HB247 Alabama 2016 Session

Under existing law the Alabama Community College System operates as a department of state government

This bill would limit application of the Students First Act of 2011 to faculty and staff employed by community and technical colleges before January 1, 2017

This bill would establish the Alabama Community College System as a body corporate under the laws of the state and grant corporate powers to the system that are similar to those held by the institutions of four-year institutions of higher education within the state

This bill would authorize the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System, within a time certain, to establish standards and procedures for the discipline and termination of employment of faculty and staff of the community and technical colleges

This bill would also provide certain powers to the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System relating to the acquisition of and disposition of property

Relating to the Alabama Community College System; to amend Sections 3, 4, and 5 of Act 2015-125, 2015 Regular Session, now appearing as Sections 16-60-110.1, 16-60-111.4, 16-60-111.7, and 16-60-111.10, Code of Alabama 1975, so as to limit application of the Students First Act of 2011 to faculty and staff employed by community and technical colleges before January 1, 2017; to provide for the operation of the system as a body corporate; and to require the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System, by rules and regulations, on or before January 1, 2017, to adopt procedures governing the discipline and termination of faculty and staff employed by community and technical colleges on or after January 1, 2017, in lieu of the Students First Act.