HB308 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Alan Harper

Republican

Co-Sponsors

William “Bill” M. BeasleyWilliam E. Thigpen

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Alabama G.I. and Dependents' Educational Benefit Act, children of certain disabled veterans eligible for education benefits for certain time period, retroactive effect, Sec. 31-6-6 am'd.; Act 2009-559, 2009 Reg. Sess. am'd.

Description

Under existing law, a child of a veteran who is suffering from a 20 to 90 percent service-connected disability is eligible for benefits under the Alabama G.I. and Dependents' Educational Benefit Act for training at a state-supported institution of higher learning or trade school if the training is completed before the child's twenty-sixth birthday.

This bill would provide that a child of a veteran who is suffering from a 20 to 90 percent service-connected disability is eligible for benefits under the Alabama G.I. and Dependents' Educational Benefit Act for training at a state-supported institution of higher learning or trade school if the training is completed before the child's thirty-eighth birthday.

This bill would provide for a retroactive effect.

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Subjects

Veterans