SB54 Alabama 2018 Session

Under existing law, the dependent of any veteran whose disability rating as of July 31, 2017, is at least 20 percent but less than 40 percent shall qualify for benefits provided under the Alabama G.I. Dependents' Educational Benefit Act provided the dependent files an application for the benefits under the act before July 31, 2023, and the dependent is reasonably expected to be eligible to attend an Alabama institution of higher learning, college, or university in the next academic year

This bill would remove the requirement for dependents of veterans with a disability rating of at least 20 percent but less than 40 percent as of July 31, 2017, to apply for benefits under the act before July 31, 2023, to be eligible to receive benefits under the act

This bill would also require that a dependent of a veteran with a disability rating of at least 20 percent but less than 40 percent as of July 31, 2017, to have been born on or before July 31, 2017, to be eligible to receive benefits under the act

Relating to veteran's benefits; to remove the requirement for dependents of veterans with a disability rating of at least 20 percent but less than 40 percent as of July 31, 2017, to apply for benefits under the Alabama G.I. Dependents' Educational Benefit Act before July 31, 2023, and require that any dependent of a veteran that fits the above criteria to have been born on or before July 31, 2017, to be eligible to receive benefits under the act.