5521	5521	the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 to the various state
5522	5522	agencies and institutions in this act, including
5523	5523	appropriations from the Education Trust Fund, which are
5524	5524	unexpended and reverted on September 30, 2024 are hereby
5525	5525	reappropriated to the respective state agencies, offices, and
5526	5526	institutions for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2024.
5527	5527	Section 14. (a) The At-Risk and High Hopes
5528	5528	appropriations made to the State Department of Education shall
5529	5529	be expended as follows: 50% shall be at the discretion of the
5530	5530	State Superintendent of Education and 50% shall be awarded in
5531	5531	the form of grants to school systems/entities for activities
5532	5532	or programs designed to enhance outcomes for At-Risk Students.
5533	5533	At-Risk Students shall be defined as students who have not met
5534	5534	2490
5535	5535	2491
5536	5536	2492
5537	5537	2493
5538	5538	2494
5539	5539	2495
5540	5540	2496
5541	5541	2497
5542	5542	2498
5543	5543	2499
5544	5544	2500
5545	5545	2501
5546	5546	2502
5547	5547	2503
5548	5548	2504
5549	5549	2505
5550	5550	2506
5551	5551	2507
5552	5552	2508
5553	5553	2509
5554	5554	2510
5555	5555	2511
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5557	5557	2513
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5562	5562	At-Risk Students shall be defined as students who have not met
5563	5563	proficiency standards for state accountability assessments and
5564	5564	one or more of the following apply: the student attends a
5565	5565	Title I school; qualifies for free or reduced lunch; qualifies
5566	5566	for special education or Tier III intervention; or is an
5567	5567	English language learner. In the awarding of grants,
5568	5568	preference will be given to undertakings that will directly
5569	5569	impact student achievement and improve performance on state
5570	5570	assessments to include remediation for students, after-school
5571	5571	and tutorial programs, career/technical programs, character
5572	5572	education, enrichment activities, programs that enhance
5573	5573	reading and mathematics abilities in students, activities that
5574	5574	increase grade-to-grade promotion, career and college
5575	5575	readiness, and early warning and prevention programs. Programs
5576	5576	must employ evidence-based practices and measure student
5577	5577	growth and achievement using research-based norms and
5578	5578	criterion. Funds should be awarded on a per-pupil basis, with
5579	5579	no more than ten percent of the grant award going toward
5580	5580	personnel costs.
5581	5581	(b) In an effort to provide the best and most efficient
5582	5582	implementation for intervention and innovation in schools,
5583	5583	administration of the grant awards shall be assigned to the
5584	5584	Alabama State Department of Education's Division of
5585	5585	Administrative and Financial Support with evaluative input
5586	5586	from other Alabama State Department of Education advisory
5587	5587	personnel, including the State Superintendent of Education, as
5588	5588	appropriate. The grant application process must require
5589	5589	districts to submit plans to the Alabama State Department of
5590	5590	2517
5591	5591	2518
5592	5592	2519
5593	5593	2520
5594	5594	2521
5595	5595	2522
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5600	5600	2527
5601	5601	2528
5602	5602	2529
5603	5603	2530
5604	5604	2531
5605	5605	2532
5606	5606	2533
5607	5607	2534
5608	5608	2535
5609	5609	2536
5610	5610	2537
5611	5611	2538
5612	5612	2539
5613	5613	2540
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5618	5618	districts to submit plans to the Alabama State Department of
5619	5619	Education detailing their intended use of the grant funds with
5620	5620	regard to student proficiency and growth. Grants may be
5621	5621	awarded any time after July 1st so schools can prepare for the
5622	5622	new school year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Alabama
5623	5623	State Department of Education's Division of Administrative and
5624	5624	Financial Support shall make every reasonable effort to notify
5625	5625	grant recipients of awards by August 1, 2024. No funding will
5626	5626	be available until October 1, 2024. Grantees will have no
5627	5627	guarantee of funding until October 1, 2024.
5628	5628	(c) Upon the awarding of any grant funds, the Alabama State
5629	5629	Department of Education must submit a report to the Chairs of
5630	5630	the House Ways and Means-Education Committee, the Senate
5631	5631	Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education, the Finance
5632	5632	Director, and the Legislative Fiscal Officer that shall
5633	5633	indicate the grant-recipient districts and each district’s
5634	5634	plan for those funds. Those districts shall submit follow-up
5635	5635	reports indicating the results of those plans from the
5636	5636	previous school year by July 31, 2025.
5637	5637	Section 15. (a) All nongovernmental entities,
5638	5638	identified by the Legislative Services Agency, which are
5639	5639	allocated funds in Section 3 of this act shall file a report
5640	5640	with the Chairs of the House Ways and Means-Education
5641	5641	Committee, the Senate Committee on Finance and
5642	5642	Taxation-Education, Finance Director, and the Legislative
5643	5643	Fiscal Officer prior to the start of the 2025 Regular Session,
5644	5644	regarding the proposed expenditures and usage of the funds
5645	5645	appropriated in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. The
5646	5646	2544
5647	5647	2545
5648	5648	2546
5649	5649	2547
5650	5650	2548
5651	5651	2549
5652	5652	2550
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5654	5654	2552
5655	5655	2553
5656	5656	2554
5657	5657	2555
5658	5658	2556
5659	5659	2557
5660	5660	2558
5661	5661	2559
5662	5662	2560
5663	5663	2561
5664	5664	2562
5665	5665	2563
5666	5666	2564
5667	5667	2565
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5670	5670	2568
5671	5671	2569
5672	5672	2570 SB75 INTRODUCED
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5674	5674	appropriated in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. The
5675	5675	Legislative Services Agency shall provide notice to the
5676	5676	identified nongovernmental entities within 60 days following
5677	5677	enactment of this act regarding the reporting requirements and
5678	5678	the methodology to submit reports and format to be used, which
5679	5679	may include an online platform.
5680	5680	(b) In the event an entity was appropriated funds from the
5681	5681	Education Trust Fund in the fiscal year ending September 30,
5682	5682	2024, the entity shall also include in its report a detailed
5683	5683	breakdown of the expenditure and use of those funds, including
5684	5684	an inventory of the services delivered and number of clients
5685	5685	served, pursuant to guidelines established by the Legislative
5686	5686	Services Agency.
5687	5687	Section 16. The State Superintendent of Education
5688	5688	shall notify each local superintendent and finance officer of
5689	5689	each local education agency by email regarding the
5690	5690	availability and application process, including any required
5691	5691	forms, for any available grant opportunities during FY 2025.
5692	5692	The State Superintendent shall notify all members of the local
5693	5693	legislative delegation five days prior to the announcement of
5694	5694	any grant made to any entity located in the legislative
5695	5695	jurisdiction. The five days prior notice requirement shall be
5696	5696	waived in the event of a declared emergency. The Governor
5697	5697	shall encourage the Department to disburse the funds provided
5698	5698	herein on a nondiscriminatory basis.
5699	5699	Section 17. Each college or university receiving
5700	5700	appropriations from the Education Trust Fund in Section 3C
5701	5701	shall not use any appropriations to reduce or eliminate
5702	5702	2571
5703	5703	2572
5704	5704	2573
5705	5705	2574
5706	5706	2575
5707	5707	2576
5708	5708	2577
5709	5709	2578
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5711	5711	2580
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5718	5718	2587
5719	5719	2588
5720	5720	2589
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5730	5730	shall not use any appropriations to reduce or eliminate
5731	5731	tuition rates for high school students enrolled in dual
5732	5732	enrollment or early college programs with the college or
5733	5733	university unless specifically appropriated for that purpose.
5734	5734	Section 18. If any section, paragraph, sentence,
5735	5735	clause, provision, or portion of this act or all or any
5736	5736	portion of the appropriations herein made is held
5737	5737	unconstitutional or invalid, it shall not affect any other
5738	5738	section, paragraph, sentence, clause, provision, or portion of
5739	5739	this act or any other appropriation or appropriations or
5740	5740	portion thereof hereby made not in and of itself
5741	5741	unconstitutional or invalid.
5742	5742	Section 19. All laws or parts of laws, general,
5743	5743	special, private, or local in conflict with or inconsistent
5744	5744	with the provisions of this act are hereby expressly repealed.
5745	5745	Section 20. This act shall become effective on October
5746	5746	1, 2024.
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