Alabama Administrative Code
Title 300 - ALABAMA COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Chapter 300-1-1 - ORGANIZATION
Section 300-1-1-.01 - Goals And Responsibilities
Universal Citation: AL Admin Code R 300-1-1-.01
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1) The Alabama Commission on Higher Education was created by Alabama law, Act No. 14, Special Session, 1969, and reenacted by Act 461, Regular Session, 1979, to ensure that the state's system of higher education would provide the citizens of Alabama with the highest possible quality of collegiate and university education.
(2) As the statewide coordinating board for postsecondary education, the Commission works with all public institutions. The powers and duties of the Commission shall apply equally to all postsecondary institutions regardless of any authority that may be, or has been, conferred upon them by the Constitution or by statutes.
(3) The Commission is vested with the authority to carry out and enforce the provisions of Code of Ala 1975, §§ 16-5-1 through 16-5-15 and to promulgate policies and procedures consistent with carrying out the required statutory functions.
(4) Major functions of the Commission include:
(a) Planning. The
Commission shall be responsible for statewide long-range planning for
postsecondary education in Alabama. Such planning shall be the result of
continuous study, analysis and evaluation. Plans will include the establishment
of statewide objectives and priorities with methods and guidelines for
achieving them (Refer to Chapter 300-2-2).
(b) Establishing and Maintaining a State
University and College Information System. The Commission, after affording a
full opportunity to the public institutions of higher education to be heard,
shall design and establish a state university and college information system to
provide comprehensive, meaningful and timely information pertinent to the
formulation of decisions and recommendations by the Commission (Refer to
Chapter 300-2-3).
(c) Reviewing
Units or Programs of Instruction, Research or Public Service. The Commission on
Higher Education is authorized to review periodically all new and existing
programs and units of instruction, research and public service funded by state
appropriations at the state universities and colleges and to share with the
appropriate governing board, through the president of the institutions, and
state legislature, its recommendations (Refer to Chapter 300-2-1).
(d) The Commission shall have the authority
to authorize and regulate off-campus offerings, new or existing (Refer to Rule
300-2-1-.05).
(e) Reviewing Budget Proposals and Making
Recommendations. The governing boards of the public institutions of higher
education shall submit to the Commission through their appropriate
administrative officers, not later than ninety days prior to each legislative
session, its budget proposals for the operation and capital needs of the
institutions under its governance or supervision (Refer to Chapter 300-2-3
).
(f) Coordinating and
Administering State and Federal Student Financial Aid Programs (Refer to
Chapter 300-4-1, et seq.).
(g)
Additional Powers and Duties of the Commission. The Commission shall also
exercise the following powers and duties:
1.
To cause to be made such surveys and evaluations of higher education as are
believed necessary for the purpose of providing appropriate information to
carry out its powers and duties.
2.
To recommend to the Legislature of Alabama the enactment of such legislation as
it deems necessary or desirable to ensure the highest quality of higher
education in this state taking into consideration the orderly development and
maintenance of the state system of public higher education to meet trends in
population and the change in social and technical requirements of the
economy.
3. To advise and counsel
the governor, at his or her request, regarding any area of, or matter
pertaining to, postsecondary education.
4. To establish definitions of a junior
college, a community college, a technical college or institute, a senior
college, a university and university system; provided that nothing herein shall
be construed as authorizing the Commission to establish or create any
university system, nor to alter any university system presently
existing.
5. To develop and publish
criteria which may be used by the legislature as a basis for:
(i) changing the classification of any public
institution of higher education.
(ii) determining the need for new public
junior colleges, public senior colleges, universities or university systems.
Any proposed statute which would establish an additional institution of higher
education may be submitted, either prior to introduction or by the standing
Committee considering same to the Commission for its opinion as to the need for
the state therefore, and the Commission shall report its findings to the
governor and the legislature.
6. To cause studies to be made for the
purpose of classifying and prescribing the role and scope for each public
institution of higher education in Alabama and to recommend such changes in
classification or role and scope for such institutions as it deems necessary
and which may be agreed to by the governing board of the said
institution.
7. To hear
applications from the institutions for changes in classification or role and
scope and to recommend to the legislature for clarification such
classifications in role or scope which may not be agreed to by the governing
board of any institution.
8. To
make continuing studies, on its own initiative or upon the request of the
governor or the legislature, of the financial needs of public higher education
and issue such reports to the governor and the legislature as may result from
its studies.
9. To submit to the
governor and the legislature on or before the first day in January of each year
a written report covering the activities of the Commission and the state of
higher education in Alabama. The report shall include:
10. To make rules and regulations for its
meetings, procedures, and execution of the powers and duties delegated to it by
this Act.
11. To encourage the
establishment and development of formal consortia for the advancement of higher
education comprised of institutions of higher education in this
state.
12. To conduct a program of
public information in order to inform citizens of the matters of importance to
higher education in Alabama.
13. To
serve as the state agency for the administration of those Titles of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 ( P.L. 89-329) as amended for those programs requiring a
single state agency for which the Commission qualifies unless otherwise
designated by executive order.
14.
To authorize and regulate instructional programs or units offered by
non-Alabama institutions of postsecondary education in the state of
Alabama.
15. To serve as the state
agency responsible for the administration of those functions under the Southern
Regional Compact for Education (Act 227, HJR 42, 1949; Act 40 HJR 21, 1955) and
those functions in Section
16-3-32 through
16-3-35, Code of Ala.
1975, heretofore, assigned to the State Board of Education with
funds that may be appropriated to it by the legislature for that purpose (Refer
to Chapter 300-2-4).
16. To
analyze and evaluate on a continuing basis the present and future needs for
instruction, research, and public service in postsecondary education in the
state, including facilities, and assess the present and future capabilities. In
order to facilitate such analysis and evaluation, the Commission will consult
with the agencies and institutions concerned with higher education in this
state and may use advisory groups and consultants, as deemed
desirable.
Previous Rule No. 300-1-1-.07 entitled "Commission Evaluation" incorporated into this rule by this amendment.
Authors: William 0. Blow; Timothy W. Vick
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 16-5-1, et seq.
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