| SYNOPSIS: | This bill makes appropriations for the support, maintenance and development of public education in Alabama, for debt service, and for capital outlay for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. |
To make appropriations for the support, maintenance and development of public education in Alabama, for debt service, and for capital outlay for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated for the support of public education in Alabama for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, for debt service, and for capital outlay to be paid out of funds specified in subsection (a) of Section 2 of this act, the amounts specified in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 3 of this act. For the purpose specified in subsection (b) of Section 2 of this act, amounts are shown by programmatic area and the total for all programs is shown so as to include estimated sources of funds other than those listed in subsection (a) of Section 2 of this act. For the purpose of this act, "ETF" shall mean the Education Trust Fund and "Federal and Local Funds" shall mean all gifts, grants, contributions, or entitlements, including grants by the Congress of the United States, municipalities or counties.
Section 2. (a) The appropriations provided for in this act shall be paid from funds in the State Treasury to the credit of the Education Trust Fund, Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Fund, and Public School Fund and are hereby made for the support of public education in Alabama for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and the appropriations herein made shall be subject to the provisions, terms, conditions and limitations of the Budget and Financial Control Act (Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 41-4-80 et seq.), the provisions of the Budget Management Act of 1976 (Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 41-19-1 et seq.), and shall be in the amounts hereinafter specified.
(b) Amounts shown hereinunder the columns "Earmarked Funds" and "Appropriation Total" are as set forth for the purpose of establishing amounts estimated to be available by programmatic area from sources other than those listed in subsection (a) of this Section 2, in order, upon consideration of such other funds so estimated to be available, to promote the accountability for an efficient use of funds available, and the same are hereby appropriated by the Legislature. Provided, however, that regardless of the ending date of any pay period which has been or may be established by the Legislature for the payment of salaries of state employees, the entire payment due shall be made from the fiscal year's appropriation in which the pay date falls.
| Education Trust Fund | Earmarked Funds | Appropriation Total | |||
| Legislative Branch: | |||||
| Community Services Grants, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on: | |||||
| Community Services Grants Program | 10,000,000 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 10,000,000 | ||||
| Total Community Services Grants, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | |||
| The above appropriation shall be used for grants that promote public education purposes. | |||||
| Examiners of Public Accounts, Department of: | |||||
| Educational Audit Services Program | 2,796,508 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 2,796,508 | ||||
| Total Examiners of Public Accounts, Department of | 2,796,508 | 2,796,508 | |||
| The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts is hereby authorized to examine as deemed necessary all appropriations herein made for compliance with the laws of the State of Alabama. Any examination performed shall be in accordance with the provisions of Title 41, Chapter 5, Code of Alabama 1975. | |||||
| Law Institute, Alabama: | |||||
| Support of Other Educational Activities Program | 75,000 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 75,000 | ||||
| Total Law Institute, Alabama | 75,000 | 75,000 | |||
| Executive Branch: | |||||
| American Legion and Auxiliary Scholarships: | |||||
| Support of Other Educational Activities Program | 112,500 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 112,500 | ||||
| Total American Legion and Auxiliary Scholarships | 112,500 | 112,500 | |||
| To be expended under the provisions of Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 16-31-1 through 16-31-4. | |||||
| Archives and History, Department of: | |||||
| Historical Education Management Program | 485,000 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 485,000 | ||||
| Total Archives and History, Department of | 485,000 | 485,000 | |||
| In addition to the above appropriation to the Department of Archives and History, there is hereby appropriated from the ETF $50,000 for the Alabama Review to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| Arts, State Council on the: | |||||
| Fine Arts Program | 4,775,875 | ||||
| Community Arts and Cultural Programs | 550,000 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation, $50,000 shall be allocated to the Summerfest Children's Theatre and $50,000 shall be allocated to the Fantasy Playhouse Children's Theatre. | |||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 4,750,875 | ||||
| Federal and Local Funds | 575,000 | ||||
| Total Arts, State Council on the | 4,750,875 | 575,000 | 5,325,875 | ||
| Building Commission, State: | |||||
| Special Services Program | 596,356 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF-Transfer | 596,356 | ||||
| Total Building Commission, State | 596,356 | 596,356 | |||
| Buskey Matching Funds - Penny Trust Fund: | |||||
| Special Services Program, Estimated | 100,000 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation, $10,000 shall be expended for promotional materials to be developed and approved by the State Treasurer and distributed to education employees and students. | |||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF-Transfer | 100,000 | ||||
| Total Buskey Matching Funds - Penny Trust Fund | 100,000 | 100,000 | |||
| In accordance with Sections 41-15A-10 through 41-15A-12, Code of Alabama 1975. It is the intent of the Legislature that any of the above appropriation which is not needed to match contributions shall be deposited into the Penny Trust Fund. | |||||
| Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board: | |||||
| Social Services Program | 2,194,464 | ||||
| In accordance with Sections 26-16-1 et seq., Code of Alabama 1975. | |||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF-Transfer | 2,194,464 | ||||
| Total Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board | 2,194,464 | 2,194,464 | |||
| Debt Service: | |||||
| Debt Service Program | 32,961,793 | ||||
| For payments on interest and principal of General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series A and B | 11,487,572 | ||||
| In the event it is determined that funds should be transferred from the ETF to the State General Fund for reimbursement of sales taxes on automobiles erroneously deposited into the ETF, the amount of ETF funds required to be transferred, up to the amount of the above appropriation for debt service on General Obligation Refunding Bonds 1992, Series A and B, shall be expended for such debt service. | |||||
| For payments on interest and principal on additional revenue bonds issued by the Public School and College Authority pursuant to Act 98-373 | 14,000,000 | ||||
| For payments on interest and principal of Refunding Bonds issued by the Public School and College Authority pursuant to the Alabama Incentives Financing Authority Act passed by the Alabama Legislature in the 1999 Regular Session (HB 673 or SB 451) | 6,500,000 | ||||
| For payments on endowments as follows: | |||||
| For interest and principal on University of Montevallo (Alabama College) Endowment | 359,477 | ||||
| For interest on Auburn University Endowment | 20,280 | ||||
| For interest on University of Alabama Endowment | 61,000 | ||||
| For interest on Grove Hill Endowment | 600 | ||||
| For interest on Public School Fund Endowment: | |||||
| Interest on 16th Section Lands, Estimated | 410,000 | ||||
| Interest on School Indemnity Lands, Estimated | 90,000 | ||||
| Interest on Valueless 16th Section Lands | 5,825 | ||||
| Interest on Surplus Revenue | 26,764 | ||||
| Interest on James Wallace Fund | 275 | ||||
| Total Interest on Public School Fund Endowment | 532,864 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 32,428,929 | ||||
| ETF-Transfer | 532,864 | ||||
| Total Debt Service | 32,961,793 | 32,961,793 | |||
| Dental Scholarship Awards, Board of: | |||||
| Support of Other Educational Activities Program | 121,854 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 121,854 | ||||
| Total Dental Scholarship Awards, Board of | 121,854 | 121,854 | |||
| To be expended under the provisions of Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 16-47-76 through 16-47-81. | |||||
| Drug Education and Awareness Oversight Council: | |||||
| Support of Other Educational Activities Program | 793,253 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 793,253 | ||||
| Total Drug Education and Awareness Oversight Council | 793,253 | 793,253 | |||
| To be expended under the provisions of Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 41-25-1 through 41-25-5. It is the intent of the Legislature that all existing programs be level-funded in FY 1999-2000 at the FY 1998-99 levels. | |||||
| Education, State Board of - K-12 Foundation Program: | |||||
| Foundation Program | 2,705,578,465 | ||||
| Transportation Program | 180,122,542 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation, the amount necessary to fund a transportation program for alternative and gifted students in any school system in a Class I municipality shall be calculated in the distribution formula by the State Department of Education for the transportation program. The State Superintendent is directed to withhold transportation funds used to pay employee benefits including but not limited to PEEHIP, sick leave, teacher retirement, and F.I.C.A. from any local board which does not directly provide these benefits to transportation employees. No local board shall be allowed to convert funding provided in this budget for employee benefits into other uses or expenditures. The State Examiner of Public Accounts shall assure compliance. | |||||
| At-Risk Student Program | 31,746,700 | ||||
| Each district shall receive its pro rata share for each student who is defined as being at-risk of dropping out of school. Local school districts shall maintain separate accounts for all funds received in this category. The funds provided in this section are specifically designated for special programs to serve these students and may not be used as a part of a local school district's general operating budget. Local school districts are expected to establish programs which will increase learning opportunities for at-risk students. These programs shall include, but not be limited to, after-school tutoring, summer schools, weekend schools, alternative schools, training of parents, and other activities designed to assist at-risk students. The State Department of Education shall monitor the intent of the Legislature in the use of these funds and shall assure that they are used only in a manner designed to provide additional assistance above and beyond the regular instructional program for at-risk students. These funds shall not be used to supplant any other funding of summer schools or other activities which are designed to serve the general student population but must be used for specific programs for at-risk students. At-risk students shall be defined as those students who have scored in stanines 1, 2, and 3 on the most recent SAT or other approved standardized tests and/or students who have received academic grades lower than C in the core subjects of science, language arts, social studies, or mathematics. Further, local school faculty and the school principal shall make specific recommendations for students at the school to be included as participants in the at-risk programs. It is the intent of the Legislature that schools and school systems involve the community in planning and implementing at-risk programs. Therefore, schools shall, where feasible, partner with non-profit community organizations in planning and implementing at-risk programs. In appropriate situations, businesses may partner with schools or school systems for at-risk programs but may not receive any compensation or reimbursement for expenses or other costs. | |||||
| Endowment Interest Program-Public School Fund | 532,864 | ||||
| Hold Harmless Program-Public School Fund | 12,102,607 | ||||
| Capital Outlay Program-Public School Fund | 76,897,393 | ||||
| Board of Adjustment | 600,000 | ||||
| Salary Matrix Adjustment | 16,615,297 | ||||
| Capital Outlay Program-Federal and Local Funds | 18,789,418 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 2,691,129,184 | ||||
| Federal and Local Funds | 262,323,238 | ||||
| Public School Fund | 89,532,864 | ||||
| Total Education, State Board of - K-12 Foundation Program | 2,691,129,184 | 351,856,102 | 3,042,985,286 | ||
| The above appropriation shall be distributed by the State Board of Education in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 16-13-230 through 16-13-239, and all other laws and regulations of the State Board of Education relating to the expenditure of such funds. These funds shall be used to provide a minimum school term and for equitable educational opportunities in the public schools of the state. Foundation Program calculations for FY 1999-2000 are based on the funding divisors set forth below. Such divisors shall not serve to prescribe pupil-teacher ratios. | |||||
| Grades K-3 | 14 | ||||
| Grades 4-6 | 22 | ||||
| Grades 7-8 | 21 | ||||
| Grades 9-12 | 18 | ||||
| Divisors in K-3 shall be adjusted by the State Department of Education so as to include all new teacher units provided in this budget. The divisors shall be reduced in grades K-3 in subsequent budgets to continue permanent funding for new teacher units provided for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1999. | |||||
| In allocating the funds in the Foundation Program, the State Board of Education shall allot funds based on the rates established as follows: The Foundation Program shall use the following salary matrix to determine the cost of instructional salaries: | |||||
| Years Experience | BS | MS | 6Y | DO | ND |
| less than 3 | 28,394 | 32,652 | 35,208 | 37,764 | 28,394 |
| 3 but less than 6 | 31,233 | 35,917 | 38,728 | 41,539 | 31,233 |
| 6 but less than 9 | 31,659 | 36,408 | 39,257 | 42,106 | 31,659 |
| 9 but less than 12 | 32,084 | 36,897 | 39,785 | 42,672 | 32,084 |
| 12 but less than 15 | 32,510 | 37,386 | 40,313 | 43,239 | 32,510 |
| 15 but less than 18 | 32,937 | 37,877 | 40,841 | 43,805 | 32,937 |
| 18 but less than 21 | 33,362 | 38,366 | 41,369 | 44,372 | 33,362 |
| 21 or greater | 33,788 | 38,857 | 41,897 | 44,938 | 33,788 |
| For additional professional development, local boards of education are hereby authorized, pursuant to rules and regulations established by the State Board of Education, to schedule two additional days of professional development/continuing education for all 9, 10, 11 month certificated employees at their regular daily rate of pay beyond the current employment contract. It is the intent of the Legislature that the use of these days be in accordance with a local school self-improvement plan developed at each school through a collaborative effort of the employees involved and the local school administrators. The two additional days for professional development/continuing education shall be made a part of the regular school year calendar. The purpose of the days provided herein is to improve classroom instruction, discipline, and school safety. The principal of each school shall report to the local superintendent the manner in which these two additional professional development days were used at that school. The local superintendent of education shall consolidate the reports from each school and send the report to the State Superintendent of Education. It shall be the obligation of the in-service centers and colleges and universities to render maximum assistance to local school employees. The requirement of this section shall also apply to 9, 10 and 11 month certificated personnel at the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Department of Youth Services, the School of Math and Science and the School of Fine Arts. Local boards of education are hereby authorized to schedule two additional days of professional development/continuing education for all current 9, 10, 11 month contracts of support personnel and all 9, 10 and 11 month contracts of Child Nutrition Program support personnel at their regular daily rate of pay beyond the current employment contract. It is the intent of the Legislature that the purpose of these training sessions for all employed support personnel will be to provide occupation-specific skill training, safety training, training on school discipline, and other relevant aspects of support personnel interaction with students. For the purpose of these training sessions, it shall be the obligation of local boards of education to seek qualified occupation-specific trainers from the Department of Education and/or private vendors solely for training purposes. The requirement of this section shall apply to 9, 10 and 11 month support personnel at the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Department of Youth Services, the School of Math and Science and the School of Fine Arts. Local or state board of education rules or regulations shall not be construed to negate the intent of the Legislature. The State Board of Education shall take care to ensure the implementation of the Legislative intent as provided by this section. | |||||
| For "Fringe Benefits" the rate per day for two personal days and five sick days (for units earned in the Foundation Program) shall be $35. The Teachers' Retirement System rate shall be 6.38% of salaries and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Program (PEEHIP) rate shall be $317 per month for each full-time employee. | |||||
| For "Classroom Instructional Support" the uniform amounts used in determining the Foundation Program allowance for classroom instructional support shall be: (1) classroom materials and supplies at $500 per unit earned in the Foundation Program; (2) textbooks at $52.50 per pupil in average daily membership during the first 40 scholastic days of the preceding school year; (3) technology at $75 per unit earned in the Foundation Program; (4) professional development at $60 per unit earned in the Foundation Program; (5) library enhancement at $135 per unit earned in the Foundation Program. The budgeting and expenditure of funds in the Foundation Program at the local level shall be determined and made by the local board of education in accordance with rules and regulations of the State Board of Education and all laws governing such school budgets and expenditures. | |||||
| Education, State Board of - Postsecondary Prison Education: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance | 11,896,980 | ||||
| Restricted Funds | 2,739,000 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 8,320,821 | ||||
| Federal and Other Funds | 6,315,159 | ||||
| Total Education, State Board of - Postsecondary Prison Education | 8,320,821 | 6,315,159 | 14,635,980 | ||
| Education, State Board of - Postsecondary Skills Training and Education: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance | 27,396,256 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| Federal and Local Funds | 27,396,256 | ||||
| Total Education, State Board of - Postsecondary Skills Training and Education | 27,396,256 | 27,396,256 | |||
| Education, State Board of - Two-Year College System: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance | 324,529,887 | ||||
| Auxiliary Enterprises | 21,792,168 | ||||
| Restricted Funds | 88,561,000 | ||||
| Coosa Valley Nursing Program at Central Alabama Community College | 100,000 | ||||
| Small Business Assistance-Public/Private Partnership Program | 150,000 | ||||
| Critical Needs Program | 1,156,637 | ||||
| Central Alabama Community College-Environmental Consortium | 250,000 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 210,557,378 | ||||
| Federal and Other Funds | 225,982,314 | ||||
| Total Education, State Board of - Two-Year College System | 210,557,378 | 225,982,314 | 436,539,692 | ||
| (1) Each community, junior and technical college shall receive the same proportionate share from the appropriation for operations and maintenance as was received during the 1998-99 fiscal year for operations and maintenance. In addition, Bevill State Community College shall be allocated an additional $1,900,000 for the operations and maintenance of its Walker College Campus. | |||||
| (2) The allocations required herein shall be distributed among the following colleges: (1) Alabama Southern Community College; (2) Harry M. Ayers State Technical College; (3) Bessemer State Technical College; (4) Bevill State Community College; (5) S.D. Bishop State Community College; (6) John C. Calhoun State Community College; (7) Central Alabama Community College; (8) Chattahoochee Valley State Community College; (9) J.F. Drake State Technical College; (10) Enterprise State Junior College; (11) Faulkner State Community College; (12) Gadsden State Community College; (13) J.F. Ingram State Technical College; (14) Jefferson Davis State Community College; (15) Jefferson State Community College; (16) Theodore A. Lawson State Community College; (17) Lurleen B. Wallace State Junior College; (18) Douglas MacArthur State Technical College; (19) Northeast Alabama State Community College; (20) Northwest-Shoals Community College; (21) John M. Patterson State Technical College; (22) Ed E. Reid State Technical College; (23) Shelton State Community College; (24) Snead State Community College; (25) Chauncey Sparks State Technical College; (26) Southern Union State Community College; (27) Councill Trenholm State Technical College; (28) George C. Wallace State Community College (Dothan); (29) George C. Wallace State Community College (Hanceville); (30) George C. Wallace State Community College (Selma). | |||||
| (3) The appropriation for the Critical Needs Program in (f) above shall be distributed to community, junior and technical colleges based on demonstrated critical needs as determined by the chancellor of the Postsecondary Education System. | |||||
| (4) The appropriation in (e) above for the Small Business Assistance-Public/Private Partnership Program shall be allocated to George C. Wallace State Community College (Selma). | |||||
| (5) The appropriation to Central Alabama Community College for the Coosa Valley Nursing Program in (d) above and the Environmental Consortium in (g) above shall be added to the operations and maintenance base of the Central Alabama Community College for the purpose of future years operations and maintenance allocations. | |||||
| (6) In addition to the above appropriation there is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 to Bevill State Community College for the assumption of Walker College, to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| (7) In addition to the above appropriations there is hereby conditionally appropriated $500,000 to George C. Wallace State Community College-Selma for the future business leaders program; $250,000 to Chattahoochee Valley Community College; $575,000 to Snead State Community College; $500,000 to Shelton State Community College; $200,000 to Northeast State Community College; $300,000 to Faulkner State Community College; $200,000 to Alabama Southern Community College for the Alabama Center for Literary Arts; $300,000 to Lawson State Community College; $200,000 to Bessemer State Technical College; and $500,000 to a cooperative program by Alabama Southern Community College, Ed E. Reid State Technical College and George C. Wallace State Community College-Selma for the future business leaders program, to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| Education, State Department of: | |||||
| Administrative Services Program | 55,584,514 | ||||
| The proposed spending plan for the ETF monies included in the above program is as follows: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance of the Department | 22,188,947 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation for operations and maintenance of the department, $75,000 shall be allocated to the Space/Technology Camp Program; and an amount not to exceed $250,000 shall be used for teacher background checks; and $300,000 shall be expended for professional development and training of principals, local superintendents and other administrators on effective hiring and promotion practices for local school personnel; and $400,000 shall be expended to study and implement a plan to prevent school violence. It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Superintendent shall maximize the use of these funds for operation and maintenance of the Department to assist local schools in preparing their students to reach the high academic standards set by the State Board of Education. In addition to the above appropriation for operations and maintenance, there is hereby appropriated $2,200,000 from the ETF to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance for the Alabama Reading Initiative | 6,000,000 | ||||
| Operations and Maintenance for At-Risk Program | 6,384,500 | ||||
| To implement financial and/or academic accountability per Section 16-6B-3, Code of Alabama 1975. At-risk funds not to exceed $7,384,500 to the State Department of Education shall be used to employ personnel under short-term contracts who shall be assigned by the State Superintendent to give direct assistance to schools which come under the jurisdiction of the Department in accordance with Act 95-314, which requires schools to be taken over for academic reasons by the State Superintendent of Education. In selecting these personnel, the State Superintendent shall give preference to persons who have achieved National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification and/or who have been chosen as Alabama Teachers of the Year. In the event this pool of personnel is inadequate, the State Superintendent may then employ other teaching and/or administrative personnel who have been recognized for their competence. Such personnel shall be assigned to work directly with schools whose operations are assumed by the state. The State Superintendent may further use these personnel to assist schools that are on Alert II status. Personnel employed or contracted by the Department for assistance in at-risk schools shall be on release status from their respective local boards of education and shall retain all benefits and tenure status unless they are given permanent employment in the State Department of Education. | |||||
| Adult Basic Education Program | 14,318,122 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation, $80,000 shall be allocated to the Education Alternative Program. | |||||
| Community Education Program | 1,622,224 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation, $250,000 in addition to the amount that is normally allocated, shall be allocated to the Birmingham City Community Education Program; $100,000 shall be allocated to the High School Athletic Training Program; and $100,000 shall be allocated to the Community Outreach Partnership Program at Jefferson State Community College. In addition to the above appropriation to the Community Outreach Partnership Program at Jefferson State Community College, there is hereby appropriated from the ETF $500,000 to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| Financial Assistance Program | 432,608,710 | ||||
| The proposed spending plan for the ETF monies included in the above program is as follows: | |||||
| Pre-School Program | 2,508,579 | ||||
| Children's Eye Screening | 360,000 | ||||
| National Geographic Grant-Matching Funds | 50,000 | ||||
| Alabama Indian Village Resource Center | 100,000 | ||||
| Alabama PTA Project | 50,000 | ||||
| PALS | 35,000 | ||||
| Alabama Writing Project | 125,000 | ||||
| Teaching Children with Disabilities | 100,000 | ||||
| Education of Dependents of Blind Parents | 12,750 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation, $12,750 shall be allocated for reimbursement to every state institution of higher learning, college, university, community college, technical college, or junior college in which benefits are given to dependents of blind parents under the provisions of Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 16-33-1 through 16-33-12. | |||||
| National Board for Professional Teaching Standards-Grants | 100,000 | ||||
| Alabama teachers desiring to take the examination shall apply for funding. A panel consisting of the State Superintendent of Education, the Executive Secretary of the Alabama Education Association, and the Deans of the Colleges of Education of Auburn University, Alabama A and M University, Alabama State University, and the University of Alabama (or their designees) shall review and screen applicants and choose the recipients. The State Superintendent of Education and the Executive Secretary of the Alabama Education Association shall be co-chairs of the panel and shall call the first meeting. The panel shall require recipients to commit to teach in Alabama public schools for an additional period of five years unless an exception is granted by the panel for good cause. | |||||
| National Board for Professional Teaching Standards - Base Pay | 135,000 | ||||
| Each teacher, counselor or librarian who passes the requirements and receives certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards shall receive an additional sum of $5,000 added to his/her base salary as determined by his/her placement on the minimum state salary matrix. It is the intent of the Legislature that this additional sum shall begin October 1, 1999 and carry forward each fiscal year thereafter. In addition to the above appropriation for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards-Grants, there is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| Professional Development/Computer Training | 1,600,000 | ||||
| This appropriation shall be used to train teachers (K-12) in the use of computers in the classroom. Trainers shall be chosen who can assist teachers in learning computer skills, the use of instructional software, and the classroom uses of the Internet. A vendor may be chosen to assist in delivery of the computer training required herein. | |||||
| Instructional Supplies | 200,000 | ||||
| The State Superintendent shall reimburse the financial institution the cost of issuance of a credit card to be used by teachers for the purchase of instructional supplies. The State Superintendent shall issue appropriate guidelines on proper use of cards. | |||||
| School Nurses Program | 5,230,560 | ||||
| To be distributed pursuant to Act 98-672. | |||||
| Additional Teacher Units (400) | 11,200,000 | ||||
| For K-3, to be distributed based upon a formula established by the State Board of Education which shall adjust teacher/pupil ratios used in calculating teacher units earned in grades K-3. | |||||
| Alabama Science In Motion Program | 2,475,000 | ||||
| It is the Legislature's intent that all funds appropriated to this program be expended in accordance with Title 16, Chapters 61B and 61C, Code of Alabama 1975. | |||||
| Disability Determination for Social Security Program | 35,530,255 | ||||
| Support of Other Educational Activities Program | 1,200,252 | ||||
| The proposed spending plan for the ETF monies included in the above program is as follows: | |||||
| Civic Education Project | 150,000 | ||||
| American Village | 300,000 | ||||
| To be administered by the Citizenship Trust pursuant to Sections 16-44A-31 et seq. of the Code of Alabama 1975 (Act 95-376) for statewide citizenship education programs and the American Village constitution and citizenship education center. In addition to the above appropriation, there is hereby appropriated $250,000 for the American Village from the ETF to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| Dropout Prevention Pilot Project | 165,000 | ||||
| The pilot project for dropout prevention shall be expended to fund the implementation of strategies deemed effective in reducing the incidence of dropouts and it shall fund programs for students whose education was interrupted for disciplinary reasons. It shall be utilized to allow those students to complete their high school diplomas, GED preparation, or vocational education (for age-qualified students). | |||||
| Alabama Young Farmers Education Program | 45,252 | ||||
| To be administered by the Houston County Board of Education. | |||||
| Alabama Center for Law and Civic Education | 110,000 | ||||
| Multi-System Evaluation Center Program | 230,000 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation to the Multi-System Evaluation Center, it is the intent of the Legislature that $90,000 shall be utilized to continue a multi-system evaluation center in west Alabama. | |||||
| Citizenship and Character and Leadership Education | 200,000 | ||||
| Letson Grants Program | 100,000 | ||||
| To be disbursed to public school systems making grant applications to the Board of Control of the Foundation for Local Schools in accordance with Sections 16-26C-1 through 16-26C-13 of the Code of Alabama 1975. | |||||
| Exit Exam Failure | 4,000,000 | ||||
| There is hereby allocated for each student failing the high school exit exam an amount determined by dividing the sum allocated in this section by the number of students in the state who fail the exam. The sum derived shall then be multiplied by the number who failed in each school. That amount shall then be allocated by each school system to that high school to be used to provide immediate assistance to students who failed. The principal may hire personnel from within both the school and the community to provide tutorial assistance. At least 50% of the funds allocated to each school shall be used to employ tutors from within the community and outside of regular employees of the school system. Student tutors may be paid up to $7 per hour and must be monitored by an adult. Adult tutors may be paid up to $10 per hour. All tutoring must be done on school premises. Each principal shall keep time sheets for each tutor and submit such records to the superintendent of the local system for payment on at least a monthly basis. Each local superintendent will be required to account for all funds expended and shall furnish all necessary information on forms provided by the State Department of Education. The funds appropriated in this section (subsection (i)) for exit exam failure shall be in addition to and may not supplant any other funds required to be expended by the state or local board of education for remediation or for at-risk students including, but not limited to, Section 16-6B-3, Code of Alabama 1975 and/or any rules or regulations adopted by the State Board of Education. | |||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 69,017,534 | ||||
| ETF-Transfer | 2,475,000 | ||||
| Federal and Local Funds | 475,946,543 | ||||
| Total Education, State Department of | 71,492,534 | 475,946,543 | 547,439,077 | ||
| Educational Television Commission: | |||||
| Educational Television and Public Radio Service Program | 13,429,633 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation, $2,000,000 shall be expended for digital conversion. | |||||
| Capital Outlay Program | 127,500 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 9,572,383 | ||||
| Federal and Local Funds | 3,984,750 | ||||
| Total Educational Television Commission | 9,572,383 | 3,984,750 | 13,557,133 | ||
| Family Practice Rural Health Board: | |||||
| Family Practice Rural Health Program | 840,000 | ||||
| Rural Health Initiatives | 250,000 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 1,090,000 | ||||
| Total Family Practice Rural Health Board | 1,090,000 | 1,090,000 | |||
| Finance, Department of: | |||||
| Fiscal Management Program | 600,000 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF, Estimated | 600,000 | ||||
| Total Finance, Department of | 600,000 | 600,000 | |||
| To be distributed by the State Comptroller to the designated beneficiaries or estates for unused sick leave pursuant to Code of Alabama, Section 16-1-18.2. | |||||
| Finance, Department of - Telephone Revolving Fund: | |||||
| Administrative Support Services Program | 3,484,957 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF-Transfer | 3,484,957 | ||||
| Total Finance, Department of - Telephone Revolving Fund | 3,484,957 | 3,484,957 | |||
| The Telephone Revolving Fund shall assess to using agencies and institutions any additional amount necessary to provide continuing non-interrupted service of a minimum maintenance level. | |||||
| Firefighters' Personnel Standards and Education Commission, Alabama/Alabama State Fire College-Shelton State Community College: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance | 6,219,657 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation, $200,000 shall be allocated to the Alabama Poison Control Center; $30,000 to the Alabama Rural and Community Fire Protection Institute; and $352,800 shall be allocated for emergency medical services education. | |||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 4,293,901 | ||||
| Federal and Local Funds | 1,925,756 | ||||
| Total Firefighters' Personnel Standards and Education Commission, Alabama/Alabama State Fire College-Shelton State Community College | 4,293,901 | 1,925,756 | 6,219,657 | ||
| In addition to the above appropriation to the Alabama State Fire College at Shelton State Community College, there is hereby conditionally appropriated $1,000,000 from the ETF to the Alabama State Fire College to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| Higher Education, Alabama Commission on: | |||||
| Planning and Coordination Services Program | 2,663,401 | ||||
| The proposed spending plan for the ETF monies included in the above program is as follows: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance | 2,663,401 | ||||
| Student Financial Aid Program | 9,031,917 | ||||
| The proposed spending plan for the ETF monies included in the above program is to be distributed through ACHE as follows: | |||||
| (1) Educational Grants Program | 5,986,460 | ||||
| To be expended in accordance with Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 16-33A-1 through 16-33A-11. | |||||
| (2) Alabama National Guard Educational Assistance | 800,000 | ||||
| To be expended in accordance with Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 31-10-1 through 31-10-4 and Sections 31-10-20 through 31-10-25. | |||||
| (3) Teacher Education Scholarship Loan Program | 600,000 | ||||
| To be expended in accordance with Code of Alabama 1975, Section 16-23-24. | |||||
| (4) Chiropractic Scholarships | 37,986 | ||||
| To be expended in accordance with Code of Alabama 1975, Section 16-5-11. | |||||
| (5) Policeman's Survivor Tuition, Estimated | 60,000 | ||||
| To be expended under the provisions of Code of Alabama 1975, Section 36-21-105. | |||||
| (6) Alabama Student Assistance Program | 1,547,471 | ||||
| Support of Other Educational Activities Program | 3,232,965 | ||||
| The proposed spending plan for the ETF monies included in the above program is to be distributed through ACHE as follows: | |||||
| (1) Network of Alabama Academic Libraries | 400,000 | ||||
| It is the intent of the Legislature that ACHE shall provide for the participation of Athens State College in the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries. | |||||
| (2) Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) | 709,675 | ||||
| (3) EPSCoR National Science Foundation Program | 600,000 | ||||
| (4) Computer Based Articulation System | 546,461 | ||||
| To fund Troy State University for developing and operating a statewide computer-based articulation system to serve all four-year and two-year postsecondary institutions in the State of Alabama. | |||||
| (5) Governor's Commission on Historically Black Colleges and Universities | 100,000 | ||||
| To be expended pursuant to Executive Order No. 21. | |||||
| Alabama Guaranteed Student Loan Program | 2,158,384 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 13,451,454 | ||||
| ETF-Transfer | 600,000 | ||||
| Federal and Local Funds | 3,035,213 | ||||
| Total Higher Education, Alabama Commission on | 14,051,454 | 3,035,213 | 17,086,667 | ||
| There is hereby appropriated $3.2 million from the ETF to the Alabama Agriculture Land Grant Alliance (AALGA) for agricultural research for Alabama A&M University, Auburn University and Tuskegee University to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| Human Resources, Department of: | |||||
| Jobs Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) Program | 4,118,135 | ||||
| JOBS Child Care and After School Child Care Program | 3,812,364 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF-Transfer | 7,930,499 | ||||
| Total Human Resources, Department of | 7,930,499 | 7,930,499 | |||
| Of the total state and federal dollars received by the Department of Human Resources for the JOBS program, at least $600,000 shall be used to contract with the Department of Education-Adult Basic Education Program for educational services to JOBS participants. Of the above appropriation, $50,000 shall be allocated to the McRae Learning Center; $20,000 shall be allocated to the Stillman Day Care; $25,000 shall be allocated for the Essie Floyd Day Care Center; $6,169 shall be allocated to the Lee County Youth Development Center; $25,000 shall be allocated to the Circle of Care; $50,000 shall be allocated to the RISE Center; $60,000 shall be allocated to the Angel Factory Welfare-to-Work Program; and $19,000 shall be expended for the HERO Program in Hale County. | |||||
| Industrial Development Training Institute, Alabama: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance Program | 3,142,617 | ||||
| Industrial Development and Training Program | 13,141,273 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 16,203,890 | ||||
| Federal and Local Funds | 80,000 | ||||
| Total Industrial Development Training Institute, Alabama | 16,203,890 | 80,000 | 16,283,890 | ||
| Of the above appropriation to the Alabama Industrial Development Training Institute, $4,500,000 shall be expended for start-up training at the Boeing-Decatur facility; $300,000 shall be expended for job retraining and day care at Snead State Community College for displaced workers; $350,000 shall be transferred to the University of Alabama in Huntsville for an Advanced Technology Transfer Program; $650,000 shall be expended to fund the operations of the Michelin Training Center; $500,000 shall be expended for Training for Business and Industry at Shelton State Community College; $20,000 shall be expended for training of displaced textile workers at George C. Wallace Community College-Dothan; $300,000 shall be expended for job training in Calhoun County (no portion of this appropriation shall revert but shall remain available for expenditure until the base reuse is declared complete); $220,000 shall be expended for UAB Options-Minority Computer Technology Program; $200,000 shall be expended for Woodworking Technology Training at Northwest-Shoals Community College-Phil Campbell Campus; $300,000 shall be expended for the Minority Technology and Entrepreneurial Center at Bishop State Community College; $400,000 shall be expended for retraining and textile technology programs at Central Alabama Community College; $150,000 shall be allocated for equipment, facilities and training for U.S. Gypsum and other workforce development programs at Northeast Alabama State Community College; $50,000 shall be allocated for job training by Bevill State Community College at the Hamilton campus; $50,000 shall be expended for job training at George C. Wallace State Community College in Selma; $50,000 shall be allocated for woodworking training in association with Bevill State Community College at the Hamilton campus; $200,000 shall be expended for the Alabama Southern Community College for Paper/Chemical Production Training; $100,000 shall be expended at Lawson State Community College for Minority Business and Training; $250,000 for the Alabama Aviation Technology Campus in Mobile; $100,000 shall be expended for industry related operations in Marshall County; $250,000 shall be expended for Aerospace Training Center staffing; $700,000 shall be expended for retraining programs to be conducted by Gadsden State Community College; and $500,000 shall be expended by Jefferson State Community College for the International Standardization Organization (I.S.O.) Program and other workforce development programs. In the event that House Bill 673 or Senate Bill 451 does not pass in the 1999 Regular Session, there is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 for the operations and maintenance of the Mercedes Benz Automotive Training Facility. In addition to the above appropriation to the Alabama Industrial Development Training Institute, there is hereby appropriated $350,000 from the ETF for Wiregrass Development to Douglas MacArthur State Technical College and $250,000 for job training in Calhoun County to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| Library Service, Alabama Public: | |||||
| Public Library Service Program | 12,950,760 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation, a minimum of $4,799,347 is to be distributed to the public libraries within the state and $3,000,000 shall be expended for the Virtual Library Project and $15,000 shall be allotted to the Triana Public Library and $50,000 shall be allotted to the Monrovia Public Library. | |||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 10,950,760 | ||||
| Federal and Local Funds | 2,000,000 | ||||
| Total Library Service, Alabama Public | 10,950,760 | 2,000,000 | 12,950,760 | ||
| Magnet Schools: | |||||
| Booker T. Washington Magnet Arts High School Program | 550,000 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation, $400,000 shall be expended for capital improvements at the Performing Arts Center and $150,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Alabama Governor's State Summer School Program. | |||||
| School of Fine Arts Program | 5,169,968 | ||||
| School of Mathematics and Science Program | 5,575,061 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 9,937,905 | ||||
| Federal and Local Funds | 1,357,124 | ||||
| Total Magnet Schools | 9,937,905 | 1,357,124 | 11,295,029 | ||
| Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium: | |||||
| Support of Other Educational Activities Program | 4,731,172 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 2,988,351 | ||||
| Federal and Local Funds | 1,742,821 | ||||
| Total Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium | 2,988,351 | 1,742,821 | 4,731,172 | ||
| Medical Scholarship Awards, Board of: | |||||
| Support of Other Educational Activities Program | 768,721 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 468,721 | ||||
| Federal and Local Funds | 300,000 | ||||
| Total Medical Scholarship Awards, Board of | 468,721 | 300,000 | 768,721 | ||
| To be expended under the provisions of Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 16-47-121 through 16-47-129. | |||||
| Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Department of: | |||||
| Mental Illness Program | 9,270,406 | ||||
| Mental Retardation Program | 5,807,178 | ||||
| Substance Abuse Program | 814,979 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF-Transfer | 15,892,563 | ||||
| Total Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Department of | 15,892,563 | 15,892,563 | |||
| Of the above appropriation, $400,000 shall be expended for Alzheimer's Disease Education and Training. | |||||
| Montgomery Internal Medicine Residency Program: | |||||
| Support of Other Educational Activities Program | 235,000 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 235,000 | ||||
| Total Montgomery Internal Medicine Residency Program | 235,000 | 235,000 | |||
| The above appropriation to the Montgomery Internal Medicine Residency Program from the ETF shall be in addition to the funds received by said program from the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB), and the funds allocated to the Montgomery Internal Medicine Residency Program from UAB shall not be diminished from the amount allocated in fiscal year 1998-99. | |||||
| Music Hall of Fame Board, Alabama: | |||||
| Support of Other Educational Activities Program | 145,800 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 145,800 | ||||
| Total Music Hall of Fame Board, Alabama | 145,800 | 145,800 | |||
| Nursing, Alabama Board of: | |||||
| Professional and Occupational Licensing and Regulation Program | 57,000 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF-Transfer | 57,000 | ||||
| As provided in Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 34-21-60 through 34-21-63 for Graduate Nursing Scholarships. | |||||
| Total Nursing, Alabama Board of | 57,000 | 57,000 | |||
| Optometric Scholarship Awards, Board of: | |||||
| Support of Other Educational Activities Program | 103,160 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 103,160 | ||||
| To be expended under the provisions of Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 34-22-60 through 34-22-65. | |||||
| Total Optometric Scholarship Awards, Board of | 103,160 | 103,160 | |||
| Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, Alabama: | |||||
| Professional and Occupational Licensing and Regulation Program | 403,614 | ||||
| Certified Law Enforcement Academy Program | 2,062,900 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation for the Certified Law Enforcement Academy Program, $612,900 of ETF monies included therein shall be expended as follows: | |||||
| Northeast Police Academy | 159,354 | ||||
| University of Alabama | 159,354 | ||||
| Southwest Police Academy | 159,354 | ||||
| Alabama Police Academy | 85,806 | ||||
| Montgomery Police Academy | 49,032 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 1,016,514 | ||||
| Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Fund-as provided in Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 36-21-40 through 36-21-51 | 1,450,000 | ||||
| Total Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, Alabama | 1,016,514 | 1,450,000 | 2,466,514 | ||
| Postsecondary Education Department: | |||||
| Postsecondary Two-Year Institutions Program | 3,323,110 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 2,877,269 | ||||
| Federal and Local Funds | 445,841 | ||||
| Total Postsecondary Education Department | 2,877,269 | 445,841 | 3,323,110 | ||
| In addition to the above appropriation to the Postsecondary Education Department, there is hereby appropriated $300,000 for the Displaced Homemakers' Program from the ETF to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. The Chancellor of the Department of Postsecondary Education shall serve as the sole reporting entity to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education on behalf of the two-year colleges. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall prohibit or hamper the full intent and enforcement of Section 16-5-7, Section 16-5-8, and Section 16-5-15 of the Code of Alabama 1975. | |||||
| Public School and College Authority: | |||||
| Capital Outlay Program | 4,100,000 | ||||
| To be expended for emergency relief for burned-out schools, natural disasters, and capital needs crises. | |||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 4,100,000 | ||||
| Total Public School and College Authority | 4,100,000 | 4,100,000 | |||
| In addition to the above appropriation there is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 from the ETF to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. This conditional appropriation, if released, shall be allocated by the Public School and College Authority (PSCA) to those individual schools experiencing hardships due to rapid growth and consolidation and which serve a district or county which during FY 1999 or FY 2000 have successfully implemented or voted to implement a minimum of 10 mills of property tax or the equivalent thereof. In addition to the above appropriations to the PSCA, there is hereby appropriated $2,250,000 from the ETF to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission, Alabama: | |||||
| Support of Other Educational Activities Program | 5,000 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 5,000 | ||||
| Total Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission, Alabama | 5,000 | 5,000 | |||
| Soil and Water Conservation Committee, State: | |||||
| Soil Conservation Program | 21,250 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 21,250 | ||||
| Total Soil and Water Conservation Committee, State | 21,250 | 21,250 | |||
| Sports Hall of Fame, Alabama: | |||||
| Scholarship Program | 200,000 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 200,000 | ||||
| Total Sports Hall of Fame, Alabama | 200,000 | 200,000 | |||
| Supercomputer Authority, Alabama: | |||||
| Administrative Support Services Program | 5,698,841 | ||||
| The above appropriation is to be expended in accordance with Sections 41-10-390 through 41-10-406, Code of Alabama 1975. | |||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF-Transfer | 5,105,240 | ||||
| Supercomputer Revolving Fund, Estimated | 593,601 | ||||
| Total Supercomputer Authority, Alabama | 5,105,240 | 593,601 | 5,698,841 | ||
| Tenure Commission, State: | |||||
| Regulation Program | 20,000 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 20,000 | ||||
| Total Tenure Commission, State | 20,000 | 20,000 | |||
| Veterans' Affairs, Department of: | |||||
| Administration of Veterans' Affairs Program | 2,952,988 | ||||
| Student Financial Aid Program, Estimated | 6,000,000 | ||||
| For reimbursement to every state institution of higher learning, college, university, community college, junior college or technical college in which benefits are given to veterans, their spouses, widows, or children under the provisions of Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 31-6-1 through 31-6-17. | |||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 2,952,988 | ||||
| ETF-Estimated | 6,000,000 | ||||
| Total Veterans' Affairs, Department of | 8,952,988 | 8,952,988 | |||
| Youth Services, Department of: | |||||
| Financial Assistance Program | 7,408,586 | ||||
| The above appropriation for Financial Assistance Program includes $6,803,120 of ETF monies. The above appropriation shall be expended by the Youth Services Department District in a manner consistent with the funding formula cooperatively established by the Youth Services Board and the State Board of Education pursuant to the provisions of the Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 44-1-70 through 44-1-77. | |||||
| Community Educational Programs | 4,592,067 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation, $100,000 shall be allocated to COARMM; $650,000 shall be allocated for the GROWTH program for juvenile female offenders in Mobile County; $100,000 shall be allocated for SAS (Substance Abuse School in Tuscaloosa) for a pilot program for the drug court; and $100,000 shall be allocated for a C.I.T.Y. program in Russellville. The remainder of the above appropriation shall be used for the support and maintenance of existing C.I.T.Y. programs, in Etowah, Jefferson, Madison, Mobile, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Chilton, Houston and Dallas Counties. It is the intent of the Legislature that local boards of education provide facilities and/or equivalent in-kind services for the operation of C.I.T.Y. programs that accept students from their school systems. In addition to the above appropriations for C.I.T.Y. programs, there is hereby appropriated $250,000 from the ETF to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. It is further the intent of the Legislature that the Director of the Department of Youth Services shall make every effort to initiate C.I.T.Y. programs in Decatur/Morgan County and in Russellville. There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Youth Services $300,000 for a C.I.T.Y. program in Decatur to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 11,395,187 | ||||
| Federal and Local Funds | 605,466 | ||||
| Total Youth Services, Department of | 11,395,187 | 605,466 | 12,000,653 | ||
| Colleges and Universities: | |||||
| Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, Board of Trustees: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support | 41,831,509 | ||||
| Title VI Program Enhancement | 570,416 | ||||
| The proposed spending plan for the above Title VI Program Enhancement appropriation is as follows: | |||||
| Consultants and Faculty | 184,420 | ||||
| Instructional Support | 385,996 | ||||
| Desegregation Planning | 184,906 | ||||
| Urban Affairs and New Non-Traditional Land Grant Programs | 1,610,510 | ||||
| Agricultural Research Station Fixed Costs | 300,000 | ||||
| Auxiliary Enterprises | 7,300,000 | ||||
| Restricted Funds | 19,793,422 | ||||
| ACES-System Personnel Costs | 924,528 | ||||
| Agricultural Research and Extension-State Match | 678,127 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 29,988,874 | ||||
| Federal and Other Funds | 43,204,544 | ||||
| Total Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, Board of Trustees | 29,988,874 | 43,204,544 | 73,193,418 | ||
| The above appropriations in Title VI Program Enhancement, Desegregation Planning, Urban Affairs and New Non-Traditional Land Grant Programs, Agricultural Research Station Fixed Costs, and ACES-System Personnel Costs from the ETF are to be released and used as restricted by and in compliance with Knight v. Alabama, Civil Action CV 83-M-1676, 900 F Supp 272. Of the above appropriation for operations and maintenance, a total of $250,000 shall be allocated to the Black Archives Museum. | |||||
| Alabama A and M University, Board of Trustees-Miles College Consortium: | |||||
| Alabama A and M University-Miles College Consortium | 369,800 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 369,800 | ||||
| Total Alabama A and M University, Board of Trustees-Miles College Consortium | 369,800 | 369,800 | |||
| In addition to the above appropriation to the Alabama A and M/Miles College Consortium there is hereby appropriated $1,200,000 for purposes of electronic data and funds transfers to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| Alabama State University, Board of Trustees: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support | 45,076,911 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation, $300,000 shall be expended for the National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African American Culture. | |||||
| Title VI Program Enhancement | 1,657,477 | ||||
| The proposed spending plan for the above Title VI Program Enhancement appropriation is as follows: | |||||
| Consultants and Faculty | 462,264 | ||||
| Instructional Support | 1,195,213 | ||||
| Desegregation Planning | 184,906 | ||||
| The above appropriations in Title VI Program Enhancement and Desegregation Planning from the ETF are to be released and used as restricted by and in compliance with Knight v. Alabama, Civil Action CV 83-M-1676, 900 F Supp 272. | |||||
| Auxiliary Enterprises | 9,285,616 | ||||
| Restricted Funds | 13,403,728 | ||||
| Cooperative Efforts to Enhance Community Educational Institutions | 400,000 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 28,891,112 | ||||
| Federal and Other Funds | 41,117,526 | ||||
| Total Alabama State University, Board of Trustees | 28,891,112 | 41,117,526 | 70,008,638 | ||
| Alabama, University of, Board of Trustees: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support for the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa (ETF) | 114,724,061 | ||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support for the University of Alabama at Birmingham (ETF) | 203,180,287 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, $400,000 shall be used to fund the Minority Business Training-Economic Development Program. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies Program be funded in FY 1999-2000 at the same level of funding received in FY 1998-1999. In addition to the above appropriation, to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, there is hereby appropriated $100,000 from the ETF for the Southern Center for International Studies and $1,500,000 for capital improvements at the School of Medicine program at the University of Alabama in Huntsville campus to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support for the University of Alabama in Huntsville (ETF) | 35,239,100 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation to the University of Alabama in Huntsville, $200,000 shall be expended at the Mathematics Learning Laboratory; $100,000 shall be expended for the Interactive Television System for graduate education; and $100,000 shall be expended for Web-based Technology. In addition to the above appropriation to the University of Alabama in Huntsville, there is hereby appropriated $500,000 from the ETF for capital improvements at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and $2,000,000 for the University of Alabama in Huntsville/NASA Partnership for National Center for Space Research and Technology (to be used as a required federal match) to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| Special Mental Health and Chauncey Sparks Center for Developmental and Learning Disorders, University of Alabama at Birmingham | 4,298,696 | ||||
| Alabama SchoolFest Program, University of Alabama | 820,458 | ||||
| Alabama Technology Network Program, University of Alabama | 1,750,000 | ||||
| School of Optometry Fund-Transfer to University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry | 50,000 | ||||
| Auxiliary Enterprises | 74,751,368 | ||||
| Restricted Funds | 294,035,951 | ||||
| Alabama Technology Network Program, Minority Technology Networks | 750,000 | ||||
| Mobile Engineering Partnership (Cooperative effort between University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa and Troy State University at Dothan) Program | 58,000 | ||||
| Public/Private Partnership for the Michael Figures Initiative, University of Alabama | 400,000 | ||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support for the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa (Federal and Other Funds) | 64,763,893 | ||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support for the University of Alabama at Birmingham (Federal and Other Funds) | 681,060,483 | ||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support for the University of Alabama in Huntsville (Federal and Other Funds) | 24,257,581 | ||||
| Alabama Productivity Center, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa | 90,000 | ||||
| Enterprise Integration Lab, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa | 110,000 | ||||
| Center for Creative Media, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa | 100,000 | ||||
| Alabama International Trade Center, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa | 75,000 | ||||
| Tobacco Consortium, University of Alabama at Birmingham | 100,000 | ||||
| The above appropriation to the UAB Tobacco Consortium shall be expended to match funds from the National Cancer Institute. | |||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 361,695,602 | ||||
| Federal and Other Funds | 1,138,919,276 | ||||
| Total Alabama, University of, Board of Trustees | 361,695,602 | 1,138,919,276 | 1,500,614,878 | ||
| In addition to the above appropriation to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, there is conditionally appropriated the sum of $250,000 from the ETF to the Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. In addition to the above appropriation to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, there is hereby conditionally appropriated the sum of $500,000 from the ETF to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| Auburn University, Board of Trustees: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support, Auburn University | 255,309,318 | ||||
| Alabama Technology Network Program, Auburn University | 1,750,000 | ||||
| Auxiliary Enterprises | 59,642,252 | ||||
| Restricted Funds | 75,220,279 | ||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station | 26,531,459 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation, $100,000 shall be expended for the Value Added Horticulture/Poultry Litter Project. A partnership will be created between the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station at Auburn University and a private entity to add value to poultry litter for horticulture uses. Poultry litter will be composted and pelletted in a research and development project that will provide information for possible new industrial development in the State of Alabama. | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support, Alabama Cooperative Extension System | 25,712,722 | ||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support, Auburn University at Montgomery | 35,605,766 | ||||
| Of the above appropriation, $60,000 shall be allocated to the AUM Community Outreach. | |||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 196,659,613 | ||||
| Federal and Other Funds | 283,112,183 | ||||
| Total Auburn University, Board of Trustees | 196,659,613 | 283,112,183 | 479,771,796 | ||
| In addition to the above appropriation to Auburn University, there is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 for the School of Pharmacy to implement an External Doctor of Pharmacy Program to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| Education, State Board of - Athens State University: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support | 13,778,638 | ||||
| Auxiliary Enterprises | 679,042 | ||||
| Restricted Funds | 1,517,000 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 8,358,614 | ||||
| Federal and Other Funds | 7,616,066 | ||||
| Total Education, State Board of - Athens State University | 8,358,614 | 7,616,066 | 15,974,680 | ||
| In addition to the above appropriation, there is hereby appropriated $1 million to Athens State University from the ETF to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| Jacksonville State University, Board of Trustees: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support | 47,697,088 | ||||
| Auxiliary Enterprises | 3,748,379 | ||||
| Restricted Funds | 23,215,000 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 27,551,096 | ||||
| Federal and Other Funds | 47,109,371 | ||||
| Total Jacksonville State University, Board of Trustees | 27,551,096 | 47,109,371 | 74,660,467 | ||
| Montevallo, University of, Board of Trustees: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support | 24,490,281 | ||||
| Auxiliary Enterprises | 4,979,992 | ||||
| Restricted Funds | 1,901,866 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 14,521,597 | ||||
| Federal and Other Funds | 16,850,542 | ||||
| Total Montevallo, University of, Board of Trustees | 14,521,597 | 16,850,542 | 31,372,139 | ||
| North Alabama, University of, Board of Trustees: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support | 35,125,542 | ||||
| Auxiliary Enterprises | 3,710,705 | ||||
| Restricted Funds | 998,117 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 20,469,748 | ||||
| Federal and Other Funds | 19,364,616 | ||||
| Total North Alabama, University of, Board of Trustees | 20,469,748 | 19,364,616 | 39,834,364 | ||
| In addition to the above appropriation, there is hereby conditionally appropriated the sum of $1,000,000 to the University of North Alabama from the ETF to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| South Alabama, University of, Board of Trustees: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support | 324,248,868 | ||||
| Auxiliary Enterprises | 13,150,229 | ||||
| Restricted Funds | 23,650,000 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 77,677,852 | ||||
| Federal and Other Funds | 283,371,245 | ||||
| Total South Alabama, University of, Board of Trustees | 77,677,852 | 283,371,245 | 361,049,097 | ||
| Troy State University, Board of Trustees: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support for Troy State University System | 92,083,587 | ||||
| Auxiliary Enterprises | 10,488,579 | ||||
| Restricted Funds | 11,128,507 | ||||
| Southeast Alabama Technology Network | 400,000 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 33,930,845 | ||||
| Federal and Other Funds | 80,169,828 | ||||
| Total Troy State University, Board of Trustees | 33,930,845 | 80,169,828 | 114,100,673 | ||
| In addition to the above appropriation to the Troy State University System, there is hereby appropriated $1,350,000 for a Southeast Alabama Technology Network from the ETF to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. | |||||
| West Alabama, University of, Board of Trustees: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support | 14,361,868 | ||||
| Auxiliary Enterprises | 2,923,348 | ||||
| Restricted Funds | 429,931 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 8,967,295 | ||||
| Federal and Other Funds | 8,747,852 | ||||
| Total West Alabama, University of, Board of Trustees | 8,967,295 | 8,747,852 | 17,715,147 | ||
| Other: | |||||
| Deaf and Blind, Alabama Institute for, Board of Trustees: | |||||
| Adult Programs | 12,315,267 | ||||
| Children and Youth Programs | 23,777,797 | ||||
| Industries for the Blind | 18,184,401 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 32,841,870 | ||||
| Federal and Other Funds | 21,435,595 | ||||
| Total Deaf and Blind, Alabama Institute for, Board of Trustees | 32,841,870 | 21,435,595 | 54,277,465 | ||
| Knight v. Alabama - Financial Obligations: | |||||
| Operations and Maintenance and Program Support, Estimated | 7,438,497 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 7,438,497 | ||||
| Total Knight v. Alabama - Financial Obligations | 7,438,497 | 7,438,497 | |||
| To be allocated and expended in accordance with the 1995 Remedial Decree in Knight vs. Alabama, Civil Action CV 83-M-1676, 900F Supp 272. The above appropriation includes the third and final payment for $890,952.50 ordered to be paid by the State to Alabama A and M University for the purchase of equipment and furniture needed to initiate and operate the electrical and mechanical engineering programs; $177,400 for the Electrical Engineering Program and $99,100 for the Mechanical Engineering Program at Alabama A and M University based on funding formula calculations provided by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education; and an amount to pay to Alabama A and M University 10% of any increase appropriated to the Auburn University Cooperative Extension System for fiscal year 1999-2000 pursuant to the Knight vs. Alabama decree. | |||||
| Teacher In-Service Centers - State University Distribution: | |||||
| In-Service Center Program | 2,821,437 | ||||
| The above appropriation to the In-Service Center Program shall be distributed to the existing eleven Teacher In-Service Centers in each geographical area of the state as follows: | |||||
| University of Alabama | 195,355 | ||||
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | 348,735 | ||||
| Alabama A and M University | 299,495 | ||||
| Alabama State University | 230,974 | ||||
| Athens State College | 215,963 | ||||
| Auburn University | 234,590 | ||||
| Jacksonville State University | 226,232 | ||||
| University of Montevallo | 247,029 | ||||
| Troy State University | 249,289 | ||||
| University of North Alabama | 189,178 | ||||
| University of South Alabama | 384,597 | ||||
| SOURCE OF FUNDS: | |||||
| ETF | 2,821,437 | ||||
| Total Teacher In-Service Centers - State University Distribution | 2,821,437 | 2,821,437 | |||
| In addition to the above appropriation to the Teacher In-Service Centers, there is hereby appropriated $1,100,000 from the ETF to the In-Service Centers to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor. In the event any or all of these conditional funds are released, the funds must be released on a pro rata basis to each in-service center. |
Section 4. In addition to other appropriations from the ETF, there is hereby appropriated the following amounts to the following entities to be conditioned upon the availability of funds in the ETF and the approval of the Governor.
| Alabama A&M University | 1,250,000 |
| Alabama State University | 1,000,000 |
| University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa | 1,000,000 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | 2,472,000 |
| University of Alabama in Huntsville | 250,000 |
| Auburn University at Montgomery | 100,000 |
| (For the purchase of medical equipment for the School of Nursing) | |
| Jacksonville State University | 1,000,000 |
| University of Montevallo | 1,000,000 |
| University of South Alabama | 2,481,000 |
| Troy State University Montgomery | 100,000 |
| (For the purchase of medical equipment for the School of Nursing) | |
| University of West Alabama | 1,000,000 |
Section 5. The Legislature by its passage of Act 98-376 requires the phase out of hold harmless funds to be completed in FY 2002 in scheduled increments over a four-year period. The State Department of Education shall exclude from the calculation of the hold harmless amount to be distributed from the Public School Fund the following: 2% of the amount of the FY 1997 4% pay raise, the entire amount of the FY 1999 8.5% pay raise, the cost of the two additional professional development days for teachers and support personnel, and the net amount of the retirement savings realized from state funds within the Foundation Program by reducing the employer retirement contribution percentage of 9.66% from FY 1998 to the current employer retirement contribution provided in the State Board of Education K-12 Foundation Program in Section 3 of this act. Any local board of education receiving hold harmless funds may use part or all of its capital outlay allowance for the additional costs of any salary increase mandated by the Legislature in FY 1997 and not covered by an adjustment to the hold harmless allowance.
Section 6. In addition to the appropriations herein made, all gifts, grants, contributions, or entitlements, in excess of the amount carried in this act, including grants by the Congress of the United States, municipalities or counties, to any department, division, board, bureau, commission, agency, institution, office or officer of the State of Alabama are hereby appropriated and, in the event the same are recurring, are reappropriated to such department, division, board, bureau, commission, agency, institution, office or officer to be used only for the purpose or purposes for which the grant or contribution was or shall be made. Further, all state, county, municipal and educational entities are authorized to disburse such sums as deemed necessary by mutual agreement between said entities and the State of Alabama, Department of Examiners of Public Accounts to partially defray the cost of auditing services performed by said agency. All such sums are hereby appropriated and reappropriated if necessary to the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts for audit services, to be expended through the fund established by Section 41-5-24, Code of Alabama 1975.
Section 7. The State Superintendent of Education shall make requisitions to the State Comptroller in favor of the proper beneficiary in accordance with the law and rules and regulations governing the expenditure or disbursement of any and all funds appropriated to the State Department of Education and/or the State Board of Education in this act, whereupon the Comptroller shall issue his warrant therefor. Furthermore, the Executive Director of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education may submit to the Comptroller requests for timely payments of warrants to students receiving financial assistance to attend postsecondary education institutions. All other appropriations in this act shall be paid after proper requisitions are made to the State Comptroller in the manner now provided by law.
Section 8. Nothing in this act shall be construed to affect or repeal any law authorizing or permitting any college, school or other education or eleemosynary institution of the State to receive, collect or disburse any fees, tuitions, charges, sales, endowments, trusts or income therefrom, which are now or may hereafter be authorized to receive, collect or disburse. The receiving college, school or institution shall further maintain separate accounts for such receipts or shall maintain a system of accounting which will show a cash flow of such receipts received under the provision of this appropriation.
Section 9. The appropriations made herein to the departments, boards, offices, commissions, and agencies include the amount necessary and said departments, boards, offices, commissions, and agencies are hereby directed to make the transfer of funds to the State Personnel Department in the amounts enumerated in the general appropriations act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. All agencies enumerated in this act that receive services from other governmental agencies enumerated in the general appropriations act shall make full payment in a timely manner (as determined by the Department of Finance) for such services.
Section 10. All encumbered balances of a previous fiscal year appropriation other than the exclusions authorized by the Code of Alabama 1975, Section 41-4-93, shall lapse no later than September 30 of the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year for which the appropriation was made and shall revert to the credit of the ETF or earmarked fund from which the appropriation or appropriations were made.
Section 11. Upon certification to the Director of Finance by the State Attorney General that a federal court has ordered the State of Alabama to pay claims, attorney fees, or other costs relating to said court order, funds are hereby appropriated to the affected department, board, bureau, or commission in the amount necessary to satisfy that court order. Such appropriations are in addition to any other appropriation heretofore or hereafter made in this appropriation act. Such appropriations are conditioned upon the availability of funds and a determination by the Director of Finance that other current appropriations are not available for court-ordered payments.
Section 12. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to prohibit or otherwise exclude merit pay raises; provided however, no such raises shall be provided employees if funds for said merit raises are deemed not available by the Finance Director. The term "merit raise" shall not include the normal salary increase upon promotion to a higher class ("promotional raise") nor the salary increase typically granted upon the employee successfully completing the probationary or working test period ("probationary raise"). The provisions of this section do not apply to employees of public K-12 schools nor to employees of public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education.
Section 13. All state-mandated and state-funded salary increases and fringe benefits for Child Nutrition Program workers shall be fully-funded from the Foundation Program Fund in this act and shall therefor be subsequently fully-funded by all local school boards from funds provided in this act from Other Current Expense and not from funds generated by the Child Nutrition Program.
Section 14. No funds provided herein for the public schools shall be used for the payment of any salaries of personnel which are not under the direct control, employment, and supervision of local boards of education; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the construction, renovation, or major repair of buildings or other capital improvements which are beyond the capacity of regular employees to perform.
Section 15. Pursuant to the requirement that the Legislature certify the anticipated and appropriated beginning balance for FY 1999-2000, the amount anticipated and appropriated by the Legislature is $25,800,000. In the event the beginning balance on October 1, 1999 in the ETF exceeds $25,800,000, the first $5,000,000 of that balance shall be transferred by the State Comptroller into the Education Fund Proration Prevention Account. Any remaining balance shall be subject to the provisions of House Bill 316 of the 1999 Regular Legislative Session.
Section 16. In addition to all appropriations made heretofore in this act, there is hereby conditionally appropriated from the Lottery Trust Fund, the amounts necessary to fund the educational programs and purposes, as defined in and in accordance with the provisions of Senate Bill 374 of the 1999 Regular Legislative Session, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. The appropriations made in this section shall be conditioned solely upon the adoption by a majority of qualified voters of the Constitutional Amendment proposed by House Bill 73 of the 1999 Regular Legislative Session.
Section 17. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, provision or portion of this act or all or any portion of the appropriations herein made is held unconstitutional or invalid, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, sentence, clause, provision or portion of this act or any other appropriation or appropriations or portion thereof hereby made not in and of itself unconstitutional or invalid.
Section 18. All laws or parts of laws, general, special, private or local in conflict with or inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby expressly repealed.
Section 19. This act shall become effective on October 1, 1999.