The board shall submit each year on or before the first day of December, or as early thereafter as practicable, to the Governor an annual report covering all operations of the Alabama Community College System and the support, conditions, progress, and needs of education throughout the state. The annual report shall be printed in sufficient quantities for general distribution throughout the state and for the usual exchange courtesies between state educational authorities.
Ala. Code § 16-60-111.12 (1975)