HB496 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Rich Wingo
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2017
Title: Foster care, scholarships, Fostering Hope Scholarship Act, any adopted person from foster care program, regardless of age at time of adoption, scholarships available for, Secs. 38-12B-2, 38-12B-6 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the Fostering Hope Scholarship Act of 2015 provides for payment of tuition for persons currently or formerly in the foster care program, including children adopted at the age of 14 or older, to attend public two-year or four-year institutions of higher education in the state.
This bill would make the scholarships available for anyone adopted from the state foster care program at the age of seven or more and provide for limited retroactive effect.
Subjects: Foster Care

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education