(a) There is created the Alabama Community College System as a body corporate under the name of the Alabama Community College System, which shall replace and succeed to the duties of the Department of Postsecondary Education and shall operate a system of community and technical colleges within the state. All references in state law to the Department of Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Education Department, and Alabama College System, or terms of like import, shall be deemed to refer to the Alabama Community College System. The body corporate created by this subsection shall have all the rights, privileges, and powers necessary to the end of its creation.
(b) The Alabama Community College System shall be governed by the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System, as created in this article for the purpose of governing the community and technical colleges of the state.
(c) Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the authority, powers, and duties assigned to the State Board of Education with respect to the supervision, administration, naming, financing, construction, and equipping of institutions of postsecondary education, including community and technical colleges, junior colleges, and trade schools, however described, are removed from the State Board of Education and delegated to the board, and all actions of such institutions of postsecondary education requiring the approval of the State Board of Education, commencing on May 12, 2015, shall require only approval of the board. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all references to the State Board of Education in Sections 16-3-37, 16-5-8.3, 16-5-13, 16-60-88, 16-60-330, 16-60-332, 16-60-335, and 16-60-338, shall be deemed to refer to the board.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges.
Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges.
Section 16-60-110 - Definitions.
Section 16-60-111 - Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System.
Section 16-60-111.1 - Chancellor - Appointment; Vacancies.
Section 16-60-111.3 - Chancellor - Compensation.
Section 16-60-111.4 - Powers of Board of Trustees.
Section 16-60-111.6 - Delegation of Decision-Making Authority to Chancellor.
Section 16-60-111.7 - Appointment of Faculty and Staff; Qualifications.
Section 16-60-111.8 - Authority of Board and Chancellor to Take Administrative Action.
Section 16-60-111.9 - Vacancy in Position of Executive Officer.
Section 16-60-111.10 - Personal and Real Property.
Section 16-60-111.11 - Additional Powers of Board.
Section 16-60-111.12 - Annual Report.
Section 16-60-111.13 - Legislative Recommendations.
Section 16-60-111.14 - Official Seal.
Section 16-60-111.15 - Administration of Oaths and Examination of Witnesses.
Section 16-60-111.16 - Donations; Assumption of Obligations.
Section 16-60-112 - Interpretation of Article.
Section 16-60-115 - Adult Education, State Approving Agency, and Private School Licensure Programs.
Section 16-60-116 - Alabama Aviation College.
Section 16-60-117 - Technical and Workforce Development Programs.
Section 16-60-117.1 - Training on Recognition, Prevention, and Reporting of Human Trafficking.