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-SB66 INTRODUCED
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-SB66
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-By Senators Weaver, Smitherman
-RFD: Education Policy
-First Read: 13-Jan-26
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-I3Y2SWW-1 01/08/2026 OW (L)ccr 2026-87
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-First Read: 13-Jan-26
-SYNOPSIS:
-Under existing law, the trustees on the Board of
-Trustees of the University of Montevallo are appointed
-for terms of 12 years, and five members of the board
-constitutes a quorum for meetings.
-This bill would revise the term of office for
-trustees and would place a limit on how many terms
-trustees may serve.
-This bill would revise the number of members of
-the board that constitutes a quorum.
-Also under existing law, to qualify for
-appointment, the President of the University of
-Montevallo must be an educator by profession.
-This bill would remove the requirement that the
-president of the university must be an educator by
-profession.
-This bill would also make nonsubstantive,
-technical revisions to update the existing code
-language to current style.
-A BILL
-TO BE ENTITLED
-AN ACT
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-Relating to the University of Montevallo; to amend
-Sections 16-54-2, and 16-54-5, Code of Alabama 1975; to revise
-the terms of office of the Board of Trustees of the University
-of Montevallo; to revise the number of board members that
-constitutes a quorum; to remove the requirement that the
-president of the university must be an educator by profession;
-and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the
-existing code language to current style.
-BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
-Section 1.  Sections 16-54-2, and 16-54-5 of the Code of
-Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows:
-"§16-54-2
-The University of Montevallo shall be governed by a
-board of trustees composed of the Governor, who shall be
-president, ex officio, the State Superintendent of Education,
-ex officio, and 11 other trustees  (  as follows: (i) one from
-each congressional district ,; (ii) up to one at-large trustee
-who is not a resident of this state ,; and , (iii) until as
-otherwise herein provided, a number of trustees from the
-state-at-large sufficient to bring the number to or keep it at
-11). Five  Six  members of the board shall constitute a quorum.
-Trustees shall be appointed for a term of 12 years.  Beginning
-January 1, 2027, trustees shall be appointed for a term of
-eight years. No trustee shall serve more than two terms on the
-board of trustees.  In case of the creation and establishment
-of an additional congressional district in the state, the
-state-at-large trustee most recently appointed shall cease
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-state-at-large trustee most recently appointed shall cease
-automatically to be a trustee from the state-at-large and
-become for the remainder of the term trustee for the new
-district. Otherwise, all new appointees, except for a
-nonresident appointee and the state-at-large appointees, shall
-be at the time of their appointment, residents of the district
-for which they are appointed, respectively. All appointments
-of trustees shall be made by the Governor with the advice and
-consent of the Senate. In case of a vacancy in the office of
-trustee, the Governor shall appoint a successor, who shall
-hold office until the next meeting of the Legislature, when
-the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
-Senate, shall appoint a trustee, who shall hold office for the
-unexpired term. A trustee shall be ineligible to be elected by
-the board of trustees to or otherwise hold any office of the
-institution where compensation is provided. The trustees are
-entitled to receive payment of their actual expenses incurred
-in the discharge of their duties as trustees."
-"§16-54-5
-The trustees shall elect a president for a term to be
-fixed by them, who shall not be removed during the term for
-which he or she is elected, except for just cause, which shall
-be explicitly set forth in writing in the minutes of the
-proceedings of the trustees and approved by a majority of all
-the trustees. No  person  individual  shall be eligible to the
-office of president unless he or she is a graduate of some
-college or university of  well known  well-known  high standing ,
-an educator by profession , of good moral character , and
-possessing good business and administrative qualifications.
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-possessing good business and administrative qualifications.
-The trustees are encouraged to consider an individual who is
-an educator by profession for the position of president. The
-trustees shall fix the compensation of the president,
-including such emoluments and prerequisites necessary to carry
-out the functions of the office."
-Section 2.  This act shall become effective immediately.
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+FISCAL NOTE
+Senate Bill 66
+Committee: Education Policy Sponsor: Senator April Weaver
+Analyst: John Friedenreich Date: 01/23/2026
+Senate Bill 66 as passed the Senate would not directly affect state or local funding.