FISCAL NOTE

Senate Bill 190 as substituted and reported by the Committee on Finance and Taxation Education appropriates from the Education Trust (ETF) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, an amount up to $207,388,018 as follows:

* A total of $3,500,000 to the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB) of which: (1) $1,000,000 shall be expended for demolition and an environmental study of ANG Decatur Property; and (2) $2,500,000 shall be expended for the Independent Living Center at AIDB Talladega;

* A total of $5,500,000 to the Educational Television Commission for nonrecurring expenditures, including but not limited to transmitters and fiber optic network;

* A total of $2,000,000 to the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium to assist with recovery efforts from damage caused by Hurricane Sally;

* A total of $1,000,000 to Tuskegee University for Armstrong Hall Laboratory improvements;

* A total of $880,000 to Athens State University, Board of Trustees for one-time costs of HyFlex classrooms;

* A total of $592,300 to the University of West Alabama, Board of Trustees for campus wide;

* A total of $900,000 to the University of South Alabama for the Sea Lab;

* A total of $175,000 to the University of North Alabama for a workforce development pilot project;

* A total of $545,718 to the Alabama Community College System of which: (1) $315,718 shall be expended for the Drake State Community Technical College NASA Frontier Project; and (2) $230,000 shall be expended for the Wallace Community College-Hanceville Winston County Learning Center project;

* A total of $51,750,000 to the State Department of Education of which: (1) $50,000,000 shall be distributed to the TEAMS Fund established by House Bill 537/Senate Bill 327 of the 2021 Regular Session of the Legislature or subsequent act of the Legislature for the purpose of implementing a new math and science teacher salary schedule; (2) $1,000,000 shall be expended for a marketing campaign for teachers; and (3) $750,000 shall be expended for the National Board for Certification of Teachers;

* A total of $270,000 to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education for the Best and Brightest STEM Pilot Program under the same terms and conditions as Act 2020-204;

* A total of $275,000 to the Alabama Historical Commission for one-time expenses for Fort Toulouse;

* A total of $65,000,000 to the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund to be allocated in accordance with Section 29-9-4, Code of Alabama 1975; and

* A total of $75,000,000 shall be transferred to the Budget Stabilization Fund established under Section 29-9-4, Code of Alabama 1975, if the Finance Director certifies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021 that the ending balance in the Education Trust Fund exceeds $75,000,000.