Higher education, College and Higher Education Excellence and Results (CHEER) Act established, bonus funding for eligible institutions authorized based on achievement of performance goals and objectives
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Officially: “Higher education, College and Higher Education Excellence and Results (CHEER) Act established, bonus funding for eligible institutions authorized based on achievement of performance goals and objectives” Read the full text
2026 regular session
What it does
This act is the College and Higher Education Excellence and Results (CHEER) Act. This act adds Chapter 5B to Title 16, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) establish the CHEER Fund in the State Treasury to be administered by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE) to consist of all funds appropriated to ACHE for outcomes-based funding for four-year colleges and universities and other funds; (2) establish an outcomes-based higher education funding program beginning in the fiscal year beginning
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Where it is
Enacted (latest official status) · Mar 3, 2026
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Garrett
Recorded votes
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-04-02 · yeas 33, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-04-02 · yeas 33, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-12 · yeas 105, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-12 · yeas 105, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-12 · yeas 105, nays 0, abstains 0
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Alabama legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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