SB242 Summary

• Establishes the Alabama Construction Trade Academy Fund in the State Treasury funded by federal, state, and private sources to expand construction trade education statewide.

• Creates the Alabama Construction Trade Advisory Council composed of representatives from five construction licensing boards plus appointees from the State Department of Education and Alabama Community College System.

• Authorizes the Home Builders Licensure Board to administer a grant program supporting tool grants, mobile training facilities, supply grants, and other initiatives to develop construction trade education programs with priority given to carpentry courses.

• Requires all funded projects to secure matching funds (minimum 10 percent from private sources, maximum 25 percent of awarded state funds) and maintain eligibility requirements including five-year program continuation and data collection compliance.

• Limits board administrative costs to 15 percent of fund monies and requires annual legislative reporting on funded projects, geographic distribution, private sector participation rates, and program outcomes.