HB 623 Summary

• Requires the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to establish and promulgate a schedule of programmatic review fees for non-Alabama institutions seeking to offer instructional programs in the state.

• Allows the commission to revise the fee schedule from time to time upon reasonable notice at its discretion.

• Mandates that all programmatic review fees collected from non-Alabama postsecondary institutions be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the commission.

• Maintains the commission's existing authority to regulate and require prior approval for instructional programs offered by non-Alabama institutions of postsecondary education in Alabama.

• Takes effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.