(a) There is established the Athletic Trainer Secondary School Incentive Program. The program shall be administered by the board.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 34-40-32

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) The board shall award funds to local boards of education to incentivize the recruitment and retention of athletic trainers at rural secondary schools and Title I secondary schools in the state. The board shall allocate grant awards to the applicable local board of education for each successful application that meets the requirements of this act. Each grant shall be no more than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500), as determined by the board based on the application.
(c) The incentive program shall be capped at two million dollars ($2,000,000) per school year.
(d) Grants may be awarded annually beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, and each school year thereafter.
(e) The grants provided by this act shall be contingent on the availability of funds. The Legislature may appropriate funds to the board for the incentive program, and the board may accept funds from nongovernmental entities to be used for the incentive program. Any monies appropriated shall be budgeted and allotted pursuant to the Budget Management Act in accordance with Article 4, commencing with Section 41-4-80 of Chapter 4 of Title 41, Code of Alabama 1975, and only in the amounts provided by the Legislature in the general appropriations act or other appropriations act. Funds not expended in any fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain with the board for use in implementing the incentive program.
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