SB17 Summary

• Amends Section 16-5-10 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to require the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to establish a schedule of programmatic review fees for non-Alabama postsecondary institutions seeking approval to offer instructional programs in the state.

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

• Requires all programmatic review fees collected from non-Alabama institutions of postsecondary education to be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the commission.

• Maintains the existing requirement that no institution of postsecondary education located outside Alabama may offer instructional units or programs within Alabama without prior approval from the commission.

• Takes effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor, or upon otherwise becoming law.