SB118 Alabama 2011 Session

Existing law does not provide incentives for students to graduate early from high school to attend an institution of higher education

This bill would create the early graduation scholarship program to provide a scholarship to any qualifying student who graduates at the 11th grade level and attends a two-year or four-year institution of higher education in the state

This bill would provide for the duties of the State Department of Education and the Alabama Commission on Higher Education in administering the program

This bill would also provide for funding of the program through Foundation Program funds allocated for the student to his or her high school

To establish the early graduation scholarship program to provide scholarship grants to students graduating from high school a semester or year early to attend two-year or four-year institutions of higher education or vocational school in this state; to provide for the duties of the State Department of Education and the Alabama Commission on Higher Education in administering the program; to provide qualifications for the grant of scholarship funds; to provide that scholarship funds shall come from Foundation Program funds of the high school of the student; and to establish the Early Graduation Scholarship Program Fund.