HB148 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Paul W. Lee Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Foster care, Dept. of Human Resources to develop and administer, scholarship program for foster children, eligibility, job training courses, scholarship benefits limited, Fostering Hope Scholarship Act, Sec. 40-18-362 repealed

Description

This bill would establish the Fostering Hope Scholarship Act of 2015.

This bill would require the Department of Human Resources to develop and administer Fostering Hope, a tuition scholarship program for designated youth who are, or were, in the state foster care program, including those children adopted from the program at the age of 14 or older.

This bill would impose requirements for participation.

This bill would authorize the Fostering Hope program to pay tuition and required fees for eligible children at public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education in the state.

This bill would authorize the Fostering Hope program to pay for job training courses or skill certifications, not considered an associate's degree, as offered by public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education in the state or any other publicly funded training program in the state, as governed by rules promulgated by the Department of Human Resources.

This bill would provide a support system for participants in the scholarship program.

This bill would limit, to a maximum of 10 percent, that portion of any annual appropriations for the program that may be used for the mentor program.

This bill would also limit scholarship benefits and would require the Department of Human Resources to draft rules as necessary for the operation of the program, including rules to limit spending on the program to available state funds.

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Subjects

Education