Ala. Code § 16-60-198
Upon the transfer and conveyance of the Alabama Institute of Aviation Technology at Ozark to the State of Alabama by the Ozark City Board of Education, the State Board of Education is hereby authorized, directed and required to provide for the operation and maintenance of said Alabama Institute of Aviation Technology as an additional vocational trade school in accordance with the provisions of this article.
The State Board of Education may make such contracts, agreements, rules and regulations as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this section. After the establishment of the trade school herein provided for, the State Board of Education or any other state authority may expend for the operation, maintenance and capital improvements at such institution any funds which are made available to the board or other authority for the operation, maintenance and capital improvements at trade schools in this state.
Ala. Code § 16-60-198 (1975)