SB340 Alabama 2017 Session

Under existing law, the National Guard Educational Assistance Act authorizes the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to pay or reimburse the tuition of any eligible active member of the Alabama National Guard enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education, technical college, or junior college within the state and supplemental educational assistance benefits are provided to eligible active members of the Alabama National Guard through the Alabama Commission on Higher Education

This bill would clarify that the tuition assistance under the National Guard Educational Assistance Act is available to the National Guard Member regardless of whether he or she is enrolled in and attending a public institution of higher education, an accredited private institution of higher education, or a partnership formed between or among public and accredited private institutions of higher education

This bill would also provide that the supplemental educational assistance benefits are available to the National Guard Member regardless of whether he or she is enrolled in and attending a public or accredited private community or junior college, a public or accredited private institution of higher education, or a partnership formed between or among public and accredited private community or junior colleges or institutions of higher education

To amend Sections 31-10-3, 31-10-21, and 31-10-25, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the National Guard Educational Assistance Act and supplemental educational assistance benefits for eligible active members of the Alabama National Guard; to clarify and provide that the tuition assistance is available for members who are enrolled in and attending a public institution of higher education, an accredited private institution of higher education, or a partnership between or among any of them; and to provide that the supplemental educational assistance benefits are available for members who are enrolled in and attending a public or accredited private community or junior college, a public or accredited private institution of higher education, or a partnership between or among any of them.