HB326 Alabama 2019 Session

This bill would create the Alabama Construction Trade Academy Funding Act

This bill would create the Alabama Construction Trade Academy Fund in the State Treasury. The fund would be comprised of federal, state, and private funds through direct budgetary funding and grants, and would be used for the expansion of construction trade education

This bill would require the Alabama Energy and Residential Codes Board to develop a statewide program to increase the availability of construction trade education by providing educational grants for public and private construction trade schools

This bill would require the Energy Division of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs to administer the program

This bill would require the Alabama Energy and Residential Codes Board to adopt guidelines for the program and to establish an application process for the review of applications for grants and the distribution of monies in the Alabama Construction Trade Academy Fund

Relating to education; to create the Alabama Construction Trade Academy Funding Act; to require the Alabama Energy and Residential Codes Board to develop a statewide program to increase the availability of construction trade education; to require the Energy Division of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs to administer the program; to require the board to adopt guidelines for the program; and to require the board to establish an application process for the review of applications for grants and the distribution of monies through the program.