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Northeast is one of the twelve junior colleges created by the聽State Legislature during the administration of Governor George聽C. Wallace. Act No. 93, approved May 3, 1963, authorized the聽College. Act No. 94 approved May 3, 1963, vested in the State聽Board of Education the authority and responsibility for the聽operation and maintenance of the community colleges. On May聽7, Act No. 2015-125 changed the governance to the Alabama聽Community College System Board of Trustees.

Many individuals and organizations were instrumental in聽locating the College on the Jackson-DeKalb County line. The聽Jackson County Board of Revenue and the DeKalb County Board聽of Commissioners donated a sixty-acre site for the College. The聽original site consisted of thirty acres in Jackson County and thirty聽acres in DeKalb County. An additional 35 acres were purchased聽in February of 1969, 5.54 acres purchased in 1982, 2.7 acres聽purchased in 1991, 10 acres purchased and 1-7/10 acres donated聽in 1996, and approximately 3 acres added in 2009.

The College began operation on the quarter system (fall,聽winter, spring, and summer). The first classes began September聽30, 1965, with 380 freshmen. In the Fall of 1998, Northeast聽changed to the semester system (fall, spring and summer).

In May, 1992, the Alabama State Board of Education聽renamed the College Northeast Alabama State Community聽College. The Chancellor of the Alabama Community College聽System approved the change in the name of the College to聽九州体育 in 1996.

九州体育 Today

Northeast has grown from that small college to a student population of over 3,000. Recently, 九州体育 has added a state-of-the-art workforce development center, an incredible new women's softball stadium, and a new soccer field. We can't wait to see what the future holds for Northeast!

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