HB 109 — Relating to credentials and the workforce; to create the Alabama Credential Quality and Transparency Act as a new Division 9, commencing with Section 41-29-350, Article 3, Chapter 29, Title 41, Code of Alabama 1975; to create the Alabama Terminal on Linking and Analyzing Statistics on Career Pathways Act as a new Division 10, commencing with Section 41-29-360, Article 3, Chapter 29, Title 41, Code of Alabama 1975; and to establish the Alabama College and Career Readiness Act by adding Section 41-29-298 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for the creation of a free, searchable public online registry of educational and occupational credentials; to restrict the release of personally identifiable information; to provide procedures for handling data breaches; to establish a statewide definition of college and career readiness; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

HB109 INTRODUCEDENROLLED KMTJUA-1KMTJUA-2 By Representatives Collins, Baker, Shaver, Colvin, Lamb, Wood (D), Hill, Estes, Stadthagen, Gidley, Butler, Wilcox, Moore (P), Hurst, Rigsby, Givens, Faulkner, Brown, DuBose, Pettus, Paschal RFD:

07-Mar-23 2023 Regular Session Page 0 KMTJUA-1HB109 03/02/2023Enrolled KMSEnrolled, (L)crAn 2023-548Act, 23 45 SYNOPSIS:Relating to credentials and the workforce;

This bill would establish the Alabama Credential Quality and Transparency Act and the Alabama Workforce Council Committee on Credential Quality and Transparency;

would establish the Alabama Terminal on Linking and Analyzing Statistics (ATLAS) on Career Pathways Act;

and would establish the Alabama College and Career Readiness Act.

Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless:

it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions;

it is approved by the affected entity;

or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment.

However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.

Page 1 HB109 INTRODUCED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to credentials and the workforce;

§41-29-350 Page 2 HB109 INTRODUCEDEnrolled §41-29-350 This division shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Credential Quality and Transparency Act.

(1) One representative from each of the technical Page 3 HB109 INTRODUCEDEnrolled advisory committees of the Alabama Committee on Credentialing and Career Pathways.

95 (6) The Chancellor of the Alabama Community College System, or his or her designee.

Credential data shall be linked, open, interoperable, aligned with widely recognized standards, and all allow for open access across sectors and Page 4 HB109 INTRODUCEDEnrolled sectors and platforms.

§41-29-360 (a) This division shall be known and may be cited as 95 the Alabama Terminal on Linking and Analyzing Statistics on Career Pathways Act.

Special population status as defined by the Alabama Page 5 HB109 INTRODUCEDEnrolled Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act state plan.

The system shall be used to provide policymakers with access to data regarding the state talent development system, including early learning, Page 6 HB109 INTRODUCEDEnrolled early learning, education, workforce training, and employment outcomes.

Page 7 HB109 INTRODUCEDEnrolled (b) The appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments to assure the council membership is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state.

(4) Develop a data governance and security plan for the Page 8 HB109 INTRODUCEDEnrolled the system regarding the use, privacy, and security of data and publish the plan on the system website.

(b) A majority of the members of the council, or their Page 9 HB109 Enrolled designees, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of Page 9 HB109 INTRODUCED business.

(c) No member of, or designee appointed to, the council or any standing or ad hoc committee of the council Page 10 HB109 Enrolled may vote or otherwise participate in any discussion or debate on any Page 10 HB109 INTRODUCED matter before the council in which he or she, or an immediate family member, has a direct personal or pecuniary interest.

(c) Commencing with the 2024-20252025-2026 school year, a public school student shall earn one or more college or career readiness indicators approved by the State Board of Education, before graduation.

Although this bill would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds, the bill is excluded from further Page 11 HB109 Enrolled requirements and application under Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, because the bill defines a new crime or Page 11 HB109 INTRODUCED amends the definition of an existing crime.

Page 12 HB109 Enrolled ________________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives ________________________________________________ President and Presiding Officer of the Senate House of Representatives I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and was passed by the House 06-Apr-23.

John Treadwell Clerk Senate 24-May-23 Passed House 25-May-23 Concurred in Senate Amendment Page 13